Crustcore

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Crustcore

Development phase: Late 1970s
Place of origin: Great Britain
Stylistic precursors
Hardcore punk , anarcho-punk
Instruments typical of the genre
Electric guitar - drums - electric bass
Stylistic successor
Grindcore

Crustcore (also crust punk , often simply called crust ) describes a style of music and a subculture that has its roots in anarcho and hardcore punk and finds its supporters especially in left and radical left youth culture . The members of this subculture mostly refer to themselves as crusties . The term “stenchcore” is sometimes used as a synonym for early British crustcore, which was originally intended as a parody of the tendency in hardcore punk to invent new names for musical styles with the ending “core”.

Beginnings

Crust-punk's roots lie in the anarcho-punk and hardcore scenes in Britain in the early 1980s. In addition to anarcho-punk bands such as Crass and Conflict , especially D-Beat (or "Speedcore") bands such as Discharge , GBH or The Varukers inspired a new generation of hardcore punk bands, on the one hand the anarcho and " Everybody-can-do-it ”aesthetics of UK hardcore, but on the other hand also took up elements of Extreme Metal . The prototype of the later crust scene are the Amebix , founded in 1978 , which not only counted the aggressive and chaotic punk rock of Crass among their influences, but also strongly influenced by the post-punk band Killing Joke and early metal bands such as Black Sabbath and Motörhead were influenced. The term "Crust Punk" is probably derived from the Hellbastard group , who released a demo in 1986 called Ripper Crust . The first band to speak of “crustcore” or “crustpunk” as a style of music is said to have been the group Deviated Instinct .

Early bands and spread of the genre

The early British crust bands like Amebix and Antisect , which can also be seen as forerunners of the actual crustcore, together with the D-beat of their contemporaries Discharge , inspired a new wave of Scandinavian hardcore punks, namely bands like Avskum or Totalitarian , who in turn created their own dark and aggressive style typical of Scandinavian bands , which in turn inspired mid-80s UK hardcore bands such as Deviated Instinct, Electro Hippies , Extreme Noise Terror , Hellbastard and Doom , which on this basis with the addition of blastbeats and sometimes inspired Elements of Thrash Metal defined crustcore as such. With groups like Neurosis and Nausea , crust punk also became known in the USA, where British crust bands were followed by groups like Antischism , Destroy, Mindrot , Filth and Toxic Narcotic . In addition to Great Britain, the Scandinavian countries and the USA, there were also quite large crust following in Japan and Germany.

Crust in the 1990s

In the early 1990s, the first Crust generation in Scandinavia was followed by groups such as Skitsystem , Driller Killer and Wolfbrigade (originally Wolfpack), in Great Britain Extinction of Mankind , in Germany Recharge , Cluster Bomb Unit, Yacøpsæ , Autoritär and MVD and in the USA Dystopia , Tragedy , His Hero Is Gone , Skullkrusher , Anti-Product and Aus-Rotten . At this point in time, American crustcore increasingly developed the tendency, instead of just emulating the models of the 1980s, rather combining crust elements with contemporary hardcore and thus developing the style further; Especially in connection with groups such as Ictus, Tragedy or Ekkaia , some critics began to speak of a “neocrust wave”. The new millennium saw both styles live on with groups like From Ashes Rise , Born Dead Icons , Behind Enemy Lines , Caustic Christ , Bombstrike , Human Waste and Disfear , among others .

music

Crust can be described as a particularly dark mixture of punk and extreme metal, the weighting is different for the different bands. Due to its independence and genesis, Crust eludes the common division of hardcore into "old school" and "new school". Sometimes the style is close to related music genres such as Grindcore , Hatecore , Sludge and Powerviolence . Due to the wide range of influences of different extreme musical styles for crustcore, certain styles or tendencies can be distinguished within the music:

  • The classic crust-punk is called "stenchcore" or, more rarely, "doomcore". This style, mainly influenced by the band Amebix , is very dark and strongly determined by Doom Metal , whereby slow, dragging parts can alternate with fast, hard parts. Newer bands of the Doom-influenced school are often placed near the sludge.
  • Crust strongly influenced by the D-beat of the band Discharge from groups like Doom is called "Dis-Crust", "Dis-Core" or "Dis-Punk". Such bands can be found mainly in the Scandinavian region, where the style is also called käng within the scene .
  • "Melodic Crust" is a newer style played by groups like Fall of Efrafa or Ekkaia and combines dark crustcore with more melodic postcore elements. The term “melodic crust” is used as a synonym for “neocrust”.
  • For faster bands whose style between crust and the consequential Grindcore is classified, the term "Crustgrind" is used. The influence of Extreme Noise Terror , which is named as an important co-founder for both styles , is particularly influential .

In addition, there are bands that experiment with elements from other genres. Some bands of the late 1990s such as Iskra , Ludicra , Black Kronstadt or the Japanese Gallhammer took up elements of Black Metal . Some bands like Gloom and Confuse from Japan and the American band Fade to Black integrated noise / fuzz elements into their music. The German band Totenmond combines doom-heavy crustcore with black metal and noise elements as well as technical death metal . Furthermore, some bands like Mouth Sewn Shut and Basura experimented with reggae and ska elements. Some groups like Asfixia from Spain are working with more experimental post-hardcore borrowings.

Content

Since the origin of the crustie subculture lies primarily in the British anarcho and squatter scene , the content of the crustcore is predominantly political. In the 1980s, many bands had a negative " no-future " attitude , influenced by the Cold War , Thatcherism and the Falklands War . The texts were often dystopian , sometimes nihilistic , and themed scenarios such as that of a surveillance state as well as often apocalyptic visions of the end of the world and the annihilation of humanity by a nuclear holocaust . Instead of going into more detail about the fate of society as a whole, many texts told short episodes or described pictures of the fate of individual people; Theaters of war and scenarios of violence were frequent topics. Some crust bands like Amebix also dealt with mysticism and gnosticism , the Irish the Dagda even with neo-paganism . In the early 1990s, many bands became less negative in terms of content, but more combative. In contrast to doomsday scenarios and self-destruction, more and more constructive socially critical content prevailed, topics such as animal rights , animal liberation , veganism , sexism and self-determination . Often there was a mixture with parts of the straight-edge scene. What remained was the clear anti-fascist and often anarchist basic stance of the movement.

Selection of other bands

Crust labels (selection)

  • Aborted Society Records
  • Alerta Antifascista Records
  • Behind the Scenes Records
  • Civilization Records
  • Contraszt! Records
  • Deep Six Records
  • Havoc Records
  • Life is Abuse Records
  • Moshpit Tragedy Records
  • Prank Records
  • Profane existence
  • Rodent Popscicle Records
  • Skuld releases
  • Institute for Mental Hygiene
  • Threat From The Past
  • Threat to Existence Records
  • MCR Records
  • DIY records
  • Rinderherz Records (CH)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Felix Von Havoc: Rise of Crust . In: Profane Existence . No. 40 , 1984 (English, havocrex.com ( memento of February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed September 16, 2011]). Rise of Crust ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.havocrex.com
  2. ↑ Peter Jandreus: The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk 1977-1987 . Premium Publishing, Stockholm 2008, p. 11.
  3. ^ Fall of Efrafa - OWSLA Punknews.org
  4. ↑ Ekkaia - Sombras Del Progreso CD Interpunk.com
  5. ^ Review of usurper on metal.de
  6. ^ Ian Glasper: "Amebix." The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980 to 1984 . Cherry Red Books, 2006, ISBN 1-901447-70-7 , pp. 198-201.
  7. ↑ review 7inchcrust http://7inchcrust.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html