27 Bands That 2000s Screamo Kids Loved
Because you whisper-screamed along to most of these bands. Admit it.
1. Taking Back Sunday
From: Long Island, New York
Recommended Listening: Tell All Your Friends (2003)
Scream Along If: You and your best friend are having a really big fight about a girl.
2. Thursday
From: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Recommended Listening: War All the Time (2003)
Scream Along If: You hate the man, man, and would rather die than wear a suit to work.
3. Silverstein
From: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Recommended Listening: Discovering the Waterfront (2005)
Scream Along If: You were recently broken up with but, because you're Canadian, you can't stop apologizing.
4. Hawthorne Heights
From: Dayton, Ohio
Recommended Listening: The Silence in Black and White (2004)
Scream Along If: Your heart is in Ohiiiiooooooooo.
5. Senses Fail
From: Ridgewood, New Jersey
Recommended Listening: Let It Enfold You (2004)
Scream Along If: You have an obsession with fire. (And blood. And murder. And stuff like that.)
6. Finch
From: Temecula, California
Recommended Listening: What it is to Burn (2002)
Scream Along If: You want to practice holding a scream for 10 straight seconds.
7. Glassjaw
From: Long Island, New York
Recommended Listening: Worship and Tribute (2002)
Scream Along If: You want to practice screaming and your vocal runs at the same time.
8. The Used
From: Orem, Utah
Recommended Listening: The Used (2002)
Scream Along If: You want to practice screaming and throwing up at the same time.
9. Alexisonfire
From: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Recommended Listening: Watch Out! (2004)
Screaming Along If: You have a friend with an amazing voice and guitar chops to compliment your screaming.
10. Emery
From: Rock Hill, South Carolina
Recommended Listening: The Question (2005)
Scream Along If: If you're OK with only screaming a few times per song.
11. Underoath
From: Tampa, Florida
Recommended Listening: They're Only Chasing Safety (2004)
Scream Along If: You want to scream about Jesus.
12. The Fall of Troy
From: Mukilteo, Washington
Recommended Listening: Doppelgänger (2005)
Scream Along If: You want to practice screaming and playing difficult guitar riffs at the same time.
13. Boys Night Out
From: Burlington, Ontario, Canada (Canada, amirite?!)
Recommended Listening: Make Yourself Sick (2003)
Scream Along If: You're a little bit screamo and a little bit pop-punk.
14. Story of the Year
From: St. Louis, Missouri
Recommended Listening: Page Avenue (2003)
Scream Along If: Your heartbreak is so bad you just want to die. Or you metaphorically already died. Something about dying.
15. Thrice
From: Irvine, California
Recommended Listening: The Artist in the Ambulance (2003)
Scream Along If: You want to scream in odd time signatures.
16. Atreyu
From: Orange County, California
Recommended Listening: The Curse (2004)
Scream Along If: You thought the only thing holding Bon Jovi back was a lack of screaming.
17. Chiodos
From: Davison, Michigan
Recommended Listening: All's Well That Ends Well (2005)
Scream Along If: You want to practice jumping back and forth from a falsetto to a scream.
18. From First to Last
From: Tampa, Florida
Recommended Listening: Dear Diary, My Teenage Angst Has A Bodycount (2004)
Scream Along If: That fact that Skrillex used to front this screamo band makes you want to scream screams of joy.
19. A Day To Remember
From: Ocala, Florida
Recommended Listening: For Those Who Have Heart (2007)
Scream Along If: You would like pop-punk more if it had screaming in it.
20. Poison the Well
From: Miami, Florida
Recommended Listening: You Come Before You (2003)
Scream Along If: You prefer your screamo to be 80% screaming, 20% singing.
21. From Autumn to Ashes
From: Long Island, New York
Recommended Listening: The Fiction We Live (2003)
Scream Along If: You have a friend who can do the singing parts while you scream over them.
22. Saosin
From: Newport Beach, California
Recommended Listening: Translating the Name EP (2003)
Scream Along If: You can hit the high notes.
23. Funeral for a Friend
From: Bridgend, Wales
Recommended Listening: Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation (2003)
Scream Along If: You just can't wait until the breakdown happens.
24. The Receiving End of Sirens
From: Boston, Massachusetts
Recommended Listening: Between the Heart and the Synapse (2005)
Scream Along If: You love screaming almost as much as you love three-part harmonies.
25. Dance Gavin Dance
From: Sacramento, California
Recommended Listening: Downtown Battle Mountain (2007)
Scream Along If: You also have a thing for math rock.
26. A Static Lullaby
From: Chino Hills, California
Recommended Listening: And Don't Forget to Breathe (2003)
Scream Along If: You enjoyed screaming along to every other album on the list, and you still have some screaming left in you.
27. Circa Survive
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Recommended Listening: Juturna (2005)
Scream Along If: You like screamo but don't really like screamo. (Also: You just watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and it gave you a bad case of the feels.)
Obligatory playlist. If you have any questions about emo or pop-punk, please consult those respective lists.
DISCLAIMER: WTF?! THIS ISN'T SCREAMO?!
No, it technically isn't. But before you get your asymmetrical bangs in a bunch, breathe normally and chill. Yeah, the term "screamo" happened way before the 2000s, and the ~proper lineage~ can be more closely traced to 2000s bands like Orchid, Circle Takes the Square, City of Caterpillar, etc. In fact, you and your tight-fitting black scenester t-shirt could argue that the term "screamo" was improperly applied to the bands on the list by Hot Topic employees who didn't know any better, which is a fair assessment.
Probably the most accurate term for this kind of music is "post-hardcore," but that term is boring and lacks any impact. You would not click on a list with the word "post-hardcore" in it. So, we're just going to go with screamo and if you want to throw a temper tantrum about it, we can't stop you. (And we honestly don't care).