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Writing and Press about Canadian Screamo

Zegema Beach Records: An Interview with Dave Norman by Natty Gray Watson for Lambgoat (2025) Inside New Friends Fest by Matt Brady for Brain Graffiti Zine (2025) Five Must-See Acts at Toronto's New Friends Fest 2025 by Exclaim! Staff for Exclaim! (2025) Toronto's New Friends Fest 2024 Was Powered by Catharsis and Community by Marko Djurdjić for Exclaim! (2024) DIY Defiance: How New Friends Fest Is Growing Ontario’s Post-hardcore Community by Daniel G. Wilson for The Grind (2024) FROM DIY ROOTS TO COMMUNITY GROWTH: THE JOURNEY OF NEW FRIENDS FEST by Idioteq (2024) Shotmaker Quietly Paved the Way for Post-Hardcore and Emo in Canada by Alex Deller for Bandcamp Daily (2023) Toronto's New Friends Fest 2023 Celebrated the Subversive Force of Community by Marko Djurdjić for Exclaim! (2023) NEW FRIENDS FEST BROUGHT THE INTERNATIONAL SCREAMO COMMUNITY TOGETHER by Em Miralgia for Scene Daddy (2022) Fast, Loud, and Passionate: Canada’s Screamo Revival Scene by Nour Abi Nakhoul for Bandcamp Daily (2021) You Should Probably Go to This Screamo Festival in Toronto by Dan Ozzi for Vice (2019) New Friends Fest brings “radical inclusivity” to Toronto’s music scene by Michael Rancic for NOW Magazine (2018) Ontario is for Screamo by Grace Guimond for Demo Magazine (2018) Why Does Canada Have so Many Great Screamo Bands? by Jacopo Sanna for Arena (2017)

BOOKS & BLOGS

Toronto DIY (2008-2013) photography book by Sean DeCory (2020) Canadian Wasteland (2022-present) Open Mind/Saturated Brain (2013-present) This Endless Breath (2014-present) Abridged Pause Retrospective Band Biographies (2008-2015)

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THE HISTORY OF EASTERN CANADIAN SCREAMO

QUÉBEC

1990s: Howard North (1993), Drift (1994), Ire (1994), Jonah (1995), One Eyed God Prophecy (1995), Lae-Tseu (1996), Lost Kidz (1999), The Sainte Catherines (1999), Selfmademan (1999), Suck la Marde (c. 1999)

2000s: But A Statue (2000), In Dying Days (2000), Collapse/Pechblende (2001/2005), The Discord of a Forgotten Sketch (2001), Kiss Me Deadly (2001), Cobra Noir (2002), The Expectorated Sequence (2002), Fall of Empire (c. 2003), Unblind Eyesight (c. 2003), A Quiet Night... For a Kidnapping (c. 2005), Black Ships (2005), Barrier (c. 2006), Milanku (2006), Le kraken (2007), Please don't put Charles on the Money (2007), T(h)undra (c. 2007), Hawkes (2008), HEY PREDATOR! (2008), Kale (c. 2008), Albatros (2009), Cardinals Pride (2009), The Catlin Elm (2009), Solids (2009)

2010s: Nous Étions (2010), Black Love (2011), Copperfield (2011), Gulfer (2011), In Beliefs (2011), Marécage (2012), Politess (2012), Lonely Animals (2013), NoDirectionHome (2013), Saul Hittner (2013), Watch For Wolves (2013), Ya’aburnee (2013), Big Knife Little Knife (2014), Entheos (2014), Place d’Armes (2014), Carcajou (2015), Clayborne (2015), Commuovere (2015), Ekadashi (2015), Hérésie (2015), mayfields (2015), Pluum (2015), The Ultimate Screamo Band (2015), Bhatt (2016), J Ü N O (2016), PATENT (2016), sleeping field (2016), Banal (2017), Caton & Ophélie (2017), dianacrawls (2017), Hypoxie (2017), False Lives (2015), Marée Noire (2017), Au bout de mes lèvres (2018), Conatus (2018), Faults (2018), Bleak Rugiada (2019), Cerbèra (2019), Rockers (2019), MADARA (2019), Pnoom (2019)

2020s: Bouvreuils (2020), Cell Press (2020), Lifespan (2020), Tumeurs (2020), Yearning (2021), Jetsam (2022), The Worst White Guys (2022), Glint (2023), Human Breed (2023), Cüm Cåuldrøn/tachyon (2023), Nightgown (2023), Twine (2023), Typeface (2023), blossom_ (2024), Lesser (2024), One Trillion Bees (2024), Sewn Together (2024), shiny mawile (2024), computer science (2025), Toevenexist (2025), VVOMB (2025)

THE MARITIMES

New Brunswick: Remise (2011), Detweiler (2014), Oracle Sleep (2020), Rad Paisley (2022), Suis la mort (2024), longing (2025)

Nova Scotia: North of America (1997), Equation of State (c. 1998), Led By Regret (1998), The Plan (1999), Shrine Of American Martyr (c. 2000), Three Fine Days (2000), The Holy Shroud (2003), The Saros Cycle (2005), Castle Wolfenstein (2010), Crude Drawings of Dicks (2011), Oceans Apart (2011), bluebird (2013), Botfly (2013), johnny abatti (2013), King’s Girls (2013), Malibu Stacy (2013), Small Talk (2014), weak./Heiße (2014), Touch Fuzzy (2015), Bury Me at Sea (2016), Frail Hands (2016), Tandem War Elephant (2016), NEW RUINS (2017), Totems (2017), missive (2018), idialedyournumber (2023), Pavel Stroke (2023)

P.E.I.: Tastes Like Burning (c. 1999), Pilot Episode (2011), 6:45 is Tea Time. (2012), ACOUSMA (2012), UNCLE (2012), Antibodies (2017), DEADNAME (2019), Warsh (2019), Abraxas (2020)

Newfoundland and Labrador: Beaumont Hamel (2002), The Five Year Plan! (2003), SWORDS (2006), I Was A Skywalker (2009), Map to Temenos (c. 2009), Polina (2010), TIED DOWN (2010), Kick Gut (2011), Veneers (2011), New Flesh (2013), Intern (2015), Kuronuma (2015), Gossamer (2018), Monroe (2019), Withered Crops (2019), Deer Stare (2025), Life Jolt (2025)

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THE HISTORY OF WESTERN CANADIAN SCREAMO

BRITISH COLUMBIA

1990s: M Blanket (1992), Ache Hour Credo (1994), Benchwarmer (1994), Breakwater (1994), Empty (1994), Render Useless (1994), Instill (c. 1995), By a Thread (1996), Daddy’s Hands (1996), The Republic of Freedom Fighters (c. 1996), From Maggy to Margaret (c. 1997), Fuck You I’m Stealing Home (1997), Letters to the Lord Himself (1997), New York City Rhythm (c. 1997), The Warsaw Union (c. 1997), Wrought: Ironsmile (1997), Missiles To Heaven (c. 1998), The WPP (1998), Hot Hot Heat (1999)

2000s: The Red Light Sting (2000), After School Knife Fight (2001), Lights Below (2002), Our Last Days as Children (2002), Kincaide (2003), The Perfect Trend (2006), White Lung (2006), Hats off, Gentlemen (c. 2007), Stella (2007), Bridges Out (2008), GSTS (2009), Six Brew Bantha (2009), Tempest (2009)

2010s: Miss Black America (2011), Losses (2012), Twin Tusks (2012), Wars (2012), balance (2013), Dad Thighs (2013), Double Standards (2013), Friolento (2013), Youth Offender (2013), The Burden (2014), Karate Kids (2014), Parting Ways (2014), Air Combat (2015), and Lansky (2015), Black Knight Satellite (2015), Kaiju Bombers (2015), Might as Well (2015), Rosacea (2015), Toy Maker (2015), Heaps Keen (2016), slow release (2016), Terrifying Girls’ High School (2016), Diva Plavalaguna (2018), Emma Goldman (2018), ghosted (2018), Ending. (2019), Teeth To Your Throat (2019)

2020s: Hillsboro (2020), Our Future is an Absolute Shadow (2020), the rabbit loved the shining wire (2020), Tapioca (2020), Cinderland (2021), SISSY XO (2021), Bruxist (2022), Seasons Worn (2022), drive your plow over the bones of the dead (2023), Lord Wrought (2023), All That Decays (2024), A Recorded Dawn (2024), Coup D'état (2024), Horse (2024), The July Effect (2024), Kudos to the Feeling of Hiraeth (2024), lakeside amusement park (2024), Mourn Recif (2024), pine moths (2024), rue (2024), smush (2024), snow photos. (2024), Vincanska (2024), water margin (2024), Duck Party (2025), Tigers (2025)

ALBERTA

1990s: Choke (1994), Belvedere (1995), First Class Champ (c. 1995), Joule (1995), Jon American Car/Ellen Jamesian Society/Nine Miles To Morgan (c. 1996), Lucas (1996), Atticus (c. 1997), Barb Higgins (1997), The Preshure Point (c. 1997), The Alex P. Keatons (c. 1998), Chupacabra (1998), The Day After Tomorrow (1998)

2000s: Change Methodical (2000), The Corta Vita (2000), The Wolfnote (2001), The Buzzing Bees (2002), Misery Signals (2002), .the.stars.wept. (c. 2002), Even Your Odd (2004), Totheteeth/Tothehilt (c. 2004), Passenger Action (2006), Gift Eaters (2007), In Vacuo (2008), Brain Fever/La Luna (2009/2015), Cold Craving (2009), Detroit (2009), Kodama (2009), Mares of Thrace (2009), Maus (c. 2009), Rape Revenge (2009), Tel Fyr (2009)

2010s: Coalspur (2010), Crippled Children (2010), Crow Eater (2010), Stalwart Sons (2010), Todos Caeran (2010), Book of Caverns (2011), The Hills are Watching Us (2011), Fabulous Dad (2011), Mahria (2011), Kyote (2013), lesserman (2013), Rayleigh (2013), The 21st Agenda (2014), Anna Phora (2014), DAYDREAMING (2014), Mortality Rate (2014), You Take The Bus When You're Dead (2014), blue lotus (2015), florals (2015), Heavy Weather (2015), I Hate Sex (2015), Moth Priest (2015), Spurn (2015), Murdrum (2016), Old Crows (2016), FIEND (2017), Still There (2017), Sun Up Sun Down (2017), Bayhand (2018), Obroa-skai (2018)

2020s: Fulfilment (2020), 4BPM (2021), Maid Outfit (2021), Notedead (2021), No Euphoria (2022), Real Friend (2022), ihopethepeopleyoumeetinmyabscencetreatyouwell (2023), Garland Briggs (2024), PERRA (2024), Revivadrin (2024), This Moment Of RAWR XD (2024)

SASKATCHEWAN

1990s: PILLAR/Ghosts of Modern Man (1994/2005), Layaway Plan (1995)

2000s: Filmmaker (2000), Despistado (2001), Chapel Hill (c. 2005), The Holly Springs Disaster (2005), You Tel Aviv (2006)

2010s: WEAK ENDS (2012), Vacant Eyes (2013), Bermuda Love (2014), Silent Era (2014), wormwood (2014), Blue Youth (2017), Anemone (2018), Yarbo (2018), Riversleem (2019)

2020s: The Blood Of Keith Richards (2020)

MANITOBA

1990s: Painted Thin (1993), Silence Equals... (1993), Elliot (1995), Fallenshort (c. 1995), From This Day Forward (1999), Hoppers 13 (c. 1999), KEN Mode (1999)

2000s: Comeback Kid (2000), The Last Language (c. 2002)

2010s: Wolbachia (2010), Boys’ Club (2012), Vagina Witchcraft (2019)

2020s: hopscotchbattlescars (2021), Leavesliketinyflames (2025)

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THE HISTORY OF ONTARIO SCREAMO

1ST WAVE: Ottawacore and Other South Ont. Punx Ruination (1992), Firestorm (1993), Grade (1993), Ignorance Never Settles (1993), Pezz/Billy Talent (1993/1999), Shotmaker (1993), Union of Uranus (1993), Acacia (1994), Drop Forge (1994), Gates of Dawn (1994), Happy Sockmen (c. 1994), Minnow (c. 1994), Pecola (1994), Seer (1994), Shoulder (1994), The Skies Beg to Differ (1994), Watershed (c. 1994), Acrid (1995), Blake (1995), Bree (1995), Choke to Start (1995), Eliot Rosewater (1995), Holocron (1995), Louis Mistreated (1995), New Day Rising (1995), Okara (1995), Smallmouth (1995), Union Young America (c. 1995) 30 Second Motion Picture (1996), Karenza (1996), Left for Dead (1996), Buried Inside (1997), Black Cat #13 (1998), Gaffer (1998), Mach Tiver (c. 1998), Standing 8 (c. 1998), Three Penny Opera (c. 1998) mini-wave: only dorks know these bands Rockets Red Glare (1999), The Newfound Interest In Connecticut (2000), Vincent Black Shadow (2000), Katja (2001), I Spoke (2002), Kill Mannequin (2002), Van Johnson (2002), Plant the Bomb (c. 2003), We, The Accused (2003), Mare (2004), Panserbjørne (c. 2004) 2ND WAVE: Golden Horseshoe Sellout Screamo Moneen (1999), Hung By Hope (2000), Farewell to Freeway (2000), I Hate Sally (2000), Silverstein (2000), Alexisonfire (2001), Boys Night Out (2001), Fucked Up (2001), illScarlett (2001), Protest the Hero (2001), Wheels on the Bus (2001), Attack in Black (2003), Dead and Divine (2003), Incite (2003), Is Grace Enough (2003), The Reason (2003), Cancer Bats (2004), Caught in the Fire (2004), Liferuiner (2004), The Red Carpet Affair (2004), Shotgun Rules (2004), Straight Reads The Line (2004), Sydney (2005), To Cherish (2005), Today I Caught the Plague/The Kindred (2006/2013) mini-wave(s): International bands with Ontarian members Every Time I Die (1998/joined 2010), A Wilhelm Scream (1999/joined 2006), Circle Takes the Square (2000/joined 2007), Gallows (2005/joined 2011), Hit Home (2012), This Place is Actually the Worst (2017), Swallows Nest (2018), Therapy (2018), Votive (2022) 3RD WAVE: Saugacore and Other South Ont. Punx 7ate9 (2005), The Love and Terror Cult (2005), Mockingbird Wish Me Luck (2005), Sleeping Pilot (c. 2005), Women In Tragedy (2005), Akroid (c. 2006), Embassies of Denmark (2006), Etobicoke Death Squad (2006), Ghost Stories (c. 2006), Life in Vacuum (2006), Strawman Fallacy (2006), The Veil (2006), Burning Love (2007), Counterparts (2007), Dance Electric (2007), Gunnar Rapido (2007), Japanese Beaver Are Canadian (2007), Peace Be Still (2007), Soft Floors (2007), Syntaqst Error (2007), TONNN (2007), Whiskey Priest (2007), August (c. 2008), Lifestory:Monologue (2008), Ride at Dawn (2008), Ruzan Orkestar (2008), Single Mothers (2008), Vilipend (2008) 4TH WAVE: (Almost) Everyone Moves to Toronto Abstractionist (2009), Alaskan (2009), Ancestors (2009), !ATTENTION! (2009), Beat Noir (2009), Black Faxes (2009), Bottomfeeder (2009), CREEPER (2009), Cunter (2009), Like Animals (2009), Lost Cities (2009), Mighty Atom (2009), Purity Control (2009), The Smile/Authors (2009), TITAN (2009), Animal Faces (2010), Bandera (2010), Column of Heaven (2010), Currents (2010), Delo Truda (2010), Elos Arma/Breakfast (2010/2014), Exalt (2010), French Friar (2010), Greber (2010), Hellraiser (2010), Infernal Arms (2010), Masters of Finance (2010), Never Trust a Wizard (2010), Ramon Gris/The Year It Broke (2010), Sparrows (2010), We’re Doomed (2010), Arkham Awaits (2011), Bike Thiefs (2011), Camper (2011), Homage (2011), Hotknives (2011), HRS LVR/horselover (2011), Greys (2011), Gunt (2011), LND MMML/landmammal (2011), Shahman (2011), Sleepless/STRAYS (2011/2014), Thee Dull Sound Of Sharp Math When You Are Alive (2011), Town Ship (2011), Vices (2011), Araby (2012), Civil (2012), Ensign Bright (2012), Foxmoulder (2012), Heart & Home (2012), Holmolka (2012), John Smith (2012), LUNG (2012), Minors (2012), New Armour (2012), Pretty Mouth (2012), Pretty Odd (c. 2012), Quone (2012), Roughhouse (2012), Rising Crust (2012), Sarin (2012), Sartre (2012), Sketchbooks (2012), The Sustained Low 'C' of Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (2012), Tell-Tale Hearts (2012), Wolfs (2012)

mini-wave: originally from Alberta Brain Fever/La Luna (2009/2015)

5TH WAVE: The Fusion Era: Metallic and Mathy

Bird Death (2013), Blackbelt (2013), Black Baron (2013), Brauer (2013), Burial Permit (2013), Burn Victim (2013), Congratulations (2013), Dark Plains (2013), Fayereagan (2013), Fossil (2013), Good People (2013), Huge Cosmic (2013), ISM (2013), King Pin (2013), Le Vertige (2013), Mass (2013), Oracle Bones (c. 2013), Respire (2013), Two Crosses (2013), VENNS (2013), 4515 ED (2014), The 49th Parallel (2014), Coke Jaw (2014), DEAD TIRED (2014), Dervish (2014), Downstream (2014), Dry Heave (2014), Femur (2014), Gold Finch (2014), Hiera (2014), Homestyle Cooking (2014), HX KY (2014), Raymond Luxury Yacht (2014), Robot (2014), Romancer (2014), Rosewater (2014), Shimmer (2014), shoelace (2014), Somersaulter (2014), Terry Green (2014), Triage (2014), Wimp City (2014), Woodlouse (2014), Big Evil (2015), Cedar (2015), Deathsticks (2015), Die Hexe (2015), Growing Fins (2015), Humanities (2015), KIKEN (2015), Lord Beerus (2015), Nanette (2015), Pilcrow (2015), Salem Witches (2015), Spirit Desire (2015), Terrorista (2015), Vile Creature (2015), Witches From Everywhere (2015), The World That Summer (2015), And Always (2016), Fraera (2016), Husbands (2016), LILIM (2016), Not Down (2016), Pocket Child (2016), Quiet Earth (2016), Specifics (2016), STRESSER (2016), WLMRT (2016), Autumn’s Blind Embrace (2017), Digest (2017), iburiedyourflowers (2017), Life Post-Mortem (2017), Please Don’t Crash (2017), Loose Teeth (2017), Roach Lord (2017), Ultra Love (2017)

mini-wave: long-distance projects Never Better (2017), Notion of Distance (2020), sawara (2020), Sometimes Friends Fight (2020), Tired and Trustless (2020), de facto enscripture (2021), Felony For Existing (2022), Gingerbee (2022), Bitter Pill (2023), Coma of Eris (2025)

6TH WAVE: The Plague Era Burial Etiquette (2018), Burner (2018), Elmer Flood (2018), Gouge Out (2018), Karloff (2018), Mile End (2018), Old Ceremonies (2018), Piper Maru (2018), Stay Down (2018), Tower of Silence (2018), AGGRO FACTS (2019), Losers (2019), Sea Noto (2019), WITCHXHAT (2019), you do not belong here (2019), Adam in the Bayou (2020), Agent Mulder (2020), GhidoraH (2020), meandthebirds (2020), Jenafur (2021), jouissance (2021), Kuklinkski (2021), The New Flesh (2021), Treehouse of Horror (2021), Youth in Pain (2021), All My Cousins from Sacramento (2022), Basque (2022), boxcutter (2022), Constrain (2022), Influx (2022), LINENS (2022), Losing Team (2022), Super Kill Me Now (2022), Wedge (2022), BE STILL (2023), Byentwined (2023), Cease (2023), flowersfightforsunshine (2023), FOXCULT (2023), Girldinner (2023), GUTMACHINE (2023), Koroshi (2023), lowheaven (2023), Mauling (2023), Slewfoot (2023), Sundowner (2023), Wolf Fang Fist (2023), Body Minus Head (2024), Body Nest (2024), Ceiling Fan (2024), Dogwhistle (2024), Farron Keep (2024), KAVORCA (2024), Keening (2024), midnightcowboy. (2024), PAPERHATS (2024), thereisapolicemaninsideallourheads&hemustbedestroyed (2024), TinkleTinkleHoy!/Sisyphus/ihopethatyouneverforgetme (2024/2025), Underwater Basket Weaving (2024), We could go on tour (2024), Boon (2025), jackpine (2025), Liral (2025), zuzu bailey (2025)

I’m aware I’m being very liberal with the screamo classification, but I think it’s more important to highlight bands that were relevant to the scene(s) rather than not. If you’re a purist who thinks Billy Talent and Alexisonfire don’t have anything to do with screamo, then you’re probably not from here. If anything there are even more bands that I feel could be added that had an impact musically but never had anything close to screamed vocals such as 2 Line Filler (1991), Slow Loris (1993), Venus Cures All (c. 1995), Sinclaire (1997), The Fully Down (1999), The Fullblast (2000), Slow Parker (c. 2001) and DD/MM/YYYY (2003), though I guess this paragraph was a workaround!

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