{"id":1221550,"date":"2026-08-07T10:46:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/1221550\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T10:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:46:30","slug":"eow-end-of-the-world-hollow-jan-korean-screamo-legends-set-foot-in-europe-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/1221550\/","title":{"rendered":"EOW (END OF THE WORLD): Hollow Jan: Korean Screamo Legends Set Foot in Europe for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  \t\tEOW (END OF THE WORLD), a global tour agency, announced that Korean Music Awards-winning screamo pioneers Hollow Jan will play their first-ever European shows this August on the &#8222;Eastern Shadow Tour,&#8220; highlighted by an appearance at Motocultor Festival.\n<\/p>\n<p>In a long-anticipated milestone for the underground music scene, Hollow Jan finally steps beyond Korea&#8217;s borders. The tour kicks off on August 14 in Rouen at Le Fury D\u00e9fendu, followed the next day by Motocultor Festival, on a bill featuring Judas Priest, Emperor and Arch Enemy then Le Ferrailleur in Nantes on August 17, before closing at Supersonic in Paris on August 18.\n<\/p>\n<p>Formed in Seoul in 2003, Hollow Jan released &#8222;Rough Draft in Progress&#8220; in 2006, which won Best Rock Album at the 2008 Korean Music Awards where the band collected four nominations, including Album of the Year, and delivered a ceremony performance still talked about today. This was followed by &#8222;Day Off&#8220; (2014), which also received a nomination; the EP &#8222;Confusion&#8220; (2023), shortlisted for Best Metal Hardcore Album; and the single &#8222;Dreambound Tides,&#8220; released in May 2026.\n<\/p>\n<p>The band arrives on familiar ground: their first two albums, reissued in Europe by acclaimed UK label Dog Knights Productions (2022, 2025), have already earned them a cult following on the continent. Selected for SXSW in 2014, Hollow Jan commands a singular sound &#8222;the sorrowful beauty of Seoul&#8220; where the lyrical sweep of post-rock collides with the catharsis of screamed vocals. For fans of Envy, Da\u00eftro or Touch\u00e9 Amor\u00e9, this meeting feels inevitable.\n<\/p>\n<p>Their live shows are regularly described as experiences of collective catharsis. On August 3, the band played a final hometown show in Seoul, opening for the US band Nothing, before flying to Europe.\n<\/p>\n<p>  \t\t&#8222;We leave behind sounds, not explanations. In a world where moments burn out and vanish so quickly, we hope our music becomes a vibration that makes people stop a passing echo for some, for others a night that keeps returning. If it has moved the air even for an instant, that is enough for us.&#8220; <b>Hollow Jan<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The tour is supported by the <b>Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA)<\/b> as part of its 2026 program supporting overseas concerts by Korean popular music artists.\n<\/p>\n<p>  \t\t<b>EASTERN SHADOW TOUR 2026&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/><\/b>DATES FRANCE, AUGUST 2026&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Fri, Aug 14 Rouen Le Fury D\u00e9fendu (with L&#8217;Idylle)&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Sat, Aug 15 Carhaix (Brittany) Motocultor Festival&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Mon, Aug 17 Nantes Le Ferrailleur&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Tue, Aug 18 Paris Supersonic\n<\/p>\n<p>  \t\t<b>EPK self-interview press kit:<\/b>  \t\thollowjan.netlify.app <br \/><b>&#8222;Eastern Shadow Tour 2026&#8220; trailer:<\/b>  \t\tvideo link (Drive)  \t<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20260807877679r1&amp;sid=gefi2&amp;distro=ftp\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\">View source version on businesswire.com: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260807877679\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Contacts:<\/p>\n<p>EOW (END OF THE WORLD)&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Ji Kim (Ji Chang Kim)&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>+82 10-9388-4923 (WhatsApp)&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>ji@eow.co.kr  \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EOW (END OF THE WORLD), a global tour agency, announced that Korean Music Awards-winning screamo pioneers Hollow Jan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3933],"tags":[331,332,548,663,158,3934,3935,61766,253952,13,253951,85243,250990,14,15,12,217774,125154,104],"class_list":["post-1221550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-aktuelle-nachrichten","tag-aktuelle-news","tag-eu","tag-europa","tag-europaeische-union","tag-europe","tag-european-union","tag-first","tag-foot","tag-headlines","tag-hollow","tag-korean","tag-legends","tag-nachrichten","tag-news","tag-schlagzeilen","tag-screamo","tag-time","tag-world"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@de\/117053830851009164","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1221550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1221550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1221550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1221550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}