Ashen Hands out, Reverie x Put Purana 12"s

March 14, 2025 by David Norman

Italy’s Ashen Hands has released their new and absolutely incredible debut EP on Tomb Tree. Tapes are done at the plant and arrive at the Canada store for decorating next week, so expect orders to go out late March/early April. Fans of Lucidity, Joshua Fit For Battle, Danse Macabre, and Trainwreck should be all over this.

The Reverie and Put Purana split 12” is finally in stock. We only got 30 copies across the two stores and bandcamp so don’t sleep for too long. Wicked Italian screamo!

Shibuya pre-orders are up in both stores, and the Tomb Tree bandcamp with two songs and the pre-orders go up on Monday to give the Ashen Hands EP some time to breath. The full release is on May 2nd!

SHIBUYA - Bravura y Firmamento (12")

CA$30.00

*** this is a pre-order and should be shipping in mid-May ***

SHIBUYA ‘Bravura y Firmamento’ 12” LP (TT130)

For fans of: Viva Belgrado, Øjne, Put Pùrana, and Dagerman.

Incredible sophomore LP from this Spanish band. Their ‘Apolo’ album perked up our ears and helping release this was a no-brainer. Not far removed from Raein and La Quiete, these 11 songs go from gorgeous post-rock to intense screamo, sometimes in the same song! Full release on Tomb Tree May 2nd.

Vinyl /300: 150 on pink marble & 150 on blue, w/insert. 11 songs.

Listen here:
https://tombtreetapes.bandcamp.com/album/bravura-y-firmamento

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We had some hefty restocks for things like Terry Green, Febuary, Bloom Dream, etc. so get on those asap before we sell out again!

Coup D’etat tapes are long sold out but we’ll make more eventually, and word has it the band has a bunch of new material coming out this year! Check out the Horns Up review of ther debut album by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam it below.

Crossed had a double-feature on the newest Operation X-Ray so check out those bangers. The new record is so good, full release March 21st which is when we will open our orders.

Lower Automation got some love for ‘Strobe Light Shadow Play’ from Monsters and Critics. 12”s still in stock. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ROTTING IN DIRT = Oh hell yes new EP and it’s stellar. Check out their ZBR Fest performance below!

2024 - 12 - 23 /// Die Princess Die released + Canada Post strike is over

December 23, 2024 by David Norman

Die Princess Die has released. Storytime! In 2004 CanaDave bought the Microwave Says To The Pacemaker 2×7” comp and discovered Die Emperor Die and promptly searched for and ordered a full length from Interpunk. When the album showed up and he inspected it closer, he realized that it was a different band altogether. Having already spent the money he gave it a spin and was pleasantly surprised. So he gave it a few more spins and realized that the album was pure fucking genius. Fast forward 20 years and CanaDave was still pushing this rather obscure band when he happened across the bassist and finally landed this release. Tis pure joy, my friends. Exuberance. Elation. So ZBR proudly presents the DIE PRINCESS DIE 'Discography' with brand new art from Boris Hager and all the tracks, sweat, yellin', glitches, groove, and noise that you could ever want from a band you've likely never heard of. Only 52 copies were made over three variants plus test dips. Imagine if Indian Summer drank an entire bottle of whiskey and freaked out to Slint. Best.

The Canada Post strike over! It didn’t get the end I was hoping for though, as the government ordered the workers back and nothing was solved. Regardless, the post offices are fucking jammed with holiday shipments and over a month of backlog. Therefore I will prepare all the orders by Tuesday but wait until later next week to bring them to the post office in an attempt at minimizing lost packages and general fuckups as the postal service will be utterly bombarded.

On December 31st Zampler #24 is coming. Around 10 previously unreleased tracks and new art from Lucca Cassandra from Split Silk. Here’s the previous Zampler!

Another little update is the GreenBlueGrey and Black Nails/Sharp Teeth premiere from This Noise Is Ours. Will there be boxes from Vamonos Tapes? You betcha! Here’s the premiere, art, and a peek at one of the variants. Full release on December 27th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on just 48 cassettes. Click the pic above or this text to go to the premiere.

Vile from Kid Feral was on the OMSB podcast which you should check out. Link to the full podcast by clicking this text. Listen directly to the podcast below. Jam the ‘Headlights EP’ above.

Lower Automation’s full set was recently recorded at The Runoff so please check that out and pick up a copy of their latest EP ‘This Is My Deathbed’, and we even still have a few final copies of the ‘Strobe Light Shadow Play’ 12”LP.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: FINNSKRAMZ = This Finnish screamo compilation just came out with 16 unreleased tracks and it’s amaaaaaaaaaazing.

2024 - 10 - 13 /// Nuvolascura cds on Monday!

October 13, 2024 by David Norman

We’ve made cds of the two Nuvolascura full lengths (100 of each) alongside the band, but we’ve only got 25 of each! These release on Monday in both stores and our bandcamp, then it’s prep time before we absolutely pummel you with amazingness in November with new Senza, new Concealer, and new Gxllium!

This store got another distro update, this time with a lot of rando stuff and updates on long sold out releases. Definitely check our bandcamp for final copies shed by CanaDave including Iwroteyourhaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook, Rainmaking, Blind Girls, In Loving Memory, and Komuso/Setsuko. There’s also a bunch of ZBR pencils & single items from Wax Vessel that we got some extra copies of, including the ZBR->WV logo switch shirt! All of those items are in the new items/special are…linked to this sentence.

Gxllium! has a new EP dropping on Oct 15th! OMSB is premiering “Axel Peart” right now! Tapes from yours truly at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on said date. Click this text or the pic above for the full post!

Crowning + Oaktails have their final show in Japan tonight. New release is out.. Split tapes a comin’…probably late November, maybe early December.

Bloom Dream got some hefty and well-deserved love from Heavy Blog Is Heavy in their October roundup. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy that shit below!

The 188th Out Past the Rings is for Infant Island’s ‘Sepulcher’ tape/12”. It’s very dense and goated. Somehow we have one copy of a few variants in stock, get’em before they gone…all linked below!!!

Lower Automation got some love from Score AV, check out the review linked to this text and jam/buy below! The blue swirls are now hella low.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: ENVY = I put this here in case you somehow missed that that longest running screamo band just released a banger of a new album.

2024 - 08 - 16 /// rest of August

August 16, 2024 by David Norman

A quick weekender to tide you over till next week, but first a quickie schedule:

Monday August 19th: Edhochuli ‘Higherlander’ 12” second press

Friday August 23rd: Hillsboro cassette EP on Softseed Music

Monday August 26th: ZBR Fest VHS take 2

This fest talk is coinciding perfectly with our single-band fest videos that have started popping up on Youtube and now include some bonus jams! First up, Naedr and Gxllium!!! Keep an eye on our channel to get all the latest videos as they premeire.

Riversleem visited CanaDave as the final part of their first West Coast tour. Idioteq.com also bumped that sick bowling music video. Click on this text for the full article and music video. Below are some pics of the band <3

Closet Witch music video is out on Youtube give that thing a jam, get destroyed, then buy the 12”.

Edie from Middle Man Records and Coma Regalia is in a tough spot. Let’s be honest, funding other people’s art is fucking hard. We definitely know. If Edie has ever released any of your music please consider giving money to her gofundme (or even if she hasn’t) and we can help her reach their goal to cut ties with their creditors. Click on this text or the pic above to give.

Equalizing Distort has been playing lots of cool shit lately and their July 21st episode is no different. Check out Lower Automation and Animal Faces by clicking on this text.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: NORFAIR = Sick new Michigan screamo!

2024 - 05 - 21 /// welcome to Lower Automation & Constrain releases!

May 21, 2024 by David Norman

Nuvolascura cds are next, if you caught them on their most recent tour around ZBR Fest you’ll know these new compilation cds exist. The band took 70, we have 30. They sold all of their copies already so pick one up once they drop on May 28th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST

Lower Automation’s new EP ‘Welcome To My Deathbed’ was released yesterday! We still have some tapes in stock on some gorgeous variants. The Core And Co blog reviewed the album, translate to English if need be. Click on this text to go there!

Constrain’s new EP ‘Welcome To Club Vampire’ has just released on Tomb Tree over 53 tapes. This thing is chockfull of metalcore and sassy metallic hardcore goodness. Amazing screams, massive breakdowns, and panic chords aplenty. P.S. the tapes look sick af.

Gossip’s 10”EP ‘Coals of Juniper’ continues to get the highest of praise, this time from This Noise Is Ours. We’re still in the midst of shipping out all our shit but will have promo pics of these up later this week or next week at the latest. They look amazing.

Big Water (featuring members of Horseboy, Missouri Executive Order 44, Leg Yield, etc.) got a ZBR Roster Review series plug. The stores might have like 1 copy left. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam that shit below.

Demersal’s video premiere went up around the time of ZBR Fest so we didn’t get to share it properly. Here it is, complete with commentary by the band! Click on this text to go there.

Operation X-Ray premiered a Lower Automation track last week as well as a buncha other awesome shit. If you aren’t listening to this program every Friday then you are missing out on so many amazing bands.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: OMSORG = New four-song EP from these Danish post-hardcore/screamo vets.