Montreal hardcore band Desecrate tours Seoul, Busan

Montreal hardcore band Desecrate is coming to Korea on tour for the first time, but for Thomas, the band’s guitarist, this is far from his first trip here. Over the past 10 years, he has visited Korea seven times. He explained that the name Desecrate was chosen “to call to mind the downfall of our society, how we make leaps in technological advancements but at the same time regress on a human aspect.” He added that the band’s name means that “we’re ‘desecrating’ human nature.” The band has released several recordings since its first demo in 2021. In 2024, Desecrate released “Power Play,” featuring Scott Vogel of the legendary U.S. hardcore band Terror, also friends of Korea’s small scene. The band released its first full-length album, “Without Fear of Consequence,” last year, and just last month put out the four-song EP “Old Ghosts.” The songs are mercilessly hard, with a strong metal influence, and the lyrics are especially brutal, with lines like “There is no life without pain” in “Human Nature” and “Day after day, they corrupt and control, poisoning hearts, devouring souls, polluting

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