Emo Violence - Definition and Overview

Emo Violence is a genre of music that evolved from emo in the early 1990s (often referred to as screamo) This form of emo uses often very chaotic screamed vocals (usually relatively high pitched and less modified than typical hardcore or death metal vocals) Emo Violence is also often recorded in low fidelity which gives it a foggier sound. Emo Violence is similar to grindcore with very chaotic off timed guitars but the drums are much lighter on the double bass than most grindcore and Emo Violence is much more emotionally influenced than grindcore with occasional melodic sections sometimes including talking or even singing.

While the term Emo Violence is often used with the above definition, it was originally created by the band In/Humanity as a joke. Chris Bickel, the band's front man, took the name from the Cameo album "Emotional Violence". The term then began to be used to refer to other bands in the southeast that played a similar style such as Palatka and End of the Century Party. The term's use as a synonym for screamo or hardcore emo was taken after that, the term was not created as a serious genre.

Major artists include:

• In/Humanity
• Palatka
• End of the Century Party
• Love Lost But Not Forgotten
• Reversal of Man
• Orchid
• Portrait
• I, Robot
• Yaphet Kotto
• Joshua Fit For Battle
• Usurp Synapse
• I Have Dreams
• Portraits of Past
• Jerome's Dream
• You and I