Brooklyn Vegan premiered the 2nd track on the upcoming ‘Strobe Light Shadow Play’ from Lower Automation. We’ll have these 12”s in-hand (hopefully) for the November 22nd, release. Click on the text or pic for the full premiere.

So what’s going on with Reversal Of Man? Okay, I got word that the issue is the first pressing has A/B and C/D finished but the plant just straight up hasn’t finished doing the E/F because of issues. The 2nd press is done already (weird eh?) so they should arrive in late October and ready to be shipped off. This isn’t an issue on our end. It isn’t an issue on Repeater’s end. It’s the plant.

Soul Crusher released their debut EP this week. Features Sasha of Life In Vacuum, Congratulations, and Kiken!

SOUL CRUSHER - Soul Crusher (cassette)

from CA$10.00

For fans of: Radiohead, Life In Vacuum, and Elliot Smith.

Sasha from Life In Vacuum, Congratulations, and Kiken has had this solo project in his head for a decade and today you get to hear the fruits of a decade of inspiration, revisions, fine-tuning, and passion. Relatively stripped down indie/synth/acoustic rock with additional instrumentation that truly breathes additional life into this very intriguing debut EP.

Cassettes /40, 15 on red swirl, 10 on clear swirl, 10 on red, and 5 test dips w/matching swirl case, all in a plastic case with j-card and download code. 6 songs.

Listen here:
https://youtu.be/JPopZlbRq10

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Cara Neir’s Garry Brents was recently interviewed by No Clean Singing in which he divulges more plot points from the new record. We’re pretty low and should run out at some point in 2023. Click on the text to go to the review and nab a record below for a 1/10 chance at winning a Health Points Infinity variant!

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CARA NEIR - Phantasmal (12"LP)

from CA$23.50

CARA NEIR ‘Phantasmal‘ 12"LP (ZB290)

For fans of: Horse The Band, Gonemage, and An Albatross

Building off of the immensely dense and imaginative story/album ‘Phase Out’, the prolific CARA NEIR has released the second of three experimental black metal, chip-tune, hardcore, screamo albums in their video game + music series. ‘Phantasmal’ is a survival horror game. Chris and Garry find themselves warped from The One's RPG Gauntlet into a darker dimension known as Saint Succipio. Pulling the strings of this sinister and strangely familiar place is a pale entity known as Rex. Set in what seems like a suburban neighborhood, yet off-kilter with its eerie silence and inhuman presence lurking the deeper one ventures. Released across 289 12”s by the absolute legends at Wax Mage / Gotta Groove:
159 “Hellfire Rex Swirl“ red
105 “Health Points Infinity” OG handmade splatter
25 “Save Data Corrupted By Portals” Wax Mage
5 Test Presses

Includes two-sided insert and stickers (only included in the Hellfire Rex Swirl). 1 in 10 Hellfire Rex Swirl will be switched out for a mage or OG splatter, so if you miss on the initial drop then you still have a chance at scoring the more sought after variants. 16 tracks.

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

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Out Past the Rings #128 is for the most recent Nionde Plågan album (not the new one releasing in a few weeks) titled ‘Reflektion’. We still have a few copies left but don’t expect them to sit around once that new record drops.

Virgin Mother played their release show a few days back and the 12”s continue to move. I think about half out already. Machine Music gave it some love along with some other great bands in their Nine Songs roundup. Click this text for the link!

VIRGIN MOTHER - Mourning Ritual (12"LP)

CA$35.00

VIRGIN MOTHER ‘Mourning Ritual’ 12”LP (TT078)

For fans of: An Autumn For Crippled Children, New Order, and Meth.

Over two years ago we released a short run of demo tapes titled ‘It Is’, and after much more writing, polishing, and expanding of the VIRGIN MOTHER sound, we are set to drop the brand new debut 12”LP ‘Mourning Ritual’ on Friday October 17th. Drawing cues from industrial, new wave, black metal, noise, screamo, punk, post-punk, and more, this deep, dark look into Seb’s subconscious and it’s subsequent artistic representation is truly a work of art. From the hellish, eerie, almost gothic-sounding intro of “[promised end]“ it becomes obvious that this album is meant to be consumed in full, with spiking adrenaline surges (see “I’d Never Feel Like Anything” and “Fault”), soothing/groovy vibes (“Traffic Stop” and “Black Light On 16th Street“), uncomfortable noise (“Vanity’s Sake“ and “Parasite“) and the epic genre-mashes (“Blossoming Winter” and “Field of Warmth“). Released on Tomb Tree. Ships mid-October.

Vinyl /113 on 180gram Eco-Grime. Includes sticker. 11 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/mourning-ritual

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: VIENTRE + SATON = We premiered this killer split/tour video thing yesterday and you’re missing out if you don’t watch it.

With a recent premiere on Brooklyn Vegan, we’re going right back to our friends there for a new Lower Automation song premiere tomorrow Wednesday October 19th! Make sure you check it out as the full album is only a little over a month away!

Massa Nera’s brand new song/music video for the first single “April 7th” from the upcoming cd/tape/12”LP ‘Derramar | Querer | Borrar‘ came out on Friday and got the screamo community fucking hyped. CHeck it out below and head over to Stereogum via this text link to read news about the release.

Soul Crusher (Sasha of Life In Vacuum, Kiken, and Congratulations) just premiered their debut EP. Jam it below or get all the order details in the full blog post, linked to this text. You can also go straight to the order page here.

Victor Shores premiered a new song on (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) from their first new album in 6 years. They’ve now dropped two music videos and this additional single, embedded below. Click on this text for the full premiere/info/etc.

The Lessener 12” was recently reviewed on This Noise Is Ours’s ZBR Roster series. Click on this text for the review or jam the digitals below…we’re out of 12”s!

Canada’s coast-to-coast punk radio show Operation X-Ray is bursting with bangers yet again. Besides stuff like Torche, Liturgy, Birds In Row, City Of Caterpillar, and Daniel Striped Tiger, Andre also played choice cuts from ZBR-related bands Massa Nera, Of Death, Virgin Mother.

Улыбайся Ветру - Illusions (12")

CA$23.50

ZBR088 Release date: Mar. 21st, 2018
For fans of: Louise Cyphre, Loma Prieta and Carrion Spring

Flabbergastingly good, this new 11-song 12"LP by Russia's Улыбайся Ветру (aka Smile To The Wind) titled 'Illusions' is a testament to chaotic, mathy, dual screaming hardcore. Seriously this is easily a contender for album of the year and fans of any technical, blazing screamo such as Loma Prieta, Neil Perry, Crowning, Louise Cyphre and Carrion Spring will likely be so happy they may soil themselves. Yep, it's that good. And the art is unreal, created by Ekaterina Zalesskaya. Released by Zegema Beach, Dead Tank, Trace In A Maze and Upwind Productions.

'Illusions' 12" vinyl on blue/300 with insert. 11 songs. Download code included.

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

Today’s Hiding In The Outpost features Russia’s Улыбайся Ветру and their astounding ‘Illusions’ 12”LP that was released back in 2018. The group then disbanded but fear not…we’ve got a surprise for you in 2023!

now sold out:
Binary 12”
People’s Temple Project + Sleeper Wave 12”
Sans Visage tapes
Blind Girls ‘Residue’ / Blind Girls ‘The Weight of Everything’ (tapes still available for both!)
Rotting In Dirt 12”

I recently did Out Past the Rings 127.5 aka Zampler #11 ‘Death From Above’. For some reason I had kept one of every colour variant (5) and only need one so if you order from this store you will have one included in your order for free. These are four years old and very hard to get, as of this post there are 3 freebies left.

Infall has another jam from their upcoming ‘Far’ cassette on Tomb Tree up for rocking-out purposes. I’ve been jamming this release more and more and it’s absolutely fantastic. Fans of Anna Sage, The Bled, Judas-era Ed Gein, Miverva Superduty, Stuntman, etc. will be all over this.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: THANK YOU DRIVER = Keep your eye on this Canadian band. We sure are. Hint. Hint.

2022 - 10 - 21 /// Lower Automation premiere!!!

2022 - 10 - 18 /// Song premiere tomorrow! (Lower Automation)