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real screamo

Last updated: Tue Oct 28 2025 04:10:07 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Real screamo is an emotionally raw subgenre of hardcore punk that emerged in the 1990s, characterized by passionate shrieked vocals, dynamic shifts between quiet introspection and explosive intensity, and deeply personal lyrics about pain and catharsis. The sound emphasizes authenticity and emotional vulnerability over commercial appeal, distinguishing it from mainstream bands incorrectly labeled as screamo. It thrives in underground DIY scenes where intimate performances create visceral connections between musicians and audiences.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
23		1981	Arroyo	Arroyo	post-rock real screamo screamo
3		1991	Heroin	All About Heroin	emo real screamo screamo skramz
1		1998	Orchid	Orchid/Encyclopedia of American Traitors	emo hardcore real screamo screamo
70		1999	Yaphet Kotto	The Killer was in the Government Blankets	screamo
35		2000	In/Humanity	Violent Resignation: The Great American Teenage Suicide Rebellion 1992-1998	emo post-hardcore real screamo skramz	skramz # 7
12		2000	Orchid	Orchid/The Red Scare	emo hardcore real screamo screamo
67		2000	Anomie	Discography (1994-1997)	real screamo screamo
77		2000	Jr Ewing	Calling in Dead	real screamo
11		2000-05	Jeromes Dream	Jeromes Dream/Orchid	emo grindcore hardcore hardcore punk noise noise rock noisecore post-hardcore powerviolence real screamo screamo skramz
37		2000-10-03	Shotmaker	The Complete Discography 1993-1996	noise rock real post-hardcore real screamo	real post-hardcore # 40
30		2000-12-04	Orchid	Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!	screamo emoviolence	screamo # 65 emoviolence # 100
33		2001	Orchid	Jeromes Dream/Orchid	emo real screamo screamo skramz	skramz # 5
60		2001	Standstill	The Ionic Spell	post-hardcore real screamo
84		2001	Yaphet Kotto	Syncopated Synthetic Laments For Love	emo real screamo screamo
97		2001-04-01	Sailboats	Demo	emo real screamo screamo skramz	skramz # 89
63		2001-07-03	The Crimson Curse	Greatest Hits	noisecore real screamo screamo	noisecore # 75
98		2001-10-01	Saetia	A Retrospective	screamo real screamo skramz	skramz # 87
25		2002	Asterisk*	Dogma	extreme metal grindcore noise noise rock noisecore powerviolence real screamo screamo skramz	extreme metal # 49
72		2002	Neil Perry	A Days Refrain/Neil Perry Split	emo hardcore hardcore punk powerviolence real screamo screamo skramz	powerviolence # 27 skramz # 55
18		2002	The Death of Anna Karina	The Death of Anna Karina	screamo
48		2002	Hiretsukan	Invasive//Exotic	emo post-hardcore real screamo screamo
55		2002	Off Minor	The Heat Death Of The Universe	screamo
78		2002	Raein	Raein	post-hardcore real screamo screamo
79		2002-07-09	Orchid	Gatefold	screamo real screamo	real post-hardcore # 61
22		2002-08	Circle Takes the Square	Document #13: Pyramids In Cloth	math rock mathcore post-hardcore real screamo screamo skramz
58		2002-09-16	Maximillian Colby	Discography	emocore hardcore math rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore real screamo screamo skramz	skramz # 46 real post-hardcore # 59
26		2003	Usurp Synapse	Disinformation Fix	skramz	emoviolence # 60 skramz # 94
31		2003	Circle Takes the Square	As the Roots Undo	screamo	screamo # 66
65		2003	You and I	Discography	emo real screamo
90		2003	Mihai Edrisch	L'un sans l'autre	real screamo
92		2003	The Spirit of Versailles	Discography	real screamo
29		2003-05-27	Neil Perry	Lineage Situation	screamo
50		2003-08-27	I Would Set Myself on Fire for You	I Would Set Myself on Fire for You	screamo
95		2004	The Saddest Landscape	Lift Your Burdens High for This Is Where We Cross	emo powerviolence real screamo screamo	powerviolence # 82
42		2004	Left Hand Cuts The Right	You Breathed Like Winter	post-hardcore real screamo screamo
44		2004	La quiete	La fine non è la fine	screamo
64		2004	Quantice Never Crashed	Quantice Never Crashed	american metalcore post-hardcore real screamo screamo
82		2004	The Kodan Armada	A Collection of Songs	emo screamo real screamo
91		2004	Welcome the Plague Year	Welcome the Plague Year	real screamo screamo
56		2004-10-26	Textbook Traitors	Vinyl Collections Vol. 1	emo real screamo screamo skramz	skramz # 43
87		2005	Antioch Arrow	Gems of Masochism	art punk dark cabaret post-punk real post-hardcore real screamo sasscore screamo	art punk # 28 sasscore # 48 dark cabaret # 64 real post-hardcore # 88
83		2005	Daniel Striped Tiger	Condition	emo math rock post-hardcore progressive rock real screamo screamo
16		2005	Index for Potential Suicide	"Sex, Violence, Whatever": The Complete Recordings
43		2005-01-18	Orchid	Totality	screamo
61		2005-03	I Spoke	Fieldtrips and Friendships	emo real screamo screamo
53		2005-04	Funeral Diner	The Underdark	screamo emo	screamo # 38
88		2005-07-26	The Jonbenét	The Plot Thickens	noise rock real post-hardcore real screamo sasscore	sasscore # 49 real post-hardcore # 89
85		2005-09-02	Mihai Edrisch	Un jour sans lendemain	real screamo
41		2005-11-22	Pg.99	Document #7	screamo hardcore skramz	skramz # 54
51		2006	Indian Summer	Hidden Arithmetic	real post-hardcore real screamo	real post-hardcore # 47
6		2006	True North	Time to Reflect	american emo melodic hardcore post-hardcore real screamo screamo
46		2006	Cease Upon the Capitol	2007 ep	american real screamo screamo
24		2006-07-25	I Would Set Myself on Fire for You	Believes In Patterns	screamo
49		2006-08-08	The Jonbenét	Ugly/Heartless	noise rock post-hardcore real post-hardcore real screamo	real post-hardcore # 46
73		2007	Swallow! Swallow! Splinter!	demo	real screamo skramz	skramz # 58
71		2007	Ampere	The First Five Years	real screamo
66		2007-09-01	We Were Skeletons	Summers	real screamo
27		2007-09-14	Rusko Star	Attention W***e - EP	beatdown hardcore black doom metal black metal blackened death metal brutal death metal brutal deathcore cybergrind death doom metal death metal deathcore deathgrind depressive suicidal black metal doom metal drone metal glam metal glam rock goregrind gothic doom metal gothic metal grindcore grunge hair metal hard rock harsh noise hatecore heavy metal industrial mathcore melodic death metal metalcore moshcore nsbm nu metal porngrind post-grunge power metal powerviolence rac raw black metal real screamo sludge sludge metal sludgecore speed metal speedcore suicidal black metal symphonic metal thrash metal true black metal true metal true norwegian black metal viking metal	cybergrind # 8 suicidal black metal # 9 moshcore # 13 gothic doom metal # 17 speedcore # 18 depressive suicidal black metal # 40 true norwegian black metal # 45 true black metal # 52 sludgecore # 60 black doom metal # 61 true metal # 63 porngrind # 68 hatecore # 69
80		2007-09-14	Rusko Star	Blonde	beatdown hardcore black doom metal black metal blackened death metal brutal death metal brutal deathcore cybergrind death doom metal death metal deathcore deathgrind depressive suicidal black metal doom metal drone metal glam metal glam rock goregrind gothic doom metal gothic metal grindcore grunge hair metal hard rock harsh noise hatecore heavy metal industrial mathcore melodic death metal metalcore moshcore nsbm nu metal porngrind post-grunge power metal powerviolence rac raw black metal real screamo sludge sludge metal sludgecore speed metal speedcore suicidal black metal symphonic metal thrash metal true black metal true metal true norwegian black metal viking metal	speed metal # 10 glam metal # 30 nsbm # 33 blackened death metal # 34 goregrind # 38 hair metal # 40 death doom metal # 41 drone metal # 49 powerviolence # 51 brutal deathcore # 59 beatdown hardcore # 64 suicidal black metal # 68 moshcore # 69 depressive suicidal black metal # 70 deathgrind # 72 cybergrind # 75 rac # 77 harsh noise # 78 gothic doom metal # 81 true norwegian black metal # 82 raw black metal # 83 speedcore # 87 true metal # 90 sludgecore # 91 porngrind # 93 hatecore # 94 black doom metal # 96 true black metal # 97
76		2008-07-01	Off Minor	Some Blood	hardcore real screamo screamo skramz	skramz # 59
5		2009	Beau Navire	Suffix/Beau Navire Split	emo post-hardcore real screamo screamo skramz
13		2009-04-23	Combatwoundedveteran	This Is Not an Erect, All-Red Neon Body
86		2009-06-03	I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism in Your Yearbook	Discography	real screamo
69		2009-09-01	Insane Clown Posse	Bang! Pow! Boom!	brutal death metal brutal deathcore deathcore deathgrind goregrind moshcore nsbm	hair metal # 4 post-black metal # 6 powerviolence # 19 beatdown hardcore # 43 nsbm # 46 goregrind # 53 suicidal black metal # 54 raw black metal # 54 cybergrind # 61 depressive suicidal black metal # 64 rac # 68 gothic doom metal # 68 harsh noise # 68 brutal deathcore # 69 true norwegian black metal # 74 speedcore # 77 moshcore # 79 drone metal # 79 deathgrind # 85 sludgecore # 86 true black metal # 86 true metal # 86 porngrind # 90 black doom metal # 91 hatecore # 92
94		2009-10-20	Daïtro	Y	real screamo screamo
28		2010	Nasty Taste	Целься в меня [single 2010]	chaotic hardcore female vocalists hardcore mathcore crust deathcore emo female fronted metal grindcore melodic death metal melodic hardcore melodic metal melodic metalcore metal metalcore modern metal moscow moshcore post-hardcore progressive metalcore real screamo rock russian metal screamo sludge	moshcore # 14 chaotic hardcore # 23 moscow # 64 russian metal # 77
62		2010	Anna Blue	So Alone	alt-country alternative country atmospheric black metal black doom metal black metal blackened death metal brutal death metal brutal deathcore chillwave crossover thrash crunkcore cybergrind death doom metal death metal deathcore deathgrind depressive suicidal black metal djent doom metal drone metal emo gabber glam metal glam rock goregrind gothic doom metal gothic metal grindcore grunge hair metal hard rock harsh noise hatecore heavy metal horrorcore indie pop indie rock industrial industrial metal lo-fi mathcore melodic death metal melodic hardcore metalcore nsbm nu metal orthodox black metal pop punk porngrind post-black metal post-grunge post-hardcore power metal powerviolence progressive metalcore queercore rac rap metal rap rock rapcore raw black metal real screamo rock n roll skramz sludge sludge metal sludgecore speed metal speedcore suicidal black metal symphonic metal technical death metal thrash metal true black metal true metal true norwegian black metal underground hip-hop viking metal witch house	goregrind # 3 nsbm # 9 powerviolence # 16 crossover thrash # 28 brutal deathcore # 30 rap metal # 30 queercore # 42 deathgrind # 44 skramz # 47 raw black metal # 48 alternative country # 49 suicidal black metal # 53 cybergrind # 58 gabber # 62 depressive suicidal black metal # 63 harsh noise # 65 rac # 66 gothic doom metal # 67 true norwegian black metal # 72 speedcore # 75 drone metal # 81 crunkcore # 82 true black metal # 83 death n roll # 83 true metal # 85 sludgecore # 85 orthodox black metal # 87 black doom metal # 87 porngrind # 89 hatecore # 91
52		2010-03-22	Justin Bieber	My Worlds	goregrind	beatdown hardcore # 22 post-black metal # 28 suicidal black metal # 37 nsbm # 39 cybergrind # 46 brutal deathcore # 49 harsh noise # 50 gothic doom metal # 52 deathgrind # 56 depressive suicidal black metal # 57 moshcore # 62 true norwegian black metal # 66 raw black metal # 73 rac # 75 true black metal # 75 sludgecore # 76 black doom metal # 79 true metal # 79 goregrind # 81 porngrind # 83 speedcore # 83 hatecore # 86 drone metal # 98
10		2010-08-10	Grey Matter	Grey Matter X Nuclear Moms	emo hardcore hardcore punk jazz jazz fusion jazzcore punk rock real screamo ska ska punk skacore skramz	skacore # 31 jazzcore # 41
32		2011	Things Fall Apart	Things Fall Apart	emo post-hardcore real screamo screamo skramz	skramz # 4
39		2011	Ampere	Like Shadows	screamo hardcore
100		2011-05-06	Old Gray	Demo	real screamo screamo	screamo # 51
68		2012	Full of Hell	Full of Hell/Goldust	crust grindcore hardcore hardcore punk powerviolence real screamo screamo skramz sludge sludge metal	crust # 4 powerviolence # 18 skramz # 49
4		2012	Laeirs	Emotional Blackmail	real screamo
74		2012	Old Gray	Old Gray/Girl Scouts Split	real screamo screamo
47		2012-04-18	Double Take	Hot Problems	alt-country alternative country atmospheric black metal black doom metal black metal blackened death metal brutal death metal brutal deathcore chillwave comedy crossover thrash crunkcore cybergrind death doom metal death metal deathcore deathgrind depressive suicidal black metal djent doom metal drone metal electropop emo gabber glam metal glam rock goregrind gothic doom metal gothic metal grindcore grunge hair metal hard rock harsh noise hatecore heavy metal horrorcore indie pop indie rock industrial industrial metal lo-fi mathcore melodic death metal melodic hardcore metalcore nsbm nu metal orthodox black metal pop punk porngrind post-black metal post-grunge post-hardcore power metal powerviolence progressive metalcore queercore rac rap metal rap rock rapcore raw black metal real screamo rock n roll skramz sludge sludge metal sludgecore speed metal speedcore suicidal black metal symphonic metal technical death metal thrash metal true black metal true metal true norwegian black metal underground hip-hop viking metal witch house	brutal deathcore # 9 deathgrind # 10 rap metal # 13 queercore # 26 skramz # 27 suicidal black metal # 29 alternative country # 32 rac # 37 cybergrind # 43 gabber # 43 gothic doom metal # 44 harsh noise # 48 depressive suicidal black metal # 54 speedcore # 57 true norwegian black metal # 61 true black metal # 70 crunkcore # 73 sludgecore # 73 black doom metal # 75 death n roll # 75 orthodox black metal # 76 true metal # 77 porngrind # 82 hatecore # 85
9		2013-04-14	Young Mountain	För Alltid Var Bara Något Vi Sa	emo hardcore post-hardcore post-rock real screamo screamo skramz
54		2013-06-03	Gillian Carter	Lost Ships Sinking With The Sunset	post-rock real screamo screamo
45		2013-06-11	The Saddest Landscape	Live At New Alliance	emo hardcore post-hardcore real screamo screamo skramz	skramz # 24
38		2014-02-26	BABYMETAL	BABYMETAL	kawaii metal j-pop	rac # 6 j-rock # 10 suicidal black metal # 15 skramz # 15 harsh noise # 31 skinhead # 32 metal # 34 depressive suicidal black metal # 46 j-metal # 50 true norwegian black metal # 52 true black metal # 64 orthodox black metal # 71 true metal # 74 unblack metal # 79 hatecore # 81 j-pop # 84 japanoise # 92 kawaii metal # 100
21		2014-03-20	Mariesena	Ruth	real screamo screamo ukraine
36		2015-02-14	Careless	I Wish You Away	real screamo screamo
81		2015-03-02	Shizune	Le Voyageur Imprudent	real screamo screamo skramz	skramz # 70
59		2016	Saetia	Collected	screamo	skramz # 12 screamo # 55 emoviolence # 66
93		2016	Gillian Carter	Dreams Of Suffocation	post-rock real screamo screamo
2		2016	oh, deer!	сім сестер
7		2016	Oh Deer!	Oh, Deer!
40		2016-04-01	BEAST JESUS	In Various States of Disassembly	emo hardcore noise rock post-hardcore post-metal real screamo screamo shoegaze skramz	skramz # 16
34		2016-06	Yotsuya Kaidan	Tired of Tomorrow's You	real screamo ukraine	ukraine # 10
57		2016-09	Drei Affen	Drei Affen	real screamo
17		2017-11-12	The Worst Is Yet To Come	continuation afterwards	real screamo screamo
19		2018	La Dispute	The Castle Builders (10th Anniversary)	hardcore emo indie rock
99		2020-10-09	Touché Amoré	Lament	indie rock punk rock real screamo screamo skramz	screamo # 41 skramz # 97
20		2020-10-20	Posthuma	Ruminating	hardcore real screamo screamo
15		2021-06-26	Your Arms Are My Cocoon	Your Arms Are My Cocoon (Deluxe Edition)	bedroom pop electronic electronic rock emo experimental pop experimental rock lo-fi real screamo screamo skramz
96		2021-08-31	That Same Street	the truth about hatsune miku	emo experimental rock j-rock japan japanese real screamo screamo skramz vocaloid	japan # 65 vocaloid # 85 skramz # 88
75		2022-03-30	Yearning	MMXXII	real screamo	emoviolence # 13
14		2022-12-05	Keratin	Only Eye	post-hardcore real screamo screamo skramz
89		2024-03-09	That Same Street	セラ	emo experimental rock j-rock japanese real screamo screamo skramz vocaloid	vocaloid # 70 skramz # 78
8			FreddySk8	Isterico	emo hardcore hardcore punk italian melodic hardcore metalcore old school hardcore real screamo screamo	old school hardcore # 38

Related genres

• screamo
• post-hardcore
• emo
• skramz
• powerviolence
• metalcore
• grindcore
• black metal
• deathcore
• brutal death metal