Crossed 12"s tomorrow + Satsuma premiere

March 20, 2025 by David Norman

The new Crossed 12”s and digitals for ‘Realismo Autismo’ releases tonight at 9pm PST / 11pm CST / 12am EST. I gotta say, I’ve loved this band since its inception, but good lord this third LP is flawless. Super heavy, super screamy, super amazing. You can jam two songs below on the band’s bandcamp.

The Shibuya 12” pre-orders went live last week, and as we’re only getting 20-ish copies we’re already half sold out and it doesn’t even release in full till May 2nd, so if you dig those two released tracks on their bandcamp you should pick one up immediately. Incredible Spanish skramz. Buy links below:

U.S.A. store = https://www.zbrusa.com/products/tt130

Canada/International store = https://www.zegemabeachrecords.com/tomb-tree-tapes/tt130

Satsuma got their final premiere via Brooklyn Vegan yesterday. The full release is March 28th on 100 tapes which CanaDave is currently dipping. Promo pics coming next week. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the premiere. You can jam the other single below.

Dead Hour Noise got some very nice words from Not Just A Phase, and the 12”s should arrive next month! Hop on the dead train, baby. Click on the pic above or this text for the full review. Jam/buy below.

Process // Sleep released digitally the other day but we’ve got tapes coming on Tomb Tree, we’re just waiting on the j-card and then it should be 4-6 from that time…so mid-May I reckon. Jam it below now.

CanaDave will be playing the Emma Goldman show with Mourn Recif featuring a new lineup and much heavier sound. Jam the most recent single below, but we have another one coming next week!

Tetola93 got some love from Lambgoat in their “5 Albums to Introduce You to Japanese Screamo”. We got restocked last year and most are already gone, so pick one up below after checking out the full list by clicking on the pic above or this text.

Someone wrote this interesting article “What even is skramz?” which is an interesting take from someone who is just entering the screamo room. They’ve definitely hit some wicked bands already. Click on the pic above or this text to go there, and jam the album that opened the door for them below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LOW BEFORE THE BREEZE = First single from their upcoming album! This slaps.

2025 - 03 - 14 /// Ashen Hands out, Reverie x Put Purana 12"s

March 14, 2025 by David Norman

Italy’s Ashen Hands has released their new and absolutely incredible debut EP on Tomb Tree. Tapes are done at the plant and arrive at the Canada store for decorating next week, so expect orders to go out late March/early April. Fans of Lucidity, Joshua Fit For Battle, Danse Macabre, and Trainwreck should be all over this.

The Reverie and Put Purana split 12” is finally in stock. We only got 30 copies across the two stores and bandcamp so don’t sleep for too long. Wicked Italian screamo!

Shibuya pre-orders are up in both stores, and the Tomb Tree bandcamp with two songs and the pre-orders go up on Monday to give the Ashen Hands EP some time to breath. The full release is on May 2nd!

Sold out

SHIBUYA - Bravura y Firmamento (12")

CA$30.00

SHIBUYA ‘Bravura y Firmamento’ 12” LP (TT130)

For fans of: Viva Belgrado, Øjne, Put Pùrana, and Dagerman.

Incredible sophomore LP from this Spanish band. Their ‘Apolo’ album perked up our ears and helping release this was a no-brainer. Not far removed from Raein and La Quiete, these 11 songs go from gorgeous post-rock to intense screamo, sometimes in the same song! Full release on Tomb Tree May 2nd.

Vinyl /300: 150 on pink marble & 150 on blue, w/insert. 11 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/bravura-y-firmamento

Colour:

We had some hefty restocks for things like Terry Green, Febuary, Bloom Dream, etc. so get on those asap before we sell out again!

Coup D’etat tapes are long sold out but we’ll make more eventually, and word has it the band has a bunch of new material coming out this year! Check out the Horns Up review of ther debut album by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam it below.

Crossed had a double-feature on the newest Operation X-Ray so check out those bangers. The new record is so good, full release March 21st which is when we will open our orders.

Lower Automation got some love for ‘Strobe Light Shadow Play’ from Monsters and Critics. 12”s still in stock. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ROTTING IN DIRT = Oh hell yes new EP and it’s stellar. Check out their ZBR Fest performance below!

2025 - 03 - 06 /// Dead Hour Noise + Febuary round 3

March 06, 2025 by David Norman

The Dead Hour Noise music video for “Voices” was just released over at (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))). The song comes from the ‘Slow Burn’ 12”LP releasing on Zegema Beach and The Ghost Is Clear at midnight EST tonight aka Friday at midnight on 250 burgundy w/orange splatter vinyl. The violent, abrasive, sludgy and dark metallic hardcore/mathcore is for fans of: Curl Up And Die, Botch, Detach The Islands, Lavotchkin, and Olam. We have a tape or two of ‘Sleeping Dogs’ (their previous full length) available in this store which I’ve stuck below. Click on this text for the full premiere or just watch it above.

DEAD HOUR NOISE - Sleeping Dogs (cassette)

DEAD HOUR NOISE - Sleeping Dogs (cassette)

from CA$7.00

For fans of: Every Time I Die, Graf Orlock and Von Wolfe.

Sassy, volatile and raging metallic hardcore from Michigan-based DEAD HOUR NOISE. 11 tracks of mayhem by a very talented three-piece who hit the ground running back in 2014. Their latest LP ‘Sleeping Dogs’ ties together the sassiness and unpredictability of Every Time I Die’s ‘Hot Damn’ with the confidence and Botchiness of Von Wolfe. Every song is a banger, so don’t miss out. Released on gorgeous swirl cassettes by Tomb Tree Tapes.

Tapes /108, 50 white, 26 on transparent orange/black swirl and 26 on opaque orange/black/yellow swirl. Comes with download code. 11 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/sleeping-dogs

Colour:

Quantity:

You kept asking so we’ll just keep making these Febuary cds until demand dies down. First run was 100 and they lasted 10 minutes. Second run was 200 and those lasted 15 minutes. So we did 300 this time, and assume they’ll last 20 minutes? Hopefully longer but we make no promises. Easily one of the best releases of 2024 and one that’ll be talked about for ages. Sunday March 9th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST.

Bloom Dream’s tour starts on March 10th and you better believe we sold the fuck outta those cds and first run of tapes so we did 100 more to help the band out on tour. This 2nd run features some swirl variants (the 1st did not) and they go up for sale on Tuesday March 11th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Breakdown is: 35 white, 30 random swirl, 30 sparkle swirl, 5 test dips, and 2 bullet-hole swirl.

Tomb Tree is set to release the debut Satsuma EP ‘this is my outside voice’ on cassette March 28th! This new Michigan-based band features Dan from The Reptilian and Seventeen Again making a mighty screamo comeback. This set of songs is fantastic and for fans of The Caution Children, Osceola, Hawak, etc. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the premiere and jam “Calderone” as well as get some backstory on the band and the song.

Sleep // Process had their first song premiered by Not Just A Phase before their debut release. Middle Man will be doing cds and we’ll have tapes, but as we haven’t been able to order the tapes yet I don’t think they will be up for sale until a month or so after the March 18th release. Fingers crossed! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the premiere.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CROSSED = This Spanish band’s new album releases March 21st, but we can’t put up our copies as we don’t know how much they’ll cost after shipping. You can jam some songs on their bandcamp now, but if you’re in North America please don’t cave to the pressure and buy international, we’ll have them up on the release date of March 21st as we should know our actual cost by then.

2025 - 01 - 30 /// Athousandangelsandseven released!

January 30, 2025 by David Norman

Athousandangelsandseven released a few days back and we’re down to our last few tapes. We’re doing 7”s for this so don’t expect any more tapes aka pick one up asap. This Noise Is Ours recently reviewed the EP which you can check out by clicking on this text.

Coma Of Eris is the next ZBR release (and only one in February) and will release digitally on the 14th. Tapes will follow, probably releasing in late March/early April. Featuring members of Coma Regalia, Saetia, Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, and Apostles Of Eris.

The Återstod and Meißel split is pretty much sold out already, but the two projects sat down for an interview with Karol from Idioteq.com for this article. A good read for sure! Snag those last copies too. Click on this text or the pic above for the interview, jam/buy that shit below.

The first Emma Goldman single was played on the most recent Operation X-Ray show. This thing is now at the plant and should be ready for May. Get stoked!!!

On the precipice of a new Crossed album, their previous 12”EP was ranked as #4 on the Scene Point Blank EPs list. We still have a few left so pick them up before they sell out like the first two full lengths! Click on this text or the pic above for the list. Jam/buy below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SUFFOCATE FOR FUCKS SAKE = A new 20-minute song from this legendary band? Yes please.

2024 - 06 - 26 /// Eyelet then Zampler #23

June 26, 2024 by David Norman

Eyelet repress 12” on a new color (June 29th) followed by the digital 23rd Zampler compilation (July 1st) featuring new art from Seb Alvarez (Meth., Cadence Fox, Virgin Mother, etc.) and brand spankin’ new jams from Senza, Onewaymirror, Excrucis, Tenue, Tress Allude, and Hallam Foe! Holy sheeeeeeat!!!

Fallingwithscissors released on Monday and promptly sold out. There will be a few stragglers that’ll show up in the future but until we ensure all copies get to their homes these are unofficially “sold out”.

Wax Vessel is having their 5-Year Anniversary sale this Friday at 11am PST / 1pm CST / 2pm EST and they’ll have some ZBR-themed merch as near the beginning we were partnered up and sending out their orders, but with their incredible growth we just couldn’t keep up with the shipments. Our hats off to Nik and the gang as they have created something truly special. We appreciate you <3

Operation X-Ray played more Smush (get on the 12” pre-order!) and the almighty Animal Faces that seem to be getting some well-deserved extra love from some new fans.

Crossed got a whopping 9/10 (for an EP, no less) on the recent Crossed Letters (coincidence?) so you should check that out and buy yourself the 12” for ‘Vida Quieta’ because it fucking rules and the members of the band are all such sweethearts. Click on this text for the review!

Hamilton’s Constrain got a nice writeup from Crossed Letters which I’ve linked below, and Not Just A Phase gave them additional love. Click on this text for Crossed Letters and the pic above for Not Just a Phase. Jam/buy below!

CanaDave interviewed Craig Woods from a buncha wicked bands like D’Amore, Fall On Deaf Years, Towers, The Feat, Pink Guys, etc. Full post linked to this text.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CNYNS = Our boy Bobby Johnson and his friends released a new cover album and it’s sick.