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

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.

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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!

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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.

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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) (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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Select Version Fire swirl (/28)Ice swirl (/8)Test DipWhiteZBR pre-order exclusiveRed/White/Black marble swirl

Fire swirl (/28) Ice swirl (/8) Test Dip White ZBR pre-order exclusive Red/White/Black marble swirl

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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 - 01 - 12 /// Sear announcement

We decided to put up some extra jackets for sale in case anyone’s copies got a good rodgering at some point in their lives. Use them as replacements, reserves, or as a poster!

Extra JACKETS - replacement 12" jackets

CA$2.50

Release:

Select Release Stormlight "Natoma"Apostles Of Eris + Pique "Split"Lower Automation "ST"Massa Nera + Ef'il + Thisismenotthinkingofyou + Yo SbraitoMassa Nera "Derramar Querer Borrar"O "Antropocene"Crowning "Survival/Sickness"Wreck Of The Minotaur "EP + 2 Songs"Nuvolascura "ST" (1st press)Eyelet "The Devil..." (2nd press)Scenario "Sounds in Sequence"

Stormlight "Natoma" Apostles Of Eris + Pique "Split" Lower Automation "ST" Massa Nera + Ef'il + Thisismenotthinkingofyou + Yo Sbraito Massa Nera "Derramar Querer Borrar" O "Antropocene" Crowning "Survival/Sickness" Wreck Of The Minotaur "EP + 2 Songs" Nuvolascura "ST" (1st press) Eyelet "The Devil..." (2nd press) Scenario "Sounds in Sequence"

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Sear features members of To Forget and their debut self-titled cassette EP comes out on January 23rd. If you wished their other band was heavier and wore their Portrayal Of Guilt love on their sleeve…then you’re gonna be fucking ecstatic.

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The Burial Etiquette and mis sueños son de tu adiós split cassette is out and we’re already half out! 7 new jams of Sega-inspired emo-violence and gorgeous post-rock/screamo.

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January 16th! That’s the day we release Advertising On The Channel Of Dreams’ five-song album on cassette! Take a gander at one of those gorgeous mystery/random swirls, and you haven’t even seen the primary show-stopper that has pearl varnish over the swirl but under the stamp! Fans of Via Fondo, Shirokuma, Chalk Hands, Rainmaking, and Rainmaker take note.

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CanaDave filmed the Thank You Driver release show with five other sick bands. This is where all of the “Dyer Blueprint” music video footage came from, and Tomb Tree even picked up a new band at the show! There’s even a Cave In cover! Woot woot! Nab some Thank You Driver copies linked through our bandcamp page below. Click on this text for the full review post.

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Aristo Crazia Webzine cited Cara Neir’s ‘Phantasmal’ as one of 2022’s best, and we totally agree! 2023 is the year we sell out of the last remaining copies of this stellar 12” so know it’s time here is limited. Click on the pic or this text to go to the full list.

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Hiding In The Outpost: I just came across one last New Grass white 12” if you’re interested. These sold out pretty quickly so I don’t expect this to last long.

now sold out:
Mrtex/Det Ar Darfor Vi Bygger Stader split tape
Mrtex/Samarra split tape
Sans Visage tapes
Snag/Swallows Nest split tape
Respire all vinyl (tapes still in stock)

sold out

NEW GRASS ‘Scordatura_Perforations‘ (12"LP)

CA$24.00

NEW GRASS ‘Scordatura_Perforations‘ 12"LP (ZBR271)

For fans of: Capsule, Crowning, Улыбайся Ветру and Daitro.

This collection of EPs is an astounding example of creativity, balance, and intricacy. Weaving mind-blowing song structures, riffs saturated with notes, incredible basslines, and yelly screaming into one giant, ornate pillar of awesome. Illinois’ Lucio did this release almost single-handedly (w/some help from mutual friend Aeryn from Massa Nera) and has mixed the math of Capsule with the drive of Daitro and vocals of Crowning, without ripping off any of these bands. These aren’t weeds. This is New Grass.

12” vinyl /199, /99 Sun Scarred (white) and /100 Mandarin (orange)

Listen here:
https://zegemabeachrecords.bandcamp.com/album/scordatura-perforations

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Sun Scarred white (/99) Mandarin orange (/100)

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Lower Automation made the Fecking Bahamas list of Top 50 math rock releases! Hot dawg, we love that band. Click somewhere near to go to the full list.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: SOASTASPHRENAS = This new album from Germany is awesome, not to be missed! Best release of 2023 thus far.

2022 - 11 - 21 /// Victor Shores today, Lower Automation tomorrow but also kinda today!

Written around half-of-a-decade ago and recorded three years ago, the brand new/debut full length from Minnesota’s Victor Shores is finally upon us! Tapes from Tomb Tree ship early December and 12”s from No Funeral ship 2023. Amazing, cathartic, uplifting emo punk from three very awesome individuals. For fans of: Tiny Moving Parts, You’ll Live, and Sincere Engineer.

CanaDave also did a podcast with Victor Shores (linked below) and in that podcast there was a brand new Keratin song premiered! Check it out for at least those two reasons, but there are tons more.

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Lower Automation full release tomorrow, but Mathcore Index has an exclusive stream (with special links) as well as Metallerium who is ahead of the pack and already posted a full album review! Click here for the Metallerium post or click anywhere else here for the Mathcore Index premiere.

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CanaDave witnessed the Thank You Driver show this past weekend and was lucky enough to have a camera ready for the band’s cover of “Moral Eclipse” by Cave In. I saw the band sell a hefty amount of their tapes, and we traded for some cds so expect a Thank You Driver discography cd set coming in early December.

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Johnny’s Reco-mmendations: A MOURNING STAR = This band closed the night at the Thank You Driver release show and it was fucking awesome. Hard Poison The Well vibes minus the clean vocals.