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 - 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 - 09 /// Split Silk releases tomorrow!

September 09, 2024 by David Norman

Distro update with a buncha buttons (Widowdusk, Nuvolascura, In Loving Memory, etc.), stickers (New Friends Fest, Bird Death, Coven, etc.) as well as 12”s from Man is The Most Dangerous Animal, a random found copy of Life ‘Demo 3’ and Larry Records’ Catalyst ‘Discography’ tape + pin set! Everything is in the new New Items/Specials section which I’ve linked to this text. Below are some of the fine items directly. The US store will have some distro stuff going up soon too.

Sold out

CATALYST - Discography (cassette)

For fans of: Versera and Herlovebeheadsdaisies.

Discography tape with half black and half white tape with pin AND exclusive unreleased track! Released on Larry Records.

Listen to digitals here:
https://catalystsucks420.bandcamp.com/

MAN IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL - vol.2: bind/torture/kill (12

MAN IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL - vol.2: bind/torture/kill (12")

For fans of: Converge, Cult Leader, and Crossed.

Devastating metallic hardcore with some seriously killer vocals. One of CanaDave's fave of 2024!

12” on either half red/half yellow or purple/pink splatter vinyl with lyric insert and sticker. 11 songs.

Listen here:
https://manisthemostdangerousanimal.bandcamp.com/album/vol-2-bind-torture-kill

Sold out

WIDOWDUSK - blue (pin/button)

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USURP SYNAPSE - machine (guitar pick)

Yesterday the variants were released on Instagram, today you can check out a brand spankin’ new song via Not Just A Phase, and tomorrow will see the new Split Silk EP ‘Bitter’ releasing in full on Tomb Tree!!! Click this text or the pic above to go to the premiere and check out those variants below!

Click here for the full review/interview!

Leavs is out! Please take a gander and pre-order a copy for cheaper than Bandcamp by snagging a copy from our distro! Also, Idioteq.com did a great piece on the album that you should most definitely check out. Click on this text or the pic above to go to the review/interview.

Hallam Foe is the next ZBR release on September 17th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on just 50 12” lathes! 6 incredibly moshy, shrieky, and panic-chord ridden amazingness. Check out the title track below!!!

Detach The Islands did a podcast with CanaDave and it was both informative and hilarious. Check out the band’s new album ‘A Highly Magnified History’ on Tomb Tree, which is embedded below. Podcast embedded above and full post with tons o’ links and shit can be accessed by clicking on this text.

Out Past the Rings #187 deals with Antarctica! The last 10 minutes of this episode is CanaDave just reading the 25 stories from the band, one of each was included with each of the green tapes. All sold out!

ZBR videos are going up on our youtube channel faster than I’m posting them here, but holy timing Batman, cuz the next one in line is Othiel and they just released a wicked new split with Palefade. that Tomb Tree is literally dubbing tapes of right now. Full release on September 20th!!!

This Noise Is Ours gave the new Reia Cibele EP cassette that was released on Tomb Tree a glowing review. Check it out by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam/buy below!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: OTHIEL = Hit those new Othiel jams now cuz they are amazing.

2024 - 04 - 12 /// Weekender

April 12, 2024 by David Norman

We were pretty dang busy this week so here’s a recap/look ahead at last week and next week.

MONDAY: 4-way split premiere (pictured above) happening at (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) around 12pm EST

TUESDAY: Vow EP releases on Tomb Tree

WEDNESDAY: Venus Twins news

THURSDAY: Venus Twins variants (probably helps you infer what news the day prior is)

FRIDAY: Crossed reminder

SATURDAY: Crossed 12”EP releases + Entwife cd releases on Tomb Tree

We released that Constrain split with Loose Teeth last year, and while that release put the Hamilton band on our radar, we quickly jumped at releasing their next endeavor. That endeavor is almost here, with tapes of the new EP already ordered and a music video for a new jam recently released. Check that fire below!!!

Lettingtheintrusivethoughtswin features Riley from Gxllium! and we sold most of our 27 copies first day. There’s a handful left in this store which I’ll embed below. Remember, Canadian pricing in this store is CHEAPER than the U.S. bandcamp prices!!!

LETTINGTHEINTRUSIVETHOUGHTSWIN - it's lonely out here in the woods... (cassette)

LETTINGTHEINTRUSIVETHOUGHTSWIN - it's lonely out here in the woods... (cassette)

LETTINGTHEINTRUSIVETHOUGHTSWIN ‘it’s lonely out here in the woods…’ cassette (TT110)

For fans of: Serpent Column, Theophilos, and Sawtooth Grin.

Riley from Gxllium! started this project as a solo act, but has since added more members, so this rare cassette includes that first solo EP with an additional track on the b-side. Wild, untamed, and abrasive, this debut features nasty/dark vocals slathered over jarring, dissonant instrumentals. Think Serpent Column with more rock/screamo and less metal/black metal. Released on Tomb Tree.

Cassettes /27, 10 white swirl in metallic bag (1 is a gold bag, randomly switched out for a silver bag), 10 orange in pillow box, 5 orange swirl in manila envelope, and 2 test dips w/matching swirl case, all w/insert and download code. 4 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/its-lonely-out-here-in-the-woods

Vow features Andy from Me, The Hideous Freak (among other things) doing the exact opposite and laying waste to the listener in their new band. Debut ‘Demo’ 4-song cassette EP releases on the 16th via Tomb Tree! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the premiere, or just jam “Die Silent” below.

Gxllium! tapes are getting very low so the last few copies are up in this store and the U.S. store, with all Bandcamp copies already selling out.

GXLLIUM! - Gxllium 1 (tape)

GXLLIUM! ‘Gxllium 1‘ tape (ZB356)

For fans of: .gif from god, Hayworth, and Me And Him Call It Us

This Cali powerhouse’s debut album features 8 songs of pummeling, staggering hardcore/emo-violence/metal/grind that’ll have you disoriented and bleeding. Combining their cathartic, dark, and downright abrasive music with internet audio clips takes the unsettling nature of the band and amplifies it to a distorted level of comedic self-deprecation. This short run o’tapes will go quickly but fret not they’ll be at ZBR Fest 2024 to lay waste to Chicago. Cassettes on swirl or fuckin’ metal cases.

Cassettes /102: 42 VHS swirl, 35 atomic mass swirl, 20 green w/so fucking metal case, and 5 test dips w/matching cases, each with double-sided j-card. 8 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gxllium-1

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: BECAUSEWECOULDNOTSTOPEVENFORDEATH = Great new Texan demo. Screamo/emo-violence. 4 tracks.

2023 - 08 - 04 /// Euclid C Finder! premiere + bandcamp merch

August 04, 2023 by David Norman

Euclid C Finder! just got their debut song/music video premiere over at Brooklyn Vegan. The cassettes have been ordered but we won’t post them until the actual release date :) Click on this text or the pic above to go to the premiere/watch the video!

12” pre-orders are up which you can snag from the band’s bandcamp here :)

With it being Bandcamp Friday we figured it was time to vomit merch onto the Tomb Tree page. Some of these are from CanaDave’s personal vault and are pretty rare/sold out so keep checking back here throughout the day for continued updates! You can also click on the pic above to go to the merch page.

mOrchid has been ordered. 40 ‘Gatefold’ 12”s arrive for a Wednesday August 9th drop at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST.

Want an Olth? Oh, did they sell out? Don’t say we didn’t warn ya beforehand. We’ll order more alongside Larry though, so you’ll have another shot before 2023 concludes. Album of the year.

Youth Novel turned into Heavenly Blue so we’ve been on that boat for almost our entire existence. Amazing people and an incredible band. They’ve only got one song out in the world, and here is that song with both new vocalists. We will continue posting the single videos for each band that played the last day of ZBR Fest 2023 in the order that they played, so there’s more coming!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: HILLBORO = CanaDave’s Softseed Music is the label helping this incredible/young/artistic band from Vancouver Island called Hillsboro. More videos coming and 12” orders open next month on Softseed unless you want one from the band, linked here. It’s like The Strokes meet Motion City Soundtrack. So good!!!