U.S. store closed for the next few months + t-shirts on Friday!

June 16, 2026 by David Norman

It is time. Please say goodbye to U.S. Dave aka the man aka Crowning guitarist aka awesome dad aka Biological Fathers mastermind aka my good friend. I’m gonna miss the shit outta this guy. He did so much for ZBR, it wouldn’t be what it is today without him. I wish him nothing but relaxing/hilarious/loving times with his family. <3 <3 <3

Although the US store has temporarily closed, people in the U.S.A. can still order from our bandcamp and Canada store (I ship very quickly and include a bunch of free download codes), as shipping is quite cheap as after the exchange rate you’re looking at approximately:
$11US to ship a 12”
$7.80US to ship a cassette

Friday will be a huge t-shirt sale with over 50 new items showing up! It’s literally the best place to get sick screamo shirts right as summer starts at a fraction of the retail price!!! Check out the current selection by clicking on this text!

June is very quiet for ZBR in terms of releases, but we get back on track at the end of June with the 27th installment of the Zampler series. This thing will be a certified banger and releases on the 30th of June and will be housed on a cdr in the traditional Zampler packaging. Want one? Just place an order over $20 anytime between June 30th and July 4th to receive one, so they’re essentially made-to-order. This goes for this store AND our Bandcamp page.

A friendly reminder that the Mal Criado album releases this Friday on Tomb Tree! I’ve included the variants below, pretty sweet. This Vancouver four-piece plays politically-charged power-violence with some punk, grind, and metal leanings. Tapes release at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST!!!

I went to the Victoria release show for my good friends Hillsboro who released ‘A Party in Your Name’ recently and caught some live videos (above). The tapes shipped today so I’ll have them and can ship by the end of this week !

Constrain made the trek out to the west coast this past weekend and played shows in Vancouver, Duncan, and Victoria. I made this trailer from the Duncan show in hopes of pushing the Victoria show, so check it out as there are short clips from Lakeside Amusement Park, Cadere, and Constrain. I’ve got a single copy left of their ‘Welcome to Club Vampire’ cassette EP below, thus making it today’s Last Fucking Copy! Snag now or forever hold your peace.

CONSTRAIN - Welcome To Club Vampire (cassette)

CONSTRAIN - Welcome To Club Vampire (cassette)

from CA$12.00

CONSTRAIN ‘Welcome To Club Vampire’ cassette (TT104)

For fans of: The Gorgeous, Fall Of Troy, The Bled, and SeeYouSpaceCowboy.

Since Tomb Tree’s discovery of Ontario’s best kept secret CONSTRAIN on the Loose Teeth split tape we’ve been ecstatic on them. With the release of their new, meticulously sculptured EP ‘Welcome To Club Vampire’, the band is ready to take on the metalcore and sasscore crowds with a full arsenal of amazing. These five new tracks lay heavy on the breakdowns, panic chords, and throat-ripping shrieks and the occasional clean singing. Very limited run of tapes, snag one now. Released on Tomb Tree. CDs by Wormwood Records.

Cassettes /53: 20 dairy swirl, 20 halfsies swirl, 8 nosferatu’s horde, and 5 garlic test dip w/matching swirl case, all w/two-sided j-card. 5 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-club-vampire

Variant:

Operation X-Ray featured I.O. amidst a ton of other sick artists. Our tapes are running pretty low and I’m sure he moved most of his copies on his recent across Canada tour!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU = This Australian screamo band’s debut is top-fucking-notch!!!

2026 - 6 - 12 /// Cadere trailer/shows + Liqui-Dave-tion sale ends on Sunday night!

June 12, 2026 by David Norman

First off, this is a final 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. After this prices revert back to normal and once the US store moves to a new location, all prices will rise by a few bucks as US Dave did all this for free and ZBR USA’s new home requires us to do so - which makes the last few days of the sale even more financially helpful.

In addition, please be patient as US Dave is dealing with a ton of orders once he returns from an out-of-state trip, so some of these orders will take a while - but hey, ya got 40% off so you can give him a much-deserved breather.

Cadere (ex-Mourn Recif/Archivist/Juniper Smile, current members of Wollruss, A Recorded Dawn, Internal Dialogue, etc.) is joining the Constrain and Lakeside Amusement Park tour on the island! You can catch us with the ZBR distro at the Victoria show tonight and Duncan show tomorrow. Hope to see you there!!!

Vancouver/Victoria band Hillsboro released ‘A Party in Your Name’ two weeks back and were recently interviewed by Punknews.org

The tapes should finish by the early next week and be shipping in June. I also snagged some live videos from their Victoria release show that I’ll post next.

Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead got the This Noise Is Ours treatment, so click on the pic above or this text to get a track-by-track run-through of the Vancouver powerhouse’s entire career thus far. Snag a cd below.

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to yet another super old release, and likely the last in this series. Canada’s Worst Gift was all over Toronto from 2012 to 2015 before members moved to other countries. Includes ex-Ispoke and Tonnn. This 12” will not be repressed so snag this last copy (below) or forever hold your peace.

Orphan Donor’s ‘Ailments’ got some love from Soda Pop under their Length Isn’t Everything round-up. You can check that out by clicking on the pic above or this text. Snag a cd below!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LIVE LONGER BURN EVERYTHING = Yoooooo been stoked on this for quite some time. Scope!!!

2025 - 07 - 28 /// Sininen released, Shoganai tomorrow, ZBR Fest 2025 vid on Wed.

July 28, 2025 by David Norman

First things first, ZBR Fest 2025 video on Wednesday 5pm PST / 7pm CST / 8pm EST. Check out the trailer below!

Got some great restocks and new distro. Selected direct store embeds below!

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OSTRACA - Eventualities (12")

CA$35.00

For fans of: Swan Of Tuonela and A Recorded Dawn.

The newest EP from legendary RVA three-piece and it’s incredible. Released by Icorrupt Records.

12” on fog marble vinyl with lyric insert. 4 songs.

Listen here:
https://ostraca.bandcamp.com/album/eventualities

MALIŠA BAHAT - Lovers. Loners. Losers. (12

MALIŠA BAHAT - Lovers. Loners. Losers. (12")

CA$30.00

For fans of: Raein, Jeanne, and Oshera.

Croatia’s best screamo band is finally here with their debut LP. Released by Dingleberry and Shove Records.

12” on black, red, or pink vinyl with lyric insert. 10 songs.

Listen here:
https://malisabahat.bandcamp.com/album/lovers-loners-losers

Color:

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ØJNE - Prima Che Tutto Bruci (12")

CA$32.50

For fans of: Rainmaker, Raein, and Shibuya.

Italy’s biggest current screamo band’s first incredible full length. Released by Shove Records. ONLY 1 COPY IN STOCK!!!

12” on black vinyl with lyric insert. 8 songs.

Listen here:
https://ojne.bandcamp.com/album/prima-che-tutto-bruci

PIANOS BECOME THE TEETH - Old Pride (12")

CA$32.50

For fans of: Touche Amore, La Dispute, and Frameworks.

The arguably best release from this band.

12” on white w/pink splatter vinyl with lyric insert. 8 songs.

Listen here:
https://pianosbecometheteeth.bandcamp.com/album/old-pride-2

Our lost box of Clay Birds went back up on the Bandcamp store, but I’ve moved a couple of extra copies to all stores. U.S. store linked here. Canada/International store linked here. Bandcamp below.

Sininen’s ‘I was recently upset’ was just released on Tomb Tree. Featuring two members of Via Fondo, the dense, gorgeous, driving, and atmospheric screamo is second to none.

Shoganai will be our next release on Tuesday July 29th via 53 cassettes, pictured below. 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Fans of Nuvolascura, New Forms, Mahria, and Blind Girls will be all the fuck over this.

Mourn Recif recently played the last BC show for Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead with their OG lineup, and there’s video from each band below. Mourn’s next show is tonight alongside the homies in Coup D’etat and touring acts.

SALLOW MOTH’s ‘Mossbane Lantern’ is the brainchild of Garry Brents of Cara Neir and Gonemage fame (and a bunch of other amazing bands too), and our very own CanaDave shows up on five of the eight tracks. Check out the single below and snag a 12” copy if you’re so inclined.

A friend of mine is going through a tough time, if you have any extra money to help out someone in need then please check out this GoFundMe! Click on the pic below or this text to go there.

Operation X-Ray played those sweet, sweet jams and Piri Reis was played yet again. Revisiting this album always rocks. Tapes in stock!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: A RECORDED DAWN / HOSE = Featuring our very own Josh from Mourn Recif in both bands! Awesome split, ARD above and Hose below.

2025 - 04 - 21 /// Sinema 12"s tomorrow!!!

April 21, 2025 by David Norman

Sinema is tomorrow. TOMORROW! These won’t last so this is your second-to-last reminder to get in the stores before 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST tomorrow April 22nd. ‘After the Flatline’ is /250 all on black 12”s. They also play ZBR Fest and I’m fucking so goddamned excited. Look at that new stage setup!!! (thanks Josh!)

Lastima is releasing on 12” on May 16th via Tomb Tree, and the band has recently released their first single “Al Cerro Ancón”. Tape/cd orders from Liminal Dread Productions open single vinyl releases with album. Wicked post-everything that dabbles in the waters of Respire’s early material with more flute and viola and less trumpet.

Operation X-Ray played heaps of bangers including Blue Youth’s “Defeatist” and Sinema’s “Stutter”. Glad your kid is doing better Andre <3

The amount of incredible press that Avery Friedman’s ‘New Thing’ has received is both prodigious and deserved. Her debut album is up for pre-order on Softseed Music as well as tape from Audio Anti-Hero. Expect a podcast with CanaDave next! Click on the pic above or this text for the full interview with The Line Of Best Fit.

Destroy//Exist did a little write-up for Blue Youth’s only single that can pretty much be applied to the rest of the album. Check it out by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam/buy the ‘Defeatist’ 12”LP below!

Idioteq.com interview/track-by-track with duo Sutras following their ‘The Crisis of Existence’ release on Tomb Tree. Check it out by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam/buy below, and remember it’s a low run of just 35 tapes!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: YA BUNAYYA = I only just heard ‘Beyond the Numeric Time’ by this incredible band. Can’t wait to see what they release next.

2025 - 04 - 18 /// 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!