Release on Friday!

June 21, 2023 by David Norman

In Loving Memory is currently on fire. After getting back together for some reunion shows, the members hit it off, remixed/remastered ‘As Years Pass and Feel Like Seconds’, aaaaaaand they wrote a new EP which comes out next month on ZBR tapes (music video on June 30th!). The cassettes for their first full length release this Friday June 23rd from Zegema Beach, and sometime later from Illuminate My Heart Records (they are in the process of moving). Feel free to take a gander at the variants above, we made 150 total. Friday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST

On June 27th the U.S. store will have a massive distro update, with this Canadian/International store having a minor distro update. Tons of stuff from Graf Orlock, The Ghost Is Clear Records, Dingleberry Records, No Funeral, etc. Some of the US stuff will be of already posted products in this store so take a quick gander below to see a small selection of what’s gonna pop up soon…

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NIDARE - Von Wegen (12")

For fans of: Hope Drone, Rha., Nic (the band with no name) and Niboowin.

Imported from Germany because this album fucking rules, we managed to snag a bunch of the rare/gorgeous merge! Amazing blackened screamo! Released on Through Love Records.

12” on white/black bone merge vinyl with screen-printed outer sleeve /100. 6 songs.

Listen here:
https://throughloverec.bandcamp.com/album/von-wegen-2

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ABRE LOS OJOS - Les morts sont invisibles mais ils ne sont pas absents (12")

For fans of: Aussitot Mort, Envy and Amanda Woodward.

Epic, crusty, French screamo. Released on Dingleberry Records.

12” on red vinyl. 2 long-ass songs.

Listen here:
https://abrelosojos.bandcamp.com/track/les-morts-sont-invisibles-mais-ils-ne-sont-pas-absents-face-a

GROS ENFANT MORT - La banalité du mal (12

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GROS ENFANT MORT - La banalité du mal (12")

For fans of: Daitro and Young Mountain.

Awesome sophomore LP from this French solo project. Released on Dingleberry Records.

12” on black vinyl w/yellow splatter with lyric insert. 9 songs.

Listen here:
https://grosenfantmort.bandcamp.com/album/la-banalit-du-mal-2

VÆGTLØS - Kakofoni (7")

For fans of: Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket and Suffocate For Fuck Sake

Dark yet beautiful and engaging, these two tracks cross the line between blackened hardcore and post-rock.

7” on black vinyl. 2 songs.

Listen here:
https://vaegtlos.bandcamp.com/album/kakofoni

CanaDave did another Out Past the Rings, the 162nd, for the short-lived west coast project Valtiel. One tape left. May or may not come with laryngitis.

Who was one of the most talked about bands post-fest? Mouthing. Without a doubt. This shroud of mystery ruined everyone for about 15 minutes. Here’s some jams. Somehow we have a few tapes left. 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: VENUS TWINS = These friends detonated the last night of ZBR Fest and just finished a sick 11-day run with Heavenly Blue. They are the fucking bomb.

2023 - 06 - 19 /// In Loving Memory is this Friday!

June 19, 2023 by David Norman

First off, Faffle and Vault are over. Thank you so much for your support and enthusiasm! Winner emails have been sent out. All orders go out this week.

In Loving Memory’s remix/remaster tapes for ‘As Years Pass and Feel Like Seconds’ are done and ready for release on Friday June 23rd from Zegema Beach and Illuminate My Heart Records. Pictured above is the primary swirl, with the other variants revealing on Wednesday. The band is actively booking shows and making new music so that’s fucking sick.

Massa Nera premiered another killer music video from their ‘Derramar Querer Borrar’ full length, this time for “A Faint Goodbye”, via Brooklyn Vegan. We are definitely dwindling on some variants (with others already being sold out) and the band is also on tour in less than two months with Quiet Fear and Habak on their road to New Friends Fest. Poster below! Click on this text or the pic above for the video premiere.

Here’s a friendly reminder that we did some new runs for .gif from god’s ‘Digital Red’ as well as both Nuvolascura full lengths. They’re all in the US store as well, and for the Nuvo tapes we have a super limited amount so we already sold half of our stock last week.

.GIF FROM GOD - Digital Red (cassetteEP)

.GIF FROM GOD - Digital Red (cassetteEP)

.GIF FROM GOD - Digital Red (cassetteEP) (ZBR321)

For fans of: Me And Him Call It Us, Meth., and Brazen Bull

Well holy effing crap we’re here again. Another ridiculous .GIF FROM GOD release and another ZBR variation of the Prosthetic release. This one’s much more limited than our previous offerings, coming on just 134 tapes with the band taking 75 of those. The six-piece’s growth has seen the band get ever tighter while shifting into a dirtier, darker, more nightmarish realm not unlike Meth.’s EP material. It’s straight-up a shock to the senses.

134 cassettes: 65 on ‘pink cow’s meow’ swirl, 34 on ‘digital guts’ swirl, 20 on ‘flaming swirl’, 10 on pink/blue halfsies, and 5 test dips w/matching swirl case. 6 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/digital-red

NUVOLASCURA - Nuvolascura (cd/cassette/12

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

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

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

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

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

Holy shit Nerver fucking rocked the upstairs SubT as the first band up there, blasting out pretty much all of my fave Nerver shit. 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: ? = Atlanta-based project is some sick atmospheric blackgaze. That first jam has Blue Noise, early Deafheaven, Sickle Eater, Somn, and Hope Drone written all over it.

2023 - 06 - 14 /// .gif from god + Final Vault update

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!

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

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.

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

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"LP)

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

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

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

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")

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

ERETIA - Quietud (12")

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")

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

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GROS ENFANTS MORT - Gros Enfants Mort (12")

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 - 06 - 09 /// .gif from god and Nuvolascura tapes next week!

June 09, 2023 by David Norman

Our pals in .gif from god asked if we could make more tapes for 'their ‘Digital Red’ tour as their Prosthetic Records versions sold out. Obviously we said yes and got the okay from Prosthetic, so on June 14th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST we’ll release the tapes alongside the streaming-only digitals on our bandcamp. Check out the variants above and please go see the band on tour if able to.

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!

First off, THE VAULT OPENS TOMORROW!!! Then just over a week until the Faffle concludes and the raffle draw goes down! All of CanaDave’s extra mage, handmade, stupid fancy, and test press 12”s will be raffled off for the last time on June 15th at 6pm PST / 8pm CST / 9pm EST live on Instagram! Every other day or so we’ll update with pics of stuff that will be in the Faffle…like the pictured Lower Automation nebula 12”! There’s more comin’, but snag some tickets below if you’re already starting to salivate. Each ticket gets you one step closer to winning an item on the Faffle wheel, and if you win your remaining tickets are taken out. We’ll start with the crowdpleasing mages, followed by hand-mades, stupid fancies, and then the last couple test presses (one of which hasn’t been released yet!). Winners have to pay shipping.

CanaDave is workin’ his ass off getting The Vault ready for it’s June 10th opening (it closes June 15th at 6pm PST, same as the Faffle deadline). Like last time, it will house a bunch of personal copies of tapes, vinyl, t-shirts, cds, stickers, and posters that have either been sold out for a long time or were never posted for sale. These products will appear in a “The Vault" tab which will become visible one June 10th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST at the top navigation column of this website (up there with ZBR News, Canada/International Store, U.S.A. Store, etc. Remember this happens tomorrow!!!

CanaDave also received a hefty box of distro from Dingleberry Records of new records and sold out stuff, so that’ll all update in the New Items/Distro section of this store on Sunday…but some stuff is already up now! Click on this text to check them out!

CanaDave’s blog (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) recently posted a podcast with Justin Smith of Graf Orlock, Ghostlimb, Sweat, Dangers, and Vitriol Records. If you wanna hear Dave in constant awe check it out by click on the pic above or this text. Stream it directly below.

Gossip traveled a long way to play the pre-show, and holy moly am I glad they did cuz they were incredible. Super supportive people to boot. 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!

Olth got an excellent review from our pals at Borderline Fuckup. There are two backup tapes that will go on sale tomorrow in THE VAULT so if you missed out def jump on those. Click on this text or the pic above for the review.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: BARQUE = We’ve been following this band for years so their dissolution comes with great sadness. At least we got pre-production demos of their final work!