Big Stuff Thing tomorrow + 75% off distro!

September 04, 2026 by David Norman

Holy fucking shit it’s Big Stuff Thing #7 tomorrow at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST in combination with a blowout 75% off distro items under the following headings with click-thru links: 12 Records (Distro #-N), 12” Records (Distro O-Z), 7” Records (Distro), 5”/6”/9”/10” Records (Distro), Cassettes (Distro), and CDs (Distro).

The discount will applied as a refund less than 24 hours after purchase (as I have to sift through each order to figure out the parts of the order that need the applied discount).

Feel free to place multiple orders if you’re scared of something selling out whilst perusing, as I can see if you make multiple orders in the system and will either refund you some shipping or at least try and slip you a freebie tape/cd/vinyl (weight permitting).

A handful of pictures are pictured in the galleries above to give you some indication of what will be in the Big Stuff Thing #7 which will be linked at this address (no it’s not active yet) -> https://www.zegemabeachrecords.com/bst7 and you can scope some further info below if you don’t mind being screamed at.

All That’s Left Of You was released on cassette today by Tomb Tree! That means we’ve got a bunch of copies in this store as well as the Tomb Tree bandcamp as it’s Bandcamp Friday and the variants are sick as fuck and includes a glow-in-the-dark variant! Just 40 copies made that fans of Febuary, Youth Novel, And Its Name Was Epyon, etc. will fall in love with.

Mieke released a new jam that you can scope above, and a friendly reminder that Softseed released her newest LP ‘Frau Eva’ on 12” earlier this year!

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to the Serling x Charger Port split 12”! I have one clear copy left of these crazy limited Tomb Tree lathes. Shan’t be repressed so snag it below or forever hold your peace.

CHARGER PORT + SERLING - I don't watch sports anymore (12

CHARGER PORT + SERLING - I don't watch sports anymore (12" lathe)

CA$48.00

CHARGER PORT + SERLING ‘I don’t watch sports anymore’ 12” lathe (TT105-2)

For fans of: The Totemist, Scale The Summit, Under The Pier and Frontierer.

An absolute feast of mathcore with this math-rock/math-metal spit ‘I don’t watch sports anymore’ from CHARGER PORT and SERLING. Both bands bring some serious heat, with the former relying on groovy and mathy instrumental rock/post-hardcore/prog while the latter lay down destructive, wonky, intense, mathy metallic hardcore/metal. The 25 black and 25 clear lathes are 45rpm stereo and sound fantastic (like a regular vinyl, basically), complete with inserts and one-of-a-kind painted jackets by Josh of Vamonos Tapes with a few alternate designs! Said alternate covers (the non-black ones) will be randomly inserted in orders, so cross those fingas! Released on Tomb Tree, King Fisher, and Soft Grit. Art by Robbie Smith, mixed/mastered by Joey Woodward.

Vinyl /50, 25 clear and 25 black, w/two-sided insert. 3 songs by CP and 2 by Serling.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/i-dont-watch-sports-anymore

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: GET A FUCKING LIFE = Absolutely bonkers album from Hunter of Terror Cell and Charger Port!

2026 - 8 - 31 /// Juniper Smile released and September schedule

August 31, 2026 by David Norman

Hey y’all! Large happenings are on the horizon!!! First off we’ve got Big Stuff Thing #7 going down on Friday September 11th that will include Concealer 12”s, Sear wax mage, a bunch of test presses, and more.

Second, Tomb Tree releases All That’s Left Of You’s debut self-titled EP on September 4th which is this Friday (Bandcamp Friday, no less). This thing is absolutely badass and I’m dipping those tapes right now.

Third, there’s the Monterey 12”LP release on September 18th for ‘it always passes over me’ which features members of Concealer and Rosemary Nods Upon The Grave!

Fourth, after that we have a supergroup release in late September from Ghola but I’ll give you more info on that soon.

Lastly, in the meantime please scope that Rainmaking x Senza split 12” and the Nuvolascura ‘As We Suffer From Memory and Imagination’ 12”LP repress as well as the Juniper Smile tapes released on Softseed a little futher down.

Juniper Smile released their posthumous, self-titled album today on Softseed Music. This band features Griffin on drums who plays in Cadere with ZBR Dave and played a very playful mixture of punk, indie, emo, and shoegaze. I made 29 cassettes but the band has more than half so I only have 3-5 of each variant and then they’re gone and won’t be repressed, so snag it now!!!

Wollruss played Victoria last week alongside Manitoba’s Leavesliketinyflames and additional local support from Treewell and Csilla’s Star Is Gone. Twas a fucking blast and honestly insane for a Thursday show. Check out the full recap below with a song from each band. No future dates are booked for Wollruss or Cadere until late November at the earliest.

What the fuck is going on, I shouldn’t have a Majorel cassette still. This is one of the best EPs ZBR has ever put out and this is a rare test edition. Seriously go jam that opening track and tell me this isn’t incredible. This is today’s Last Fucking Copy. Shan’t be repressed cuz that band is long dead. Act now or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: GET A FUCKING LIFE = Absolutely bonkers album from Hunter of Terror Cell and Charger Port!

2026 - 8 - 27 /// Rainmaking x Senza 12"s released!

August 27, 2026 by David Norman

The Rainmaking x Senza split 12” is out! These songs are phenomenal and dare I say we knocked it out of the park with those etched b-sides and sick blue/black color scheme and glitter variants! There are a few tests presses still up too (but I sold half of those already).

Wollruss is playing this show tonight. Please come out if you are on the island (it’s in Victoria). I’ll have the ZBR distro. Here’s the last song I’ll post from the pre-show.

First, Coup D’etat’s new EP was reviewed by This Noise Is Ours. 7” lathes are still available (although we’re almost sold out) and info on them is below. Click on the pic above or this text for the review, listen/buy below.

should arrive late September as the box that shipped out June 11th was in limbo from June 18th in Illinois until a few days ago when the pressing plant received the returned box. They are shipping it out again alongside another release so they should ship mid-September for me to ship to you a week or two afterward. Thanks for you patience on this one!

Orphan Donor were interviewed by Nine Circles after releasing the spectacular ‘Ailments’ full length a few months back via cd on ZBR. This band has always been amazing but this new release is some next level shit. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the interview. Jam/buy below!

Oh shit somehow I still have an extra Excrucis tape of their debut album on Tomb Tree! It’s in an opaque white swirled case aka a test dip /5, which is crazy cuz those usually sell first. Buy it below, listen above, thus making it today’s Last Fucking Copy. Act now or forever hold your peace.

EXCRUCIS - Excrucis (cassette)

from CA$10.00

EXCRUCIS ‘Excrucis’ cassette LP (TT099)

For fans of: Dianacrawls, I Hate Sex, Oathbreaker, and These Arms Are Snakes.

Born from Nouveau (IL), Not For You (IL), Wrestle Crow (VT), and Yail (CO), this experimental Chicago four-piece is turning screamo on it’s head. This nine track debut full length delivers visceral screamy/shouted vocals, incredible drums, shockwaving bass, and extremely playful guitars that’ll have you simultaneously scratching your head whilst dancing…it’s a weird move to behold you silly dancer. Focusing on social crises, economic exploitation, climate denial, and all the other shit that’s been piled on top of the younger generations’ plates.

Tapes /151, 100 white, 25 on orange swirl, 21 random swirl, and 5 test dips, all w/jcard and download code. 9 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/excrucis

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: MORAL BOMBING = Wicked stuff from Germany.

2026 - 8 - 22 /// Rainmaking x Senza 12"s on Monday!!!

August 22, 2026 by David Norman

The Rainmaking x Senza split 12” with etched b-side releases in full and goes on sale on Monday August 2t4th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST!!! We did 125 on Insomnia splatter and 125 on Black Ice glitter as well as a few tests presses that will also go up for sale. This release has been in the works for a long time so I’m hella stoked to get this out to you!

By the way Senza’s ‘Celestial Body’ has seven copies left! Get’em before they’re gone (linked through Bandcamp below), cuz they look and sound incredible. We’ll have the split 12” in the U.S. store (linked below) upon release but you can snag a buncha other stuff there now if you’d like.

ZBR U.S. store linked here

Wollruss has their first show since ZBR Fest’s preshow back on May 1st, and we’ve got no other shows currently lined up. Please come out if you can, there’s a buncha sick screamo bands playing and I’ll have the ZBR distro. We hope to record in the winter.

For my 200th OMSB podcast I was able to talk to Cozy St. Jean, whom I’ve been following for years - so I was stoked to hear about new material and her first (upcoming) show! For the full premiere click on the pic above or this text. To just listen to it, I’ve embedded it below.

Operation X-Ray played a buncha bangers including our very own Empathetic and Nuvolascura. Snag the former below and the latter by clicking on this text.

Today Last Fucking Copy goes to the Crocus discography cassette. This single and rare variant was in a box but not listed online…but now it is! Wicked Euro screamo from over a decade ago! Snag it below now or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CHRRYZ = Cool stuff from Japan, kinda Tetola93.

2026 - 7 - 24 /// The Names Of Our Friends x Poetry Of Torch released!

July 24, 2026 by David Norman

So I’m posting this as I leave for the airport as I’ll be in Ontario until August 3rd, so things will be kinda sporadic and nothing will be shipped until I get back. If you are attending New Friends Fest on Friday and/or Saturday please come say hi to me, and if you say “Take It Out Easy, Cadet” to me I’ll give you a Zampler. I only have four left so the sooner you do it the better!

The Names Of Our Friends x Poetry Of Torch split released. Bandcamp copies are up, copies at this store go up at the scheduled time 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST as I am on an airplane currently.

I had Paul from Persistent Vision on the OMSB Podcast. More big news coming…maybe you have already guessed what that is. Exciting!!! Click on this text to go to the full post with links, etc.

Alternative Radio did a cool little article on Screamo in a very essay/encyclopedic manner. Check it out by clicking on pic above or this text.

Operation X-Ray played Constrain, Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow, and Limbs on the newest episode! Stream it above, jam the albums below.

I did a premiere for Horse Funeral on my blog, and as I don’t share it anywhere I’ll start putting all the OMSB blog posts here. I don’t do as many as I used to but I still post 3-6x per month and hopefully in the future I’ll be doing more. This one is a song premiere that sassy/mathy/screamy fans will be all over. I listed Usurp Synapse, Missouri Executive Order 44, Aim Of Conrad and Lower Automation in the for fans of section. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the premiere or just jam the song below.

Today Last Fucking Copy goes to an early Tomb Tree release that features members of Thumbscrew. This one is in the o-card. Won’t be repressed. Snag it below or forever hold your peace!

DSGNS - Ceremony (cassette)

from CA$10.00

For fans of: Narrows, I Am A Curse & Botch.

Featuring members from a vast array of highly influential projects (Thumbscrew, End Of The Universe, Spitfire, Project 208, etc.) Austin, Texas’ DSGNS have revamped themselves for the 2020s and the sound couldn’t be more complete. Rabid, ferocious vocals. Dark, twisted guitars. Death bass. Savage drums. This six-song EP is brutal and one of the forerunners for best EP of 2020. And holy shit those swirl tapes look un-the-fuck-real. Released on Tomb Tree Tapes.

Tapes /60, 40 white in O-card and 20 swirl in clear case w/jcard. 6 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/ceremony

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: PROTEST THE HERO = Yaaaay a new album and I’ve still got a few copies of Pacific Myth and Volition on cassette (which is a ZBR release!!!) below.

PROTEST THE HERO - Pacific Myth (cassette)

CA$10.00

ZBR099

PROTEST THE HERO - 'Pacific Myth' cassette
released October 2017

For fans of: Coheed And Cambria, Thrice and Mastadon

Experimenting with the process leading to, and including, the recording, PROTEST have written six prodigious anthems that take their songwriting to new, epic heights.

300 blue tapes with j-card in a plastic shell. 6 songs.

PROTEST THE HERO - Volition (cassette)

CA$10.00

ZBR098

PROTEST THE HERO - 'Volition' cassette
released October 2017

For fans of: Coheed And Cambria, Thrice and Mastadon

Completely fan funded, this album sparked a resurgence in the band's roots and is a remarkable record. The 11 songs jump all over the map, but generally emphasize insane melodies amidst mass shredding. Rarer than days in a year!

300 green tapes with j-card in a plastic shell. 11 songs.