Editing Crust punk (section)

===1990s===
[[File:Wolfbrigade Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 08.jpg|thumb|[[Wolfbrigade]], one of the most prominent crust punk bands of the 1990s]]
In 1994, [[Orange County, California]]'s [[Dystopia (band)|Dystopia]] released their debut album ''[[Human = Garbage]]'' which merged sludge crust punk and [[sludge metal]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pratt |first1=Greg |title=DYSTOPIA - HUMAN = GARBAGE |url=https://bravewords.com/reviews/dystopia-human-garbage |website=[[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]] |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref> An important American crust punk band was [[Aus Rotten]]<ref name=ausrotten>"[http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A22082 Crust-punks Behind Enemy Lines release One Nation Under The Iron Fist of God] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128114625/http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A22082 |date=2011-11-28 }}</ref> from [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Crust punk also flourished in Minneapolis, shepherded by the [[Profane Existence]] label.<ref name=grindcrust2>"In Grind We Crust," p. 51.</ref> In this period, the ethos of crust punk became particularly codified, with [[vegetarianism]], [[feminism]], and sometimes [[straight edge]] being prescribed by many of the figures in the scene.<ref name=grindcrust2/> The [[powerviolence]] scene associated with [[Slap-a-Ham Records]] was in close proximity to crust punk, particularly in the case of [[Man Is the Bastard]] and [[Dropdead]].<ref name=terrorizer>"Powerviolence: The Dysfunctional Family of Bllleeeeaaauuurrrgghhh!!." ''Terrorizer'' no. 172. July 2008. p. 36-37.</ref> Prominent crust punk groups ([[Driller Killer (band)|Driller Killer]], Totalitär, [[Skitsystem]], [[Wolfbrigade]], and [[Disfear]]) also emerged from Sweden, which had always had a strong D-beat scene. Many of these groups developed in parallel with the much more commercial [[Scandinavian death metal]] scene.<ref>Ekeroth, p. 107, 266.</ref>

During this time, crust became prominent in the [[American South]], where [[Prank Records]] and [[CrimethInc.]] acted as focal points of the scene. The most well-known representative of Southern crust was [[His Hero Is Gone]],<ref name=swedish/><ref>Andrew Childers, "Kick in the South: A Look Back at Prank Records and the Southern Crust Scene." 5 April 2008. [http://grindandpunishment.blogspot.com/2008/04/kick-in-south-look-back-at-prank.html] Access date: 21 June 2008</ref> whose early material incorporate elements of powerviolence and experimental music. By the band's final album ''The Plot Sickens'' (1998), they had begun to incorporate influence from the Japanese hardcore style [[burning spirits (genre)|burning spirits]], to create a more grandiose and melodic take on crust punk. This sound was then continued by three of the members' subsequent band [[Tragedy (band)|Tragedy]] At the same time, in Spain bands such as Hongo, Das Plague and Ekkaia were merging crust punk with elements of [[screamo]], creating a fusion genre which at the time was called "emo crust".<ref name="Neocrust DIY" />