Recommended Western screamo bands. Popular overseas bands.
Screamo is often mentioned alongside emo.
You may have heard the term screamo before, but not really know what the music actually sounds like.
For those people, here are some quintessential bands that represent screamo and are must-listens.
Please enjoy the world of screamo—one that can’t be confined to just “intense music.”
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Recommended Western screamo bands. Popular overseas bands (21–30)
My Own Summer (Shove It)Deftones

Deftones’ biggest hit, written in the hot summer of 1994 in Seattle.
It was the first single released from their album Around the Fur.
The music video, featuring a great white shark, was directed by Dean Karr.
DorisSUICIDE SILENCE

Suicide Silence is a band formed in Riverside, California, USA.
This song is the fastest track on their self-titled 2017 album and features falsetto vocals.
40 Days…blessthefall

A true love song written by Beau Bokan.
It was written for his girlfriend.
Released on the 2011 album “Awakening,” this track is deeply sentimental and gentle, showcasing a newer side of the band.
Pulmonary ArcheryAlexisonfire

A song written about the winter storm that struck southern Ontario and upstate New York in 1977.
It was written by a member of Alexisonfire, who grew up in St.
Catharines, Ontario, and heard about what happened at the time through their parents.
Second and SebringOf Mice & Men

Of Mice & Men is a band formed in Orange County, California.
This song was written by vocalist Austin Carlile to evoke his feelings about his mother’s death in 2007.
It is included on their self-titled debut album.


