Podcasts, Interviews, & Bandcamp updates

November 27, 2023 by David Norman

CanaDave spent the week scrounging through old boxes and his once stupid personal variant collection in order to update the ZBR Bandcamp stock with tons of long sold-out and in some cases never before seen variants!!! Click this text to go there. Crowning and Dave Cullen come back tonight so US orders will start shipping again mid-late this week as he attempts to shed the regret of post-tour life. During our little break Onewaymirror 12”s finished up so those should be ready for sale mid-December. Othiel’s 12”LP releases this Friday! Get stoked. Not stoked enough? Podcast. Too stoked? Podcast. Embedded below or click on the pic above to go to the full post.

Idioteq.com did a massive 12-band Coma Regalia cover compilation interview! We’ve got about 25% of our stock left and would love to clear it out and send Edie the last of the money (first chunk already sent). You can read up on it by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam/buy below.

Obroa-skai got some serious understanding and praise from DIY Conspiracy. We released ‘Science Progresses One Funeral at a Time’ recently so be sure to jam it below. You can go to the review by clicking on this text or the pic above.

Llewelyn’s amazingly versatile and kickass new EP ‘Disposable Culture’ did a track-by-track interview with none other than our rock Idioteq.com which you can access by clicking on this text or the pic above. Jam/buy it in all its gloriousnessness below. Yes, that is a word.

CanaDave made some ridiculous new shapes in the Out Past the Rings for New Forms’ debut EP ‘I don’t want to live my life again’. With the new LP dropping but a month ago, this was impeccable timing! There is one copy left below!!!

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NEW FORMS - I don't want to live my life again (cassetteEP)

CA$17.50

NEW FORMS - I don’t want to live my life again (cassetteEP) (ZBR178)

For fans of: Ampere, Loma Prieta, Dim Into Dross and Capsule.

I loved it. You loved it. The internet publication Deli Magazine loved it. And for all these reasons we needed to do a second pressing. Chaotic, claustrophobic, cathartic. Any adjective that begins with C describes this release. "I don't want to live my life again" fills all the space in the room the way bands like Ampere, Capsule, and Loma Prieta do. And we have two options because we know you love options A gorgeous fully enclosed O-card with a new murky blue/green/yellow color scheme and dark blue cassette. download code included. Or standard Jcard with pink/blue swirl cassette that matches the art. download code included.

48 on blue w/o-card
20 on pink/blue swirl

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-dont-want-to-live-my-life-again

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: JORNADA DEL MUERTO = This full length came out earlier this month and kicks major butt.

2023 - 11 - 20 /// Dave Cullen Goes To Mexico

November 20, 2023 by David Norman

First and foremost, please have patience with the US store as there will be no shipping until December while Dave from Crowning/ZBR USA is on tour in Mexico. When he gets back it’s time for the Othiel drop and by god it’s a fucking killer debut 12”LP that fans of Crowning will fall head over heels for.

Obroa-skai has been getting mad love and it’s pretty obvious why. Genre-bending hardcore from Edmonton featuring ex-members of Mahria and Rayleigh! Flowers of evil and the upside down recently reviewed ‘Science Progresses One Funeral at a Time’ which you can read by clicking this text or the pic above. Jam that shit below and pick up a 12” if you’re so inclined!

Closet Witch’s album continues to kick ass globally. They’ve gone on hiatus but are still gonna be cranking out music videos until the end of the year! Metalorgie recently reviewed the album at the top of their Closet Witch band profile, linked to this text or you can click on the pic above.

We did the cassettes for the Meth. debut LP ‘Mother of Red Light’ so it’s high time for Out Past the Rings. (listen to it here) This 177th installment comes less than a few months before the release of 2024’s ‘SHAME’ on Prosthetic Records.

METH. - Mother of Red Light (cassetteLP)

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METH. - Mother of Red Light (cassetteLP)

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METH. - Mother of Red Light (cassetteLP) (ZBR177)

For fans of: Daughters, Black Nail and .gif from god

We are elated to bring you the eagerly anticipated and highly incredible debut LP from Chicago’s experimental hardcore/screamo/noise project METH. by way of a cassette version of Prosthetic Records’ 12” vinyl (with alternate artwork and beautiful variants!). These 9 songs span the spectrum of nightmares and do so with equal parts new Daughters and Me And Him Call It Us, creating a truly unique, uncomfortable and intense journey in more than 40 minutes.

1st run: 100 tapes over 3 variants w/j-card. 9 songs.
20 on white
20 ZBR pre-order exclusive (4 color sets, 5 copies each)
60 red/white/black marble swirl

2nd run: 46, 28 on Fire swirl, 8 on Ice swirl, 5 mystery swirls and 5 test dips.

Listen here:
https://methil.bandcamp.com/album/mother-of-red-light

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: A MOURNING STAR = This band from Vancouver BC ruined me at the Thank You Driver release show, and the LP doesn’t disappoint. For fans of: Poison The Well, Thank You Driver, Beneath The Ashes, etc.

2023 - 11 - 18 /// Obroa-skai is out!

November 18, 2023 by David Norman

Obroa-skai’s mind-altering ‘Science Progresses One Funeral at a Time’ is out now! Truly an immersive, jarring, and emotional experience. 12”s and digital release are available and shipping. We only made 100 and probably sold half of our stock in the first 24 hours.

Closet Witch’s string of reviews may have concluded for the time being, but if any more pop up we’ll be sure to include them here. I do believe we’ll have another music video coming out on December 4th, so keep an eye out and fer cripes sake pick up this absolutely stellar album!!! Click on the pic above or this text to go to the Heavy Pop review.

Vibora’s ‘Zaldi Beltza’ continues to turn heads. Horns Up caught wind of this band and gave them a nice little review amidst some other great artists. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy that shit below!

Operation X-Ray Obroa-Skai and a premiere of an Othiel song!

ZBR the 300th is finishing up, we got an email yesterday. I reckon a January release, split between ourselves and Dog Knights. Gonna be so epic.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: HORSEBOY = Good lord this is amazing. Pretty sure it’s members of Leg Yield, Big Water, and Canyons.

2023 - 11 - 15 /// 'Science Progresses One Funeral at a Time' 12"s on Friday!

November 15, 2023 by David Norman

Obroa-skai 12”s are in hand and release/ship this Friday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST! We did 100 on eco-mix (in this case it turned out blue-ish green) including a two-sided lyrical insert. We’ve got another distro item that’ll coincide with this release, get your cart ready! Also check out that Durell (drums: Obroa-skai, Mahria) podcast with Edie of Everything Remade, Coma Regalia, Middle Man Records, etc.

Closet Witch continues to dominate the review sections, this time in Eklektik Rock! Snag yourself a 12” because Closet Witch rules, landing on both Dave’s top 10 of 2023. Click on the pic above or this text to go there.

Euclid C Finder! and their debut full length is a thing of beauty, and once again Eklektik Rock took notice! Click on the pic above or this text to go there.

There’s not much other news that is publicly available, so thanks for reading and here’s some info! Firstly, I just ordered the Our Future Is An Absolute Shadow 12”LP so that’ll 100% come out in January, probably in the middle of it. Secondly, the plant is showing that Onewaymirror should be completed late December so I’d expect them to go up for sale super early in January. Thirdly, I have no clue when the 300th ZBR release will finish up, but I can say it’s a European emo-violence from years past and it’s co-released with Dog Knights. Mages? Yup.

Also in December = mages of a sold-out release (pictured below), full Othiel 12” release, full Inosuke digital release, Gifts From Enola tape boxset, Zampler #22

Crowning are playing this absolute knock-out of a show a short time before our fest in Chicago.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: LOVE SPIRAL = I know I’ve seen this before but it seemed to get lost in the shuffle, and luckily I stumbled across it again yesterday and managed to download it. Amazing stuff.

2023 - 11 - 13 /// Obroa-skai podcast

November 13, 2023 by David Norman

Obroa-skai’s newest member and second guitarist Chris Djuric took some time to talk to CanaDave on the OMSB Podcast. That officially makes every Obroa member comin’ on an OMSB Podcast, so I’ve embedded those under Chris’. ‘Science Progresses One Funeral at a Time’ releases in full this Friday November 17th on 100 12”LPs. Click on this text for the OMSB post or just listen below.

Closet Witch gettin’ more love, this time from Wonderbox Metal! The buy links for our 12”s are on the embedded bandcamp link below. We’ve also got some Moment Of Collapse variants on the way, and keep your eyes peeled for more music videos! Click on this text or the pic above to go to the review.

Vi Som Älskade Varandra Så Mycket’s second and ridiculously amazing gatefold 12” ‘Det onda. Det goda. Det vackra. Det fula.’. Watch above and/or listen below. Black 12” copies and a few cassettes still remain!!!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: VESSELS CAST FROM CRIPPLED HANDS + DESTROYER DESTROYER = ‘The Spiderbear Tales’ is a righteous good time, and the complete opposite of the two bands in the most recent Out Past the Rings.