Fainting Dreams premiere + ZBR Fest 2026 is one month away!!!

April 04, 2026 by David Norman

Fainting Dreams releases in full on Monday April 6th but New Noise has a full EP premiere going down right now! The incredible mixture of gorgeous bits and crushing, posty black metal is untouchable but will definitely appease fans of Oathbreaker, Chelsea Wolfe, Shedfromthebody, and Deafheaven. Click on the pic above or this text for the full premiere. Jam their previous (and softer) album below.

Concealer came out and, as predicted, sold out same day. ‘This Room Could Be Heaven’ ripped up the scene immediately and I promise you’ll be seeing way more of them in the future. You can check out No Clean Singing’s ‘Things You May Have Missed But Shouldn’t’ list which is linked above and to this text. Jam the album below, but sadly, no more vinyl until it’s repress time.

Today’s ZBR Fest 2026 Profile Feature is for Jisei! Featuring members/ex-members of Androgyne, Lord Wrought, Sissy XO, and Emma Goldman and have been kicking ass around here for the better part of half-a-decade. Here’s a clip of them at the Coup D’etat release show, and you can click on this text to get tickets to the fest !!!

The second half of the Everything Remade podcast aired (part I is linked here) with Adam of Carrion Spring! Another great listen, embedded above. Jam the album below and catch them at the ZBR Fest pre-show AND the main fest!

Speaking of Jisei, CanaDave will be in attendance at the the above show with distro in hand. Hope to see you there! Josh from Wollruss also plays in Csilla’s Star Is Gone and the Wollruss drummer Max is in Pet Retina! Also, a member of Mourn Recif (Drue/bass) plays in Internal Dialogue so check out this show below if you can.

March’s Anti-Fascist Scrub from Toilet OV Hell rounded up our very own Dagerman for their list. Love it. Click on the pic above or this text to go there. Jam/buy below.

Thought I’d post this Wollruss video from our most recent show. Twas fun.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: PASTEL = This Italian band has new music on the way, including this first music video linked below.

Click here for discounted two-day passes!

2026 - 3 - 30 /// ZBR Fest single day passes x Concealer tomorrow!

March 30, 2026 by David Norman

Single Day tickets now available! These can be accessed by clicking on the poster of the day you want below. 2-day pass and pre-show passes are linked to this text.

Click here for Saturday aka Day One tickets!

Click here for Sunday aka Day Two tickets!

Great news! Vibora has arrived in the U.S.A. so we’ll get those out to everyone asap, but please remember that the US has to send more copies to Canada for some orders so everyone’s should be in transit in April! Soastasphrenas also showed up but it’s only partially here so most copies can’t go out yet, but we’re working on it!

So in less than 24 hours the Concealer 12”LP ‘This Room Could Be Heaven’ releases! Tuesday March 31st at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on 250 vinyl (although 100 copies are with the band and we already sold half of our copies during the pre-order) so if you are late you will 100% miss out on this first pressing. They just released an interview with Idioteq.com which you can access by clicking on the pic above or this text. Jam the first three singles here which is also where all the store links will show up on release day!

Today’s ZBR Fest 2026 Profile Feature is for Clay Birds who not only rocked the fest last year, but are playing both the pre-show AND the main fest this year! Yep, they’re that good. They’re also awesome people so that always helps. They released a wicked EP last year on ZBR and play a very original concoction of emo, screamo, hardcore, and rock. Click on this text to get tickets to the fest and see them live!!!

Carrion Spring had a wicked feature and interview with Idioteq.com about their new album ‘those We’ve Lost and Continue to Lose’. There’s a ton of interesting info about the band, the process, the recording, and how their grief coalesced into something incredible. Click on the pic above or this text to read the full thing. Listen/buy their new album below!

Wollruss played a show last week with some killer bands at the same venue that ZBR Fest is taking place at! Below you can scope some live footage from them alongside Teeth To Your Throat, Often Wrong, and Filigree Silver God.

Click here for the full post including additional links etc.

CanaDave had Nicole aka Mage Tears on the 195th OMSB podcast. Mage Tears is also playing ZBR Fest 2026 so give this podcast a listen, jam her material, and pick up a fest ticket so you can see her slow things down and provide some lanes for introspection. It was an honor talking to her and can’t wait for this new album. Click on the pic above or this text for the full post, or just listen to the podcast below.

Operation X-Ray played a ton of bangers (as per usual) and our very own Dagerman got played as well as Softseed Music’s Hillsboro with a new song off their upcoming album.

Gxllium! isn’t ready yet, and that’s totally cool. It’ll be worth the wait, and while you are waiting pick up this last copy of their previous album on cassette, as it is Today’s Last Fucking Copy. Snag it below or forever hold your peace.

GXLLIUM! - Breakup songs (cassette)

from CA$12.00

GXLLIUM! ‘Breakup songs‘ cassette (ZB369)

For fans of: Me And Him Call It Us, Hayworth, Rex Kwon Do, and .gif rom god

California's GXLLIUM! are back with an exceptionally fresh set of songs featuring a brand new lineup, and these six songs will absolutely floor you. Part chaotic hardcore, part metallic hardcore, part screamo/emo-violence, and a dash of the mosh, the breakdowns, panic chords, and unrelenting screaming will leave you aghast in the best possible way. We got these masters just a few days back so the first tape run was on 37 DIY cassettes (sold out) followed a 2nd/final run of professionally duplicated copies out of 152. EP of the year? You betcha!

Cassettes 1st run /37: 10 on 'Peart's Pearl Swirl', 10 red, 10 transparent yellow, 5 halfsies swirl, and two 'That's My Gold Bar'

Cassettes 2nd run /152: 65 on Whistleblower swirl, 25 on Gold Fleck swirl, 25 White, 20 on Random Color swirl, 10 on Underage Drinking swirl, and 7 test dips w/matching swirl case

each with double-sided j-card w/lyrics. 6 songs.

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/breakup-songs

Variant:

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: KID, FERAL = Our Swedish friends released their sophomore LP and it’s amazing! Yaaaaaaay!!!

2026 - 3 - 24 /// Concealer releases in a week!

March 24, 2026 by David Norman

Hey y’all, Concealer is next! ‘This Room Could Be Heaven’ releases as a 12”LP on Tuesday March 31st at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST on 250 vinyl. The band has 100 and we already sold 75 in less than an hour during the pre-order, so if this album is your kinda thing you best be grabbing it in the first 10 minutes lest ye be empty-handed. Jam the first three singles here which is also where all the store links will show up on release day!

As you probably have noticed, the new Gxllium! album isn’t out yet. There were mixing issues which means delays, so it’s coming but we aren’t sure of the exact date. Regardless, it’ll release almost immediately upon completion via Tomb Tree and Vamonos Records with vinyl following a few later on Zegema Beach Records and Vamonos Records. There’s like 3 tapes left of their previous EP so snag those asap, embedded below!

Today’s ZBR Fest 2026 Profile Feature is for Mau who are coming up from California to play Canada for the first time. This ex-Hawak band caused quite a stir before their debut EP as they were killing it at shows for about two years before they finally dropped their first official music. Chaotic, beautiful, intelligent…it’s everything you’ve ever wanted and more. Snag their ‘anthesis’ etched 10” below! Click on this text or the pic above to get tickets to the fest and see them live!!!

Adam from Carrion Spring was on the Everything Remade podcast (this looks like it’s part 1 of 2) which you should definitely check out! The band is also coming to ZBR Fest and playing the pre-show in Victoria (linked here) and the main fest (linked here). Snag that incredible new album below!!!

A friendly reminder that Fainting Dreams had their first and only song premiere from the ‘Silence of Birds That Rarely Sing’ cassette EP releasing on Softseed Music on April 6th at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. This release has the band mixing their ethereal Ethel Cain-esque stuff with crushing black metal/screamo like Deafheaven and Old Soul. You can access the full premiere by clicking on the pic above or this text. Direct song embed below.

Dagerman 12”s are moving well, especially the sets that include the first 12”LP in addition to their new ‘Di Fronte A Noi Il Nulla’ full length. The band was recently interviewed by Idioteq.com so scope that interview and jam the new album simultaneously to get the full effect. Then snag that double 12” bundle! Interview can be reached by clicking on the pic above or this text.

Just a heads up Vibora and Soastasphrenas’ new albums haven’t arrived yet, so if you ordered one and was wondering why your order hasn’t shipped…that’s why! We’ll post pics once these beasts arrive, until then check out this new Soastasphrenas ‘Eris’ interview with Idioteq.com which you can access by clicking on the pic above or this text.

CanaDave, the ZBR distro, and Wollruss will be at Vancouver at Red Gate this Thursday! This is our last show before the ZBR Fest pre-show (tickets linked to this text). Here’s a video of Often Wrong who are also playing.

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to the very first ZBR 10” which houses the The World That Summer x Nionde Plagan split! This shall not be repressed as The World That Summer died almost a decade ago. Good times though! CanaDave did vocals for this band and you can watch him lose his mind in the clip above for the song “Heat Death Parties are the Bomb, Man” which is on said split. Snag it below or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: OLTH = Oh shit the New York screamo all-stars are back with a brand new album and it fucking slaps!

2026 - 3 - 20 /// Dagerman released!

March 20, 2026 by David Norman

Dagerman was released today! The Italian band’s sophomore effort takes the first album’s strongest parts and hones that while adding new textures and heavier sections. Phenomenal stuff for fans of Øjne, La Quiete, Radura, and Joliette.

Fainting Dreams had their first and only song premiere from the ‘Silence of Birds That Rarely Sing’ cassette EP releasing on Softseed Music. This release has the band mixing their ethereal Ethel Cain-esque stuff with crushing black metal/screamo and I couldn’t be happier about that concoction. Full release is April 6th but you can scope the premiere for “I” via Not Just A Phase by clicking on the pic below or this text. The project features Elle of Athousandangelsandseven on vocals, and you can check out their previous release below!

Ben from Scenario was on the most recent Everything Remade podcast which you should definitely check out! We released their debut EP on 12” as well as their debut LP on 12”, and we’ve somehow got one copy left below of the ‘When All Is Said And Done’!!!

Othiel 12”s for ‘World’s Fastest Car’ came and went in about 24 hours, but we’ve got the band coming to ZBR Fest to play it in addition to the pre-show so I reckon they’ll have copies. ZBR would love to repress that first LP on 12” as we’ve been out for a good year or two.

Coming in alongside Spain’s Crossed is Portugal’s Hetta. If you’ve followed ZBR/Tomb Tree the last few years then you are well aware of this band, but I figured it was time to SHOW people what they can do as well. They’re live show looks insane so I’m hella (hetta?) excited to bring them all the way over. Check out the two band’s full tour and definitely come see them at the fest. The fest passes are well over 50% sold out, so make some plans to come out if ya can! And that, my friends, is Today’s ZBR Fest 2026 Profile Feature.

Wollruss is playing another show, this time in Vancouver at Red Gate with some local homies. This is our last show before the ZBR Fest pre-show (tickets linked to this text). I saw Filigree Silver God just over a year ago and they were awesome, I can’t even imagine how good they must be now!

Today’s Last Fucking Copy goes to the only double Dave release in the ZBR catalogue! Crowning (featuring US Dave) and Crowning (featuring CanaDave) did a split back in 2018 that led to a 2019 European tour (documentary embedded above). This shall not be repressed as Swallows Nest choked on said nest and Crowning’s split tracks have ended up on a splits compilation 12”. Snag it below or forever hold your peace.

Operation X-Ray delved hard into our stuff, playing songs from Soastasphrenas, Concealer, Biological Fathers, and Vibora!

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: HISS = This band just released a wicked new song and music video, scope it below!

2026 - 3 - 16 /// Soastasphrenas now, Othiel on Wed., Dagerman on Fri.

March 16, 2026 by David Norman

Soastasphrenas released ‘Eris’ on Friday. You want a mentally trying, jarring, chaotic, blast to the earholes? Well hot damn this is your release. Part emo-violence, part mathcore, part noise rock, part electronic/ambient, these 9 songs will reconfigure your brain in the best possible way. Oh and those vinyl options are sick as fuck. Vinyl should be in hand in April.

Concealer 12” pre-orders for ‘This Room Could Be Heaven’ sold out in less than an hour, with the other half dropping alongside the full digital release on March 31st at 9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST. Be there or definitely miss out on the first pressing of this soon-to-be masterpiece!

The sophomore Dagerman 12”LP ‘Di fronte a noi il nulla’ releases this Friday. You can jam two of the tracks by visiting the band’s bandcamp (linked to this text) and I’ve stuffed the finished LP promo pic below.

We picked up 8 copies of Othiel’s new 12” ‘World’s Fastest Car’ that we’ll on Wednesday March 18th at 9am PST / 11am CST /12pm EST. 4 in the US store, 2 in the Canada/International store, and 2 on bandcamp.

When Spain’s Crossed asks if they can play your fest, that’s a hard yes or you straight up don’t know what the hell you’re doing. Luckily I know what I’m doing so having this behemoth of a quartet back was a no-fucking brainer. Watch them demolish our 2024 fest above and jam/buy their new 12”LP before we sell out (the first two full lengths sold out, and this one will too) and then catch them at ZBR Fest 2026 in Vancouver!!! And that, my friends, is Today’s ZBR Fest 2026 Profile Feature.

Goddamn those early ZBR releases have started flyinjg out the door, as I think in the last two months we’ve sold our last copy of about 8 releases, with the next likely being Foxmoulder! The essential Toronto band’s 7”EP ‘Lethe’ is today’s Last Fucking Copy. Em (vocals) was instrumental (ha) in getting CanaDave into the Toronto scene back in 2013-2014, and the rest of the members went on to form Respire! This shall not be repressed. Snag it below or forever hold your peace.

Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: FIGURE EIGHT = The guitarist of this band saw my Brahm tape and was like “hey, homies”. Then his band played and I was blown away. That vocalist sings beautifully but live it looks absolutely effortless. “hummingbird” is my pick. Can’t wait to hear what’s next!!!