Your way in
Screamo 1991
Emo pushed into hysteria: continuous screaming, cutting guitars and songs that collapse into silence. Also called skramz.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 8
- Melody
- 5
- Where from
- San Diego, California
- Tempo
- 150-220 bpm
- Song length
- 1.5-4 min
- Written about
- Despair, Politics as personal experience, Collapse, Fragments rather than narratives
- Vocals
- Growled or shrieked
Why this one
| You said | Screamo | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| A growl or a shriek When someone is singing, what should come out? | harsh | 100% | ×3 |
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| Quick and driving What pace? | 8 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| The seventies and eighties Does it matter when it was made? | 1991 | 92% | ×1 |
| The inside of a head What should the words be about? | Despair, Politics as personal experience, Collapse, Fragments rather than narratives | 50% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 89% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 5 answers you gave, weighted vocals 3, heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, about 1 out of 9. Screamo ties with the next, and won on being the broader of the two. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Sunny Day Real Estate, Diary 1994
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary. The bridge between DC hardcore and everything that followed.
- 2The one to put on first
City of Caterpillar, City of Caterpillar 2002
City of Caterpillar - And You're Wondering How a Fool Can Die. Post-rock catching fire.
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
The first is the entry point for Emo, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come Screamo's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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DSBM 89%
Depressive suicidal black metal: slower tempos, wailing guitars and desperate vocals. The subject matter is heavy, and the genre is debated inside the scene itself.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 9 steps from Screamo.
The way into DSBM -
Melodic death metal 84%
Iron Maiden-style guitar harmonies over screamed vocals. The Gothenburg scene later became the foundation of American metalcore.
On the other branch of the tree entirely, and 9 steps from Screamo.
The way into Melodic death metal
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- A growl or a shriek put 78 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Alternative rock, Blues rock, Doom metal. Worth 3 of 9.
- The seventies and eighties put 4 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Kawaii metal, New nu metal, Progressive metalcore. Worth 1 of 9.
- The inside of a head put 88 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Punk rock, Hardcore punk, Black metal. Worth 1 of 9.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.