Sadness show

January 09, 2026 by David Norman

North Carolina!

On Monday January 12th the debut Sear 12” ‘O Merciful’ releases on Tomb Tree. Following up on their stellar debut EP featuring members of To Forget, their mixture of screamo, black metal, and post hardcore is fantastic. Check out the music video from the new album above and the first EP below. The new full length releases at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST and is /125.

This Sunday CanaDave will be here. He will have distro. This show is going to rule. Check out his podcast with Damian from Life and Sadness below.

Coup D’etat got a very nice review on Not Just A Phase. Their new EP is fire and they continue to be the highlight of the Vancouver Island screamo scene. Check out the review by clicking on the pic above or this text, and jam/buy the cdEP below.

Rosemary Nods Upon The Grave got a sick music video done for “Every river will meet the sea” from the Heaven Through Violence split 7”. I think pretty much everyone is sold out except our US store which has just a copy or two left. Jam the entire thing below or just go straight to the US site by clicking on this text.

CanaDave plays in Wollruss and although we have no recorded material and haven’t played a show yet with our full lineup, here’s a practice video cuz it’s all I’ve got. Featuring members of I.O., Hillsboro, Mourn Recif, and A Recorded Dawn. We’ve got a show January 30th with the almighty Piss so please come out if you’re on the island or hell, even if you’re in BC!

Chalk up another oopsie daisy this last copy wasn’t in stocked in any of the stores. So today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to Senza’s ‘Even A Worm Will Turn’, the absolute last copy of anything we have. 12”s? Long gone? Tape first press? So out. This second run of around 200 tapes? Last fucking copy. Snag now (from the Bandcamp link below) or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CARMEN SIXTEEN = This new EP is nuts.

2026 - 1 - 06 /// Zampler #26 released, Sear 12"s out next week!

January 06, 2026 by David Norman

Aight friends, we’re Facebook now so you should def be checking this news page for all important updates. I post at least once a week, sometimes up to three times depending on what’s going on. We’re also on Instagram (@zegema_beach) and BluSky (Zegema Beach Records).

With the final CanaDave’s SkramzCave sales ending, the unsold stuff has been imported into their proper homes at regular prices (12” distro, 7” distro, tapes distro, and cds distro) as well as a bunch of the stuff at sale prices going directly into the “Steals” section. Take a gander cuz everything should be alphabetically organized :)

Last little bit of news is the Zampler #26 compilation ‘A Stroll Down Washout Lane’ which we ran through the 30 cds extremely quickly, so I’ll probably do another small run for the summer Zampler too. Listen/download it below, and if you feel like throwing any money at it, that will go directly to the artist Jackson Schott @jaxschott

Holy crap CanaDave’s interview with Lambgoat came out with almost 25,000 views and landed on #5 for their Top 15 Interviews of 2025! Thanks so much to Natty for reaching out and doing this interview with me. Access the Most Visited Items of 2025 by clicking on the pic above or click on this text to go directly to the interview with Dave Norman.

A friendly reminder that the Sear video for “Judy” from the upcoming ‘O Merciful’ 12”LP came out last week, followed by a play on Operation X-Ray. The full release is January 12th and these 8 songs are gonna reel in fans of Portrayal Of Guilt, Crossed, Gillian Carter, etc. with their mixture of dark screamo and black metal. Variant pics incoming, but let’s just say be ready for 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST next Monday!!!

Emma Goldman got some love from Crucial Tracks as Chris from The Itinerant Printer names his top albums of the year. We still got some tapes left below! He had this to say, “This album rips your face off – I could compare it to a million things, but it’s none of those. Ragged, insensitive, full of improbabilities, it’s a storm that carries you along, tosses you about mercilessly, and just when you think you might catch your breath or respite might be coming, it forges ahead unexpectedly and unapologetically.” Click on the pic above or this text for the full list.

Twins 12”s were just sent from Germany! So US orders should ship mid-January with everywhere else late January/early February. You can scope the review by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam it below, but 12”s are sold out from us.

Vibora’s ‘Egin Ez Dugun Guztia’ got a push from Underground.Cat. We’ve got the 12” pre-order up with the track “Fotos” and you can find another track on the Zampler #26 titled “636”. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the full post. Full release is February 20th but the vinyl will probably ship in March/April.

Oh good lord why is this still in stock? Back in the early ZBR days we released this wicked split for Endamori and Big Machine. The former really stuck with us as one of the best three songs we’ve ever heard. Go jam this then buy it for a measly $8!!! No more will be made. Fans of Joshua Fit For Battle, Ostraca, and Crowning take note, making it today’s Last Fucking Copy. Snag now or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MERSŌ = Ooooo baby stellar new shit from Richmond, Virginia.

2025 - 06 - 13 /// Poetry Of Torch x Gil Cerrone on Monday

June 13, 2025 by David Norman

Lambgoat posted an interview with CanaDave. It’s pretty extensive without being overwhelming, and offers a lot of info about our history and evolution. Thanks to Natty for asking me to do this.

Stuntman’s new album ‘Maximum Legal Wage’ was released yesterday and we moved half the tapes in 24 hours. It’s a low run so snag’em now if you like it dirty, metallic, and angry.

Japan’s Poetry Of Torch and Australia’s Gil Cerrone split cds release next Monday June 16th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST! Two brand new tracks from each band. Our cds should arrive next week and US Dave is on tour anyways so they’ll go out before the month closes. Snag the last copies of Gil’s first and phenomenal debut below.

Ultimate homies Athousandangelsandseven released a little tour doc about their most recent run. Check it out above. Watch their sickass music video below. Vinyl is at the plant!

Lastima’s Richie Devon was interviewed on the Riff Worship podcast. We have like…1-2 copies left!

Othiel is almost gone. We’ve got 2 US copies and a couple in the Canada/International store then they out. Everything Is Noise brought them up in their May roundup, also including Tomb Tree’s Lastima! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the full list.

Emma Goldman is playing Sled Island and got a sick review from Cups’n’Cakes as their pick of the week. There is one last blob available in the Canada/International store (linked in the bandcamp below) then they’re fucking gone. A few red will remain afterward. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review.

Process//Sleep is down to its last copies, a total of 4 remain. Everything Remade had Jackson on the podcast which is embedded above. Such a good debut, can’t wait for more!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MY HAIR IS A RAT’S NEST = Oh shiiiiiiit we got new My Hair, finally! Old tapes left on Tomb Tree? Yep there’s a few left, a few ‘Tornado Siren’ in the US store and two self-titles in the Canada/International store.

2025 - 03 - 20 /// Crossed 12"s tomorrow + Satsuma premiere

March 20, 2025 by David Norman

The new Crossed 12”s and digitals for ‘Realismo Autismo’ releases tonight at 9pm PST / 11pm CST / 12am EST. I gotta say, I’ve loved this band since its inception, but good lord this third LP is flawless. Super heavy, super screamy, super amazing. You can jam two songs below on the band’s bandcamp.

The Shibuya 12” pre-orders went live last week, and as we’re only getting 20-ish copies we’re already half sold out and it doesn’t even release in full till May 2nd, so if you dig those two released tracks on their bandcamp you should pick one up immediately. Incredible Spanish skramz. Buy links below:

U.S.A. store = https://www.zbrusa.com/products/tt130

Canada/International store = https://www.zegemabeachrecords.com/tomb-tree-tapes/tt130

Satsuma got their final premiere via Brooklyn Vegan yesterday. The full release is March 28th on 100 tapes which CanaDave is currently dipping. Promo pics coming next week. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the premiere. You can jam the other single below.

Dead Hour Noise got some very nice words from Not Just A Phase, and the 12”s should arrive next month! Hop on the dead train, baby. Click on the pic above or this text for the full review. Jam/buy below.

Process // Sleep released digitally the other day but we’ve got tapes coming on Tomb Tree, we’re just waiting on the j-card and then it should be 4-6 from that time…so mid-May I reckon. Jam it below now.

CanaDave will be playing the Emma Goldman show with Mourn Recif featuring a new lineup and much heavier sound. Jam the most recent single below, but we have another one coming next week!

Tetola93 got some love from Lambgoat in their “5 Albums to Introduce You to Japanese Screamo”. We got restocked last year and most are already gone, so pick one up below after checking out the full list by clicking on the pic above or this text.

Someone wrote this interesting article “What even is skramz?” which is an interesting take from someone who is just entering the screamo room. They’ve definitely hit some wicked bands already. Click on the pic above or this text to go there, and jam the album that opened the door for them below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LOW BEFORE THE BREEZE = First single from their upcoming album! This slaps.