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June 14, 2023 by David Norman

The Vault has had it’s final product update! There was so much shit I had to make a new tab called The Vault’s Vault cuz I maxed out the first one, lots of used cds and some straggler vinyl/tapes/posters/dvds! Here’s the link to THE VAULT. Here’s a link to THE VAULT’S VAULT (used cds only) and below are the Faffle tickets!

June 15th at 6pm the Vault and the Vault’s Vault come down, with most of those remaining products going to my kids. Also, the Faffle ordering closes and the raffle starts! So many amazing things to win! Here’s the final handmade reveal…a second press Eyelet nebula! Oooo baby! Order tickets above!

ZBR just released tapes for both Nuvolascura albums and the .gif from god ‘Digital Red’ under exclusive license from Prosthetic Records. Snag below!

NUVOLASCURA - Nuvolascura (cd/cassette/12

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NUVOLASCURA - Nuvolascura (cd/cassette/12"LP)

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NUVOLASCURA - Nuvolascura 12"LP (ZBR140)

For fans of: Blind Girls, Mahria and Lord Snow.

Released January 26th, 2019. First press of 200 black 12"s sold out. Second press available on 300 white 12"s.

Featuring members of SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Letters To Catalonia, Ghost Spirit, Curtains and Heritage Unit, this California band (previously named Vril) unleash an absolute whirlwind of screamo fury with their 2019 self titled ‘Nuvolascura’ 12”LP. Combining head-scratching technicality with explosive, screamy, metallic hardcore, this full length will surely be among the top records of 2019. Mastered by Jack Shirley and art by Sean Leary. Released in Europe by our good friends at Dog Knights Productions.

12” white vinyl/300 w/black cover & lyrics on back cover.

Cassettes, technically 2nd run (1st were free with ZBR orders for a limited time): /50, 20 on yellow, 20 on multi-color swirl, and 10 on green/yellow/black swirl. 3rd run /58: 27 white, 18 on red swirl, 10 on black/white swirl, and 3 test dips w/matching swirl cases.
CD in 4-panel digipak /100.

Download code included.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nuvolascura

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NUVOLASCURA - As We Suffer From Memory And Imagination (cd/tape/12

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NUVOLASCURA - ‘As We Suffer From Memory And Imagination’ cassette/12"LP (ZBR193)

For fans of: Blind Girls, Mahria and Lord Snow.

After releasing one of the most progressive and awe-inspiring records of the last decade, California’s NUVOLASCURA are back with their 2nd LP ‘As We Suffer From Memory And Imagination‘ and it’s everything you could ever want and more. Blistering, chaotic, technical, screamy and emotionally draining, these new 13 songs step up their game on every level. Mastered by Jack Shirley and art by Sean Leary. Released in Europe by our good friends at Dog Knights Productions. Cassettes are a ZBR-only release.

12”: First pressing of 500 copies. Housed in reverse-board 300gsm jackets with matt-printed inner-sleeves. Transparent Purple/100 (Zegema Beach Exclusive), Solid Light Pink/100 (Dog Knights Exclusive) and Cloudy Clear/300. Download code included.
Cassettes 1st run: /156 in clear case w/j-card, lyric insert and download code. 71 on ZBR prism swirl, 55 on Nuvo black/yellow swirl, 16 white, 10 gold swirl and 5 test dips. 2nd run: /55, 25 on swirl, 20 on clear, and 10 on halfsies swirl.
CD in 4-panel digipak /100.

Listen here:
https://nuvolascura.bandcamp.com/album/as-we-suffer-from-memory-and-imagination

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Aux.Aura released on Tomb Tree yesterday and it fucking rules. Get it!

Victor Shores were the lucky ducks to start off the fest proper at Subterranean on May 6th. They get me singing along through my mask during this song “Bleach”. 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: NUVOLASCURA = If you haven’t checked out this band yet and you follow ZBR I don’t know what the hell yer doin’.

2023 - 06 - 12 /// The Vault and more Nuvolascura tapes!

June 12, 2023 by David Norman

The Vault updated w/shirts and cds with the final round coming tomorrow with the last load of cds, tapes, and vinyl stragglers. The Vault closes this Thursday at 6pm PST and will not reopen. Click on this text to go to The Vault.

Speaking of June 15th at 6pm, the Faffle ordering closes and the raffle starts! So many amazing things to win! Here’s another reveal…the least surprising but perhaps best one. Order tickets above!

More pals, more tours, more tapes. Nuvolascura is currently running around Europe with Barabbas, Du Fortappade with these new cassettes. Grab’em on June 14th from us or from the band on tour!

This Distro has been heavily updated with Dingleberry releases, mostly 12”s. Here are some personal standouts but you can access them all right here.

BARABBAS, DU FÖRTAPPADE - Discussions on Existentialism (12")

CA$20.00

For fans of: Saetia and Letterbombs.

Awesome new screamy/jazzy Euro screamo. Released on Dingleberry Records.

12” on transparent red vinyl with lyric insert. 12 songs.

Listen here:
https://barabbasdufortappade.bandcamp.com/album/discussions-on-existentialism-3

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ERETIA - Quietud (12")

CA$20.00

For fans of: R.Josef and AmenRa.

Dark, sludgy, and full of awesome chord progressions. Somewhere between blackened hardcore and post-metal. Released on Dingleberry Records.

12” on transparent red vinyl with lyric insert. 7 songs.

Listen here:
https://eretia.bandcamp.com/album/quietud

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RHA. - Refugium (12")

CA$22.00

For fans of: Trainwreck and Zann.

Fucking unbelievable single song (18 minutes) with no lulls or filler. This thing slaps. Released on Dingleberry Records. ONLY 1 COPY IN STOCK!!!

12” on white vinyl with silkscreened b-side. 1 song.

Listen here:
https://rhamusic.bandcamp.com/album/refugium

GROS ENFANTS MORT - Gros Enfants Mort (12")

CA$20.00

For fans of: Yarostan and Daitro.

Gorgeous, emotionally draining, post-hardcore/screamo from Europe. Released on Dingleberry Records.

12” on transparent red vinyl with lyric insert. 7 songs.

Listen here:
https://grosenfantmort.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

This Noise Is Ours reviewed the Desolate Hands Move The Hour split 10”. We’ve still got some!!! Click on this text to go to the review.

What’s this? Just ZBR’s first ever Battle Set at the pre-show between Eyelet and Crowning. You know we’ll be doing this every year now :) 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: POOLSIDE AT THE FLAMINGO = We got some of these on tape for the first time and it’s bananas.

2023 - 04 - 05 /// Hetta premiere + Life's demo 3

April 05, 2023 by David Norman

Been a busy few days! Holy shit. The Vault is already shipping and Zaffle winners being contacted by the end of tonight via email about their shipping (a few have already been shipped off as well). Thanks for your patience as I navigate shipping 100 orders/winners whilst taking care of two small children. Everything will be out the door by Monday April 10th!

Life’s ‘Demo 3’ is upon us, with both stores having copies of this mammoth 12”LP. 180+ grams of orange deliciousness by way of very unique, epic, incredible, emo/screamo. Seriously, this 3rd demo has yet to be topped in our opinion, but ‘coma garden’ came pretty dang close. Full release of 250 orange 12”s on Friday April 7th (that’s Bandcamp Friday!) at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Promo pics coming tomorrow!

Brooklyn Vegan premiered a new Hetta song from their upcoming 4-way split cassette with Alas, Apostles Of Eris, and Letterbombs. Link embedded in pic above and via this text!

CanaDave did an Out Past the Rings for ZBR151 aka the Apostles Of Eris and Raining split cassette which Larry sold out of ages ago…but we still have’em! (listen to the split and/or grab tapes here)

Telos was reviewed on Heavy Blog Is Heavy. Tomb Tree still has tapes left and we’ve got a shipment of 10 ‘Delude’ 12”LPs on their way! Click on the pic above for the review or this text.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ENDLESS, NAMELESS = I discoverd this band recently and their new LP is out via Silent Pendulum Records, fans of The Fall Of Troy and Blood Brothers will love it!

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2023 - 04 - 02 /// Everything concludes tonight!

April 02, 2023 by David Norman

*the above images are for the Zaffle

The Vault closes tonight at 11:59pm PST and all of the remaining products WILL STAY WITH ME. Last chance my friends! It’s a page of products that will be for sale that are long sold out (ZBR / Tomb Tree) as well as things from CanaDave’s personal collection that he just doesn’t need anymore. A new tab just opened with additional distro, including a ton of sold out Larry, Illuminate My Heart, No Funeral, and Middle Man releases, as well as many more! Links below: If you are coming to ZBR Fest and let me know I can refund your shipping and bring it to the fest for you!

ZEGEMA BEACH RECORDS vault

TOMB TREE TAPES vault

DISTRO vault

The Zaffle raffle closes tonight at 6pm PST when CanaDave does a live Instagram draw! Tickets chances to win 12” mages, 7” mages, stupid fancy vinyl, 12” handmades, and then 12” and 7” test presses (raffled off in that order). Once you win something, the rest of your ballots will be removed. The tickets are open to purchase now (linked above this text) with winners being contacted by email. You pay shipping UNLESS you are coming to ZBR Fest in which case you will not be charged shipping and can just pick it up there.

Mathcast #96 features friends in Telos, Kidnap Soundtrack, and Long.Way.Down. definitely check it out, as I gotta start paying them ;)

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LIFE IN VACUUM = Our friends have a new music video by none other than our friend in Venns!

2023 - 03 - 31 /// The Vault opens tomorrow

March 31, 2023 by David Norman

*the above images are for the Zaffle

Yo, The Vault opens tomorrow. It’s a page of products that will be for sale that are long sold out (ZBR / Tomb Tree) as well as things from CanaDave’s personal collection that he just doesn’t need anymore. That includes a variant set of Supine’s ‘No Altar For The Company Man’, a Louise Cyphre demo tape, a rare Kodan Armada tape /10, a bunch of long-sold out Larry stuff, etc. The Vault will be posted in a new tab (at the top of this page next to “Zegema Beach Releases”) that will appear on Saturday April 1st at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST and will close on Sunday at 11:59pm PST, with the tab becoming inactive and the unsold products remaining with me as personal copies.

What is the Zaffle? The Zaffle is a raffle contest where you can buy tickets to win 12” mages, 7” mages, stupid fancy vinyl, 12” handmades, and then 12” and 7” test presses (raffled off in that order). Once you win something, the rest of your ballots will be removed. The tickets are open to purchase now (linked above this text) and close on Sunday at 6pm PST when the draw is held live on instagram. Winners will be contacted by email and only pay shipping UNLESS you are coming to ZBR Fest in which case you will not be charged shipping and can just pick it up there.

CanaDave did a new Out Past the Rings for Coma Regalia’s ‘Vau Faelgoh’ and simultaneously came up with the idea for a Coma set so there’s one of those embedded below. Listen to album here. You can also join their Patreon here.

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COMA REGALIA - 4x Full Length (set)

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All four full lengths from COMA REGALIA that were released on ZBR. ‘Vau Faelgoh’ 12”, ‘Marked’ 12”, ‘The Mirror’ 11”, ‘Ours Is The Cause Most Noble’ 2x7”. ONLY 1 IN STOCK!!!

Massa Nera did a massive interview with DIY Conspiracy where they discussed each track in detail. Definitely worth a read, and the album is definitely worth picking up! Click on this text or the pic above to go to the interview.

MASSA NERA - Derramar | Querer | Borrar (tape/cd/12

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MASSA NERA ‘Derramar | Querer | Borrar‘ tape/cd/12" (ZBR310)

For fans of: Envy, City Of Caterpillar, Kodan Armada, and Kidcrash

Screamo is a strange concept. It was birthed under different names, then bastardized, it learned to walk, and has since been the lead of my life. It’s such a special thing that when people and bands really embrace the concept it lights up another bulb in the basement that is screamo history. New Jersey quartet MASSA NERA have fully embraced this for years, to the point of making a cocoon and transforming themselves into something new. The chrysalis opens December 2nd, 2022 and resembles something akin to City Of Caterpillar meets Kidcrash with the urgency of Crowning. Opener “An Endless Cycle“ is a whopping 7:27 of controlled chaos, gorgeous transitions and epic builds while “Tristeza Consume” and “Eyeless Faces” are unforgiving flames. Standout track “Shapeshift“ shows the band first at their heaviest/fastest followed by a five-minute electronic/dub-step interlude that raises the entire record up an additional pedestal. Realizing the importance and general amazingness of this album, Zegema Beach has teamed up with the band to bring you over 500 12”s across three variants, 200 tapes across seven variants, and 100 cds. Each media has a very different feel with different art, different color patterns, and different inserts/extras. One of the most critical screamo releases ever.

12” /500 = 100 on white, 150 on seafoam, and 250 on splatter, all with obi-strip and 32-page lyric booklet. 12 songs.

cassettes /200 = 50 grey, 50 frosty, 20 green swirl, 20 blue swirl, 20 maroon swirl, 20 black/white swirl, and 20 test dips, all with fold-out lyric pamphlet and two-sided j-card.

cds /100 = each comes with an obi-strip

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/derramar-querer-borrar

Pressing:

This Noise Is Ours new ZBR Roster Review is for the SeeYouSpaceCowboy and Secongradeknifefight split 7” that we helped release ages go. Very sold out. Check the interview out by clicking on this text or the pic below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CAUTION CHILDREN = These screamo all-stars are back with a new song and video made by a fan. Sick stuff!