Make no mistake: Suffocated (窒息)fucking rocks. They've recently released their debut CD, Dead Wind Rising, and I can say of it that for the first time there's a Chinese Metal recording genuinely on par with western Metal bands.
Here they are at the press conference they had yesterday at Melody in Beijing. I put in a little guest appearance to throw the horns with the boys and tell the media that these guys rule.
Kou Zhengyu, lead guitarist (second from left), plays with me in my own outfit, Chunqiu (春秋) Spring & Autumn), and has from the very inception of the band back in 2001. He's a truly awesome player--taste, chops, and none of the ego ordinarily associated with being a guitar-god. You can see us on YouTube here, here, and here. I'm not going to bother to imbed these because it may roll slowly if you're reading this in China. I'll dig up some Suffocated vid links too.
E-mail me or leave a comment if you're interested in picking up a copy of Suffocated's CD--don't be put off by the Cookie Monster vocals, because there's amazing musicianship going on and some good lyrics--or if you want a copy of Chunqiu's disk, which we put out last year. Cheap cheap!
I'll have to get a copy of Suffocated's disc off you the next time I see you -- none of the CD stores in my area carry much other than the standard syrupy Gang/Tai fare. Any other musical recommendations? I heard that Re-TROS put out a demo a while back, but haven't seen it anywhere.
Posted by: Brendan | March 01, 2007 at 04:40 PM
And they're on tour right now, coming to Shanghai on March 10th. Now I've *gotta* see them.
http://upcoming.org/event/154525/
And Re-TROS is on tour in the US... crazy!
http://upcoming.org/user/31569/
Posted by: Micah | March 01, 2007 at 04:48 PM
Kaiser, your second YouTube link is broken.
Hey, you wouldn't happen to know anything about 木马 would you? Whatever happened to those guys?
Posted by: davesgonechina | March 01, 2007 at 06:27 PM
Thanks Dave, I've fixed it. Don't know what happened to Muma, though I confess I was never a big fan.
Micah, definitely don't miss Suffocated in Shanghai. Their live show's amazing.
Brendan, you'll have a copy tonight.
Posted by: kaiserkuo | March 01, 2007 at 06:36 PM
Hello Kaiser
My name is Leon, I am from Beijing and came to the US around 97. Now I live in New York.
I grow up with bands like Tang Chao, Hei Bao and chao zai. And I have been followed Chinese rock and metal music for almost 14 years now. I just bought both the Suffocated and Spring and Autumn cds 3 month ago while I was visiting my families in Beijing. Loved both. just wanna say hi and I will try to catch a Spring and Autumn show next time I go back !!!
Keep on rock
Leon Liu
Posted by: Leon Liu | March 22, 2007 at 12:44 PM
Keep on rocking \m/
Posted by: Leon Liu | March 22, 2007 at 12:48 PM
Hi Friend's Metal!!!
I'm a Brazilian and stay in Shinzen for busness.
I'm seaching songs for chinese's band..and I'm Listen this band...I LOVE!!!!
well, if is possible, I'm need more songs...is very dificult to find sonthing...well, tell were i'm find mp3 for me take to Brazil and show my metal friend's
Thnkkkk!! and rock foreverrrr!!!
Posted by: Wellington, from Brasil | October 28, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Ni Hao, Kaiser. (Sorry for my english, I speak spanish) A friend of mine went to 中国 recently and I told her to bring me the Suffocated cd (She bought it at the 666 Rock Shop in Beijing). Now I got the cd. I really like this band, very powerful, and the recording quality is excellent. (It could be good if we could get the lyrics in pinyin to try to sing the songs and learn some chinese, which I'd like to do). About 4 years ago I went to 北京 for four days and bought some chinese rock/metal cds. One of them is from your band Tang Dynasty, "1999", (which I also like), I also bought the Overload cd. And of course, I watched Global Metal (great documentary). Well, my friend, now you know that some people in differents parts of the world are interested in China, including chinese metal, etc.
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