"The basic concept in the works was the hermetic philosophy and the trinity of virtues: psychedelia (change and pattern), core (depth and rhythm) and noise (entropy and resonance).

It started somewhere around 2002 and fermented with first releases in 2005, on some psytrance, noise and hardcore labels. The french NABI-Records hosted the first releases.
The sound is a hybrid form of hardcore, industrial, psychedelic and noise, and the blend seemed to have high power and potential. It is not very dancefloor oriented, but rather mindfuck oriented."~harddata

(2003) I started looking more into where the origins of Psycore are IF they pre-date Hi-Tech which is what I can find. Here's some mentions of artists and labels listed. The bpm's are not that high just 150+ but the tracks do sound a bit noisier.

Bug Funk - Fu Zin (+ other Nabi Artists) (2004)

Datakult - Punisher (2004)
Ghreg On Earth - Tellurian Halo

Mubali - Relentless (2004)

Azax Syndrome - Nightmare (2004)

(2005)

More Nabi (2005)

(2006)

(2006)

Possibly? (2006)

Nabi Records (2006)

Infect Insect - Tattwa (2007)

Nabi Records (2007)

"Infect Insect from Macedonia is a pioneer for this experimental sound that was coined with the term Psycore."~harddata

"It was good to see it spread through the psy scene as the heavy underground version of psychedelic trance and some other artists as my good comrade Datakult and the rest of the Nabi gang seemed to follow the path."~harddata

(Nov 2009)

(Jun 2010)

Stuff below here sounds a lot closer to Hi-Tech in comparison, but are often tagged as Psycore BY Psy Trance fans.

(Feb 2011)

(Apr 2011)

Psicodelicat - Nuclear Mushi (May 2011)

(July 2011)
Mergel - Blood Emo
Mergel - Delete Live
Mergel - I Do Not Like Speed
Mergel & Jesus Raves - The Indigenous Child From Hell
Mergel vs OmniPresence - Journey In The Dark

(Nov 2011)

(Nov 2011)

Altius - Gates Of Hades (2012)