Punk metal (also known as crossover thrash) is a musical genre which emerged in the middle 1980s. It evolved when both existing hardcore punk bands and new bands began to combine elements of both punk rock and heavy metal. Additionally, alternative metal bands started borrowing bits of hardcore punk. Despite opposition from punk rock and heavy metal purists, the marriage seemed natural, since both styles were intense, riff-driven, and often, but ...
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Punk metal (also known as crossover thrash) is a musical genre which emerged in the middle 1980s. It evolved when both existing hardcore punk bands and new bands began to combine elements of both punk rock and heavy metal. Additionally, alternative metal bands started borrowing bits of hardcore punk. Despite opposition from punk rock and heavy metal purists, the marriage seemed natural, since both styles were intense, riff-driven, and often, but not exclusively, manically uptempo. Punk-based metal bands generally evolved into the genre by developing more technique than the average hardcore outfit, and getting bored with the musical limitations of pure hardcore. Especially early on, Punk Metal had a strong affinity with skate punk, but gradually became more and more the province of metal audiences.
Originally, the term crossover was most commonly used to describe the punk metal sound that became popular in the 1980s. Bands who appreciated the fast hardcore punk stylings of bands...
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