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Crust punk
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<p>Crust punk (also known as stenchcore or simply crust) is a <a href="/facts/Fusion_genre/ceqIJRjh">fusion genre</a> of <a href="/facts/Anarcho-punk/blAFjuAR">anarcho-punk</a> and <a href="/facts/Extreme_metal/U8ovGHSn">extreme metal</a> that originated in the early to mid-1980s in England. Originally, the genre was primarily mid-tempo, making use of metal riffs in a stripped-down anarcho-punk context, however many later bands pushed the genre to be more grandiose, faster or more melodic. Often songs are political, discussing <a href="/facts/Environmentalism/hhFsXTLE">environmentalism</a>, <a href="/facts/Anarchism/4a262gvQ">anarchism</a>, <a href="/facts/Anti-capitalism/UWDht7eJ">anti-capitalism</a>, <a href="/facts/Feminism/RRqUvGmk">feminism</a> and <a href="/facts/Animal_rights/0MzosRCV">animal rights</a>. </p><p>The genre originated in the early to mid-1980s with <a href="/facts/Amebix/tkgMHUrl">Amebix</a> and <a href="/facts/Antisect/qHYGBRpg">Antisect</a>, bands active in the anarcho-punk scene who began to incorporate the influence of <a href="/facts/Heavy_metal_music/WsIPhM9e">heavy metal</a> bands such as <a href="/facts/Hellhammer/eQJfdD9y">Hellhammer</a>, <a href="/facts/Mot%25C3%25B6rhead/YlE3LmJ1">Motörhead</a> and <a href="/facts/Trouble_(band)/JKxt03D8">Trouble</a>. The influence of these bands led to the genre's first wave with <a href="/facts/Hellbastard/tH2db5ye">Hellbastard</a>, <a href="/facts/Deviated_Instinct/UwNYKTNH">Deviated Instinct</a> and <a href="/facts/Concrete_Sox/9QJzkM2Y">Concrete Sox</a>. By the late 1980s, the genre had begun to merge with <a href="/facts/Hardcore_punk/eonxzUyP">hardcore punk</a>, typified by <a href="/facts/Electro_Hippies/eLG0k5ES">Electro Hippies</a>, <a href="/facts/Extreme_Noise_Terror/alvEUdTo">Extreme Noise Terror</a> and <a href="/facts/Doom_(British_band)/SAckGttE">Doom</a>. During the 1990s, this sound was continued by Swedish and Japanese bands including <a href="/facts/Skitsystem/9wwD14UM">Skitsystem</a>, <a href="/facts/Driller_Killer_(band)/mzNrabPQ">Driller Killer</a>, <a href="/facts/Disclose/MGQte3bP">Disclose</a> and Gloom, while other areas brought in outside influences such as <a href="/facts/Dystopia_(band)/N3VJCMUG">Dystopia</a> with sludge metal, <a href="/facts/His_Hero_is_Gone/C9VaoVst">His Hero is Gone</a> with <a href="/facts/Powerviolence/SklUCo1w">powerviolence</a>, <a href="/facts/Choking_Victim/T5IhReqP">Choking Victim</a> with <a href="/facts/Ska/lswkm6MY">ska</a> and <a href="/facts/Disrupt_(band)/olQ99jY4">Disrupt</a> with <a href="/facts/Grindcore/2EJb4bpy">grindcore</a>. During the 2000s, the most prominent sound in the genre was the neo-crust style of <a href="/facts/Tragedy_(band)/uY3FLVGG">Tragedy</a>, <a href="/facts/Fall_of_Efrafa/g33jr0p2">Fall of Efrafa</a> and <a href="/facts/From_Ashes_Rise/pFqV8BJn">From Ashes Rise</a>, which pushed the genre into more metal-influenced but also melodic and <a href="/facts/Post-rock/LUKX5EeN">post-rock</a>-inspired territory. At the same time, Swedish bands like <a href="/facts/Disfear/9x3N9CDl">Disfear</a> and <a href="/facts/Wolfbrigade/Gw8rkBTW">Wolfbrigade</a> were also pushing crust punk into an increasingly melodic direction, through the incorporation of elements of <a href="/facts/Melodic_death_metal/JfKJB0I0">melodic death metal</a>. </p>