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D-beat is a form of hardcore punk built around the relentless drum pattern associated with Discharge. The style took shape from the British punk underground around the early 1980s, pairing that rhythm with distorted guitars, shouted vocals and the political urgency of anarcho-punk. Discharge’s influence travelled quickly, feeding scenes well beyond the UK and leaving a deep mark on crust, hardcore and thrash metal.
Edmonton’s Tension play d-beat-inflected hardcore while writing about fascism, climate collapse and class conflict. MÄRNØ carry d-beat through neocrust, while Oulu’s Kürøishi build their d-beat hardcore around a Tragedy-influenced blend.
Warsaw’s KLĄTWA bring d-beat into a newer local hardcore mixture shaped by several different punk backgrounds.