Editing Crust punk (section)

==Characteristics==
{{Quote box |quote=Metal lyrics were so dumb, so far removed from daily life. Venom were going on about Satan... and bikes... and Satan... and women... and Satan... I'd switch on the TV and know I was going to see hundreds of people dying because there'd been an earthquake in the third world... and all these people starving to death while military expenditure still increased... That was — and still is — the reality of it. The whole heavy metal thing is... well, bullshit basically."<ref>Glasper 2009, 183."</ref>|source = Malcolm "Scruff" Lewty of Hellbastard on lyrics in heavy metal|width = 30%|align = right}}
===Lyrics===
Crust punk lyrics generally discuss real-world issues as a means of activism. In particular, they discuss political and social themes such as [[class struggle]], [[environmentalism]], [[anarchism]], and [[anti-capitalism]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hustle |first1=Jac |title=Punk Loud Guitars, Louder Statements |publisher=29 September 2023 |quote=Lyrically, crust punk is deeply rooted in political and social themes. Songs address a wide array of issues, including environmental degradation, anti-authoritarianism, class struggle, and anti-capitalism. The lyrics are often confrontational and provocative, reflecting a desire to challenge the status quo and provoke thought and action. Crust punk is a genre that thrives on chaos, both musically and thematically, using its sonic ferocity as a vehicle for activism.}}</ref> Sometimes these themes are hyperbolised to the point of discussing the apocalypse, religious control and nuclear destruction. Many bands also discussed [[feminism]], [[animal rights]] and [[veganism]] or [[vegetarianism]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sfetcu |first1=Nicolae |title=American Music |quote=Lyrics to crust songs tend to be dark, and based around politics and current events and even some human emotion; topics such as nuclear destruction, environmentalism, racial equality, squatting, non-conformity, apocalypse, abolishing sexism, animal rights, veganism/vegetarianism, religious control, death (and/or escaping life) and anarchism are common.}}</ref> In contrast, Amebix's lyrics sometimes discussed [[mysticism]] and [[Gnosticism]].<ref name=day/>

===Instrumentation===
[[File:Hellbastard Eindhoven.jpg|thumb|[[Hellbastard]] coined the name "crust punk" with their 1986 demo ''Ripper Crust'']]
Crust punk is a derivative form of [[anarcho-punk]], mixed with metal [[riff]]s.<ref name="Rise of Crust">{{cite web|last=Von Havoc |first=Felix |title=Rise of Crust |publisher=Profane Existence |date=1 January 1984 |url=http://www.havocrex.com/press/article/3/83 |access-date=16 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615163312/http://www.havocrex.com/press/article/3/83 |archive-date=15 June 2008 }}</ref> The overall musical sound was described by ''[[SFGate]]'' writer Loolwa Khazzoom as being "stripped down".<ref name="SFGate">{{cite news|author=Loolwa Khazzoom, Special to The Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/11/EBG7ABLSLU1.DTL |title=Livermore: All's well with the Bay Area punk scene say members of the Sick |publisher=Sfgate.com |date=11 March 2005 |access-date=1 August 2010}}</ref> Drumming is typically done at high speed, with [[D-beat]]s sometimes being used.<ref name=swedish/> In ''Sober Living for the Revolution: Hardcore Punk, Straight Edge, and Radical Politics'', author Gabriel Kuhn referred to the genre as a "blend of 1977 British punk, roots culture and [[black metal]]", with the genre often taking influence from [[death metal]], [[grindcore]] and [[powerviolence]].<ref name="Kuhn" />