Blackened crust Crust punk groups, such as Antisect, Sacrilege and Anti System took some influence from early black metal bands like Venom, Hellhammer, and Celtic Frost, while Amebix's lead vocalist and guitarist sent his band's early demo tape to Cronos of Venom, who replied by saying "We'll rip you off." Similarly, Bathory was initially inspired by crust punk as well as heavy metal.Ekeroth, p. 27. Crust punk was affected by a second wave of black metal in the 1990s, with some bands emphasizing these black metal elements. Iskra are probably the most obvious example of second wave black metal-influenced crust punk;Iskra Interviews . Iskra coined their own phrase "blackened crust" to describe their new style. The Japanese group Gallhammer also fused crust punk with black metal"Hard of Hearing", Terrorizer no. 171, June 2008, p. 56. while the English band Fukpig has been said to have elements of crust punk, black metal, and grindcore."C: Do you think that FUKPIG has founded a style of his own? Misery: Nah its just d-beat crust, with added horror C: and then What difference to FUKPIG from the rest of the bands? Misery: We add more black metal / horror influences, but are still inspired by the same things C: Is Necro-Punk your style? Misery: Yeah, necro in the black metal style playing crust punk, so yeah Necro Punk." Interview: Fukpig North Carolina's Young and in the Way have been playing blackened crust since their formation in 2009. In addition, Norwegian band Darkthrone have incorporated crust punk traits in their more recent material. As Daniel Ekeroth wrote in 2008,
blackened crust crust punk groups such as antisect sacrilege and anti system took some influence from early black metal bands like venom hellhammer and celtic frost while amebix's lead vocalist and guitarist sent his band's early demo tape to cronos of venom who replied by saying "we'll rip you off" similarly bathory was initially inspired by crust punk as well as heavy metalekeroth p 27 crust punk was affected by a second wave of black metal in the 1990s with some bands emphasizing these black metal elements iskra are probably the most obvious example of second wave black metal-influenced crust punk;iskra interviews  iskra coined their own phrase "blackened crust" to describe their new style the japanese group gallhammer also fused crust punk with black metal"hard of hearing" terrorizer no 171 june 2008 p 56 while the english band fukpig has been said to have elements of crust punk black metal and grindcore"c do you think that fukpig has founded a style of his own misery nah its just d-beat crust with added horror c and then what difference to fukpig from the rest of the bands misery we add more black metal / horror influences but are still inspired by the same things c is necro-punk your style misery yeah necro in the black metal style playing crust punk so yeah necro punk" interview fukpig north carolina's young and in the way have been playing blackened crust since their formation in 2009 in addition norwegian band darkthrone have incorporated crust punk traits in their more recent material as daniel ekeroth wrote in 2008