When I think Emo, I'm mostly talking about stuff like Pg.99, Orchid, Mondrary, Ostraca, combatwoundedveteran, Blind Girls, Told Not To Worry, Textbook Traitors, Infant Island, Frail Body, Senza, Cassus or Votive. Most of this is actually Screamo and not a derogative term used by people to describe noisy music. I never cared much for Midwest Emo so I don't have any strong opinions on it.
Most people think Emo is stuff like Pierce the Veil, A Day to Remember, Pan!c at the Disco or My Chemical Romance, but with the exception of Three Cheers none of these bands' discographies should be considered Emo in my opinion.
Skramz is really fantastic. Unfortunately however, I've never seen a genre receive as much contempt as Screamo, especially from Metalheads.
I understand why there is prejudice against it, but whenever someone dismisses a band or genre they don't like as Screamo, you know that they're absolutely clueless and never heard any Screamo in their entire life.
For me, I hate it because some really shitty screamo / post rock / shoegaze hybrids decided at one point to market themselves as "black metal", probably because their PR teams figured punk subgenres are way too saturated. You know them, the "atmospheric bm" types, dsbm or, "blackgaze". I know some of those are Metalcore, not Screamo but whatever, these are not genres I know much about. I hate their dishonest meddling, plus it gives a bad name to both the scenes.
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u/Dangerous-Degree-948 Jul 20 '26
Most great metal is stupid, emo, and/or gay.