Crust Punk

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Crust punk (often simply crust) is a form of music influenced by anarcho-punk, hardcore punk and extreme metal. The style, which evolved in the mid-1980s in England, often has songs with dark and pessimistic lyrics that linger on political and social ills.

Crust is partly defined by its "bassy" and "dirty" sound. It is often played at a fast tempo with occasional slow sections. Vocals are usually guttural and may be growled or screamed. Crust punk takes cues from the anarcho-punk of Crass and Discharge, the extreme metal of bands like Venom and 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 crawling, sludgy pace. The overall musical sound has been described as being "stripped down." Drumming is typically done at high speed, with D-beats sometimes being used.

Vocals in crust punk are often shrieked or shouted, and may be shared between two or more vocalists. The lyrical content of crust punk tends to be bleak and nihilistic, yet politically engaged. Crust punk songs are often about nuclear war, militarism, animal rights, police, personal grievances and oppressive states and fascism. Amebix were also interested in various forms of mysticism and Gnosticism.

Amebix - MySpace

DOOM - MySpace

Nausea - MySpace

Antisect - MySpace

Hellbastard - MySpace

That was some serious info I really like Crust Punk though I've recently gotten into it. At the moment I'm listening to bands such as Totalt Jävla Mörker and Skitsystem which are two Swedish bands that play that kind of stuff.

Only Crust Punk band I have in my collection is Doom, their Peel Sessions LP is stellar.

I don't know if I have ever heard any bands from this genre. I guess I'll check a couple out. Any recommendations?

Dishammer is another really good one if you want some blackened crust. The band I put up there I linked to their MySpace, so you can check them out if you want.

Nihil_ wrote:

That was some serious info I really like Crust Punk though I've recently gotten into it. At the moment I'm listening to bands such as Totalt Jävla Mörker and Skitsystem which are two Swedish bands that play that kind of stuff.

I started living with a crusty recently and he showed me Skitsystem and Hellbastard last night.

I dunno if I could ever really call crust a genre in strictly musical terms cause it usually just sounds like hardcore and crossover to me. It seems like the term is more relevant to the subculture and the types of crossover and punk it embraces, if that makes sense.

Not my cup of donuts

Disfear is made up of members of At the Gates and Entombed/Nihilist; another one worth checking out for a bit of the old' Discharge worship with slightly more metallic flavour.

And they are from Sweden like Skitsystem and Totalt Jävla Mörker.