Rainmaking x Senza 12"s released!

August 27, 2026 by David Norman

The Rainmaking x Senza split 12” is out! These songs are phenomenal and dare I say we knocked it out of the park with those etched b-sides and sick blue/black color scheme and glitter variants! There are a few tests presses still up too (but I sold half of those already).

Wollruss is playing this show tonight. Please come out if you are on the island (it’s in Victoria). I’ll have the ZBR distro. Here’s the last song I’ll post from the pre-show.

First, Coup D’etat’s new EP was reviewed by This Noise Is Ours. 7” lathes are still available (although we’re almost sold out) and info on them is below. Click on the pic above or this text for the review, listen/buy below.

should arrive late September as the box that shipped out June 11th was in limbo from June 18th in Illinois until a few days ago when the pressing plant received the returned box. They are shipping it out again alongside another release so they should ship mid-September for me to ship to you a week or two afterward. Thanks for you patience on this one!

Orphan Donor were interviewed by Nine Circles after releasing the spectacular ‘Ailments’ full length a few months back via cd on ZBR. This band has always been amazing but this new release is some next level shit. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the interview. Jam/buy below!

Oh shit somehow I still have an extra Excrucis tape of their debut album on Tomb Tree! It’s in an opaque white swirled case aka a test dip /5, which is crazy cuz those usually sell first. Buy it below, listen above, thus making it today’s Last Fucking Copy. Act now or forever hold your peace.

EXCRUCIS - Excrucis (cassette)

from CA$10.00

EXCRUCIS ‘Excrucis’ cassette LP (TT099)

For fans of: Dianacrawls, I Hate Sex, Oathbreaker, and These Arms Are Snakes.

Born from Nouveau (IL), Not For You (IL), Wrestle Crow (VT), and Yail (CO), this experimental Chicago four-piece is turning screamo on it’s head. This nine track debut full length delivers visceral screamy/shouted vocals, incredible drums, shockwaving bass, and extremely playful guitars that’ll have you simultaneously scratching your head whilst dancing…it’s a weird move to behold you silly dancer. Focusing on social crises, economic exploitation, climate denial, and all the other shit that’s been piled on top of the younger generations’ plates.

Tapes /151, 100 white, 25 on orange swirl, 21 random swirl, and 5 test dips, all w/jcard and download code. 9 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/excrucis

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MORAL BOMBING = Wicked stuff from Germany.

2025 - 08 - 06 /// Usurp Synapse vinyl announcement + Distro discount till Fri.

August 06, 2025 by David Norman

Usurp Synapse 2x12” for ‘Disinformation Fix’ with die-cut gatefold covers are at the plant with tests already approved. Holy fucking shit that’s exciting! Releases in October.

In an attempt to help pay for the cost I’ve got this Canadian/International store (also ships to the U.S.) on 50% off everything in the distro 12” tab and 25% off all distro 7”s (discount automatically applied within 24 hours of checkout). This goes until Friday at 9am PST when the Heaven Through Violence + Rosemary Nods Upon The Grave 7”s release.

Just a heads up, there is no shipping in the US for the next 2 weeks as U.S. Dave is on the road seeing his family. So the U.S. store is open just no shipping until after Aug 20th. Thanks for your understanding and patience regarding this matter.

Heaven Through Violence and Rosemary Nods Upon The Grave 7” finally release this Friday! We’ve only got 50 copies spread across Bandcamp, the U.S.A. store, and the Canada/International store, so if this is your jam don’t sleep on it!

Serrate’s final song premiered over at Not Just A Phase last night. “Kill For the Ones You Love” is a phenomenal song and fans of screamo and Converge are going to lose their shit when this releases in full on September 8th via ourselves and Bitter Melody Records. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the premiere.

Bok Suna’s ‘Carnate’ releases Friday August 29th but there’s a new music video for “honest person” embedded above. Tapes for ‘Carnate’ available now. Single #2 and music video #2 release on Friday! Amazing bedroom pop meets shoegaze, featuring the drummer of Hillsboro!

We are literally on our last copies of Nuvolascura’s ‘How This All Ends’ so snag it now or forever hold your peace. Eklektik Rock picked up on its amazingness and gave it a great review with you can check out by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam/buy below!

Avery Friedman got a wicked review from Real Gone, 12”s should be here this month! Oh happy day. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Jam the debut and snag a copy below.

Dylan played in Excrucis and was the most recent guest on CanaDave’s OMSB Podcast. Access the podcast by clicking on this text or the embed above. Jam/buy the Excrucis cassette below, there will be only one run!!!

A friendly reminder that the ZBR Fest 2025 videos for the pre-show and main fest, the former is embedded below, with the latter linked to this text. ZBR Fest 2026 is happening in Vancouver on May 1st-3rd. May 1st will be a pre-show on Vancouver Island in Victoria, followed by the Sat/Sun main fest happening in Vancouver.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: BAAN = This South Korean band released an absolute banger and it features our boy Jared Stimpfl from Orphan Donor on drums!

2024 - 09 - 13 /// Hallam Foe & Othiel + Palefade are next

September 13, 2024 by David Norman

With Split Silk out in full (embeded above) next on deck for Tomb Tree is the Othiel / Palefade. split that we churned out 40 copies of in two days. 3 variants, diy as all hell. Here they are! Releases September 20th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. CDs will follow, likely in November.

As for ZBR, another friendly reminder that we’ll have the Hallam Foe one-sided 12” lathe EP for ‘Funkapokalips’ on September 17th. 25 black / 25 clear. All ass-kicking.

Operation X-Ray played a song from every label CanaDave is associated with. Very cool! Split Silk, Bloom Dream, and Leavs were featured in this 146th episode <3

Right in time for CanaDave to lose his shit (he just got the Emma Goldman LP masters and is trying to cope with it’s amazingness), Edie from Everything Remade interviewed Felix (guitar/vox) from the band. You are not ready. Minds blown early 2025.

Click here for the full list of reviews!

Everything Is Noise wrapped up August and included Hillsboro and Tenue. Both tapes are on really low runs so snag them before they’re gone. Click on the pic above or this text for the full list and review of releases. Listen below!

Horns Up did their own wrapup and of course also included Tenue, along with ZBR’s Onewaymirror and Excrucis. Click on the pic above or this text for the entire recap. Jam the latter two bands below.

The band that really surpassed expectations at the 2024 pre-show was Godseyes. Really wicked metallic hardcore. More videos coming!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: IN LOVING MEMORY / WIDOWDUSK split 7” = Pre-orders are up on In Loving Memory’s bandcamp! Already snagged me a copy.

2024 - 08 - 19 /// Edhochuli repress

August 19, 2024 by David Norman

Edhochuli ‘Higherlander’ just got the 12” repress treatment on black! The band truly blows through these on tour so we got a few first presses left…and some second presses!

U.S.A. store linked here!!!

Canada/International linked here!!!

ZBR Fest 2024 VHS second run goes on sale in exactly one week, only 20 copies.

Reia Cibele relesaed last week on Tomb Tree so (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) gave them a most excellent write-up. Who is that OMSB guy anyways? Click the pic above for the full article and jam/buy below.

Another reminder about August 26th and 20 more fest videos going live. Need more incentive? Here’s some songs by Capsule + Snag!!!

Operation X-Ray played some Excrucis last week, and if you somehow haven’t checked that album out you should do so right fucking now!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: AU BOUT DE MES LÈVRES = Finally new album out and sounding incredible! Ex-Commuovere.

2024 - 07 - 30 /// Olth + Tenue + break

July 30, 2024 by David Norman

Aight my friends, this is the last post you’ll see here for two weeks as both Daves are making the trek to Ontario. We’ll still have some social media posts here and there but no new releases after August 1st until mid-August and obviously we won’t be around to ship stuff out either. Olth 12” repress on Monday (pictured above). Tenue’s new album+tapes drop on Monday too (music video below). After that there’s a Closet Witch music video coming out over at No Clean Singing on August 6th. Then we’ll get some Nuvolascura cds up, followed by more fest VHS tapes. New Forms repress arrives late September. Senza’s new 12”EP is at the plant for a fall release. Legacy releases slated for tape, 12”, and double 12” before the year is out.

Reminder that Tenue’s new 5-song album ‘Arcos, bóvedas, pórticos’ releases in full August 1st, 2024. This thing is utterly massive and easily the band’s best work to date. They incorporate more screamo and Respire-esque sounds and it works out so damn well. CanaDave is currently dubbing the Tenue tapes, only 30 will be made for the first run, if they sell out we’ll do another 20 but that’s it!

Oh shiiiiiit after about five years of being out of stock we got a stack of restocks from the one and only MeatCube Label! Tetola93’s final album, the most intense, raw, emotional rollercoaster they ever set down.

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TETOLA93 - Tetola93 (12")

from CA$15.00

For fans of: Yaphet Kotto, Killie and Ampere.

The final album from one of Japan's most intense and innovative bands is finally upon us! 14 tracks of despair, hope, passion and fury for fans of Killie, Louise Cyphre, and Envy. Breaking up in the middle of 2013, TETOLA93 tracked one final album that will stand as their legacy - and they recorded entirely by themselves. The album combines re-recordings of old favorites with new epic songs and a fully realized production that brings everything together. This is truly one of the most ground-breaking records to come out of Japan and a serious contender for album of the year. The LP comes on black vinyl with lyric insert & download card sealed in a printed envelope, all in a full-color jacket printed on recycled chipboard. The limited Japanese edition comes with a hand-printed CD-R containing all the tracks and is available during pre-orders ONLY. This album is a co-production between Seattle's MeatCubeLabel and Canada's Zegema Beach Records.

For fans of: Killie, Circle Takes The Squre, Combat Wounded Veteran, Yaphet Kotto, Me And Him Make It Us and I Am Alaska.

Black 12" vinyl. 14 songs.

Listen here:
http://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tetola93

Edition:

CanaDave went to the Smush release show for ‘if you were here i’d be home now’ that Softseed Music is releasing on 12”. There’s a buncha videos there including additional stuff from the incredible hardcore/screamo band Piss from Vancouver as well as the intoxicating sounds of Lilex And The Apocalips. Click on this text for the full post, more videos and links. Check my fave videos below.

Hillsboro’s new ‘White Trash’ EP releases on tape August 23rd on Softseed Music. The new stuff is amazing and keeps the melodic hooks but injects some heavier moments and includes some yells and screams. Dig that shit hard. New song/musich video “sleep dealrrr” embedded below.

Equalizing Distort played Hey Predator on their radio show, some tapes still exist! This stuff is amazing and is pre-Girl Arm math rock/emo. Click on the text here to go to the show. Jam/buy Hey Predator tapes below!

Operation X-Ray played a ton of bangers as per usual and starts things off with our very own Excrucis. Jam the radio show below and listen/buy Excrucis here by clicking on the text.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CARMEN SIXTEEN = Great new little EP from a cool band and new record label.