Usurp Synapse pre-orders on Tuesday!

August 15, 2025 by David Norman

This gargantuan release for ‘Disinformation Fix’ by the almighty Usurp Synapse is at the plant, and with all the bells and whistles on this classic we’ve decided to open pre-orders to help pay for these elaborate and amazing die-cut gatefold jackets. The 2x12” releases on 500 units of random colored vinyl. We’ll start pre-orders this Tuesday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST in the two ZBR stores, none will be on Bandcamp. Please remember these WILL NOT SHIP UNTIL NOVEMBER. That includes orders with additional items in the order, the entire order will be held until November. When’s that? Shipping in November. Okay, got it. November.

Twins pre-orders for their new 12” ‘It’s_complicated’ go up for sale on Thursday August 21st. This will coincide with a new single and music video for it! Oh happy day…Thursday…specifically. Check out the first single below.

Not Just A Phase Vol.3 releases August 22nd! Next week we’ll reveal the participating bands, with each band submitting an unreleased track! 24 in total!!!

Hoari tapes are moving fast and almost gone. I’m pretty sure a decent amount of our followers weren’t aware of this phenomenal 2024 release so we’re happy to get it in the ears of new people. For fans of: Ditch Organ, Telos, Course, and Shora.

Nuvolascura moved like hot cakes. We’ve got our small leftover stock going up on the next Big Stuff Thing, the almighty 7th, on Sunday September 14th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. The band’s new album ‘How This All Ends’ was also reviewed by Rocking from Greece. Check out that review by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam the album below.

Othiel got some much deserved love from This Noise Is Ours. I’d tell you to pick up some cds but we’re hella out, and the band probably is too after their recent shows. You snooze, you loose. Geez, I’m a dick today. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Jam ‘World’s Fastest Car’ below.

Avery Friedman comes in next week! The 12”s finally finished and I’ll have pictures of them up with store links (including a new ZBR U.S.A. store link!) pretty much as soon as they arrive. In other awesome Softseed Music news the Bok Suna tests were approved today. The 12”s should be in hand for the full release on August 29th!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: DOLLIE ROT = A new song from this wicked solo artist. Expect news next week about Dollie and Softseed!

2025 - 08 - 11 /// Hoari tapes tomorrow!

August 11, 2025 by David Norman

Heaven Through Violence x Rosemary Nods Upon The Grave is almost sold out! Goddamn that didn’t take long. We’ve got 3 left on Bandcamp, 2 in the Canada/International store, and a few in the U.S.A store. Larry is pretty much out already. Please remember that US Dave is outta town so no US store shipments will be going out until Aug 20th or so.

Hoari cassette tapes release tomorrow! We only made 37 of these because they almost go too hard. Absolutely devastating, techy, metallic hardcore in the vein of Coarse and Shora. 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on August 12th. Check out a jam from the Zampler below!

Bok Suna’s “doghorn” music video came out last week! There’s another one already out for “honest person”, with no further singles planned before ‘Carnate’ releases in full on August 29th on Softseed Music. Scope it below! Click on the pic above or this link to go to a Buzz Music review of said first single.

Nuvolascura is on fucking fire. We’ve got 1 left in the U.S. store, 1 in the Canada/International store, and 2 on Bandcamp then we’re out of everything! The band was also featured in Everything Is Noise’s “The Noise of July 2025” list. View the list by clicking on this text or the pic above. Jam/snag those last copies below.

Operation X-Ray featured a buncha Die Princess Die tracks, as well as Hoari and Heaven Through Violence. Thanks Andre!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LIGATURE. = This new music video from a friend of mine dropped a few weeks back, scope it!

2025 - 07 - 24 /// Piri Reis out, Distro update + restocks, Shoganai is next!

July 24, 2025 by David Norman

The distro and restock update that was scheduled for this morning got pushed back to tomorrow (Friday July 25th) as we just couldn’t get it all ready in time. So here’s a list of what’s coming so you can prep. In this Canada/International store everything will be located in the “New Items/Specials” section (linked here) while the U.S. store will have it all in the “All” tab (linked here). Some products will only be in one store (as in some cases we only have one copy) so be sure to skip between the two stores if you can’t find what you’re looking for.

12”s: Afraid, Malisa Bahat, Øjne (Prima Che Tutto Bruci + Undici/Dodici), Pianos Become The Teeth, Coven, As Living Arrows, Ostraca (Eventualities + Disaster), NØ Man, Cages, Neboas, Yarostan, Put Purana + Tromblon, Potence, Linguaserpente, Life (demo two), Telos, Sacrofuoco, Noverte, Altair, A Flower Kollapsed, and Uragano

7”s: Crowning + Swallows Nest and Demersal + Regarding Ambiguity

Cassettes: Luca, Threeway x Salvinorin A, Beneath Moonlight, and Gelwaz

CD: Ekbom

Shoganai will be our next release on Tuesday July 29th via 53 cassettes, pictured below. 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Fans of Nuvolascura, New Forms, Mahria, and Blind Girls will be all the fuck over this.

Piri Reis tapes for ‘Ritma’ came out and is already almost out, as we only took 30% of the run of 100 tapes. The 12”s never lasted so don’t expect these to be around for long, especially after they destroy New Friends Fest.