Monterey 12"s release tomorrow!!!

September 17, 2026 by David Norman

Monterey is next and it’s a fucking bombshell. Featuring members of Concealer and Rosemary Nods Upon The Grave, the band has their own wild flair but is definitely for fans of Brahm, Beau Navire, Empathetic, and the like with a bit of Portraits Of Past thrown in for good measure. This 12”LP ‘it always passes over me…’ releases tomorrow, September 18th, via ZBR and Third House at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST! Boolin Tunes already did a fantastic review of the record so check that shit out by click on this text.

Supergroup Ghola released their first single (below) with an accompanying music video (above)! Featuring members of Crowning, Itto, Lord Snow, Stormlight, Oaktails, Frail Body, and Greed Worm, their debut 12”LP ‘Aeon’ releases September 28th and vinyl is in hand!

Vancouver’s Taking Tiger Mountain has their debut EP releasing October 23rd on Zegema Beach via cassette and cd! The band shares members with another sick local band named Often Wrong, but this band brings the chunkier, heavier screamo that Orchid, Shesmadefromsuede, and Grimlitter. Here’s a snippet of a video that I took last month.

This Noise Is Ours reviewed the phenomenal Empathetic EP ‘The Room Collapses Quietly’ cd. This thing is essential ZBR listening and will turn the heads of fans of O’ God The White Whale, Monterey, and Brahm. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review and jam/buy below!

Nhomme takes home today’s Last Fucking Copy on the heels of ‘一種の過音’s third run releasing in two weeks. Easily the best packaging we’ve ever done (the band did everything 100% diy…just check the music video above if you don’t believe me!) so snag this edition below or forever hold your peace. Jam the EP on our bandcamp by clicking on this text.

NHOMME - 種の過音 (cassette)

from CA$20.00

NHOMME ‘種の過音‘ tape (ZBR314)

For fans of: Yarmulke, Hella, Sans Visage, Gauge Means Nothings, Nitro Mega Prayer, and 1000 Travels Of Jawaharlal

If you were worried that screamo was becoming stagnant or overly conventional then we present to you the new 3-song EP from Japan’s NHOMME. This new set of songs sets a very high bar for mathy/jazzy screamo with an emphasis on clean guitars, wild bass, playful drums, super high-pitched vocals, and dynamically mindboggling song structures. Not only is the music jaw-dropping, but the band created a music video showing the process used to make the cassette packaging (linked here) for the second track from this release. As a final cherry on top the tapes all come swirled, and in the rarer cases in swirled bags. Truly a one-of-a-kind release.

Cassettes 1st run: /146, 87 on black/white sparkle swirl (band edition), 44 pink swirl swirl (ZBR edition), 10 black/orange swirl in a swirled bag, and 5 test dips w/matching swirl case and swirled bag.

2nd run: /152, 95 on white/black sparkle swirl (band edition), 40 multi-color swirl, 10 purple sparkle swirl, 5 bandcamp to-go bag swirl, 4 test dips with matching swirl case, and 3 clear.

All tapes come in a clear/clear norelco case w/two-sided j-card and o-slipcover, all screened on recycled paper made by the band. 3 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/--6

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: GOBLINVIOLENCE = Absolutely wild shit from Australia. It sounds like the name implies and I fucking love it.

2026 - 9 - 11 /// Monterey 12"LPs release in a week!

September 11, 2026 by David Norman

Okay folks, almost all of the Big Stuff Thing has been sent out (except for the two orders with Nuvo merges as I’m awaiting a box with more copies that arrives next week, as well as anything with the Coup D’etat lathe which is expected in late September).

Jisei’s full length album ‘Gets Worse’ releases on 12” via ZBR in November! This band is a beacon of hope while simultaneously crushing the listener. You can scope their first single and music video for “To Bury You Is To Poison The Earth” and catch them at a future date! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the premiere, with the direct embed to the music video below.

This Noise Is Ours reviewed the split between The Names Of Our Friends and Poetry Of Torch! This split is awesome and I’m down to like 4 copies left so snag one before they’re gone!!! Click on the pic above or this text for the review. Listen/buy below.

Senza, Rainmaking, and All That’s Left Of You made it onto last week’s Operation X-Ray episode from ultimate homie Andre. Radio show above, releases below!

Wellness got a song premiere on OMSB this past week, and the band includes members/ex-members of Heavenly Blue, Massa Nera, Liturgy, Kayo Dot, etc. That’s a hard recommend from me. Click on the text or pic above for the full premiere or just jam it below.

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to the blue variant of Senza’s incredible ‘Celestial Body’ 12”EP. If anything I’d want to repress ‘Even a Worm Will Turn’ before doing this so don’t expect these back in stock anytime soon after selling out. Snag this blue first press below or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: BODY NEST = My friend Em from Foxmoulder showed me this band cuz they’re releasing it on the recently resurrected A Mountain Far Records! Seriously dope-ass shit from Toronto, kinda Closet Witch meets screamo!!!

2026 - 6 - 08 /// Zampler art submissions now open!!!

June 08, 2026 by David Norman

Just a quick reminder that the US store 40% off sale aka the “Liqui-Dave-tion” sale that is automatically applied to all orders will be active until Sunday June 14th at 9pm EST / 11pm CST / 12pm EST.

The big news from the past few days is that all upcoming Zamplers are open to art submissions! Starting right now you can go watch Starship Troopers (just the first one) and then check out the other Zampler covers and then cook up something sick that references the movie (and isn’t the same as a previous cover). Art submitted will be considered for the June 30th Zampler, with everything that isn’t chosen and comes after that date automatically will be considered for the next Zampler, and so on and so on as these things release every 6 months. You don’t need to include a Zampler # on the cover so just leave that open for when a # is chosen at a later date. You can email your submissions to zegemabeachrecords@gmail.com

And I feel the need to reiterate, all art MUST reference Starship Troopers or it doesn’t fit with the theme I’ve had going for more than 13 years. Jam #25 below with art from Jackson Schott!

I had Josh (A Recorded Dawn, Cadere, etc.) and Nima (Hillsboro, Wollruss) over to house for a Fest recap podcast as we reminisced about Vancouver’s 2026 ZBR Fest. Check it out above! I’ve included a few live videos below.

Cadere (formerly Mourn Recif) has two shows coming up with Ontario’s Constrain in Duncan this Friday and in Victora this Saturday. ZBR distro will be in hand. A teaser video of the band’s debut EP drops on Friday!

Following the Vancouver Island band’s new release ‘A Party in Your Name’ by my friends in Hillsboro, they also released a 13-minute video that acts as kind of a music video for a few jams. Very cool, artistic stuff! The tapes should finish this week and be in-hand next week. I also snagged some live videos from their Victoria release show that I’ll post next week.

Nhomme released one of the greatest and mind-bending EPs I’ve ever heard a few years back. Despite keeping mostly silent (but playing a few shows now and then) they’ve been pretty quiet, but Ryan from Meatcube recently completed an interview with them! I don’t know about you but I’d love to see them in Canada someday!!! Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam the EP below.

Detach The Islands got a sick write-up from IYE which you should check out, then immediately jam the EP. Such a sick and diverse set of tracks. I still can’t get over that Poison The Well cover though, hot fucking damn!!! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the review. Listen/buy the cassette EP below.

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to more super old releases, this one being Italy’s Lamantide. The EP ended up making me ask the band to participate in the 2x12” 8-way split. Very dark and heavy shit, like Converge on nightmare fuel. This 12” will not be repressed so snag this last copy (below) or forever hold your peace.

Nsixhundred, Detach The Islands, Fingerswoventogether, and Orphan Donor all popped up in the May Anti-Fascist Scrub from Toilet OV Hell! Scope the full list of bands by clicking on the pic above or this text. Snag those last Fingerswoventogether 10”s before they’re gone, cuz we’re getting low and it’s phenomenal!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CLAY BIRDS = Oh my god new Clay Birds. Hoorah!!!

2026 - 4 - 14 /// Dental Office Parking released!

April 14, 2026 by David Norman

Dental Office Parking 3”cds for ‘Water Park Tattoos’ just released! This quirky, sassy, genre-mash solo project from John (bassist of Usurp Synapse) features 12 tracks in just under 8 minutes. The cds arrive later this week so we’ll have promo pics once they arrive. Jam that brain-blast below!

Sungaze released a new video and song last week that you should scope. Wicked indie shoegaze with a touch of Southern rock. The records are done and the band is printing the massive zine that is included with all orders. Pre-orders still available below, these should ship mid-May.

Carrion Spring’s new LP ‘Those We’ve Lost and Continue to Lose’ got a great review from This Noise Is Ours. Scope it by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam/buy the 12” below and catch them at both the ZBR Fest pre-show and the main fest!!!

Today’s ZBR Fest 2026 Profile Feature is for the new Victoria youngsters Treewell! They just released the first track off their debut EP and it rocks. Pre-order the EP below and buy Pre-show tickets above or by clicking on this text!

Fainting Dreams received a most excellent review for their new EP ‘The Silence of Birds That Rarely Sing’ from the always reliable Everything Is Noise. We sold a good amount of this Softseed Music release in the first week so we implore you to check it out immediately, as it features Elle from Athousandangelsandseven on vocals and you bet you’re gonna hear some throat-shedding alongside the beauty. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy below.

Detach The Islands have a new collections EP coming out with some new tracks, some sick covers as well as an interview! Very cool shit. There’s a bunch of info about it on the Earsplit Compound site (linked to the pic above and this text) with a full release happening May 1st, 2026 at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Scope their previous album below that we released on some seriously sick looking tapes.

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to one of the best EPs of the past few years, the almighty Shoganai debut EP. This had already been released on tape, but as we knew they’d sell out we asked if we could hop on the second run, to which they agreed. Then they came and were incredible at ZBR Fest. Hell yes. Snag it below or forever hold your peace.

In some great timing, Operation X-Ray played Gravess on their episode last Friday, and we just happen to have one last copy left. Snag it above!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: BRUSHBURN = This Pennsylvania band released this stellar debut last month!

2026 - 3 - 12 /// Concealer

March 12, 2026 by David Norman

In less than 24 hours we will put up half of our Concealer 12”LP copies as a pre-order, so on Friday March 13th at 12pm PST / 2pm CST / 3pm EST be sure to drop in and pick one up before they sell out. Their will be the third and final single accompanying the pre-order, with 12”s already en route to our US store from the plant. Full release is March 30th!!!

Soastaphrenas ‘Eris’ releases in full tomorrow on Tomb Tree, 12”s expected to be in hand and shipping come April. I’ll post pics of the release after it’s out in the next news post. Be warned this features Alex of Spoiled so expect some crazy shit - and it’s fucking awesome. Jam the last single below!

Both stores got a Distro update featuring a few key recent Dog Knights releases (although some have already sold out) as well as some test presses, and a bunch of ZBR USA updates with stuff that wasn’t previously in the store including a ton of Softseed Music releases. You can link to the stores below:

USA store

Canada/International store

My good friends in Hillsboro were a no-brainer to ask to play the fest, and upon seeing their new material (embedded above) last weekend I was like…goddamn, shit’s getting heavy. So Today’s ZBR Fest 2026 Profile Feature is for this ever-evolving band from Victoria. You can also see Nima from Hillsboro kicking ass in Wollruss alongside CanaDave. Click on this text to go to the live show review with videos from all the bands and/or watch the show recap video below!

Tickets available here!

Horns Up gave their premium selection of recent releases and our own Vibora made the list along with blurbs about Gravess and Sear. You can scope the list by clicking on the pic above or this text while Sear is linked below and Vibora is further down this news post.

Daris King from Clout Funeral (guitar/vox) was on the most recent Everything Remade podcast with Edie so you should give it a scope! Lots of interesting info in there and the ‘For Pepper…’ EP rules, which you can listen to and buy a tape of below.

Lucidity has a music video from Poorly Crafted Music Videos that caught the attention of Unsigned Showcoase which then played/reacted to it. You can see the showcase above and just watch the video on its own below. The Lucidity split with Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow can be accessed by clicking on this text.

The second Pure Antifascist Scrub on Toilet OV Hell rounded up a bunch of sick releases including our very own Limbs, Biological Fathers, Clout Funeral, and Vibora! Holy shit too much good stuff. Click on the pic above or this text for the full list, and snag the Biological Fathers cd below!

Vibora 12”s are still en route but we’ll post pics of them once they arrive, until then here’s a wicked review of ‘Egin ez dugun guztia’ by Rock Sound. Will the stream of constant/great reviews for this band ever end? (i hope not) Go to the article by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam/buy below.

I couldn’t help but notice that we have just one copy of the Ditch Organ lathe 7”s left for ‘A Rapid Flicker of Light’, as this was a rare order for us and the material is incredible - you should definitely hop on that shit! And that, my friends, is today’s Last Fucking Copy. This shall not be repressed. Snag it below or forever hold your peace.

DITCH ORGAN - A Rapid Flicker Of Light (cassette/7

DITCH ORGAN - A Rapid Flicker Of Light (cassette/7" lathe)

from CA$10.00

DITCH ORGAN ‘A Rapid Flicker Of Light’ cassette/7” lathe EP (TTT052)

For fans of: Thumbscrew, The Chariot and Fawn Limbs.

The debut EP from Eeli (Fawn Limbs) and Ian (Micro Colossal) aka DITCH ORGAN is like watching the highlights from a horror movie separated by short acid trips. 5 songs in just 7 minutes, the race through chaos and orchestrated destruction is reminiscent of Thumbscrew, Machinist, The Chariot in their venomous, unrestrained and violent interpretation of breakneck metallic hardcore. This release is the catalyst for pushing Tomb Tree Tapes into new territory, as we are dumping the “Tapes” from our name as we don’t want to limit ourselves. Therefore you’ll find this stellar release on both cassette and 7” lathe. The marble swirl tapes are housed (primarily) in paper bags with the center burned out and the lyric insert/cover behind it. Lathes are double sided stereo 7”s, 25 clear and 25 black.

Lathes /50, 25 clear and 25 black. Tapes /55, 28 on Organic Light swirl in white bag, 12 on Mold Death swirl in blue bag, 10 Rose Death swirl in brown bag, and 5 test dips in silver bag, all w/cover+lyric sheet. 5 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/a-rapid-flicker-of-light

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ROSEMARY NODS UPON THE GRAVE = This band has a new EP (following their split 7” with Heaven Through Violence of which we have just a handful left) that you should definitely check out!