Desecration

Desecration is a death metal group from Blaenau Gwent, Wales, active from 1992 to the present. Michael Hourihan is listed as a member. The band is associated with United Kingdom death metal and also appears in descriptions as a brutal death metal act.

Releases and style

The band is noted for a run of albums beginning with Gore & Perversion, which is seized and destroyed by police because of its offensive content. It then issues Murder In Mind in 1998, Inhuman in 2000, Pathway To Deviance in 2002 and Process of Decay in 2005, all on Copro Records. Gore & Perversion 2 is a re-recording of the original album, made to improve production and distribution.

Live activity and reputation

Desecration builds a reputation through extensive live work and tours in the United States and Europe. The band plays with acts including Vader, Decapitated, Morbid Angel and Deicide. Its material is described as a concept-driven, extreme death metal style, with Process of Decay focusing on the decomposition of a corpse from murder to burial.

Controversy and influence

The seizure of Gore & Perversion becomes a defining moment in the band’s history, after which it is told to reduce its level of provocation but continues recording and performing. The group is presented as one of the better-known examples of controversial British extreme metal from the 1990s and 2000s.