knife at a gun fight

2000s screamo / post-hardcore: octave guitars with dissonant chords, half-time chugs in the verses; drums swing between blast-adjacent chaos and tight, stomping grooves. Screamed male vocals on verses, strained melodic hook in the chorus with gang vocals on the last line. Bass snarls with light overdrive, feedback squeals and pick slides between sections; final chorus ends on a held scream into swirling delay., screamo, romantic