Crust punk (often simply crust) is one of the evolutions of anarcho-punk and hardcore punk, mixed with extreme metal guitar riffs. The style, which evolved in the mid-1980s in the UK, often had songs with dark, pessimistic lyrics, lingering on political and social ills.
Crust is typically played at a fast tempo with growled and screamed vocals and anarchist lyrics. Crust punk takes cues from the anarcho-punk of Crass and Discharge, the extreme me...
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Crust punk (often simply crust) is one of the evolutions of anarcho-punk and hardcore punk, mixed with extreme metal guitar riffs. The style, which evolved in the mid-1980s in the UK, often had songs with dark, pessimistic lyrics, lingering on political and social ills.
Crust is typically played at a fast tempo with growled and screamed vocals and anarchist lyrics. Crust punk takes cues from the anarcho-punk of Crass and Discharge, the extreme metal of bands like Celtic Frost and, in some of its more dissonant strains, subtle elements of post-punk via Killing Joke. Crust punk has always remained a deeply underground form of music, although fans of the style are found worldwide. The early work of Doom, Amebix, Nausea, Antisect, and Hellbastard constitute prototypical crust punk.
Crust punk is a derivative form of hardcore punk and anarcho-punk, mixed with metal riffs. The tempos are often fast, but just short of thrashcore or grindcore, though many groups confine themselves to a...
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