While the non-sampler CD compilation is a dying form, it’s not down and out just yet. Awake/Strong & Define The Meaning Magazine have announced a brand new compilation CD set to be released this summer, and the line-up is already shaping up to be something special. Here’s the word, via MySpace:

“Awake/Strong and Define The Meaning Magazine have announced that they will be releasing a hardcore compilation that will be released on June 26th, 2007. ‘Music By People Like Us,‚Äô will feature the following bands: Agnostic Front, Ambitions, Blacklisted, Deathcycle, Deathkiller, District 9, Fahrenheit 451, Flashlight Arcade, H20, Ignite, Kill Your Idols, Madball, Modern Life Is War, My Turn To Win, Olde York, One4One, Sick Of It All, The Pledge, Walter Schreifels and Wisdom In Chains.

You can expect unreleased tracks by District 9, Flashlight Arcade, H20, Skare Tactic, The Pledge and Walter Schreifels.

‘Music By People’ Like Us will be available in the US, Europe and Japan.”

link: definethemeaning.com