Zampler released + final shirt sale!

July 03, 2026 by David Norman

ZAMPLER #27 released on June 30th! 'Take It Out Easy, Cadet' houses 25 songs including a bunch of previously unreleased stuff from Senza, Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, Poetry Of Torch, Coup D'etat, The Names Of Our Friends, Hauzu, Empathetic, and Mourn Recif. All bandcamp donations in the first 30 days for this go to the artist, shoutout Sinco from Constrain <3

All orders placed from June 30th-July 6th will include a Zampler cd for free. I heard their might be a golden ticket in there somewhere!!!

Oh shit yo the final T-shirts etc. sale just went up so I’m all outta shirts for sale. I cut down my personal collection from almost 200 to just over 50 so there’s some insanely rare/awesome shit in there. Some cheap…some not so much lol. Click on this text to go to the Shirts section of the store. Remember, each order by July 6th gets a free Zampler #27!!!

Everything Is Noise included the new Mal Criado album ‘Ni Todo La Tierra Entera’ that was released a month ago on Tomb Tree in their monthly blast! Click on the pic above or this text to go there, jam/buy below!

Gus (bass/vocals) from Ostraca joined me on the most recent OMSB Podcast! Check it out, we talked about a bunch of stuff including their sick new record (embedded below), bands that helped form him, his musical journey, and more! Click on this text for the full blog post or just listen/download the podcast above.

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to another CanaDave (now just Dave) release, as I am down to the final Apostles Of Eris x Encarsia split cassette. Arguably some of the best AOE material and pretty much the only proper release from the prog skramz gods Encarsia. This will not be made again. Snag it now below or forever hold your peace.

APOSTLES OF ERIS + ENCARSIA - Split (cassette)

APOSTLES OF ERIS + ENCARSIA - Split (cassette)

from CA$10.00

APOSTLES OF ERIS + ENCARSIA ‘Split‘ tape (ZB276)

For fans of: Via Fondo, Majorel, Edhochuli, and Leer

After CanaDave heard the early Encarsia material he flipped his lid and asked the band to do a split with Jesse Mowery and their Apostles Of Eris project. The result is a six-song blast through mega riffage, soaring solos, and shrieky screams supplied by both bands. Imagine Via Fondo meets Cease Upon The Capitol for AOE (also featuring Sammy from Warren Of Ohms on vocals!) and anything mathy/amazing for Encarsia. Art by Joshua Criss @robotarmart.

Cassettes /110 breakdown:
Golden Afterburner Swirl (/70)
Currency of God aka Shit Brick (/25)
Test Dip w/matching swirl case (/5)

All tapes come with two-sided j-card. 3 songs by each band.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/split-14

Variant:

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MIEKE = This Kiwi all-star just released another new jam, and I have 12”LP for ‘Frau Eva’ on Softseed Music so you can snag it directly from this store!

MIEKE - Frau Eva (12")

CA$40.00

For fans of: Smush, Julie, Bok Suna, and Mage Tears.

I am beyond stoked to announce the pressing of one of my favourite 2025 releases, New Zealand's MIEKE (pronounced "ME-kah") and her genre-bending 'frau eva' full length. This sophomore full length houses 15 songs that range from experimental ("Intro: the garage splits in two") to shoegaze ("Nuclear") to ethereal beauty ("Forest"). The art for this is incredible and includes a full-color inner-sleeve with lyrics. Easily one of the most exciting artists releasing today! And you can catch her at ZBR Fest 2026 in Vancouver as well as her band Wallflower!!!

12”s /243 on clear with six-colour splatter + 5 test presses, includes new art with printed inner sleeve and download code.

Listen here:
https://softseedmusic.bandcamp.com/album/frau-eva

2023 - 03 - 25 /// Heavenly Blue and Hot Sauce

March 25, 2023 by David Norman

FEST NEWS:

Heavenly Blue is playing ZBR Fest 2023!!! But Encarsia is out :( and I am truly bummed. But also stoked. I’m Stommed. Or Buked? Either one works.

The 2-Day Passes (that includes the pre-show too!) are almost gone! We’re into single digits here. Get’em at ZBRfest.com

Hot Sauce! Our friend and super-chef extraordinaire Pat Snell whipped up 28 bottles of ass-blasting hot sauce with ghost peppers, habanero, garlic, orange, etc. oh my god I’m dripping saliva onto the floor.

Lucidity is on Monday. It’s amazing. 100 green 12”s. 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST

CanaDave did an Out Past the Rings for Dim Into Dross’s sole release ‘Specters of Indifference’. We still got some straggler cassettes, and if you order from this Canada/International store I’ll dip your tape. Yep, super rare swirls /3-> (listen here)

Today’s Hiding In the Outpost (aka our last copy of something):

So recently I looked at the U.S. store stock and noticed that our very first release was sold out. I looked on my self. There were only 6 left. I snatched up 4 and shipped them to the U.S. store. I have the last 2 here. Oh my god, will we actually sell out of our first release? Reminder, Amber’s self-titled 12”LP was our first release and it is still fucking incredible. Like Thurm, Mares Of Thrace, Isis, and Lightbearer? Well holy shit this is for you. Listen to it here.

now sold out:
Pictures Of June tape
Nhomme tape
Blind Girls everything is gone
Komuso 1st EP tape
Nuvolascura 2nd LP tape/12”

Sold out

AMBER - Amber (12")

CA$12.00

For fans of: Isis, Buried Inside, The Alaskan and Pelican.

Here is the phenomenal debut album by post-hardcore/metal outfit AMBER from Germany, finally available on 12" vinyl! These 5 tracks total 40 minutes with no wasted space. Massive riffs, huge beats and screamy female vocals. This is ZBR001. The first 100 copies ordered from ZBR include the black vinyl sleeve, while the remaining 234 copies have the white sleeve.

Black vinyl. 5 tracks.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LINGER = My friends in Hetta showed me this Portuguese collective outfit and this four-song EP is killer.

2022 - 02 - 24 /// Fest final lineup announced!

February 24, 2022 by David Norman

Full Zegema Beach Records Fest Mid-West 2022 is fully announced and today is the last day to snag the two-day tickets. Click here to nab, it’s gonna be a helluva time.

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The Apostles Of Eris + Encarsia split cassette is officially out, both digitally and physically. The new Brahm is next on March 4th via cassettes and lathes. Tapes will be co-released with Illuminate My Heart.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ENCARSIA = Seriously this band is too fucking sick. Riffs and screams for days…I love it so much!!!

2022 - 02 - 23 /// Crossed single and more!

February 23, 2022 by David Norman

Crossed has a new album coming out in April and we’ve just dropped the new single. It’s a deceptive jam which utilizes a slow burn and some new post-hardcore/spoken-word concepts before exploding outright halfway through, Crossed-style.

Eunoia pre-orders went up for ‘Psyop of the Year’ tapes through us and cd through Nefarious Indutries. Super sick, experimental, genre-defying hardcore/screamo/whatever from Cincinnati, Ohio. Full release in April, but you can find a ton of info about it in this awesome post and jam a song!

EUNOIA - Psyop of the Year (cassette)

from CA$12.00

EUNOIA ‘Psyop of the Year’ cassette EP (TTT064)

For fans of: Supine, Die Princess Die, Past Forms, and The Pax Cecilia.

Mysterious, quirky, self-aware, experimental, and all over the fucking place, this Cincinnati, Ohio three-piece have created an extremely unique piece of work. Running frantically somewhere between post-hardcore, math-rock, and experimental screamo, ‘Psyop of the Year’ rocks through 8
whether it’s the groovy “Mozambique Drill” single, the instrumental math-rock “Black Highlighter”, the devastating “How to Watch Pro Football“, or that ridiculously screamy opener “A Snide Remark from the Invisible Hand“, EUNOIA’s new album has something for just about anyone…except those looking for answers. Released on cd by Nefarious Industries.

Tapes /55, 21 on swirl, 34 on red, all w/fold-out jcard. 8 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/psyop-of-the-year

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The Apostles Of Eris + Encarsia split cassette releases tomorrow with six new tracks. I’m biased as I do vocals for AOE, but I think this is the best split I’ve ever been a part of. Encarsia’s tracks are like Edhochuli meets Leer in all the amazing ways you might be imagining right now, and AOE’s are the most fleshed out yet and include guest vocals by Sammy Gurule of Warren Of Ohms on all three songs. This will premiere via This Noise Is Ours sometime around 12pm CST and we’ll share it around with the order links then.

If you follow screamo in the slightest then you definitely saw/heard/bought the new Defacto En Scripture cassette/cd from Middle Man Records. Honestly this might end up taking LP of the year cuz these 28 jams are spectacular, and considering each song has different members but it still sounds cohesive…well, I didn’t even think that was possible. GET ON IT!!!

Big Stuff Thing #2 (aka rebalance) has been pushed back into March due to so many releases happening at the end of February. We currently have it set for March 12th, 2022.

Zegema Beach Records Fest Mid-West 2022 full lineup reveals on Friday! Good lord…get ready!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: DEFACTO EN SCRIPTURE = see above, this album is the pinnacle of screamo.

2022 - 02 - 22 /// Anna Sage pre-order, etc.

February 22, 2022 by David Norman

The Anna Sage self-titled cassette/12”LP pre-order is out, with the and the tapes shipping in March and vinyl coming in April. Check out the tape variants below with alternate artwork! Order here in the U.S.A. here or Canada/International here!

Tomb Tree released Tone Failed To Destruct’s debut EP today and we’ve got them in our store! Unrelenting, vicious emo-violence/grind/noise that’ll tear you a new one!

Apostles Of Eris + Encarsia split releases on Thursday. We just released the variants so take a gander below!

Zegema Beach Records Mid-West Fest 2022 is already more than half sold out, with the 2-day passes ending before the week is out. At that point we will post the 3rd/final wave of bands and release the single day passes. So stoked to share this with you, and hopefully see you there!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: TONE FAILED TO DESTRUCT = Malaysian emo-violence/grind/noise that just released today on Tomb Tree and Utarid Tapes! We got dem taaaaapes, yo <3