Hot on Neocrust
- Make Me Forget You by Converge
- La no violencia es un privilegio by Habak
- Destruyendo Nuestro Hogar by Ictus
- The Fall of Efrafa by Fall of Efrafa
- Beyond the Veil by Fall of Efrafa
- No crecen flores aquí, solo podagrarias by Habak
- A Life of Destruction by Lagrimas (crust)
- Des futilités pour embrouiller la vie, pour bouleverser l'amour by Tromblon
- Micah (5:15am) by Agriculture
- Pity the Weak by Fall of Efrafa
- Cultural Destruction by Lagrimas (crust)
- Disposable Values by Lagrimas (crust)
- Hilos Que Sujetan El Mundo by Ictus
- The Romans Make a Desert and Call It Peace by Totem Skin
- Mandatory Overtime by Lagrimas (crust)
- The Day After by Tragedy (USA)
- Validations by Lagrimas (crust)
- For El Ahraihrah to Cry by Fall of Efrafa
- A Soul to Bear by Fall of Efrafa
- Hambrientos De Un Sol Distinto by Ictus
About Neocrust
Neocrust is a term used for describing the fusion of crust with the epic, darker and melodic elements of both other hardcore and metal sub-genres such as screamo, post-hardcore, melodic death metal, sludge, doom metal, post-metal and black metal; sometimes even incorporating classical instruments into the sound, such as violins, cellos and acoustic guitar.
Rooted in bands such as:
Originators:
- Tragedy (Credited with bringing melody into crust and giving the subgenre its signature epic, melodic and emotional leads, introduced heavy use of pick slides to signal the transition into those sections. Riffing style derived from their previous band His Hero is Gone (¾ of them), dual vocals)
Bands that popularized the style in the modern hardcore scene:
- Ekkaia (Melodic riffing inspired by Tragedy plus melodeath influence, dual vocalists, prominent screamo elements, socially-charged and aware lyrics).
- Alpinist (Dual vocalists, prominent screamo elements, highly technical drumming, witty-mocking themes behind real socially-charged/aware lyrics in German with bits in English)
- Ictus (Unrelenting unyielding d-beat galloping, prominent sludge elements, melodic death metal riffing, 1 single long & complex track concept album)
- Remains of the Day (One of the first full-on neocrust bands, dual vocalists, included a violinist in their line-up, prominent screamo elements, emotional lyrics)
- Madame Germen (Relied on His Hero Is Gone riffing rather than Tragedy, Iberian peninsula folk elements, recurrent use of clean guitar melodies, dual vocalists, socially-charged and aware lyrics sung in Gallego)
- Martyrdöd (Melodic riffing by way of black metal plus black metal vocals, exclusively d-beat drumming, Swedish lyrics addressing dark themes)
- Downfall of Gaia (Entirely forwent d-beat to rely on blast beats for carrying the music, lengthy songs, crust framework with diverse influences ranging from sludge to black metal to post-metal and doom metal. Subverted the genre)
- Fall of Efrafa (Concept albums attacking everything, from religion to modern society to animal abuse. Credited with introducing post-metal and post-rock into crust and mixing it with sludge/doom metal. Irregular use of d-beat more as catharsis and climax to their songs. Inspired the most common form of modern Neocrust)
Addendum:
- Muga (Earliest Tragedy inspired band)
