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.”
Playlist
| Recommended Western screamo bands. Popular overseas bands. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| show_chart | Title | Playlist | Review |
| 1east | Can You Feel My HeartBring Me The Horizon |  play_arrow | Bring Me the Horizon's songs |
| 2east | If I’m James Dean, Then You’re Audrey HepburnSleeping with Sirens |  play_arrow | Popular songs by Sleeping With Sirens |
| 3east | HelenaMy Chemical Romance |  play_arrow | An important song that expresses grief for my grandmother |
| 4east | Blue & YellowThe Used |  play_arrow | The Used: A Song of Friendship |
| 5east | My HeroineSilverstein |  play_arrow | A song that portrays obsession and dependence on her |
| 6east | JuneauFuneral for a Friend |  play_arrow | A song about a relationship where Matt Davies was deceived |
| 7east | Waking The DemonBullet For My Valentine |  play_arrow | Heavy songs by Bullet for My Valentine |
| 8east | Someone, SomewhereAsking Alexandria |  play_arrow | Family and lies are the themes of Asking Alexandria |
| 9east | King for a DayPierce The Veil ft. Kellin Quinn |  play_arrow | Pierce the Veil's new song |
| 10east | I’m Not A VampireFalling In Reverse |  play_arrow | Falling In Reverse's debut song |
| 11east | BlindKorn |  play_arrow | Jonathan Davis's drug problems |
| 12east | Calling All CarsSenses Fail |  play_arrow | I want to end the relationship because I don’t want to get hurt. |
| 13east | SituationsEscape the Fate |  play_arrow | Escape the Fate's debut song |
| 14east | War All The TimeThursday |  play_arrow | Adolescent struggles and experiences of bereavement |
| 15east | You’re Not AloneSaosin |  play_arrow | Saosin is a post-hardcore band. |
| 16east | Writing On The WallsUnderoath |  play_arrow | Underoath, pioneers of post-hardcore |
| 17east | What It Is To BurnFinch |  play_arrow | Finch is an intense post-hardcore band |
| 18east | Ohio Is for LoversHawthorne Heights |  play_arrow | A band produces a tribute song to her |
| 19east | The Past Should Stay DeadEmarosa |  play_arrow | Emarasa is an American band that evolved from post-hardcore to 80s synthwave. |
| 20east | Strawberry Swisher pt. IIIDance Gavin Dance |  play_arrow | The innovative music of Dance Gavin Dance |
| 21east | DorisSUICIDE SILENCE |  play_arrow | Suicide Silence's fast song |
| 22east | 40 Days…blessthefall |  play_arrow | A sentimental love song for a lover |
| 23east | My Own Summer (Shove It)Deftones |  play_arrow | Deftones' 1994 hit single |
| 24east | Pulmonary ArcheryAlexisonfire |  play_arrow | About the winter storm of 1977 |
| 25east | Second and SebringOf Mice & Men |  play_arrow | The vocalist of Of Mice & Men composed a song about his mother's death. |
| 26east | The ThespianAlesana |  play_arrow | A song from Alesana’s third album |
| 27east | All I WantA Day To Remember |  play_arrow | A song in which Jeremy makes peace with fear |
| 28east | Internal CannonAugust Burns Red |  play_arrow | A track included on the album the band released in 2011 |
| 29east | SinematicMotionless In White |  play_arrow | Motionless In White's song of pride |
| 30east | You And MeAttack Attack! |  play_arrow | A Welsh band 90210 drama song |
| 31east | MartyrsThe Devil Wears Prada |  play_arrow | A track included on the band’s fifth album |
| 32east | From The InsideLinkin Park |  play_arrow | A song by Linkin Park conceived on a tour bus |
| 33east | Scent of the ObsceneSikTh |  play_arrow | SikTh is a band with innovative musicality centered on progressive metal. |
| 34east | F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.The Fall of Troy |  play_arrow | The Fall of Troy’s Musical Style and Career History |
| 35east | New MedicinesDead Poetic |  play_arrow | Dead Poetics: Passion and Delicacy |
| 36east | Such Small HandsLa Dispute |  play_arrow | Musical characteristics and introduction to the works of La Dispute |
| 37east | I am the partyMILLION DEAD |  play_arrow | London post-hardcore band, Million Dead |
| 38east | xoxoxoSecret And Whisper |  play_arrow | Secret & Whisper, revival in 2025 |
| 39east | Emperor’s New ClothesPanic! At The Disco |  play_arrow | Based on the story of The Emperor’s New Clothes |
| 40east | Lipgloss and LetdownA Static Lullaby |  play_arrow | A Static Lullaby's Post-Hardcore Music History |
| 41east | Sic Transit Gloria…Glory FadesBrand New |  play_arrow | Brand New’s musical growth and influence |
| 42east | A Pearl Necklace For Her MajestyCOLOUR OF FIRE |  play_arrow | A band from York that weaves delicate, lyrical music |
| 43east | ATTACKThirty Seconds To Mars |  play_arrow | The musical characteristics and success of Thirty Seconds to Mars |
| 44east | The BleedingFive Finger Death Punch |  play_arrow | Five's signature song is being released as a single. |
| 45east | To The Dance Floor For Shelter (feat. Courtney LaPlante)SeeYouSpaceCowboy |  play_arrow | The evolving hardcore punk music of SeeYouSpaceCowboy |
| 46east | Black HoneyThrice |  play_arrow | The Narcissistic Approach to U.S. Foreign Policy |