emo-artists

"Though their genre is arguably elusive — and can be described across the internet as everything from rock and screamo to Christian metal — Underoath embody post-hardcore. Initially drawing on death metal as an inspiration, they built a band on the bones of the Florida metal hardcore scenes. But as the group saw internal changes, they shifted the sound, forgoing some of the heavier notes for cleaner vocals and rhythm changes."

"Saosin’s cohesive mix of screamo and alt-rock elements set them apart as a core contributor to the development of post-hardcore in the early 2000s."

"Senses Fail has remained at the fore of the commercial hardcore scene since issuing their 2004 debut, Let It Enfold You. Mainstays of the Billboard 200 and U.S. indie charts, the band has released a string of acclaimed albums."

"Senses Fail’s debut album, Let It Enfold You, introduced some of the best post-hardcore songs of the 2000s."

"When it comes to emo royalty, Austin, Texas' Mineral is sitting at the head table."

"Rites of Spring might be the most influential punk group that pretty much no one has ever heard of. [...] The example they set – their conduct, their attitude, and of course their music – would be hugely influential. A model, if you will, for how hardcore punk might grow up."

"Rites of Spring prides itself as one of the great hardcore punk bands, but many professional music critics and punk historians claim this beloved Washington D.C. outfit to be the first emo band. Mainly because the band's lyrics were more personal and in-depth than any of its hardcore punk contemporaries. Though Rites of Spring didn't want anything to do with the emo label, the band's only studio release has stood the test of time and got the ball rolling on a movement."

"AFI have done a lot for the post-hardcore scene as a whole, but cracking into the mainstream with “Miss Murder” is a massive achievement. The song had all of the makings of a radio hit, with a massive chorus, driving bassline and simplistic nature to capture the attention of people in and out of the know on bands playing this style of music."

"The grandaddy of them all, Rites Of Spring arguably kicked off the entire [post-hardcore] movement with their sole album. With the hardcore scene in their hometown of Washington DC flourishing but becoming increasingly thuggish, they stepped away and changed things up, keeping the breakneck punk pace but displaying their own vulnerability and fears in the lyrics and whipping in something the genre was sorely missing: proper tunes."

"The Used are kings of the 2000s emo scene."

"The calming, atmospheric vibe at the beginning of mewithoutYou’s “In A Sweater Poorly Knit” is there to suck listeners in before the band start to build layer after layer of sounds, showing their capabilities in bringing out punk energy without ever tapping into harsh noise."

"Is it worth it can you even hear me Standing with your spotlight on me Not enough to feed the hungry I'm tired and I felt it for awhile now In this sea of lonely The taste of Ink is getting old It's four o' clock in the fucking morning Each day gets more and more like the last day Still I can see it coming While I'm standing in the river drowning This could be my chance to break out This could be my chance to say goodbye Can't take this town much longer Being half dead wasn't what I planned to be Now I'm ready to be free"

"Lost love so strange"

"I’ll never find another love like this"

"Baby when I’m 30 I’ll laugh about how dumb it felt Baby when I’m 30 I’ll laugh it out"

"I can’t keep anything down"

"I wanna spend the entire year Just face down [...] And spend the rest of it asking myself ‘Is this who you are?’ And I don’t know It just feels gross"

"Why’d you wanna erase me, darling valentine?"

"You wanna leave a stain, like a relapse does"

"Drinking just to taste her mouth"

"So you see, this world doesn't matter to me I'd give up all I had just to breathe The same air as you till the day that I die I can't take my eyes off of you"

"I'm alive but I'm losing all my drive Cause everything we've been through And everything about you Seemed to be a lie A guiltless twisted lie It made me learn to hate you Or hate myself for letting it pass by"

"But hold your breath Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you Over again, don't make me change my mind Or I won't live to see another day, I swear it's true Because a girl like you is impossible to find, you're impossible to find"

"The way that I feel tonight, so down, so down I pray I can swim just so I won't drown And the waves that crash over me I am gasping for air, take my hand so I can breathe as I write this last song down"

"Cause today, you walked out of my life Cause today, your words felt like a knife I'm not living this life"

"Suppose we were happy Suppose it was true And suppose there were cold nights But we somehow made it through And suppose that I'm nothing without you"

"Tell me all of your hopes, All of your dreams, I want to take you there"

"Stripped and polished, I am new, I am fresh I am feeling so ambitious, you and me, flesh to flesh Cause every breath that you will take when you are sitting next to me Will bring life into my deepest hopes, what's your fantasy?"

"Take me with you I will never let you down, I will love you now and forever"

"I should have known this wasn't real And fought it off and fought to feel What matters most? Everything That you feel while listening to every word that I sing I promise you I will bring you home I will bring you home"

"Stay with me, Or watch me bleed I need you just to breathe"

"Just don't waste your night before it started Make sure I'm worth every single second"

"These streets are filled with memories Both perfect and in pain And all I wanna do is love you But I'm the only one to blame"

"Heart beats slowing Pains are growing Does she love you? That's worth knowing?"

"Will you stay awake for me? I don't wanna miss anything I don't wanna miss anything I will share the air I breathe, I'll give you my heart on a string, I just don't wanna miss anything"

"Cause I was born to tell you I love you And I am torn to do what I have to, To make you mine Stay with me tonight"

"And I'm here to sing About the things that mattered About the things that made us feel alive for oh so long About the things that kept you on my side when I was wrong"

"My tears run down like razorblades and no, I'm not the one to blame: it's you or is it me? And all the words we never say come out and now we are all ashamed. And there is no sense In playing games, when you've done all you can do"

"Let the suits watch each other kill one another."

"Just remember you will always burn as bright."

"We are never gonna DIE!"

"You don't know a thing about this life."

"You keep your money and I'll see you in hell!"

"Dry your eyes and start believing, that's one thing they'll never take from you."

"I'll remember your eyes when you're gone."

"It was the roar of the crowd that gave me heartache to sing."

"They're gonna rip up your heads, your aspirations to shreds."

"You're just a sad song with nothing to say."

"Raise your glass high for tomorrow we die."

"But there's shit that I've done with this fuck of a gun, you would cry out your eyes all along."