crust punk
English edit
Etymology edit
The term crust came from the band Hellbastard's 1986 Ripper Crust demo.
Noun edit
crust punk (countable and uncountable, plural crust punks)
- (uncountable) A subgenre of punk rock, derived from hardcore punk with extreme metal elements, often with pessimistic lyrics about political and social ills.
- Synonyms: crust, crustcore, stenchcore
- Coordinate term: hardcore punk
- 2010, Sharon M. Hannon, Punks: A Guide to an American Subculture, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 162:
- Crust: Also called crustcore or crust punk, an extreme version of hardcore punk that arose in Great Britain in the mid-1980s, featuring lyrics that espoused anarchist political or social beliefs shouted or growled over extremely fast metal guitar […]
- (countable) A fan of that genre.
Further reading edit
- blackened crust
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