Amebix, formed in 1978, was a band that many consider to have started the sub genre Crust punk. For part of their career the band shared a squat in Bristol. Their music, heavily influenced by Motörhead (and to a lesser extent Lemmy-era Hawkwind), Black Sabbath and early Killing Joke, combined with an ethos and worldview akin to Crass, represented their non-traditional lifestyles. Their music blended hardcore and heavy metal into a form of early thrash metal. They were the forerunners of crust punk and a thrash metal pioneer.
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