Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow drops Monday!

January 11, 2024 by David Norman

Friday Friday Friday is Wave #3 for ZBR Fest 2024! Final reveal (except the pre-show, still comin’ and hot as fuck!) as well as more two-day passes. We usually don’t sell many one-day passes so this year we’ve upped the two-day and decreased the one-day (there will only be 100 for each single day this year) so when your brain explodes upon seeing Wave #3 you can head directly over to www.zbrfest.com to snag your tickets (linked to this text).

Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow is on deck. Their 12” ‘LP’ has been a long time in the making. Fully written on drums first, then guitars/bass, and finally vocals/lyrics - this project has a very weird way of working but it fucking tracks. Speaking of tracks, here’s the tracklist with track times:

1. Mimitwo 01:54

2. Sometimes When I'm Falling Asleep I Think I'm Dying 00:53

3. Word of Ruin 01:04

4. The Shackles I Have Given Myself Are My Treasure 00:48

5. Adrian vs. Thai Chilli Pepper 01:17

6. Perpetual Vertigo 00:46

7. Strike Zone Pro Set Box Set 01:56

8. Figrin Damn 01:22

9. Kelowna 215 00:59

10. interlude 00:36

11. The French Say "Brobaire" 01:58

12. Kong Not King 01:55

13. Vanessequestrian 01:26

14. Martian Stealth Tech 01:23

15. Our Present is an Absolute Nightmare 05:06

100 copies of the 12” go up for sale along with the digitals on Monday January 15th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Jam the new music video below or click on this text to go to the full premiere/info/links from This Noise Is Ours.

Tomb Tree will be dropping the Carrion Spring cassettes for ‘How It All Falls Away Petal By Petal’ next Wednesday January 17th at 9am PST / 11am CST /12pm EST. Above is the /10 reveal! Jam/download below :)

Moshpit Nation gave an incredible review of Obroa-skai’s ‘Science Progresses One Funeral at a Time’ 12”LP. We only made 100 and have moved well over half already, so snag one if you wanna be draped in noise. Click on the pic above or this text for the review. Jam/buy below.

Borderline Fuckup continues their lengthy/awesome lists, concluding it with their Top LPs of 2023. You’ll find New Forms, Olth, and a few Tomb Tree releases from My Hair Is A Rat’s Nest, Onewaymirror, and Excrucis on there. Thank you!!! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the list. We still have New Forms 12”s so snag one below!

CanaDave’s Softseed Music label released the Social Caterpillar 12”LP for ‘Alphabet Crown’ in 2023 and it showed up on Everything Is Noise’s list, beating out every ZBR and Tomb Tree release! Yeah…it’s really fucking good! We got some in this store but feel free to support Softseed or the band directly. Click on the pic above or this text for the full list, and jam/buy below!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: WASSEE POSSE = Adrian (Drin) from Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow (drums) also makes amazing skate videos. Check out the second installment of Wassee Posse below which features a Burial Etiquette jam during Drin’s ride (8:28)!

2023 - 07 - 07 /// Nhomme's Second Course

July 10, 2023 by David Norman

Nhomme’s 2023 EP sold out months back and today we release the second run of cassettes. 152 more copies were made, variants include 95 white/black/silver sparkle (almost all band copies), 35 multi-color swirl, 10 purple swirl, 4 test dips, 5 bandcamp-exclusive stamped bag editions, and 3 clear. They release on the hour, today at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. I gotta head out to band practice so the bandcamp editions are live now!!!

Seasons Worn releases this Friday! Here are the variants for this awesome metalcore EP from Vancouver. In fact, This Noise Is Ours was so taken with it that they reviewed the full EP after already posting a single song premiere. Thanks James! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review.

Excrucis did a podcast with CanaDave cuz Michael and Linda both have a past with him and their new album in sensational. Tapes are in the Tomb Tree section of our store! Click on this text or the pic above to go to the interview post.

One of the best heavy albums of the year got yet another review, as Telos continues to dominate the Best Of 2023 metal category (for me, at least). We got some 12”s in stock as well as the Tomb Tree tapes but the Canada/International store already sold out, US copies are the only ones that remain! Click on this text or the picture above for the review.

Lower Automation sent over a lyric booklet in PDF that you can snag when you download the ‘Strobe Light Shadow Play’ album from our bandcamp. Very cool stuff!

Orphan Donor made my head explode at ZBR Fest. They were awesome, and considering this was born as the drummer’s solo project…that’s extra impressive. We will continue posting the single videos for each band that played ZBR Fest 2023 in the order that they played, so there’s more coming!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: They Call Me Armageddon Volume 6 = This ridiculous comp has a ton of sick bands on it, including an unreleased Aux.Aura jam!

2023 - 06 - 30 /// Zampler #21

June 30, 2023 by David Norman

Zampler #21 ‘He’s Not Worth It’ is officially out on bandcamp. 30 tracks, 11 of which are previously unreleased, all fire. Please check it out and share it if you like it. New tracks from the likes of Obroa-skai, Atameo, Dear Diary This Is My Teenage Angst To My Adult Self, Riversleem, Vibora, Pettersson, Neuman Portentum, Othiel, In Loving Memory, Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, and New Forms. Christ what a list.

Sunday is the Neuman Portentum release. ‘God Monster’ was recorded more than 20 years ago and all of the songs never even saw the light of day. After a band member’s passing, the rest of the group contacted us in hopes of releasing the entire thing remixed and remastered. It’s fucking incredible. Imagine Ruhaeda meets The Flying Worker and you’re already there! Will there be mages? You fuckin’ betcha. 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on Sunday July 2nd.

In Loving Memory released their new song and music video for title track “A Gentler Sun” which releases in full July 21st on Zegema Beach. You can find this ridiculous comeback song on the new Zampler as well.

Excrucis released their debut self-titled album on Tomb Tree this morning. Truly excellent, confident, progressive screamo from Chicago featuring members of Nouveau, Not For You, Wrestle Crow, and Yail.

Notice that Atameo cover of Coma Regalia on the new Zampler? Well that’s taken from an upcoming Coma Regalia covers compilation releasing fall 2023 on ZBR. All proceeds will go to help Edie Quinn of Coma/Middle Man Records/10+ other bands and their family following a rough few years.

The distro update is now complete. Vitriol products are also in this store in the New Items/Specials section. Here are a few highlights. Long live Gorlock! Here’s Dave unboxing the Examination of Violent Cinema 12” for his personal copy.

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GRAF ORLOCK - Doombox (10" + cd)

CA$35.00 CA$45.00

Best release ever. Reissue of a 6-track EP from Southern California's Graf Orlock, recommended to anyone into fast and tight HC/grindcore. The included CD contains 'Doombox' plus the band's 'Destination Time' trilogy, compiling 42 tracks of their 2011-2014 output, all packaged in a fold out boombox measuring 30x10x6 inch. Released on Vitriol Records.

10” on red vinyl with fucking fold-out boombox and discography cd.

Listen here:
https://vitriolrecords.bandcamp.com/album/doombox

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GRAF ORLOCK - Examination of Violent Cinema Vol.1 (12")

CA$25.00

The cinema-grind band’s final full length. Hilarious. Devastating. Gorlock. If you wanna open this record you literally have to perform an autopsy on the jacket. Released on Vitriol Records.

12” on black vinyl with insert. 12 songs.

Listen here:
https://vitriolrecords.bandcamp.com/album/examination-of-violent-cinema-vol-1

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GRAF ORLOCK - End Credits (7")

CA$12.50

This cinema-grind band’s final endeavor. Released on Vitriol Records.

7” on yellow w/red splatter vinyl with lyric insert. 5 songs.

Listen here:
https://vitriolrecords.bandcamp.com/album/end-credits

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One of our regulars accidentally ordered two of these, so for the last time this absolute gorgeous copy of ZBR002 is for sale!!!

sold out

DESCUBRIENDO A MR. MIME - silkscreened EP (12")

CA$40.00

Rare/last variant!

Released on Zegema Beach Records.

12” on clear vinyl with silkscreened b-side /75-ish.

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The most emotional set by far was that of Coma Regalia’s, as at that point Edie’s child was waiting for a much-needed transplant (which he has since received, hooray!) so everyone’s thoughts were with her family. Excellent set. Excellent humans. Edie even did the art for the new Zampler! We will continue posting the single videos for each band that played ZBR Fest 2023 in the order that they played, so there’s more coming!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ONEWAYMIRROR + BURIAL ETIQUETTE = Our homies in BE just released a new split and it’s incredible!

2023 - 06 - 29 /// Excrucis album and Lower Automation music video

June 29, 2023 by David Norman

Distro drop almost complete, with some additional items going up in this Canadian/International store which is linked here on the 30th at 9am (as a box arrives later today). Check out the U.S. store here or peruse the new additions to this store here! In Loving Memory looks like it’s sold out but fret not the new EP comes out in July!

It’s a mad dash for the rest of the week, with the 21st Zampler dropping on Friday at 12:01am, Tomb Tree has the Excrucis bandcamp release going up on Friday (tapes available now via This Noise Is Ours premiere lower down in this post), the brand spankin’ new In Loving Memory music video, and then…holy shit…let’s just say clear your Sunday.

Lower Automation released a new music video for “Information Entrepreneurs and Their Lipsynching Choirs. Some of the 12”s still remain so get on that /200 before they gone! Click on this text or the picture above for the premiere/video/write-up.

Excrucis just had an album premiere a day early over at This Noise Is Ours! Products are now live and in the ZBR stores! Premiere and links available by clicking on this text or the picture above!

Coma Regalia’s ‘The Mirror’ was the most recent subject of This Noise Is Ours’ ZBR Roster Review series. We still got some in stock, as does Middle Man! Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Listen/buy via the Bandcamp embed below.

Vientre came all the way from Colombia to play a gorgeous and screamy set. We got it on film. Bam! We will continue posting the single videos for each band that played ZBR Fest 2023 in the order that they played, so there’s more coming!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: HERLOVEBEHEADSDAISIES = Sick Texan screamo, almost lo-fi, definitely amazing.

2023 - 06 - 27 /// Distro Drop pushed back to 6/28

June 27, 2023 by David Norman

First and foremost, the distro drop has been pushed back 24 hours because, simply put, we have so much stuff to update. What do we have going up? Well a bunch of restocks, but looking next to me here I see vinyl by Telos, Osmorg, Flowers Taped To Pens, Reka, Resurrectionists, Shirokuma, Graf Orlock, Sweat, Dangers, Moxiebeat, Gros Enfants Mort, Barabbas Du Förtappade, Whane, etc. and tapes from Botfly, New Friends Fest, Un Automne De Plus, Life In Vacuum, Joliette, etc. and the full cd split series from Post Marked Stamps/Blue Post Snowmanz…you know, the ones with Burial Etiquette, We Are On Fire, Pyre, etc. 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm PST on Wednesday June 28th!!! Both stores!

We announced our involvement with Othiel via the music video premiere that went down yesterday. 12”s should be in hand this fall to release with the entire full length. Seriously, this band is incredible and we’re still in disbelief that they weren’t on our radar before submitting the LP to us!

Be on the lookout for a brand spankin’ new Lower Automation video tomorrow!

ZMAR got a nice review from the French Core and Co blog. Our sales of this incredible LP have picked up recently, and remember they come with screenprinted outer sleeves and gatefold covers! Click on this text or the pic above to go to the review.

Sear’s debut EP was the subject of Veil Of Sound’s most recent review. The reviewer totally understood pretty much everything about this EP, so read that well-informed review by clicking on this text or the picture above. We’re down to the last few tapes of this release!

Terry Green couldn’t make the 2022 fest because the Canadian passport office was generally drunk and untrustworthy. Luckily we got their sexy Canadian asses on the 2023 fest and they did not disappoint. Showcasing their signature sound and expanding it with new/unreleased songs, it was a fucking treat for everyone there. We will continue posting the single videos for each band that played ZBR Fest 2023 in the order that they played, so there’s more coming!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: GRAF ORLOCK = The band’s final 7” was released a few days back and it’s incredible! We’ll have just a few copies in stock tomorrow for the massive distro update!