ZBR Chillums + Athousandangelsandseven premiere

January 16, 2025 by David Norman

Glass Wars Phase #1. Chillums are out and limited to 40 over both stores. $3USD / $5CAD. US store link here!!!

ZBR CHILLUM - mini pipe (one-hitter)

CA$5.00

Superior screamo. Superior merch. Larry would never.

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Click here for the Not Just A Phase premiere for “Clipped Wings”!

Athousandangelsandseven got an second/final premiere for “Clipped Wings” over at Not Just A Phase. Full release of this behemoth is Jan 27th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on a mere 50 tapes. 7”s to follow. Click on the picture above or this text to go to the premiere. Jam another song below on the Zampler!

Out Past the Rings is back with a double-episode featuring a ZBR and a Tomb Tree release! Featured are Emma Goldman, Almanac Man, Abandoncy, and Bighand//BigKnife on the ‘Solicitude’ 7” split as well as DSGNS and their ‘Ceremony’ cassette EP.

Coup D’etat got a helluva review from Everything Is Noise. Tapes are sold out from the band, this store, and bandcamp but the US store has a handful left! Click here or the pic above for the review. Jam/buy the last copies below.

Click here for the full list and ticket sales!

ZBR Fest on Brooklyn Vegan, tickets still available. 10 more bands announcing soon! Click here for the tour news roundup which also serves as a link to buy tickets.

Opheliac just released their first music video! This song precedes the album that Softseed released which we still have copies of. Ex-Burial Etiquette!

Click here for the full list of reviews!

Edhochuli got some love from Toilet OV Hell in their Itty Bitty Ditties. Click on the pic above or the this text to go there. Jam/buy some final 12” copies below!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: I’M SORRY EMIL = This new EP is awesome and has been on repeat in my house.

2025 - 01 - 13 /// Återstod + Meißel released

January 13, 2025 by David Norman

The Återstod / Meißel split cassette just released! This incredible new material by both bands (and debut from Återstod) is limited to a very small amount of tapes (77 to be exact), with a mere 40 being in the ZBR stores.

Early bird tickets sold out in a few hours. 100 regular priced 2-day passes still available but dwindling!!!

CanaDave did an interview with Idioteq.com about the history of the Zampler series. Lots of new info you didn’t know (and probably never needed to) as well as thoughts on the previously unreleased tracks that showed up on the 24th edition titled ‘Remember Your Training’. Click on the pic above or this text to go to the interview, jam the Zampler below.

CanaDave interviewed Johnny Whitney from The Blood Brothers just 10 days after their reunion tour finished. Lotsa wicked info in there in addition to some great song choices and how the band helped spawn Zegema Beach Records! Click on this text for the full post or just listen/download below.

The Operation X-Ray Best of Screamo/Skramz released last Friday and it’s literally bursting with amazingness. We got too many artists on their to list <3

Horns Up reviewed Senza in their most recent roundup. Read all about it by clicking on the pic above or this text. Listen/buy the EP below, we gots a few 12”s left!

Everything Is Noise did their top 85 Albums of 2024 and our very own Burial Etiquette ended up on the massive list. Check it out by clicking on this text or the pic above. Jam it below…but we’re all sold out!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: A RECORDED DAWN = Some Victoria pals of mine released their debut EP. Might see a split with one of CanaDave’s bands in the near future!

2025 - 01 - 10 /// ZBR Fest Wave #1 & Early Bird Tickets

January 10, 2025 by David Norman

ZBR Fest Wave #1 and early bird tickets are live. Holy fucking shit. Click on this text or the pic above to go to ZBRfest.com. 100 early bird deals, 100 regular 2-day passes. Check the slide show below for more info.

The Återstod / Meißel split cassette releases on Monday on a mere 75 tapes, only 40 of which because CanaDave doesn’t understand math. This is gonna sell out pretty quickly I reckon. Amazing stuff from Sweden (Återstod is Henning from Suis La Lune) and Germany. Jam a song from each band below on the new Zampler. Variants pictured above.

Braininavat is the next Tomb Tree release on February 7th, but you can jam the wicked first single premiere from their debut/self-titled EP! Simultaneously chaotic and groovy, the band features members of CityCop, Lowmeninyellowcoats, Griphook, etc. and is for fans of Bravo Fucking Bravo, Daniel Striped Tiger, and Llewelyn. Click on this text or the pic above for the full premiere post.

Operation X-Ray busted out their best Noise Rock & Post Punk episode and that sonuvagun featured our very own Lower Automation and their latest EP ‘Welcome to My Deathbed’ which we still have some cassette copies of!

This Noise Is Ours featured the new Keratin 7” ‘Death & Rebirth’ in their ZBR Roster Review series. These 50 copies are going pretty quickly (this store sold 80% of their copies in 48 hours) so if epic, noodly screamo is your game you better jump on that shit. Click on the pic above or this text for the review. Jam/buy below.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: THEOPHONOS = This new EP is a reworking of old material and it’s fucking amazing.

2025 - 01 - 07 /// Keratin out, distro update on Wednesday!

January 07, 2025 by David Norman

ZBR Fest 2025 is set for May 2nd-4th with Wave #1 and early bird 2-day passes going up on Friday! Should be $60. Pre-show will be extra at another venue in Chicago. First 10 bands are gonna knock some socks off!!!

There’s a hefty distro update going down tomorrow at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST, more info below.

In case you missed it, Keratin’s ‘Death & Rebirth’ 7”EP released this past Friday and as we’ve only got 50 copies for all of North America I would suggest picking one up now. For fans of Via Fondo, Suis La Lune, and Nionde Plagan.

The Återstod / Meißel split cassette releases in one week on Monday January 13th. 75 tapes, only 40 of which we’ll have as the rest went to the bands. In case you didn’t know Återstod is Henning from Suis La Lune’s new screamo solo project! Jam a song from each band below on the new Zampler (tracks 6 and 15)

Distro update tomorrow with Febuary cds (just a few), Youth Novel 12”s from Dairyland, In Loving Memory/Widowdusk split 7”s and more!!! None of these will be going on bandcamp, they’ll all be in our store under the New Items/Specials section (linked here) and the U.S. store (linked here).

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SAETIA = New Saetia. What is life?

2025 - 01 - 02 /// Zampler #24 released, Keratin tomorrow!

January 06, 2025 by David Norman

Zampler #24 came out on the last day of 2024 and includes a whopping 8 previously unreleased tracks! I know we initially said 9 but one didn’t get finished in time so that might pop up next Zampler. Check out brand new jams from Mourn Recif, Meißel, Blue Youth, Keratin, Återstod, Mahria, Athousandangelsandseven, and Emma Goldman!!! Art by Lucca Cassandra Carver of Split Silk.

Keratin 7”s ‘Death and Rebirth’ releases at a slightly different time than usual as it’s coming from Australia, make sure you’re ready at 2pm PST / 4pm CST / 5pm EST on January 3rd for the drop. We have a mere 50 to cover all of our USA, Canada, and International orders so don’t be sleepin’ in the afternoon! Jam the closing track below.

This Noise Is Ours’ last review of the year was the Othiel/Palefade split that straight up was one of the best splits of the year. Tapes are long sold out but we hope to have vinyl of it this year! Click on the pic above or this text for the review and get rocked below.

Adrian’s new Wasse Posse skateboarding video dropped so you know I gotz to share that.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: FATALIST = Got turned on to this band via Edie’s year-end Everything Remade podcast. This EP goes so hard!