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 Thyhazard | Guangzhou Electronicore

Guangzhou band Thyhazard has joined the CORE IN CHINA project and submitted a very interesting song called “Liar” to the team of Rock in China. We are still listening to the song and am very glad that such a cross-genre exists in China. Hence we immediatelly emailed the band and forwarded our questions to them. Here is what they answered – Azchael for Rock in China, Tao for Thyhazard.

Azchael: Can you please introduce yourself and Thyhazard?
Tao: You can call me Tao,and I’m the sampler of Thyhazard. Thyhazard is an electronicore band,formed in Guangzhou in 2010. The band consists of vocalist Caoshu, guitarist Li and Yu, bassist Cheung, drummer Xing and sampler Tao.

Azchael: What instruments are you using? Which brand?
Tao: I’m mainly using a Roland SP-555 sampler,a KORG X-50 synthesizer and a Macbook Pro.

Azchael: Can you please tell me a little bit more about the scene in Guangzhou? Are there a lot of nintendocore or electronicore bands?
Tao: Guangzhou is absolutely an amazing city for those who like indie-music. The atmosphere here is great and people are very kind.
We have many great local bands and electronic music artists, but somehow ninthedocore or electronicore bands are much less here.

Azchael: What inspired you to do Electronicore?
Tao: We all like metalcore and electronic music includes techno,breakbeat,dubstep,etc.We were first inspired by some awesome bands like Asking Alexandria,Crossfaith and Attack Attack!.Then we started to think that it was a really funny stuff to blend two different genres together and electronicore must be a great thing for us to learn and play.

Azchael: Nintendocore band HORSE THE BAND was in China in March 2008. Did you have the chance to watch one of their shows?
Tao: No I didn’t have that chance because I had to prepare for the college entrance examination.It’s such a pity.

Azchael: Which other bands from China do you like to perform with?
Tao: There are so many great bands in China that we want to perform with,such as Tookoo,The Sweet Escape,Why Lazy,New Tank,Multi-Ego…we have too much to mention.

Azchael: What is underground for you? Are you underground?
Tao: In my opinion,underground is a life style that bands emphasizing independence and creativity write or perform songs about their lives in the real world. Also,if underground fans like a band,they like it for real.Not a lot of people know underground bands.In other words,underground bands aren’t mainstream; thus, I think we are underground.

Azchael: When will you record and release your first CD?
Tao: Actually we are preparing for our first EP and it will be released in the following months.And surely we all hope that we can release a full-length CD in the near future.

Azchael: How do you promote your music? Do you also promote internationally?
Tao: We mainly promote our music by internet websites,such as Douban,Myspace and Facebook. Also,to join some band shows is the way we promote ourselves in some degree.

Azchael: What do you think of Rock in China and CORE IN CHINA?
Tao: It is a great website for people who like rock and any other indie-music in China. It has substantial informations and it also is a good way for underground bands in China to promote their music to the world.

Azchael: Thanks for the interview!You’re welcome.It’s my pleasure to have this interview.
Tao: Thank you.

PS: Unfortunately we couldnt allocate a youtube video for Thyhazard or bring Youku to play in WordPress, hence if you wanna see them in action, check out this video of their live performance on December 9th 2011.