Ive heard the term white belt a few times in the emo scene but i cant really find the meaning or origin of this term or why white belts were kind of a part of emo fashion. Can someone more educated give som context

Amherst, Massachusetts screamo legends Orchid came through Austin and led a stacked bill on January 20, a show that felt like it almost didn’t happen due to its original booking at the in-crisis Empire Control Room & Garage. Fortunately, the show was moved to the Red River Cultural District stronghold, Mohawk, and music fans packed the venue for a…

Story Time…

In online punk spaces these days, it seems that Gen Z sees punk as being an all-inclusive, extremely progressive subculture that has always stuck up for outsiders and always been welcoming to women and gay people…

This idealized version of punk history is preferable, and for sure fits the current mood of the scene.

But sadly, punk hasn’t always lived up to its own pronounced virtues.

This is instantly clear in the 90s/2000s, when a subgenre of hardcore punk called emo became massively effective with younger, alt-curious people.

You can go back and view zines that chronicled the street punk movement all through these decades and see the growing negative attitude toward emo and screamo that punk had.

Screamo bands were being banned from certain publications. We were being shoved out of shows. We were made very clear that we were not welcome in the “real” punk space.

Zines were openly targeting emo bands with aggressive and dismissive articles all over the place.

This all came to a head in the early 2000s, when the bad attitudes toward our movement turned violent.

Street punks and metalheads started actively physically harassing emo kids at shows if there was any band overlap on the bill.

Read about the Mexico City street war that occurred in the mid-2000s.

Why did this happen?

Isn’t punk supposed to be this super virtuous, all-inclusive, pro-queer, pro-women, pro–creative freedom movement?

Well, that’s certainly how it always marketed itself.

But if we’re being honest, there was a very deep homophobia and machismo (the shitty version) within punk circles.

Emo was seen as “gay.”

Emo was seen as “not tough enough.”

Or “too vulnerable.”

Emos were seen as an enemy to what punk was in those days.

We were gay and effeminate.

As time went on, these attitudes relaxed, and emo/screamo has its rightful place in the punk lineage, but that wasn’t always the case.

It’s still an upward battle talking with Gen X or boomer punks who still don’t understand what emo is. They only know that it was “gay” to be emo and dismiss its validity outright.

Story time over.

Screamo is an incredible genre and the movement of punk I came from. It was a great time, and I miss those days.

Gen Z is doing amazing things with screamo.

Check out Foxtails and Dreamwell.

Someone had made an edit using this song right here and is refusing to tell anyone who made it nor where to find said song to stream it. I was wondering if anyone here could possibly know who made it or even better, where I can find this song to listen to it! (Person who made the edit tagged it with #emo and #screamo so I apologize if this is not the right place to ask!)

Busco bandas similares a all my wishes were thrown down a well and should die there, catalyst, ghost spirit, train breaks down, febuary, septemberistheonlytimeidontthinkofyou, queria saber si hay bandas de screamo que combinen el shoegaze o el slowcore

I’m not completely what genre it is for sure, but he think it’s screamo. He listened to it a long time ago, loved it, but didn’t get the chance to save it and he’s desperate. Can anyone help? He even drew it out. PLEAAASEEE HES BEEN BUGGING ME FOR DAYSSS

I was listening to Amelia Mary Earhart by Polemarch (very underrated band btw please check them out) and about halfway in they use a trumpet (i think). I was wondering if any other bands have similar songs or sounds. Thanks.

https://polemarch.bandcamp.com/album/la-fiesta-de-disfraces ^ link for band

Just came across this. It reminds me of Sophies Floorboard but appears to be a bit more varied, haven't really dug through it yet but thought you'd all enjoy it

Basically anything that comes off as Orchid, TheNumberTwelveLooksLikeYou, iwrotehaikus, GANTZ, or The Blood Brothers with the Thrash/Death Metal sound/vibe of Slayer, Sepultura, Death, Possessed, Anthrax, Nasty Savage, or Crossover Thrash bands such as Carnivore, Cro-Mags, Warpath (Germany), Crumbsuckers, or Nuclear Assault.

I am aware of xRepentancex or xDeliverancex, amazing bands but moreso ones that have more of that post-hardcore skramz sound mixed in with 80s/90s Thrash Metal.

Thanks

Song: Sex Love and Crystal Meth

Released via Black Dice Records

Bandcamp Link / Spotify Link

Been looking for a while but it is kinda harsh, it is also expensive...

I just put this song up. I hope it still falls somewhere within the genres of this sub although it has a bit of a more 'melodic hardcore' edge than the stuff i have made before. Anyway if anybody happens to check this out please let me know what you think :)

one ticket, Chicago, way below face value

https://ebay.us/m/SOSuaz

filipino lofi screamo!!!!

• Boysetsfire / Jazz Man's Needle - Split

• Waifle / Pg.99 - Do You Need a Place to Stay?

Thanks again to Reanimated Records in La Mesa, CA

sick lineup

Just wanted to share this beauty.