Joseph Parker With Zao I just buy it, no previews needed. I may check a track out but I think I wanna feel like a kid and wait for the cd to jam it on my portable player and headphones. This was such a sick surprise.

ஓநாய் மற்றும் நாய் மற்றும் The band aged like fine wine. Ive been along for the ride since 1998.

Dan's voice swallows all of you whole. Favorite track: Indoctrination.

Lars Gotrich Well, that logo takes me back to the feral riffs and stark vulnerability that reshaped the metal/hardcore scene just before the turn of the millenium. Zao pays loving and loud tribute to its early rust belt influences with Creation is Crucifixion, Puritan, Passover and Abnegation covers. newsletter.vikingschoice.org/archive/new-music-friday-rust-belt-metal-euphoric/ Favorite track: The Data Body.

hellbendervinyl We love ZAO! Hellbender Vinyl (hellbendervinyl.com) is so proud that this record was pressed to vinyl by us locally for the band. Quite possibly the most killer album we've ever made! Favorite track: Ghost Psalm (Live From The Church).

trainh13 Zao did this without any IEMs. Why can't you? Favorite track: Ghost Psalm (Live From The Church).

Nick I don’t think I can pick a favorite track, though Ship Of Theseus is a contender. This entire album is so perfect, and this lineup is stellar. Dropping the needle on this record is so comforting and feels like sinking into a hot bath; it makes me feel relaxed and positive.

palehorse666 bone grinding metalcore that rivals some of my all-time favorites. and apparently, these guys have been around for a WHILE. would've loved them in high school, but it's never too late to lose your soul to devilishly crushing tunes like these. Favorite track: Ship Of Theseus.

Ghuughra This is a GRIM listen. It's been fascinating watching the decades-long transformation of ZAO from Christian metalcore into whatever this is. Sh*t's bleak in here.

I'm sticking to my original interpretation of the lyrics to The Crimson Corridor, where the 'crimson corridor' is a birth canal and the narrator is a baby-soul spitefully rejecting reincarnation and self-misscariage-ing itself.

Also, goodnight Charlie Kirk. Can't say I agreed with you on everything, but nobody deserves it like that. Favorite track: Nothing's Form.

Daniel Pearson Zao is a solid band. I really cant complain. Favorite track: Ship Of Theseus.

athousandpins can't believe these songs sat on the shelf for so long. even better than I expected. love the artwork/layout too.

Lars Gotrich I feel like a teenager moshing in baggy jeans again. Favorite track: Flight.

szzanti I've been hunting high and low for the early years recordings of ZAO, only to find overpriced splits on discogs. Thank God for this release

Eric Clay An absolute gem of old school metallic hardcore. Hits just as hard now as it did then. Favorite track: PS 77.

glazerook_ardell One of the very first albums I heard with harsh vocals. Fun songwriting, great energy. This era Zao was absolutely a gateway band. Favorite track: Resistance.

xMarco Lealx I've been on an old school Spirit filled hardcore kick lately and one of those greats is Zao. Pre Splinter shards and remastered! Sounds so much more powerful which I didn't know was possible! I highly recommend for fans of Unashamed, Focal Point, Training For Utopia, early Hopesfall, and all early Spirit filled hardcore! Favorite track: Resistance.

⚰️ Gberdex ⚰️ I still have my original CD from 96 and this remastering sounds fuller and clearer than it ever has! Nothing even comes close to what Zao has achieved, the single greatest American Hardcore album of all time. Favorite track: In These Times Of Silence.