Sinema 12"s tomorrow!!!

April 21, 2025 by David Norman

Sinema is tomorrow. TOMORROW! These won’t last so this is your second-to-last reminder to get in the stores before 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST tomorrow April 22nd. ‘After the Flatline’ is /250 all on black 12”s. They also play ZBR Fest and I’m fucking so goddamned excited. Look at that new stage setup!!! (thanks Josh!)

Lastima is releasing on 12” on May 16th via Tomb Tree, and the band has recently released their first single “Al Cerro Ancón”. Tape/cd orders from Liminal Dread Productions open single vinyl releases with album. Wicked post-everything that dabbles in the waters of Respire’s early material with more flute and viola and less trumpet.

Operation X-Ray played heaps of bangers including Blue Youth’s “Defeatist” and Sinema’s “Stutter”. Glad your kid is doing better Andre <3

The amount of incredible press that Avery Friedman’s ‘New Thing’ has received is both prodigious and deserved. Her debut album is up for pre-order on Softseed Music as well as tape from Audio Anti-Hero. Expect a podcast with CanaDave next! Click on the pic above or this text for the full interview with The Line Of Best Fit.

Destroy//Exist did a little write-up for Blue Youth’s only single that can pretty much be applied to the rest of the album. Check it out by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam/buy the ‘Defeatist’ 12”LP below!

Idioteq.com interview/track-by-track with duo Sutras following their ‘The Crisis of Existence’ release on Tomb Tree. Check it out by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam/buy below, and remember it’s a low run of just 35 tapes!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: YA BUNAYYA = I only just heard ‘Beyond the Numeric Time’ by this incredible band. Can’t wait to see what they release next.

2025 - 04 - 18 /// Avery Friedman released, Sinema is next!

April 18, 2025 by David Norman

A (hopefully) final ZBR fest update for 2025 is the totally understandable withdrawal of Emma Goldman, Massa Nera, and Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead. At least two of the three should be playing our 2026 fest so don’t lose all hope. We did move up Bloom Dream to Sunday and Luca is going to take their place for the pre-show.

Sinema has arrived at ZBR USA headquarters! Full 12” drop for ‘After the Flatline’ is Tuesday April 22nd at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST and holy fucking hell don’t expect to be picking one up later cuz these will sell like the hotcakes they are. Shoutout hotcakes!

Blue Youth has been out for a few days and is ripping up the post-hardcore, noise rock, and screamo bandcamp charts. This release was half-a-decade in the making and totally lives up to the wait time. Fans of Frodus and Life In Vacuum will fucking love this. Co-released with The Ghost Is Clear and Grind Central Records.

Sutras tapes and digitals for ‘The Crisis of Existence’ are out and making the rounds on lotsa blogs which I’ll post in future news updates. For now just enjoy those promo pics and jam along below.

Crossed got the This Noise Is Ours treatment because it’s arguably the best screamo record to come out of 2025 thus far. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Snag a 12” before they’re gone and you’re angry for missing out.

Coma Of Eris was interviewed by Idioteq.com as Edie, Jesse, and Dave answered a few questions extremely honestly. Tapes have sold well and all the rarer variants seem to be gone. Pick up the primary swirl before we’re totally out! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the interview.

Lord Wrought had their full set recorded by YYJ which I would recommend checking out. We still got some tapes available but I reckon the band will sell out almost immediately and likely take our stock so I wouldn’t sleep for too long on this stellar band, especially if you like Portrayal Of Guilt, Crossed, and Crestfallen.

Avery Friedman’s ‘New Thing’ released today on Softseed Music! You can stream this debut in all its glory below and if you dig please pick up a 12” from the store. Glorious indie rock from Brooklyn and we’ve even got a stupid fancy variant. Vinyl should arrive in late June/July.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: OSTRACA = The new EP just dropped get the fuck on that!

2025 - 04 - 08 /// Dagerman 12"s + Lord Wrought tapes!

April 08, 2025 by David Norman

Dagerman’s debut 12”LP ‘tragedie | VIVERE’ is officially shipping, as we got 40 of the 300 copies to spread across three stores so don’t expect them to hang around for too long. Sensational Italian screamo of the heavier variety, whilst still retaining a strong sense of dynamics and melody. Fans of Raein, La Quiete, Vibora, and Ojne need to scope this immediately.

'Mortis' by LORD WROUGHT is now on the Tomb Tree bandcamp with tapes shipping immediately. Their blend of hardcore, metal, sludge, and dare I say screamo is vicious, unrelenting, and downright evil. Oh and the tapes look sick. For fans of: Crossed, Crestfallen, and Portrayal Of Guilt.

Crossed was interviewed by Rockzone Mag and they are currently bouncing around Europe on tour. Click on the picture above for the interview, check out the tour dates below, and jam/buy that shit further down. 12”s should be arriving this month but we currently don’t have tracking.

Mourn Recif played at the final Linden House show this past Saturday and it was a blast. It was the first show with our new guitarist Josh who ran the house and also spends time in A Recorded Dawn (who also played) and Hose. Above you can see clips from the aforementioned bands as well as Emma Goldman and Coup D’etat, and below you can scope the full Mourn Recif set. I would personally recommend from Deers onward but you do you.

Emma Goldman has their release show on May 9th! Hopefully I’ll be there slingin’ extra records but I gotta see if I survive the ZBR Fest trip. Wicked bands, sick poster, amazing release, fantastic people. The Grind gave them some love which you can check out by clicking on the pic above or this text.

Operation X-Ray continues their excellent coverage of multiple scenes and genres, including Blue Youth, Mahria, Dagerman, and Satsuma in last week’s episode.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MERCY TIES = Back after a lengthy break, this group turned many an ear last week with this amazing comeback full length! Out now on The Ghost Is Clear. <3

2025 - 03 - 11 /// Febuary still in stock, Bloom Dream run #2

March 11, 2025 by David Norman

Bloom Dream tour started yesterday! And blimey we’ve even got another batch of 100 (we’ll have 50, and 50 for the band) including swirls are now live! Pics above, tour poster below, jam/buy under that.

Did we actually order the correct amount of Febuary stock? Cuz we still got like 30 copies left! There’s very little chance these last the week as we keep selling a few every hour so act asap or forever hold your peace. Places to order:
U.S.A. store
Canada/International
Bandcamp (these are the most expensive so try to buy from the correct store above)

Ashen Hands from Italy have a new EP coming out Tuesday March 12th on Tomb Tree! I’m telling you this thing is fucking amazing and gonna blow you outta the water. Akin to Joshua Fit For Battle, Lucidity, and Danse Macabre, ‘Ashen Hands’ knocked my goddamn dentures right outta my mouth…and I don’t even own dentures!!! Check out the first and only single over at Not Just A Phase now by clicking on the pic above or this text. Tapes won’t be in hand till late March so we’ll have those up for pre-order on Tuesday.

Dead Hour Noise’s sophomore full length ‘Slow Burn’ was released digitally with pre-orders of their first 12” vinyl going live last Friday. These should be in hand early April and shipping mid-late April at the latest. Vinyl will /250, burgundy w/orange splatter. This is co-released with The Ghost Is Clear Records.

Coma Of Eris got some love on This Noise Is Ours the other day - and yesterday was Edie’s birthday! Please give her a bday wish and pick up some stuff from Middle Man Records. Tapes for this release should be in hand this week and up for sale March 31st at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Click on the pic above or this text to read the in-depth review.

Everything Remade has vocalist Jeremy Jones from Braininavat on their podcast last week. A great listen, plus we gotz some tapes left so snaggy mcdougle below!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: WORN THROUGH = Edie from Coma Regalia and Middle Man Records released this new album with Aster Scott on vocals. Very sick stuff!

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

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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.