Screamo Music

Alright, I have had it up to here (points to ceiling) with this new "screamo" music. It is pure shit in its highest concentration. It was probably the creation of some scene kid thinking "hey, I can attempt to play metal, add a whole bunch of angst and wear tight-ass jeans and I can start a trend." Unfortunately, he was right....

First off, all it ever talks about is how depressed they are or how much their life sucks. Do not believe this, they are all upper-middle class kids living in suburbia or in Williamsburg. They are a follower of the "scene" stereotype down to the point where "if your not with them, your against them." They also think they are "br00tal" so they like to scream like a grizzly bear on cocaine.

Second, they think they can play their instruments... but they cant. I have listened to a few songs by "popular" screamo bands such as Attack Attack, Confide, and Bring Me The Horizon(I swear to god I wanted to shoot myself after each and every song). All of these songs have the same recycled guitar tracks, drum beats, and angsty vocals. Also, what is this thing called a "breakdown"? Its like, the people decided not to play(thankfully) and the singer didn't get the memo. And to top it all off, the solos suck. I listen to REAL metal and Progressive so I know what a solo is but this... this is just pure shit. Its like the guitar player had an epileptic seizure and the resulting spasm was the solo.

And finally, the last point, ignorant people label it as metal. People who listen to other types of music hear a fast song with distorted guitars and automatically think it is metal. THIS IS NOT TRUE!!! If every fast paced song with distortion was metal, there would most likely be no other genres. Metal has a more classic sound with a deeper sounding guitar in which you can hear and underlying complex drum beat and bass line. This is usually accompanied by vocals that you can usually make out clearly. This does not hold true for most new bands who like to growl or what I like to call "the cannibal corpse." But it is acceptable. This does not hold true for ANY screamo song whatsoever.

So after reading this, if you still think that those aforementioned bands are "metal," then go slam your head into an industrial sized tuning fork and hopefully, if you do this enough times, your head will explode from the vibrations. Have a good day.