Zao (Mar 1993 - )
Group - United States US metalcore band
Releases (24)
Official
Album
- All Else Failed 1995
- The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation 20 May 1997
- Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest 19 May 1998
- Liberate te ex inferis 10 Aug 1999
- (Self-Titled) 21 Feb 2001
- Parade of Chaos 10 Jul 2002
- All Else Failed 19 Feb 2003
- The Funeral of God 12 Jul 2004
- The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here 13 Jun 2006
- Awake? 05 May 2009
- The Well-Intentioned Virus 09 Dec 2016
- All Else Failed - Original Recording Remastered 23 Jul 2020
- Preface: Early Recordings 1995-1996 09 Oct 2020
- The Crimson Corridor 09 Apr 2021
Album - Compilation
- Legendary 17 Dec 2003
Album - Live
- Live From The Church 19 Apr 2024
Album - Remix
- Reformat/Reboot 15 Nov 2019
EP
- Xenophobe / Fear Itself 10 Jul 2015
- Pyrrhic Victory 03 Nov 2017
- Decoding Transmissions from the Möbius Strip 08 Feb 2019
EP - Demo
- Sustained 1995
Promotion
Single
- Drifting Shadows in Walking Dreams Dec 2016 (as ZAO)
Relationships (14)
Members
- Jesse Smith (Mar 1993 - 2004) original, drums (drum set)
- Mic Cox (Mar 1993 - Feb 1997) original, bass guitar
- Roy Goudy (Mar 1993 - Aug 1997) original, guitar
- Eric Reeder (Mar 1993 - 1995) original, lead vocals
- Shawn Jonas (1995 - Jul 1997) lead vocals
- Ron Gray (Nov 1996 - Sep 1997) guitar
- Kevin Moran (Mar 1997 - Oct 1997) bass guitar
- Daniel Weyandt (Jul 1997 - Dec 2000) lead vocals
- Brett Detar (Aug 1997 - Jul 1998) bass guitar, guitar
- Russ Cogdell (Sep 1997 - 2006) bass guitar, guitar
- Rob Horner (1999 - 2004)
- Corey Darst (Dec 2000 - 2001) lead vocals
- Russ Cogdell (2007) bass guitar, guitar
- Corey Darst (2017) lead vocals
Recordings by (183)
- Mock ?:?? (1994)
- Increased 2:18 (1994)
- Your Plank ?:?? (1994)
- Hellfire ?:?? (1994)
- Nonconformist ?:?? (1994)
- Reversed ?:?? (1994)
- Childlike ?:?? (1994)
- It's Real ?:?? (1994)
- Untitled ?:?? (1994)
- Resistance 2:50 (1995)
- In Loving Kindness 3:31 (1995)
- Endure 4:57 (1995)
- Growing in Grace 4:33 (1995)
- Foresight 2:53 (1995)
- PS 77 4:55 (1995)
- Exchange 3:09 (1995)
- In These Times of Silence 4:51 (1995)
- A Simple Reminder 5:14 (1995)
- All Else Failed 12:27 (1995)
- Flight 4:47 (1995)
- Security 3:24 (1995)
- Conflict 2:02 (1995)
- Deep 4:49 (1995)
- Rest 2:56 (1995)
- Sickness 3:55 (1995)
- Repressed 4:22 (1996)
- Times of Separation 5:01 (20 May 1997)
- Surrounds Me 4:32 (20 May 1997)
- Particle 2:50 (20 May 1997)
- The Children Cry for Help 5:31 (20 May 1997)
- Song 1 8:21 (20 May 1997)
- Lies of Serpents, a River of Tears 2:39 (19 May 1998)
- To Think of You Is to Treasure an Absent Memory 4:26 (19 May 1998)
- A Fall Farewell 2:56 (19 May 1998)
- March 3:51 (19 May 1998)
- Ember 2:26 (19 May 1998)
- Ravage Ritual 3:15 (19 May 1998)
- Fifteen Rhema 3:33 (19 May 1998)
- For a Fair Desire 3:03 (19 May 1998)
- The Latter Rain 6:28 (19 May 1998)
- Violet 7:18 (19 May 1998)
- Skin Like Winter 2:25 (25 Aug 1998)
- Walk On By, Walk on Me (The Pianist’s Prophecy) 3:01 (25 Aug 1998)
- Circle I, Limbo: Intro 3:38 (10 Aug 1999)
- Circle I, Limbo: Savannah 2:46 (10 Aug 1999)
- Circle II, the Lustful: Autopsy 2:12 (10 Aug 1999)
- Circle II, the Lustful: If These Scars Could Speak 4:43 (10 Aug 1999)
- Circle III, the Gluttonous: The Ghost Psalm 5:42 (10 Aug 1999)
- Circle III, the Gluttonous: Desire the End 4:58 (10 Aug 1999)
- Circle IV, the Hoarders and the Spendthrifts: Dark Cold Sound 3:10 (10 Aug 1999)
Credited as (7)
- Zao
- Bleeding Through / Zao
- Training for Utopia / Zao
- Zao / Through and Through
- Outcast / Zao
- ZAO
- Islander feat. Korn, Zao, Living Sacrifice, Brian "Head" Welch, Daniel Weyandt & Bruce Fitzhugh