Code Black

Corey Soljan (born 1987), better known by his artistic name Code Black, is an Australian hardstyle-DJ and music producer.

As a member of the act Bioweapon, along with Audiofreq, he travelled the world. Finding success in the Netherlands, he began a solo career stopping his duo act in 2011. He has played at various events including Mysteryland, Tomorrowland, HardBass, Decibel, Euphoria and both of the Defqon.1 music festivals held in The Netherlands and Australia. He mainly produces and plays euphoric hardstyle tracks, but also produces and plays some rawstyle tracks.

Career

2008-2011: Rise of Bioweapon, Subsequent Split Corey Soljan met Sam Gonzalez in Sydney in the late 2000s. They started producing as a new duo act titled Bioweapon in 2008. Prior to producing hardstyle, the pair had experimented with producing a number of hard-dance sounds, and had a number of other aliases. They produced a handful of popular tracks which were released on the "Aussie Hardstyle" label.

After gaining the attention of Scantraxx Recordz, and releasing more popular tracks, the pair secured a move to the Netherlands, the locus of the hardstyle scene. They would go on to play at a number of popular events, such as Bassleader in 2010. , the duo went their separate ways at the end of the year. They later explained that they felt they were experiencing a lot of pressure, both as friends and roommates, but also professionally and artistically. Soljan and Gonzalez had diverging visions for their respective projects, putting strain on their collaborative efforts until they had no choice but to separate, not only as collaborators but also as friends. The following year, he was voted as the 15th most popular DJ in the Australian website InTheMix's "National Top 50 DJs" list. He placed ahead of fellow hardstyle producer Toneshifterz.

In 2013, Brennan Heart joined forced with three Australian artists: Toneshifterz, Code Black and Outbreak, to found the label WE R Music. The label was originally launched as a sub-label of Be Yourself Music, whom were also hosting sub-labels from fellow hardstyle artists Frontliner and Wildstylez. "Brighter Day", one of Code Black's most commercially successful songs, was the first release on the new label, in April of 2013. It reached number 28 on the Dutch Dance Chart, and peaked at 8th in SLAM! FMs Top 40 Playlist.

The following year, Code Black was tasked with producing the anthem for Defqon.1's Australian Edition. His subsequent release, "Pandora", was considered a hit song in the hardstyle community.

At the end of 2014, Code Black was listed in DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs list for the first and only time, polling at #92. While producing for Code Black, Soljan claimed that he was spending up to 70% of his time in the studio working on producing other music outside of the alias, citing his lack of focus on the project as a key reason why he hadn't begun working on a studio album at this time. the duo made it clear that their focus was on their solo careers and that they would be working on Bioweapon as a side project.

In late 2016, Code Black released a hardstyle remix of Florence + The Machine's cover of Candi Stanton's 1986 track "You Got the Love". Around the same time, social media posts from Belgian hardstyle DJ and founder of label Dirty Workz DJ Coone indicated that him and Code Black were in the studio together working on new music. The following year, the pair released a remix of the Gareth Emery track "Concrete Angel", which was subsequently named as the Mixmag "Tune of the Month" for September 2017.

The following year, Journey was released, containing 18 tracks. Critics marvelled at the diversity of sounds available on the album, ranging from melodic, euphoric tracks he became well known for, to darker tracks and high energy basslines. The album featured collaborations with Da Tweekaz, Darren Styles, Wasted Penguinz and compatriot Toneshifterz. Discussions about a Bioweapon album were also entertained, although no official announcement was ever made confirming this.

In 2025 Bioweapon announced the release of their 14-track album Time Capsule, which revitalizes the "old familiar" hardstyle sound.

Discography Albums 2018 Journey

EPs 2012 Activated / Your Moment (with Wasted Penguinz)

2018 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3

Singles 2011 Visions Red Planet

2012 F.E.A.R. Can't Hold Me Back About The Music

2013 Brighter Day R.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. I.N.C.O.N.T.R.O.L. Feels Good

2014 Pandora Tonight Will Never Die (with Brennan Heart) Accelerate (Official XXlerator Anthem 2014) (with Atmozfears) Starting Over (with Atmozfears) Unleash The Beast (Defqon.1 Australia Anthem 2014) Tonight Will Never Die (Audiotricz Remix) (with Brennan Heart)

2015 Draw Me Closer Accelerate (Darren Styles Edit) (with Atmozfears) New World (ft. Chris Madin) End Like This (with Wasted Penguinz, ft. Insali) Kick It Up Now (with Toneshifterz) Triangle Predator

2016 See The Light (with Da Tweekaz and Paradise) Dragonblood (Defqon.1 Australia Anthem 2016) (with Audiofreq and Toneshifterz) Are You Ready

2017 Wild Ones Broken (with Brennan Heart and Jonathan Mendelsohn)

2018 Sparks (with Darren Styles)

2019 GTFO (with Hard Driver) Lowr U Go

2020 Shake Ya Shimmy (with Da Tweekaz) F*CK YEAH!!! (with Timmy Trumpet, Will Sparks, and Toneshifterz) All Or Nothing (whit Atmozfears and Toneshifterz)

On Albums 2018 Before You Go (with Toneshifterz, on Toneshifterz - Shifting To The Source)

On Compilations 2012 About The Music (with Toneshifterz, on Hard With Style)

2013 Running Late (Brennan Heart & Code Black MF Earthquake Rawmix) (with Brennan Heart, on Be Yourself Dance Vol. 2)

2016 Survive (with DV8 Rocks! and Zany, on Gary D. pres. 50 D.Techno Traxx)

Remixes 2012 Black & White - Get Ya Hands Up

2017 Gareth Emery ft. Christina Novelli - Concrete Angel (with Coone)

2020 Let There Be Light, Code Black remix (with Audiotricz)