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Screamo vs Growl - What's the difference?

screamo | growl |

As nouns the difference between screamo and growl

is that screamo is (music) a genre of aggressive lo-fi guitar driven music with predominantly screaming vocals, while preserving structural aspects of the emocore/hardcore emo genres of the early 1990's while growl is the deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; a grumbling sound.

As a verb growl is

to utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.

screamo

Noun

(-)
  • (music) A genre of aggressive lo-fi guitar driven music with predominantly screaming vocals, while preserving structural aspects of the emocore/hardcore emo genres of the early 1990's.
  • (music) A genre of guitar driven music sometimes referred to as posthardcore, combining late 1990's emo indie rock with interludes of screaming vocals, often accompanied by hardcore or metalcore guitar riffs.
  • (music) Any punk rock inspired music that involves screaming vocals, typically referring to the genres described above as well as certain subgenres of hardcore punk.
  • Usage notes

    Due to the similarities of the different usages of the word screamo , the term is the cause of much confusion and controversy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Screamo].

    growl

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal) * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; a grumbling sound.
  • The sound made by a hungry stomach.
  • Derived terms

    * death growl

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
  • The dog growled at me as I walked past.
  • To express (something) by growling.
  • The old man growled his displeasure at the postman.
  • (software) To send a user a message via the software library.