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.

CORE IN CHINA | Bands that applied, bands that will be part of the compilation

CORE IN CHINA is coming to a closure in submissions and a first roundup of songs and bands brought out a couple of gems in the music scene of China: Why Lazy, Multi-Ego, New Tank, Die In Velvet and Monkey King.

Why Lazy is a metalcore band from Henan and surprised us with a very straight forward song which name I don’t want to give away right now.

Multi-Ego is from the Tongzhou district of Beijing and started 2008, heading straight forward.

New Tank, another representative of Beijing, is focussed on emotional post hardcore and also started in 2008.

Die In Velvet is one of several Hongkong bands that answered our call and submitted a song. They are HC.

Monkey King is a band that originates in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, and moved from screamo to hardcore, something that can still be heard in their music.

Rock in China is still collecting further songs until March 15th and we are looking forward to a number of promising songs that some of the bands are still recording.

Photo: Multi-Ego at their Nanjing gig