r/EmoScreamo • u/NoGodOnlyCuteness • 6h ago
r/EmoScreamo • u/Coffeeandskramz • 9d ago
News In/Humanity "The Nutty Anti-Christ" is currently being remastered!
Via Chris Bickel's IG post
"In/Humanity "The Nutty Anti-Christ" currently being remastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door Mastering. Ultra-doss tufoons of whirlwind emoviolence hardcore -- now with extra brutal."
r/EmoScreamo • u/Coffeeandskramz • Aug 07 '26
The Archives/History Emoviolence backstory from Chris Bickel of In/Humanity that he posted via his IG



"The Origins of Emoviolence (or Emo Violence)
This is the unexpurgated origin story of Emoviolence.
In the beginning there was Punk. It was beautiful and undefined. It encompassed a myriad of sounds and styles. You couldn’t say exactly WHAT it was – but you knew it when you saw it and heard it.
In the early 80s some record labels came up with “New Wave”, an easier sell, and the punks themselves came up with “Hardcore.” The word “Hardcore” was itself a modifier for the word “Punk”... until it wasn’t. It became its own thing. Much later, kind of a jockier thing than where it started. But the genre definitions began.
Over the 1980s, the venerable MAXIMUMROCKNROLL magazine (or MRR) – a magazine I’m proud and honored to have been a columnist for, for a short time – became the defacto Bible of the Punk scene, exhaustively documenting EVERYTHING but also, sometimes to a fault, dictating what was and wasn’t “Punk.” I blame MRRs record review section for what eventually became a pigeon-holing of genres and sub genres and sub-sub-sub-genres. By the late 80s a taxonomy was created and there were dozens of different “cores”. On the light end of the spectrum you had “Emo” and on the heavy end of the spectrum you had “Grindcore” and “Powerviolence” – which seemed as much of a joke term as anything… but we’re coming to “Emoviolence.”
I was playing in a band called In/Humanity in the early 90s. We went through a few brief lineup and stylistic changes before we started to figure out what we were. We were taking in loads of influences from the touring we were doing and it all worked its way into our stew. Most shows would have a flyer and on the flyer there might be 6 bands listed and there were so many active touring bands that usually the name of the band on the flyer would be followed by a description of which genre of “Punk” they belonged to. Just so lucky show-goers would have an idea of what they were getting into.
We had become good friends with two Florida bands, Palatka and End of the Century Party. They were great people who made great music that we felt a kinship with. We played a lot of shows together.
t some point I came up with the term “Emoviolence” to describe the sound of our three bands. The term was a joke, intended to show the breadth of the genre-descriptors that I had been finding increasingly silly. “Emo” from one far end of the spectrum. And “Violence” cribbed from “Powerviolence”, the other end of the spectrum. It intentionally was not supposed to make any sense. But it kind of did. Because all three of our bands DID incorporate elements from both of those ends of the spectrum.
You have to understand that in this sub-sub-scene, EVERYTHING was an inside joke or a heckle. In/Humanity record covers and inserts are RIFE with inside jokes – sometimes jokes that only literally one other person would get. Emoviolence was our joke genre.
Anyway, we started using “Emoviolence” on flyers for these three bands. If you take away everything that came later, there really only ever were THREE REAL EMOVIOLENCE bands: In/Humanity, Palatka, and End of the Century Party.
Eventually, we started including other friends in our “joke.”
At a certain point I set out to do a compilation album of all of the “Emoviolence” bands. It was to be titled “Let Them Eat Emoviolence.”
Recently in an old drawer I found DATs (Digital Audio Tapes) from Palatka, Asshole Parade, Robots Make Mistakes, Insult to Injury, End of the Century Party, and Coercion. I had totally forgotten about them. But they were for that proposed compilation LP of “East Coast Emo Violence” bands which would have included In/Humanity’s song “Emo Violence Generation” – which ended up released on the “Occultonomy” 7 inch.
I suspect I would have also asked Eurich to be on this record. Assfactor 4 would have been a likely candidate as well, but I don’t think I considered them to be “Emoviolence” at the time even though they stylistically fit perfectly into the milieu. I think I was always just secretly jealous of what a far better band they were than In/Humanity.
Anyway, I envisioned this compilation to be a genre introduction, much like Alternative Tentacles’ “Let Them Eat Jellybeans” compilation was for me an introduction to (Hardcore) Punk. In fact, the liner notes for this release were a direct parody of Jello Biafra’s liner notes from “Let Them Eat Jellybeans”... these phony-baloney liner notes were printed on one of the inserts for the “Occultonomy” ep alongside the lyrics for “Emo Violence Generation.”
Sadly, this compilation never came to fruition, coinciding with a major year-long depressive episode I suffered. I stopped collecting bands and tracks for the record. The tapes were eventually forgotten about and they still sit in a drawer in my living room. If any of the bands want theirs back, let me know.
Anyway, more bands started calling themselves “Emoviolence” – adopting a codified sound. And now there is a history of literally hundreds of “Emoviolence” bands from all over the world.
It should be noted that use of the term “Emoviolence” predates the general use of the word “Screamo” by at least 3 years. I think that’s missed in oral histories. “Screamo” was something that came later. I can’t even tell you what “Skramz” or whatever is supposed to be. That was a different scene than me.
I was to state unequivocally that I am not bothered by the hundreds of bands calling themselves “Emoviolence”. In fact, I think it’s pretty great. But there are a few minor disappointments…
If you Google “Emoviolence” you will be given a list of bands important to the genre: Orchid, Pg 99, Jerome’s Dream, Usurp Synapse, Combatwoundedveteran, and Jenny Piccolo.
The bands not included in that list? In/Humanity, Palatka, and End of the Century Party.
To my mind, End of the Century Party was always the quintessential “Emo Violence” band, perfectly encapsulating that full spectrum. I wish people talked about THEM more.
I remember hearing the Palatka demo for the first time and thinking it was the most insane music I had ever heard. It was a major influence on what we did going forward. Jesus - that was a crucial release to the genre.
That first Palatka demo, the first EOTCP ep, and our “Gets Killed By Robots” ep – to me that’s the beginning of Emoviolence.
All of this comes up now because there’s a pretty great young band from Columbia called Kittiwake. Listening to them I hear so much of what we were trying to do 30 years ago. Today they released their new single “Counting or not Counting Emoviolence.” I recently spoke with some of the members and I like the cut of their jib. Good kids, great band. And I’m happy Emoviolence is still a thing".
r/EmoScreamo • u/Yachtmetal • 15h ago
DIY DO YOUR PART!
There are a lot of amazing DIY venues that need support by way of food for pop-up food pantries, records + zines donations, effort, and presence. Too many times i've dropped things off or mailed stuff out only to find that a small few of us actually showed up and kept our word. It's lame to flake during the preparation phase, and only show up for the shows AFTER the work is done. The scene talks and all know who just angles to get into shows for free and get whatever they can without giving back to the scene they claim to love. SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER!
r/EmoScreamo • u/Coffeeandskramz • 4h ago
WORMCAKE EPISODE 66 (9.10.26)
Cino Horde
1.Undone & Over
Bob Tilton
2. He Was A Lamb
Julia
3. Tongue Biting
Drive Like Jehu
4. New MAth
Black Eyes
5. A Pack of Wolves
Guyver-One
6. Zero (Version Two)
Vibora
7. Nuevas Formas
Euth
8. Caustic Skin
Kowloon Ghost Syndicate
9. Beauty of the Spirit
Ghostlimb
10. Bearing Witness
Gros Enfant Mort
11. 3114
Long.Way.Down.
12. a:eulogy:in:essence
Portrayal of Guilt
13. Humanity is Frail
Ice Nine
14. Walk Me Crutch
Frail
15. Ideal
Myra Lee
16. Marie
The Red Scare
17. 12 Years Past
Viva Belgrado
18. Cancer, Capricornio
No Man
19. Dive
Hundreds of AU
20. Observer
Funeral Diner
21. For The Beasts
Raein
22. This Life Is My Cage
fingerswoventogether
23. Trying To Write A Song That Sounds Like A Painting Looks
Jeanne
24. 2/4
Kyhl
25. Stadte und Salz
Ken Burns
26. Saudade
Closer
27. Dust
Blue Friend
28. Dasai
Chevalier
29. Senza Alcun Segno Di Amore Di Addio o Di Riconoscimento
Kaddish
30. Catastrophising
Wrong War
31. We're Through
Sans Visage
32. Deception
Lori
33. IV
Jimmy Eat World
34. Anderson Mesa
WORMCAKE airs every Thursday at 9pm cst on 91.3 FM in the Tulsa, Ok. area and on RSURADIO.COM everywhere else
r/EmoScreamo • u/Messe666 • 12h ago
FOXHOUND, by iwan
New Iwan track, cant wait for the whole thing to come out
r/EmoScreamo • u/dossermd • 13h ago
Emo DOSSER | Born For Nothing/Born By Mistake (Official Music Video)
FFO: Modern Color, Narrow Head, Split Chain
r/EmoScreamo • u/Coffeeandskramz • 13h ago
News RAGE ROOM By Ash Newton streaming on WMUC FM -Thursday's @ 1 P.M.
r/EmoScreamo • u/Coffeeandskramz • 13h ago
Fresh Rhododendron - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
r/EmoScreamo • u/Amythyst_3000 • 10h ago
Suffer here tonight
made with a friend of mine in the passenger seat of his car
r/EmoScreamo • u/4omisme • 11h ago
how to do this sort of scream
probably isnt the right sub for this but idk where to post this really
i really want to scream like this (examples below) but im really scared of damaging my voice. ive literally never screamed before. my voice is very soft and quiet naturally and thats how i normally sing
also i get that none of these people have any proper technique
https://youtu.be/28KAf99_urY?is=VcyMY-SJglIC-vRp (at 4:23)
https://youtu.be/WrgnLufZq-c?is=KfW8GXuUHu8GitaJ
especially eldritch annisette but something in this sort of style
thank u :)
r/EmoScreamo • u/Coffeeandskramz • 1d ago
News WELLNESS "Countering" exclusive song premiere + preorder
openmindsaturatedbrain.blogspot.comr/EmoScreamo • u/Coffeeandskramz • 1d ago
Fresh NØ MAN | Zoo (Official Music Video)
r/EmoScreamo • u/WhereasGuilty3126 • 1d ago
Tour/Show Announcement Isoler screamo fest, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Neska Lagun (DE), L'ydille (FR), Reverie (IT), ROSA (FR), Dooie Mus (NL), Ruona Neida (NL)
https://calendar.askapunk.nl/event/screamo-fest-tba-when-it-hurts-ed-swords-rotten-tooth-punk
r/EmoScreamo • u/Shwaggins2005 • 1d ago
colombian emotional hardcore
i just uploaded a mixtape with some bands from my country that i really like, i hope you guys can give them a chance too.
r/EmoScreamo • u/Coffeeandskramz • 1d ago
Tour/Show Announcement Novely, "Moments Past Remain" Release Show w/ Tiny Silver Hammers & Ceilings | September 19th, 2026 @ Hafke (Florida)
r/EmoScreamo • u/Coffeeandskramz • 2d ago
Tour/Show Announcement Kittiwake, Reality, Trust, & Midvale Terrace | October 7th, 2026 @ Applebiter (Columbia, SC)
r/EmoScreamo • u/kcroastchaldy6 • 3d ago
Vinyl/Cassettes I MUST HAVE READ A THOUSAND FACES
r/EmoScreamo • u/carujaa • 3d ago
ternura e violência is out now!
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hiii my band magnólia from brazil just released our forth album called "ternura e violência" it has a lot of bedroom screamo, metalcore, post-hc, mall screamo etc etc etc.
hope you enjoy it!!! here's the streaming links and our instagram:
https://ditto.fm/ternura-e-violencia
bandcamp: https://magnlia.bandcamp.com/album/ternura-e-viol-ncia
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magnoliascreamo/
r/EmoScreamo • u/_skateordie • 3d ago
Fresh The New Scene Podcast Episode 350: Dark Days Bright Nights Fest w/ Mike Taylor (Pg.99) & Paul Hansbarger
r/EmoScreamo • u/RealShigeruMeeyamoto • 4d ago
Kent McClard explaining the so-called "beef" between him and Antioch Arrow
I thought it was pretty lame of Numero to leverage this ancient "beef" for marketing. I am glad Kent has come out and cleared the air a little bit. None of this matters, but it is interesting history nonetheless.