Top 40 ranked Favorite Screamo Albums ever (until 2023)
Neil Perry is missing because they did never something like an album. You And I, Hyacinth, Ampere, Joshua Fit For Battle, The Assistant, Welcome To The Plague Year, Who Calls So Loud, Cease Upon The Capital as close followers. |
| 1 |  | Suis La Lune
Riala
Because it is so varied and has so much emotions, this is my all time favorite. Best vocals ever. I could cry evertime i listen to this songs. Deeply touching music. |
| 2 |  | Saetia
Saetia
Most important screamo record of my life. Saetia were the kings and they started my love for the genre. I especially love their jazzy parts. Sadly no other band after Saetia had done such parts in such a great way again. I am still searching and hoping... |
| 3 |  | Buried Inside
Chronoclast
Brutal and chaotic post metallish screamo at its very best. Band lived too short. Fascinating record. It was a pleasure live. |
| 4 |  | Kaospilot
Shadows
My favorite screamo record when it comes to be an screamo genre allrounder. Shadows offers the best of the genre in one album. |
| 5 |  | Gospel
The Moon Is a Dead World
Incredible unique progressive screamo record. I think of At The Drive-In playing screamo. Instrumental parts are rocking hard. |
| 6 |  | City of Caterpillar
City of Caterpillar
Pioneer-record of emotional screamo, maybe after Portraits Of Past. The Emo genre is crossing screamo here, which influenced the whole scene. |
| 7 |  | Birds in Row
Gris Klein
One of the younger records listed here which i think is close to perfection. Of course it has one foot in punk, emo and post hardcore. Gris Klein is a dense listen and an incredible grower. I hope it will become a future classic. |
| 8 |  | Majority Rule
Interview With David Frost
Underrated masterpiece. I like its very dark and kind of evil atmosphere. |
| 9 |  | Tristan Tzara
Da Ne Zaboravis
Razorsharp screamo. Short and perfect. Production is so tight and timeless. |
| 10 |  | Orchid
Orchid
Classic and no words needed here. Gatefold is the best Orchid album in the end. |
| 11 |  | Portraits Of Past
01010101
Another pioneer record. This band was kind of ahead of its time. Love the cold production which contrasts the emotional music. |
| 12 |  | Jeromes Dream
The Gray In Between
Younger classic for me and it beats the bands previous classic first two records. |
| 13 |  | Off Minor
The Heat Death of the Universe
What a wild and harsh ride. Lovely record. Of course i love that you can hear the Saetia influences. |
| 14 |  | State Faults
Clairvoyant
Incredible comeback album. State Faults went all-in into old school screamo with Clairvoyant and left their previous path with a more modern post hardcore edge. Big surprise back then and until today one of my most favorite younger screamo records. |
| 15 |  | Funeral Diner
The Underdark
Classic time again: Funeral Diner screamo with post rock parts. Just greatness and for sure influential for so many bands. |
| 16 |  | Life at These Speeds
Life at These Speeds
Hard to list this here because maybe it is more emo. Genre classic for me. |
| 17 |  | Kidcrash
Jokes
Emotional screamo at its best. First i like Jokes but over the time it grew on me and now i absolute love it. Safe Top20 ever. |
| 18 |  | Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket
Det Onda. Det Goda. Det Vackra. Det Fula.
Epic swedish screamo masterpiece which for came out of nowhere. Sometimes it reminds me of Envy without their harsh side. |
| 19 |  | La Quiete
La fine non è la fine
Classic italy screamo. The incredible thing here are the totally awesome melodies. If you are looking for melodic screamo, then this shoulb be the best album ever. |
| 20 |  | Beau Navire
Lumens
After an exciting first record Beau Navire released this perfect old school screamo record. |
| 21 |  | Amygdala
Population Control
Incredible album by Amygdala. Front to back this is a slap-in-the-face DIY screamo. |
| 22 |  | Eaves
Höhenangst
Classic german hardcorish screamo band which influenced the scene in Germany a lot. |
| 23 |  | Reversal Of Man
This Is Medicine
Tight and underrated screamo classic. |
| 24 |  | ostraca
Disaster
Great band with a strong discography but they topped it all with Disaster. Listening to this album is like listening to Ostraca jamming in front of you. Songs are often loose and open just like a jam session. |
| 25 |  | pg.99
Document #8
Classic. I especially like its (punk)rockish character. pg.99 did screamo by accident. |
| 26 |  | Raein
Sulla linea d'orizzonte tra questa mia vita e que
Best of italian classic Raein. Great and melancolic melodies. |
| 27 |  | Circle Takes the Square
Decompositions: Volume Number One
Unique screamo record by a visionary band. Lots of metallish influences. Not only technically it is an excellent listen. I like it a little bit more than their world famous debut record. |
| 28 |  | Envy
All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead
No words needed. Maybe this is too low here but fact is that i am not always wanna listen to this monster. Envy are the godfathers of post screamo. If you wanna call that so. |
| 29 |  | Piri Reis
Ritma
Probably the best screamo band around these days. Ritma may not has the best songs of the band but as an album their music is more tighter than ever here. |
| 30 |  | Yaphet Kotto
Syncopated Synthetic Laments For Love
Maybe more post hardcore. This record is so down-to-earth-solid that it's pleasure. There is no need or wish by the band to do something special. And that is a good thing here. Great atmosphere. |
| 31 |  | Cassus
Separation Anxiety
Unique sounding modern screamo with a lot of clean vocals integrated in a creative way. |
| 32 |  | Gillian Carter
Salvation Through Misery
The band did their screamo with a lot more hardcore and distortion on this one. The distorted vocals are pure pain in a good way. |
| 33 |  | Loma Prieta
I.V.
Classic band and I.V. was their last pure and if you want more traditional screamo record. Flawless. |
| 34 |  | Respire
Black Line
Awesome and varied record. If you like black metal or wanna know why screamo and black metal are not so far away, then listen to Black Line. |
| 35 |  | Hot Cross
Cryonics
It is the math rocky screamo album of this list. Very influential for many followers but it is still the king after all these years. |
| 36 |  | Danse Macabre
Synkopenleben, Nein Danke.
German screamo band which has done all things right on their one and only album. |
| 37 |  | Yage
Anders Leben!?
German screamo classic band. It was their second and last full length. Emotional stuff. |
| 38 |  | Daitro
Laisser Vivre Les Squelettes
Atmospheric screamo with a lot of post rock influences. It's a european classic. |
| 39 |  | Comadre
Burn Your Bones
Fun and highly entertaining DIY emo punk screamo band. |
| 40 |  | Sed Non Satiata
Le Ciel De Notre Enfance
Great band but every following record was a little step downwards in quality. But this debut (ep?) just rips. |
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