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Screamo vs Metal - What's the difference?

screamo | metal |

In lang=en terms the difference between screamo and metal

is that screamo is any punk rock inspired music that involves screaming vocals, typically referring to the genres described above as well as certain subgenres of hardcore punk while metal is characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.

As an adjective metal is

characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.

As a verb metal is

to make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

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].

    metal

    English

    (wikipedia metal)

    Noun

  • (lb) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.
  • #Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
  • #*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal , began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}
  • #Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
  • #*
  • #*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.
  • #(lb) Any element other than hydrogen and helium,Majewski, S. R. (2003, 2006). CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE EFFECTS ON SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS]. ASTR 551 (Majewski) Lecture Notes. or sometimes other than hydrogen.Martin, J. C. (n.d.). [http://etacar.umn.edu/~martin/rrlyrae/metals.htm What we learn from a star's metal content
  • #Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
  • #(lb) The ore from which a metal is derived.
  • #:(Raymond)
  • #(lb) A mine from which ores are taken.
  • #*(Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
  • #*:slavesand persons condemned to metals
  • (lb) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
  • Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
  • :(Knight)
  • (lb) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
  • (lb) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.
  • *1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :
  • *:LEONATO. Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.
  • *:BEATRICE. Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be over-mastered with a piece of valiant dust?
  • The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
  • The rails of a railway.
  • The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
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  • Antonyms

    * (any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms) nonmetal

    Derived terms

    * death metal * heavy metal * metalcore * metallic * metallo- * metalware * noble metal * [[nu metal], /nu-metal * pot metal * power metal * thrash metal * transition metal

    References

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (music) Characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
  • Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
  • Verb

    (metall)
  • To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.
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