Avery Friedman released, Sinema is next!

April 18, 2025 by David Norman

A (hopefully) final ZBR fest update for 2025 is the totally understandable withdrawal of Emma Goldman, Massa Nera, and Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead. At least two of the three should be playing our 2026 fest so don’t lose all hope. We did move up Bloom Dream to Sunday and Luca is going to take their place for the pre-show.

Sinema has arrived at ZBR USA headquarters! Full 12” drop for ‘After the Flatline’ is Tuesday April 22nd at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST and holy fucking hell don’t expect to be picking one up later cuz these will sell like the hotcakes they are. Shoutout hotcakes!

Blue Youth has been out for a few days and is ripping up the post-hardcore, noise rock, and screamo bandcamp charts. This release was half-a-decade in the making and totally lives up to the wait time. Fans of Frodus and Life In Vacuum will fucking love this. Co-released with The Ghost Is Clear and Grind Central Records.

Sutras tapes and digitals for ‘The Crisis of Existence’ are out and making the rounds on lotsa blogs which I’ll post in future news updates. For now just enjoy those promo pics and jam along below.

Crossed got the This Noise Is Ours treatment because it’s arguably the best screamo record to come out of 2025 thus far. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Snag a 12” before they’re gone and you’re angry for missing out.

Coma Of Eris was interviewed by Idioteq.com as Edie, Jesse, and Dave answered a few questions extremely honestly. Tapes have sold well and all the rarer variants seem to be gone. Pick up the primary swirl before we’re totally out! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the interview.

Lord Wrought had their full set recorded by YYJ which I would recommend checking out. We still got some tapes available but I reckon the band will sell out almost immediately and likely take our stock so I wouldn’t sleep for too long on this stellar band, especially if you like Portrayal Of Guilt, Crossed, and Crestfallen.

Avery Friedman’s ‘New Thing’ released today on Softseed Music! You can stream this debut in all its glory below and if you dig please pick up a 12” from the store. Glorious indie rock from Brooklyn and we’ve even got a stupid fancy variant. Vinyl should arrive in late June/July.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: OSTRACA = The new EP just dropped get the fuck on that!

2023 - 07 - 01 /// Neuman Portentum!!!

July 01, 2023 by David Norman

Neuman Portentum. A band lost to the ages, until now. Here’s the full story from second guitarist Joshua Dobbs:

Neuman Portentum were a band from Orlando, FL super influenced by One Eyed God Prophecy, Reversal of Man, Uranus, His Hero is Gone, Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot, Drift, etc.

Neuman played their first show on Halloween 1998 and their last only a few months later before recording with Rob McGregor (Palatka, Asshole Parade, Against Me, Hot Water Music, etc.) in Gainesville, FL in 99.

The band members were Eric Johnson (Songwriting, Guitar) / Brian Cunningham (Screaming, Lyrics) / Ron K. (Bass) / Paul Jones (Drums) / Greg Rivera aka. Greg Mishka (Cello) / and me, Josh Dobbs, on extra guitar.

Eric and I also played in RunnAmuckS together, but Eric quit to focus on this project. Ashley Allred practiced with the band a few times on flute.

Since I was a late addition, I feel like more of a fan of the band than an actual member. We broke up because we weren't "political" enough for the drummer, and never finished a proper mix of the recordings until now (both Jeff Howe and Jasen Weitekamp from Reversal of Man were consultants on the mix).

The most UNIQUE thing about the band is Ron's K.'s Cliff Burton-inspired bass playing. Ron was the life of the band with his huge bass sound, but sadly we lost him last summer... he never got to hear any of the completed tracks, which is a real bummer, considering since he's the one who paid to have the original 16 track tapes converted to digital so that we could mix them.

Sunday is the Neuman Portentum release. ‘God Monster’ will see the light of day in full with new artwork from Brian Hollendyke. Tentacle Red /100, Noir /50, Cephalopod Chroma /50, Fourth Movement Chroma /15, Gob Monster /10 and 5 test presses.

9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on Sunday July 2nd.

Here’s a quick music video recap, as three ZBR music videos came in the span of 5 days!

Yesterday’s In Loving Memory video and brand new single definitely fixed any worries of the band not producing good material, cuz that song kicks ass (as does the entire EP, tapes were ordered weeks ago) and Idioteq.com did a little piece about it. Click on this text for the link.

Lower Automation released a ridiculous album to close 2022 and just hit back with another reminder how truly ridiculous it is with this killer new music video for “Information Entrepreneurs and Their Lipsynching Choirs”. Click on this text to go the bandcamp with buy links, as we sold out of their last 12”LP and expect the same to happen with this one!

Besides the newer version of “Haven” on the Zampler, Othiel also dropped a sick music video for “Upright”, the opening jam off their imminent 12”LP releasing fall 2023. Click on this text to jam the Zampler’s “Haven”.

Hometown heroes and modern day skramz’ household name Crowning played a heartfelt set with lotsa smiles and Cullen absolutely obliterating his voice. I heard something is going to press in the near future. We will continue posting the single videos for each band that played ZBR Fest 2023 in the order that they played, so there’s more coming!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: OSTRACA = The new album came outta nowhere and ruined my life in the best way possible!

2022 - 05 -03 /// Trophy Hunt is coming!!!

May 03, 2022 by David Norman

Trophy Hunt will be the next “new” release on Zegema Beach Records. They released a three-song demo last year and these jams were re-recorded and put on the LP (they sound even better!). This is a co-release on cassette from Zegema Beach and Middle Man Records, with a European label taking care of vinyl 12”s later this year. Be sure to check out “Beach” from the new album ‘‘ that is on the Sordid States v.4 compilation linked below! Keep an eye out for song premieres starting next week.

Piet Onthel streamed the opening track from their new cassette EP that releases this Friday. Check it. Click on the sexy tape to go to the link!

PIRI REIS / THEY SLEEP WE LIVE - Split (5

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PIRI REIS / THEY SLEEP WE LIVE - Split (5")

from CA$6.00

ZBR064
For fans of: Mira, Ken Burns, Plague Walker and Lord Snow.

Phenomenal 5" split from one active and one now defunct screamy hardcore bands. PIRI REIS are from Malaysia, play shrieky hardcore and have Arwith from Utarid in the band! THEY SLEEP WE LIVE were from Germany and this is their last recording. Too bad, the melodic screamo/post-hardcore was fucking awesome.

5" vinyl on black and yellow limited to 300 total. 1 song by TSWL and 2 by PR.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/piri-reis-they-sleep-we-live-split

Vinyl color:

This Noise Is Ours reviewed the Piri Reis + They Sleep We Live split 7” and we still have a few black copies left in stock. Not only that, but the new Piri Reis 12”LP is coming out this summer and it' shreds. Here’s a jam from that.

We got a box of Icorrupt restocks coming, and we’ve got a massive box of ZBR stuff going there, so expect European distribution of Zegema Beach Releases starting this summer!!! Icorrupt restocks go up this month…maybe even by the weekend! Wait…what? Now? You want one Ostraca ‘Last’ and one Ostraca/Flesh Born split up now? You got it! More coming!!!

OSTRACA - Last (12")

CA$32.50

The most important screamo release of the last 10 years? Probably. Released on Icorrupt Records.

12” on transparent blue vinyl with lyric insert. 6 songs.

Listen here:
https://icorruptrecords.bandcamp.com/album/last

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OSTRACA + FLESH BORN - Faces of the Moving Year split (12")

CA$20.00

One of the best splits of 2017…? Only one copy.

12” on red vinyl with lyric insert. 3 songs by Ostraca and 5 by FB. Released on Icorrupt.

Listen here:
https://icorruptrecords.bandcamp.com/album/faces-of-the-moving-year

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: BELLEZA = This new project from members of Le Blast and Callous Records have created a wonderful two-song debut EP and you’d be stupid not to check it out.