2022 - 08 - 07 /// Ensa & Terry Green tapes are coming

***With Terry Green playing the 2022 New Friends Fest and everyone being long sold out of 12”s, the band asked me to make some tapes. Voila! These beauts are very limited and go on sale this Tuesday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST.

***Well if Tuesday at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST is a thing we might as well run with and release our Ensa 12” ‘アラガウ + Demo‘ simultaneously this August 9th, 2022. Japanese screamo/emo-violence/hardcore/neo-crust with a heavy emphasis on “dark” and “pulverizing”. We got 80 copies of this 250 pressing.

***Boxes are still en route for Cara Neir inserts (US bound) and Piri/Euclid/Cara vinyl (Canada bound) so if your order hasn’t shipped…that’s why. The Cara Neir inserts were delayed by the US post so there’s nothing we can do there. CanaDave was on vacation until recently so we purposefully shipped the vinyl box to Canada to show up upon his arrival back home. If tracking is to be believed all the Canada orders should be out by August 11th except Euclid which arrives on the 15th.

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Here’s the Cuck music video for “Worship The Uniform”. Tapes still available. OMSB Podcast with Lana coming this week!

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Full variant reveal later this week!

The (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) blog posted a massive review of the Blind Girls show in Kitchener/Waterloo at The Button Factory on July 28th, 2022. The Australian band’s full set is posted along with a full set from Yearning and single-song videos from Sonagi, Botfly, and Basque. We made some beautiful swirl tapes for the tour and will posting ours on Saturday August 20th, our last day before a much needed 2-week breather. Then September happens and ya’ll gonna be flipping out. Click on this text to go to the review!

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Local besties Crowning are up after another substantial break (cuz of life) the ZBR Fest Mid-West 2022 videos from the June 11th Day 1 are about halfway through and will coming every other day!

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Last week’s Operation X-Ray is now live with jams from Cara Neir, Yearning, and Cuck!

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: EDITH PIKE = This Denver band released this sick 4-song EP less than a week back. Great stuff!

2022 - 08 - 01 /// 'Phantasmal' copies dwindling, CanaDave still on "vacation"

CARA NEIR’s ‘Phantasmal’ popped off! About 85% of our stock is gone, with only Hellfire Rex swirls left. Buuuuuuuut, if you order a Hellfire Rex Swirl you have about a 1 in 10 chance of winning a handmade variant! Hooray for rando insertions to help level the playing field. If you click on this text you can read a review one of the songs by Machine Music.

Please remember that CanaDave is still on vacation so the Euclid, Piri, and Cara won’t be shipping until the 2nd week of August.

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CanaDave tagged along with Australia’s Blind Girls for their 2nd date in Canada and recorded/documented the destruction…and the heat. Live videos by Blind Girls, Basque, Stay Down, and Menial Rips. More shows coming! Click on this text or the picture below to go to the (((((OPENmind/SATURATEDbrain))))) post!

Click on this picture to go to the review/videos!!!

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After a substantial break (cuz of shows/covid) the ZBR Fest Mid-West 2022 videos from the June 11th Day 1 are rolling back out again. Here is a punishing video from the 4th band of the night, the almighty Horsewhip!

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: UN AUTOMNE DE PLUS = I’ve been following this band for years and they just released another album spanning 15 minutes in 5 tracks. Somewhere between punk, screamo and post-rock.

2022 - 07 - 25 /// New Cara Neir song premiere

You want a decent taste of Cara Neir’s ‘Phantasmal’? Well hot deeeee-amn just click on this text to head on over to Heavy Blog Is Heavy to jam “Unkindness”, an exclusive premiere of this behemoth of a track. 12”s release July 29th at 9am PST / 11am CST /12pm EST. Remember, only one copy of each variant allowed per order buuuuuuut if you order a Hellfire Rex Swirl you have about a 1 in 10 chance of winning a handmade variant! Hooray for rando insertions to help level the playing field. Here are the variants again :)

Hellfire Rex Swirl /150 (shown below)

Health Points Infinity /100 (shown above)

Save Data Corrupted by Portals Wax Mage /25 (picture imminent)

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Ex-Swallows Nest aka Cuck from Dunedin, New Zealand release their self-titled debut tomorrow and it’s full-on cathartic joy disguised as sniped rage. Tapes go up at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on July 26th.

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ZBR Fest Mid-West 2022 videos from the June 11th Day 1 are definitely moving along now. Here are two videos (the 2nd and 3rd bands of the night. Pains was without a doubt the heaviest set of the entire fest. Get fucked.

Next? The Wind In The Trees from Baltimore just ruining the place. I dunno how the hell they write that shit. Also, Dave is hella nice.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: CHARGER PORT = I was shown this last night by the musician who makes it and I shat my pants. Expect this EP to release on tapes via Softseed Music in the near future! FFO: Hella, Ahleuchatistas, Tera Melos, etc.

2022 - 07 - 22 /// 'Phantasmal' variant titles

Cara Neir’s ‘Phantasmal’ is coming up very, very, VERY SOON. July 29th to be exact. We’ve got 150 of the primary variant, 100 handmades, and 25 wax mages going up at 9am PST / 11am CST /12pm EST. Only one copy of each variant allowed per order. 16 tracks of hardcore/grind/black-metal/chip-tune/noise/screamo bliss continue the 'Phase Out’ trilogy, this one being horror-themed and ominous as fuck. We’ve got a song premiere happening over the weekend and variant pics coming next week! Until then here are the variant names, which give you a good idea of what the wax might look like :)

Hellfire Rex Swirl /150

Health Points Infinity /100

Save Data Corrupted by Portals Wax Mage /25

And what’s that? Rando insertions? You bet your ass. As we have this entire run we can help out those who can’t score a coveted mage or handmade (the infinity splatter). What the hell am I talking about? Well, rando insertions are our way of evening the playing field and having about 1 in every 10 primary switched out for an infinity or mage variant at no extra cost. So if you miss on drop day, fret not! Your odds of getting one in the “rando insertion” is probably just as high as scoring on the madness known as 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST.

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Idioteq.com premiered another Cuck song from their self-titled debut due out June 26th. Check out “Eat Dirt” below or click on this text for the full song premiere post. Unreal powerviolence from ex-members of Swallows Nest.

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ZBR Fest Mid-West 2022 videos from the June 11th Day 1 are officially rolling out as of today! First up is opener Scenario who put out a sick 12”EP on Zegema Beach and The Ghost Is Clear last year (which is still in stock and linked to this text) and although it’s a great fuckin’ EP, their live show was next level. That kind of energy is generally reserved for the locals on release night or a big band coming through on tour…not the opener. Those riffs are so fucking yummy.

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There’s a really good review of the ‘Ritma’ full length by Piri Reis by the blog Junklist. All the labels sold out in a few days so we’ll be doing a repress as soon as possible. Thank you to everyone who bought a copy or even just took time to jam a song. We’ll be seeing this all over the Best Of 2022 lists for sure. Click on this text for the review.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: TERRAFORMER = This previously instru-metal band gained a vocalist then got really fucking heavy and mixed it up a bit with some From A Second Story Window vibes. New music video!