Is anyone else into bands like

Crucifix
Nausea
The Subhumans
Doom
Rudimentary Peni
etc. ?

Can't say I've heard of them... or Crust Punk either. What's it like?

Here's a pretty good definition -

Crust punk (also known as crustcore) is an extreme evolution of hardcore punk. The genre might be considered hard to listen to and very abrasive. Crust punk lyrics tend to be political. Along with a sound that is more abrasive than other hardcore punk bands, crust punk bands have political beliefs that are antithetical to much of the mainstream commercial music industry; such as veganism and anarchism. Other common lyrical themes include atheism, pro-choice, gender equality, environmentalism and animal rights. Many consider the genre to have started with the band Amebix, but elements of the crust punk sound existed previously, most notably in early anarcho-punk bands such as Crass, Conflict and Zounds. If it can be said that crust started with the Amebix then their direct precursors were Disorder, Chaos UK,the fathers of British black metal Venom and the Japanese Anarcho-horror metal punk band GISM. Crust punk is tied to the grindcore and noise/experimental scenes. Fans of crust punk are sometimes called "crusties".

It's pretty much just a faster more abrasive version of hardcore punk, it was a hufe influence on the grindcore genre (bands like Napalm Death).

Rudimentary Peni and The Subhumans are Anarcho, not Crust.

I'm not a frequent listener of many Crust bands, but Drop Dead, Aus-Rotten, ect.. are ok.

ugh i hate that stuff. i know that this is such a stock epithet but 'its not music!!!! its just noise!!!'

I like Nausea, The Subhumans and Rudimentary, but Crust punk in general is still unclear to me. I need a better perception.

Would you call From Ashes Rise 'Crust Punk'?

Yeah, well, you suck and your avatar is pink. Not only that, but crust is most likely better than everything you listen to...because you suck and your avatar is pink.

No. Hardcore.


For fans of Aus Rotten, try some of the bands made of the same members (Behind Enemy Lines, Caustic Christ, Human Investment, etc.)