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Genre
crust punk
Parent Genre: metal

Crust punk is a subgenre of punk rock that emerged in the late 1980s. It is characterized by its aggressive sound, heavy use of distortion, and politically charged lyrics that often focus on social and environmental issues. Crust punk bands often incorporate elements of metal and hardcore punk into their music, creating a raw and intense sound. The genre is known for its DIY ethos and anti-establishment stance. Wolfpack, Dystopia, and Crass are all influential bands within the crust punk scene.


Top artists of crust punk genre

Wolfpack
Dystopia
Crass
Discharge
Poison Idea
Los Crudos
Rudimentary Peni
Negative Approach
Spazz
Doom
disrupt
Despise You
Conflict
Driller Killer
Wolfbrigade
Electro Hippies
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List of crust punk artists

Here is a list of crust punk artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the crust punk genre. You can find out what crust punk genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Wolfpack
46 0 0 0 0 0 0 41792
2
Dystopia
44 31 30 78 7 30 115 73523
3
Crass
40 3 49 86 11 49 142 95957
4
Discharge
38 20 29 95 4 37 141 100485
5
Poison Idea
34 31 27 96 1 39 138 39977
6
Los Crudos
31 84 28 97 0 48 132 30629
7
Rudimentary Peni
31 41 34 88 3 40 135 22641
8
Negative Approach
31 19 43 84 11 42 102 30853
9
Spazz
29 33 32 76 0 29 98 20984
10
Doom
28 55 17 91 1 21 134 25317
11
disrupt
28 8 27 97 0 28 130 32848
12
Despise You
28 22 29 87 0 18 112 16146
13
Conflict
28 26 32 97 9 26 135 37436
14
Driller Killer
27 79 18 97 0 10 145 18323
15
Wolfbrigade
26 39 16 96 0 15 161 31526
16
Electro Hippies
26 60 23 81 5 36 115 16239
17
Extreme Noise Terror
26 55 22 96 1 25 124 40012
18
Anti Cimex
26 22 20 91 1 15 123 31815
19
Tragedy
26 67 16 95 0 21 103 27818
20
Dropdead
26 64 22 96 0 16 121 27630
21
A Global Threat
25 80 29 97 0 60 144 21641
22
Nausea
25 61 32 94 0 25 103 12611
23
The Restarts
25 5 41 95 1 49 129 14117
24
The Virus
25 0 35 98 1 52 129 25266
25
Zounds
25 32 40 85 0 50 123 18182
26
Chaos UK
25 4 32 92 1 42 154 34160
27
Capitalist Casualties
25 52 34 82 9 54 130 21445
28
Sex Prisoner
25 60 27 95 0 26 113 12049
29
Amebix
24 54 25 87 0 24 108 32547
30
His Hero Is Gone
24 81 21 89 0 36 117 20157
31
Disfear
24 35 19 99 0 16 162 24849
32
Necros
24 26 41 73 3 67 107 14543
33
ACxDC
24 39 24 96 0 33 119 21124
34
Skitsystem
23 41 22 96 0 17 149 21569
35
Iron Lung
23 67 21 95 0 9 134 16728
36
Government Warning
23 30 31 98 0 26 112 9311
37
Mob 47
22 56 31 89 0 30 131 12387
38
Coke Bust
22 12 26 98 2 20 111 11018
39
Dirt
21 42 39 91 1 41 150 11610
40
Inepsy
21 25 31 92 0 45 127 15028
41
Flux of Pink Indians
21 19 42 84 19 36 152 21899
42
Agathocles
21 68 19 90 1 26 109 17379
43
Sore Throat
21 71 19 80 0 18 121 8464
44
Grief
21 47 26 74 1 16 95 24917
45
Crow
20 0 63 74 3 91 134 1607
46
Massgrav
20 19 22 98 0 15 138 4863
47
From Ashes Rise
20 43 21 92 0 26 105 13009
48
Broken Bones
19 0 28 88 0 43 143 18137
49
Icons Of Filth
19 2 33 89 0 42 108 11805
50
G.I.S.M.
19 46 29 65 6 34 120 11048
51
Battalion Of Saints
19 41 41 64 2 62 108 17803
52
Martyrdöd
19 50 19 89 6 11 155 15192
53
Verbal Abuse
18 0 39 91 0 50 94 15385
54
Physique
18 87 15 89 0 14 138 3614
55
Naked Aggression
18 16 42 93 2 55 154 8283
56
偏執症者 (Paranoid)
18 69 18 93 0 8 125 9181
57
Heresy
18 46 21 95 0 23 121 9988
58
Insult
18 32 33 96 1 42 130 5391
59
Victims
17 61 22 97 0 18 116 11058
60
Hatred Surge
17 83 20 96 0 7 110 8969
61
Lack Of Interest
17 3 37 91 0 58 122 8460
62
Warcollapse
17 53 22 98 1 18 142 9208
63
Unholy Grave
17 93 20 92 7 20 118 10111
64
Man Is The Bastard
17 93 28 90 3 22 149 12690
65
Totalitär
17 25 26 97 1 21 103 12508
66
Disgust
16 80 10 95 0 19 169 6327
67
Fuck On the Beach
16 83 20 97 0 22 106 10286
68
Crude SS
16 75 19 73 0 30 112 7278
69
Noothgrush
16 67 19 74 2 13 66 15199
70
Zyanose
16 62 19 71 0 3 115 3688
71
Crucifix
16 17 23 97 0 27 109 8249
72
Misantropic
16 3 30 98 0 33 138 4940
73
The Shitlickers
15 40 29 97 10 7 106 8113
74
Apartment 213
15 78 27 90 0 15 168 7370
75
Genocide Superstars
14 6 27 98 0 14 111 6130
76
Rattus
13 0 0 0 0 0 0 5656
77
Auktion
13 0 40 90 0 46 111 3338
78
English Dogs
12 3 26 91 0 46 121 10050
79
Defiance
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 6226
80
Death Side
12 81 19 96 1 15 118 4769
81
Final Conflict
12 39 20 97 0 33 114 5046
82
Riistetyt
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 6138
83
Dishammer
12 41 15 98 1 10 157 5091
84
Nausea
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 21439
85
Krömosom
11 77 20 100 0 6 147 3273
86
Civil Disobedience
11 0 25 99 2 32 106 6186
87
Code 13
11 31 26 89 3 62 112 3090
88
Deviated Instinct
11 67 33 84 6 37 95 5301
89
Avskum
11 17 25 87 5 12 98 9263
90
Nuclear Death Terror
11 87 15 97 0 19 119 10234
91
Toxic Narcotic
11 22 20 97 0 31 113 7325
92
DS-13
10 0 23 96 2 27 92 4476
93
Kaaos
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5097
94
Hellshock
9 81 15 96 0 10 143 1345
95
Recharge
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 231
96
M:40
9 22 22 97 0 26 135 3893
97
Kriegshög
9 48 16 92 0 11 126 2600
98
Witch Hunt
8 10 21 98 0 18 103 4635
99
Jungbluth
8 76 18 79 0 19 144 3928
100
Caustic Christ
8 0 27 99 0 9 113 4878
101
Hellnation
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3682
102
Destroy
8 56 31 81 0 35 105 3418
103
Mellakka
8 3 26 91 0 36 147 2852
104
Axegrinder
7 84 14 90 0 9 86 5486
105
Ripcord
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2838
106
Uncurbed
7 89 17 100 0 4 184 3450
107
Diskonto
7 0 22 98 0 51 146 3605
108
Zouo
7 88 14 85 0 5 82 1984
109
Anti-System
7 71 24 88 0 28 126 4258
110
Bastards
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2371
111
Asocial
7 0 38 99 0 5 90 1595
112
Concrete Sox
7 37 32 98 0 17 110 5902
113
Unseen Terror
7 60 38 97 16 40 105 3352
114
Hellbastard
7 84 32 95 0 21 116 5586
115
S.D.S
7 6 31 84 0 47 164 319
116
Early Graves
6 67 14 99 0 4 132 3944
117
Disorder
6 65 18 67 0 4 73 2814
118
Mässmörd
6 65 22 99 0 12 113 2933
119
Discard
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1361
120
Mouth Sewn Shut
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2545
121
Skarp
5 8 26 98 0 8 121 2380
122
Hellkrusher
5 1 31 94 0 16 121 2206
123
Electric Funeral
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1377
124
Moderat Likvidation
5 1 25 96 2 28 113 2642
125
Sanctum
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1589
126
Selfish
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 845
127
Antisect
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2139
128
Iskra
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 381
129
Scumraid
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1326
130
RESIST AND EXIST
3 0 25 87 0 25 136 2271
131
Filthkick
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 713
132
Raw Noise
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 664
133
Cluster Bomb Unit
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 730
134
Stormcrow
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2120
135
Victims / From Ashes Rise
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1715
136
Dissent
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 615
137
Misery
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 502
138
Meanwhile
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 325
139
Resist
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 382
140
Disarm
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 847
141
Oiltanker
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 283
142
Consume
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 201
143
Inepsys
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113
144
State of Fear
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107
145
Zygote
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 188
146
Against Empire
0 0 13 98 0 18 177 310
147
Born/Dead
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 879
148
Gloom
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 233
149
Excrement of War
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 238
150
Antischism
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3379
151
Detestation
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 248