Doom was one of the earliest and most influental crust punk bands. Their music sounded way harsher compared to ordinary punk, and became similar to thrash metal. Since thrash is a punk influenced genre, this step didn't count like something extraordinary, but extended punk music into an exaggerated direction. The basic themes and drumming style stayed, but the sound became quite distorted and the themes less melodic. Diversity is definitely not the common feature of crust punk, all songs are like the same aggressive and intense, and the whole album is just an overwhelming thrashing rampage. The vocal style was more aggressive, almost growling-like compared to the basic punk shouting/fake singing vocals. Political and societal lyrics kept their main importance, and Doom tried to focus on heavier topics, to paint a very dark picture of the most animalistic aspect of life and humanity. That may be too much for ordinary punk as a constant theme and gave a more serious background for the genre.
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