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ONES TO WATCH Fusing elements of pop, nu-metal, funk and
BURSTERS electronica with contemporary hardcore,
the record reveals Bursters’ unwillingness
WORDS CHRIS SCHWARTEN to be boxed in.
“The album took about three years to
Seoul five-piece Bursters might have got their break on a make,” says Junyong. “Being in the hardcore
homegrown TV talent show but the metalcore band have been genre, we wanted to dispel the misconception
making waves beyond their homeland that you can only do the hard stuff. We’re not
afraid of the softer stuff. We want to break
down the barriers of hardcore music.”
ith the likes of BTS and Exo taking when they finished in the top six of hugely Bursters say the new approach happened
the world by storm, South Korea popular television talent show Superstar K. organically, with Gyejin adding synth parts
has made its mark on the global It was the first time that a metal band had and programming to the band’s songs,
W music industry in recent years. But done so well among the scores of K-pop inspired by his affinity for Bring Me The
as bands such as Bursters illustrate, there’s acts usually featured on the programme. Horizon and Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda.
more to Korean music than K-pop. With the release of their sophomore LP “We can cover a lot more ground sonically
The Seoul-based five-piece have flown the Once And For All, guitarists Junyong Ahn now,” says Junyong. “We found we could
tattered flag for hardcore in their country and Gyejin Lee say the band is on a mission express more because we had this extra
since gaining national exposure in 2014, to push their genre to its breaking point. element, a new tool for making our music.
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