Othiel + andthecanaryfell. released!

May 26, 2025 by David Norman

Othiel’s new album ‘World’s Fastest Car’ is officially out on cd! The physicals arrive at our US store on Wednesday and we’ll start shipping them out then. This new release includes re-recorded versions of their Palefade. split as well as five brand new jams of epic, devastating, and gorgeous screamo/post-hardcore. We only made 200 and shot some to the band for their upcoming tour with Knumears.

Ooo baby it’s double release day, as Tomb Tree just dropped the new andthecanaryfell. EP on cassette titled ‘As The Ice Melts’ and it’s a fucking nightmare collection of five songs that will test your brain’s resolve. Featuring members of Fallingwithscissors, this band creates a lush and crushing atmosphere not unlike Meth. and Detach The Islands. Clear /45, swirl /30, and test dips /6. Snag’em now!

Everything Remade had Victoria (vocals) of Emma Goldman on and it’s a great listen! Also we are down to just 10 copies of blob variant between ZBR Canada (ships worldwide though/linked here) and our bandcamp (embedded below). US store is sold out!

Dagerman got some love from Eklektik Rock. This Italian band’s debut release is fucking exceptional, and fans of Raein, Vibora, La Quiete, and Ojne will get a kick out of it. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the full review. Jam/buy below!

The Crowning x Oaktails split 12” came out on Friday via ZBR and Larry so snag a copy now before we sell out. We ALWAYS sell out of Crowning stuff pretty quickly and the band has a few shows with in mid-June where they will shed all of their copies.

Oh shit there’s a Lastima article we forgot to mention, probably because our label wasn’t mentioned so we didn’t see it. We did the 12” LPs though and they’re running low! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the article and jam/buy below!

Mango Wave Magazine reviewed Sutras, giving it 8/10 mangoes. Tapes still remain, snag a copy and get positive, baby! Click on this text or the pic above to see the full review.

Prism Reviews propped up Avery Friedman’s debut album that was released on CanaDave’s other label Softseed Music. This stellar album is available for pre-order on 12” in the Bandcamp embed below. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review.

Click here for the full list of reviews!

Blue Youth were given a hefty nod by the legendary Heavy Blog Is Heavy for their new album ‘Defeatist’. Snag a 12” from ourselves or The Ghost Is Clear Records.

Operation X-Ray played Othiel, andthecanaryfell., and Lastima! The first two were premieres btw, so be sure to check that show weekly as we premiere a lotta shit there <3

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: VALATIA = Oh shit this album is amazing. Both jarring and beautiful, if you like Aspartame, Burial Etiquette, or Clay Birds but want it a tad heavier you need to scope this immediately.

2025 - 05 - 21 /// Mau out, Crowning + Oaktails 12"s next

May 21, 2025 by David Norman

Mau came out…and immediately sold out. The band has copies though so go see them live!!! Hope they come up to see us in BC one day <3

Also, Stereogum picked this up immediately upon our vinyl release and got some serious love. Click on the pic below or this text to go there.

Lastima’s debut 12”LP came out a few days back and it’s doing very, very well. I haven’t seen them live yet but holy shit do I hear good things. Snag a vinyl if you’d like, only 100 were made and we only have 10 left for sale!

Friday May 23rd is the Crowning/Oaktails split 12”. Co-released with Larry Records! 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST.

Click here for the full article + premiere!

andthecanaryfell. have their first and only single premiering now over at This Noise Is Ours. Violent, nightmarish stuff that features multiple members of Fallingwithscissors and is for fans of: Meth, Detach The Islands, Abuse Regression, etc. Full release May 26th on Tomb Tree. Click on this text or the pic above to go to the premere.

Emma Goldman continues to wreak havoc on new listeners, this time sending Sputnik to saying “Skramz AOTY” in the headline. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the full review. Jam/buy below, as the blobs are now 80% sold out!

Avery Friedman got some love from God Is In The TV Zine. The 12”s should now be 66% of the way through their pressing cycle, and when those Stupid Fancy variants come in hoooooo baby, look out! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Jam/buy below.

Alt77 reviewed both Sutras and Blue Youth so check that out by clicking on this text. Listen/buy the releases below!

Operation X-Ray played a hefty amount of bangers including our own Blue Youth, Shibuya (almost sold out!) and Process//Sleep (almost sold out).

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LEDA = Wicked new EP from this band I’d never heard of.

2025 - 01 - 22 /// Athousandangelsandseven music video + variants

January 22, 2025 by David Norman

Athousandangelsandseven releases next week! Holy shit we’re excited about this one. The four-song self-titled cassette EP variants revealed above, with the full release going down on Monday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Only 50 tapes were made so expect this to sell out rather quickly!!! Jam their new music video for “Clipped Wings” above!

Crowning had their third tour documentary release featuring their Japanese 4-day tour with Oaktails. Metal Storm also reviewed the split which you can read by clicking on this text. I think we have physicals for this split coming in the first half of 2025 so jam it below!

Coma Of Eris is the amalgamation of Come Regalia and Apostles Of Eris and is the ZBR release that follows Onethousandangelsandseven, and comes out February 14th in conjunction with Middle Man Records. This first single is the closing track on the new Combustion zine/comp that you can get digitally or physically!

The main brain behind Detach The Islands and the drummer of Fluoride Emmett was on the most recent Everything Remade podcast with Edie of Middle Man Records. Definitely check it out, and snag a tape below!

This Noise Is Ours already spit out a review of the Återstod/Meißel cassette of which we only have a few copies left! Read the review by clicking on the pic above or this text. Snag one of the last tapes through the store links on the Bandcamp page below.

Operation X-Ray injected a healthy dose of ZBR via Blue Youth, Keratin, and Återstod! Listen to the full radio show below.

The synthy/screamy solo project Belted Sweater has a new album coming out on our Softseed Music label in February but Punknews.org just premiered the first single. Definitely check it out, it’s super cool. The tape will be co-released with Vs Self’s record label! Click on the pic above or this text to go to said premiere.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: HALT OR I’LL SHOOT! = Woah nelly this came outta nowhere and knocked me on my ass. Fantastic stuff!

2024 - 12 - 10 /// Coup D'etat release + show on Friday

December 10, 2024 by David Norman

Is Canada Post still on strike? You betcha. Most Canadian store orders and some Bandcamp orders simply cannot go out until it ends. We apologize for any inconvenience but it’s out of our hands. The one thing we can do is ship via FedEx but the costs are much higher, so if you need something by a certain date and don’t mind paying extra just hit up CanaDave at zegemabeachrecords@gmail.com and he’ll let you know the new shipping quote.

Febuary cds came again. And then they went. Sold out in about an hour. We’ll make more, as well as tapes, and be sure that they’ll be ready for early May. Cuz…nevermind ;)

On Friday Coup D’etat releases their debut album ‘What Happens After the Epilogue…’ on Tomb Tree, and they’ve also got a release show with CanaDave’s Mourn Recif band, so we’ll have tapes and ZBR distro at the show! You can scope a new song from each band in the 157th Operation X-Ray radio show embedded below!

Click here for the full OMSB post + links!

Josh Johnson of Vamonos Tapes joined CanaDave on the OMSB podcast and both Coup D’etat and Green Blue Grey premiered new tracks from the Tomb Tree roster, while Josh played a brand spankin’ new Holly Caught A Contact High jam! Click on the pic above or this text for the full post with links, or just listen to the embed below.

The Crowning/Oaktails split got some love from This Noise Is Ours. Tapes and vinyl comin’ 2025. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Jam below!

Exclaim Canadian albums you may have missed this year, leaves out some solid shit but at least they got Terry Green’s ‘Provisional Living’ but that shit is sold out till 2025. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the list, jam it below.

Senza’s ‘Celestial Body’ made it onto the Everything Is Noise November feature. Check it out by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam the EP below with links to our stores, two out of three variants are already almost gone!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SHOGANAI = Holy shit this is amazing!

2024 - 10 - 23 /// Senza then Concealer

October 23, 2024 by David Norman

Alright y’all, Senza’s new 12”EP ‘Celestial Body’ is the next ZBR release and it all goes down on November 1st at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. We did 500 copies alongside our long-time pals at Dog Knights Productions: 200 pink/blue/black merge, 150 pink, and 150 blue, all with etched b-side and 12-page lyric book. This thing looks incredible and we’ll have promo pics ready for next week, but for now here’s the cover art and a previously song from said five-track EP.

Orlando, Florida's Concealer released 'dissonance [all that keeps me away]' a few months back and it caught our attention immediately. Their take on metallic screamo was one that reminded us of greats like Dispensing Of False Halos and even Hopesfall, so we lined up those four EP songs alongside two brand new jams and will be releasing 'Heartfelt Entries' November 8th, 2024. CanaDave managed to wrangle all five members to make this podcast, click on this text or the pic above to go to the full post, or just listen/download below!

Click here for the full post + videos and links!!!

Smush’s last show of 2024 was reviewed by yours truly, with videos from all the bands and links on where to find them. Smush 12”s in stock! This album rules. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the full post.

Spirit Of Versailles 2x12” pre-order!!! These are almost ready to go so make sure you snag a copy before they’re all gone! Init doesn’t ship outside of North America so if you need this and live outside please order from us, if you are in North America you need to order from Init Records (linked here). These ship in December but should be in hand in November so I’ll ship earlier if possible.

SPIRIT OF VERSAILLES - Discography (2x12")

CA$50.00

For fans of: Saetia, Eyes Of Verotika, and Widowdusk.

This ships worldwide (North American orders should go through Init Records → linked here). The 2×12” discography collection by this timeless Sioux Falls screamo band. Released by Init Records. On grey w/black+white splatter vinyl with 11"x33" two-fold full color insert. Newly remastered by Mikey Allred at Dark Art Audio. 29 songs.

Songs 1-8: 8 Song CD
Song 9: Split 7" with Caligari
Song 10: unreleased
Songs 11-12: Split 7" with Saqqara
Song 13: Songs Of The Dead II compilation CD
Songs 14-15: Split 7" with Rise From Ruin
Songs 16-21: Confluence Of All The Senses CD
Songs 22-25: In Line For Halos 7"
Songs 26-29: Recorded live on WNYU, Summer 2001

Listen here:
https://initrecords.bandcamp.com/album/discography

Quantity:

Operation X-Ray pushed the new Gxllium!, Concealer, Oaktails, Smush, and Leavs!!! Holy smokes that’s a lotta Dave music.

Wollruss show snippets in one convenient video. I don’t have time to do a full show review so this is it.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ASHOKA’S HELL = Brilliant new EP on Team Glass Records!