CORE IN CHINA | Official Release Post | Tell Us What You Think

Hereby the compilation record CORE IN CHINA is officially released worldwide! It had been some busy five months (January – May 2012) that we worked on getting the songs lined up, mastered and uploaded on various internet services for the global release.

As such, cutting things short and keeping it essential, download the album (ZIP) or go to either bandcamp, soundcloud or last.fm to listen to it online and download it. All songs have been mastered by Björn Sonderman in Germany and we have received two splendid cover arts which were contributed by Joe Wu and NERVE Magazine!

Spread the word! Share the compilation and send it to your friends! CORE IN CHINA is alive and the twenty bands we have chosen for this first edition are hungry to show you what China is: Heavy! Whether its the electronicore of Thyhazard or the hardcore of King Ly Chee, these bands deserve to be listened to!

Please tell us what you think of the songs, of the bands, the cover, the project itself, the impression you got and what you think of when you listen to “Liar” or “End of Me”. Write it in the comments below!

Tracklist

1. Why Lazy – Dying in the dream 04:35 (mp3)
2. NewTank – The Dreamer 04:22 (mp3)
3. Meat Sucks – Buried the Truths 04:54 (mp3)
4. Ordnance – Ask for a justification 03:44 (mp3)
5. Partisan – Selfish 03:18 (mp3)
6. Monkey King – Until You Come 05:31 (mp3)
7. Multi-Ego – End of Me 04:01 (mp3)
8. Mensheng – 故謠 Ballad of Fallen 04:54 (mp3)
9. Die In Velvet – 每天生每天死 03:59 (mp3)
10. Ashtemato – Joker 05:06 (mp3)
11. Saving Molly – To My Friend 02:58 (mp3)
12. Luktomo – We Are Luktomo 06:41 (mp3)
13. Beyond Cure – Self Destruction 04:34 (mp3)
14. DustFall – Dawn Late 06:02 (mp3)
15. Thyhazard – Liar 04:58 (mp3)
16. King Ly Chee – 在路上 feat. Andrew Neufeld (Comeback Kid) 03:29 (mp3)
17. Shut Up! Shut Down! – Bros Holds On Firm Bloods 03:14 (mp3)
18. Raving Jokes – No Vain 04:07 (mp3)
19. The Falling – Circle II Circle 04:50 (mp3)
20. Mary Dolls – 2012 04:14 (mp3)

Download the whole album as ZIP.

Gimnicks

Not only is the overall compilation free, but Rock in China has also compiled further information on the ‘core scene of China that will help everybody to understand what is happening in the scene:

1. Read The ‘Core of China – Deathcore, Metalcore, Post Hardcore, Nintendocore, our accompanying article about the CORE scene of China.
2. Regional Love: CORE IN CHINA has been listened to, shared, downloaded and talked about in France, Germany, the USA and China.
3. Since the inofficial release as sneak previewed by Beijing Daze,  CORE IN CHINA was downloaded over 600 times (bandcamp), with additional 200 downloads on Soundcloud and it was listened to over 5000 times across various servers.

Interview with Ayumi of Broken Promises

Shanghai’s metal band is as heavy as Beijing’s – Ayumi

Broken Promises is an upcoming Shanghai metalcore band and the interview took place via MSN on Saturday, October 1st 2011, with Broken Promises shouter Ayumi. From Rock in China, Azchael led the interview.

Azchael: First of all, can you please quickly introduce yourself and the band?

Ayumi: Yes~Actually I began to listen these music like metalcore,deathcore from 2009. My friend asked me to watch a live with him then I went, It’s my first time know that,Oh, people can play music like that! very interesting!
At the same time, I came to know our bassist (2D), It’s October 19th, 2009, 2D told me that he want to organize a band, ask me if I can be the vocal
then Broken Promises was born~

Azchael: And what is the meaning of “Broken Promises”?

Ayumi: the “Promises” is a song name of “the cranberries”. When I was in university, someone asked me to join their band, the first song I played with them was “Promises”..but I didn’t stay long in that band. About “Broken”, em…it’s because I broke up with my ex-boyfriend in 2009~haha. And I think everyone have their broken memory, or broken dream, even someone promised never break it …yes.that’s broken promises

Azchael: Understandably. Looking back at those two years, which moment do you think was the most defining, the most important moment of Broken Promises?

Ayumi: can I say every moment~hah~ the most important moment of BP, I think it was our first time to have a show in December 2009, we went to Fudan university for their music festival

Azchael: What happened there?

Ayumi: Because it’s our first show,everyone was excited and a little nervous. I still remember we played a song of SUM41~haha.  After the show, we went to eat some snack, then two girls came to us and tell us that they very like BP’s show, and ask me if can take a picture..but it’s our first show..we all feel very happy

Azchael: of SUM41? Did you make it in deathcore style or punk?

Ayumi: yes it’s punk.Because when we just organize the band, we like metalcore but we dont know how to compose it,and we still need some time to make members get familiar with each other so at the start, we played some punk songs, and try to compose original song ourselves.

Azchael: I have listened to some of your original songs on Douban, which are still demos and I know that you are going to record your songs now formally. What is your plan? Do you want to release a record? Or just have better recordings?

Ayumi: At first we want to have better recordings, many friends always ask us to release a EP or sth, I think we’ll do it when we’re ready~

Azchael: How many songs do you have at the moment?

Ayumi: Actually we have 6 songs and another one in composing. But 2 of our old songs we want to revise, so we always play 4 songs in show

Azchael: If we look at the local scene, Shanghai metal is recently (two years?) been organized by two major players: Hell United and Playful Warrior. What is your opinion on them? Does your band belong to one of them?

Ayumi: Actually Hell United and Playful Warrior are the same organization.~~ now Playful warrior organize shows and also established label named Playful Warrior Record. And BP belongs to Playful Warrior.

Azchael: Shanghai and Beijing are often compared with Beijing being the rock haven and Shanghai being the more commercially oriented city. What about Shanghai metal compared to Beijing metal?

Ayumi: There’re more metal bands in Beijing that’s true, many people from other countries go to Beijing to achieve their rock dream. But in attitude, I think everyone is serious, especially the members of metal bands. We all know very clearly that it’s hard to make money through our band, it’s just because we like it.we like metalcore.

If we organize a band for commercial purpose, maybe we can play pop, or punk, or sth else. What I want to say is, Shanghai’s metal band is as heavy as Beijing’s. Nothing different from the attitude.

Azchael: Broken Promises has recently opened for German metal act THE OCEAN. What was your impression on that band and their experimental sludge style?

Ayumi: Yes.What they very impressed me was their performance on the stage, full of passion and impression. About the experimental sludge style, I dont know very well myself, but our guitarist said he like them so much. I think there’re much more for me to learn

Azchael: Ayumi, thank you very much for answering the questions to me. It was a very good interview and I thank you for your time.

More information:

• http://site.douban.com/brokenpromises/ (check out their demo songs)