The following is the complete discography of Zao, an American metalcore band. The band's discography consists of eleven studio albums, two compilation albums, one video album, four music videos and seven extended plays.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions US Christian US Heat US Indie US Hard Rock US Rock All Else Failed Released: September 1, 1995 Label: Steadfast Formats: CD, LP, DL — — — — — The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation Released: April 1, 1997 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL — — — — — Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest Released: May 19, 1998 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL — — — — — Liberate Te Ex Inferis Released: August 10, 1999 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, LP, DL — — — — — Self-Titled Released: February 27, 2001 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, LP, DL 30 — — — — Parade of Chaos Released: July 10, 2002 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, DL 21 25 — — — The Funeral of God Released: July 13, 2004 Label: Ferret Formats: CD, DL — 24 20 — — The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here Released: June 13, 2006 Label: Ferret Formats: CD, DL — 12 21 — — Awake? Released: May 5, 2009 Label: Ferret Formats: CD, DL 28 19 45 — — The Well-Intentioned Virus Released: December 9, 2016 Label: Observed/Observer Recordings Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL — 3 24 7 32 The Crimson Corridor Released: April 9, 2021 Label: Observed/Observer Recordings Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL ― 16 ― ― ― "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Re-recorded albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions US Christian US Heat US Indie US Hard Rock US Rock All Else Failed Released: February 19, 2003 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, DL — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums Title Album details Legendary Released: December 17, 2003 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State, EMI Formats: CD, DL The 2nd Era Released: 2011 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, DL Preface: Early Recordings 1995–1996 Released: October 9, 2020 Label: self-released Formats: CD, DL
Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected chart positions Title EP details Peak chart positions US Heat The Tie That Binds Released: 1995 Label: Steadfast Formats: CD, LP Notes: Split with Outcast — Treadwater Released: 1996 Label: Steadfast Formats: CD, LP Notes: Split with Through and Through — Training for Utopia / Zao Released: August 18, 1998 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD Notes: Split with Training for Utopia — Zao / Luti-Kriss Sampler Released: 2001 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CS Notes: Split with Luti-Kriss — On Wings of Lead / The Rising End Released: 2003 Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD Notes: Split with Bleeding Through — Xenephobe Released: July 10, 2015 Label: Independent Formats: CD, LP, DL — Pyrrhic Victory Released: November 3, 2017 Label: Observed/Observer Recordings Formats: CD, LP, DL 11 Zao/Yashira Released: September 21, 2018 Label: Mind Over Matter Formats: LP, DL — Decoding Transmissions From the Möbius Strip Released: February 8, 2019 Label: Observed/Observer Recordings Formats: LP, DL — Pillars Released: June 26, 2026 Label: Observed/Observer Recordings Formats: LP, DL — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Video albums + List of video albums Title Album details The Lesser Lights of Heaven Released: November 15, 2005 Label: Ferret Formats: DVD
Demo albums + List of demo albums Title Album details Author Released: 1994 Label: Independent Formats: CD, CS Sustained Released: 1995 Label: Independent Formats: CD, CS
Remix albums + List of remix albums Title Album details Reformat/Reboot Released: November 15, 2019 Label: Observed/Observer Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL, NES
Songs B-sides Year Song Notes N/A "Within a Dream" 2002 "Black Coffee" A cover of a Black Flag song on Black on Black: A Tribute to Black Flag and also on the Japanese release of The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here "Sancho/Crimson Kroll" 2003 "21st Century Thriller" Recorded with Joshua Ashworth vocals for 2003 demo, later re-recorded with different lyrics for The Funeral of God as "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" "She's Not Leaving, She's Not Breathing" Recorded with Joshua Ashworth vocals for 2003 demo, later re-recorded with different lyrics for The Funeral of God as "Praise the War Machine" 2004 "The Romance of the Southern Spirit" On the Japanese release of The Funeral of God. Later re-recorded for Awake?. 2016 "Drifting Shadows in Walking Dreams" Released as a free flexi disc with Decibel. Later appeared on Pyrrhic Victory.
Compilation appearances Song Album "Sancho" A Testament to Broken Walls "Black Coffee" Black on Black: A Tribute to Black Flag "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" Music on the Brain Vol. 2 "Angel Without Wings" Point Break Vol. 1 "The Last Revelation (The Last Prophecy)" Progression Through Aggression Vol. 2 "Exchange" Songs from the Penalty Box "A Fall Farewell" Songs from the Penalty Box Vol. 2 "To Think of You Is to Treasure an Absent Memory" This is Solid State Vol. 1 "Trashcanhands (Keyboard Coward)" This is Solid State Vol. 2 "The Icarus Complex" This is Solid State Vol. 3 "Resistance" This is Solid State Vol. 4 "Ravage Ritual" (disc 1) Tooth & Nail 10th Anniversary Box Set "Savannah" (disc 2) "5 Year Winter" (disc 4) "Parade of Chaos" (disc 5) "Repressed" (disc 4) Tooth & Nail 4th Anniversary Box Set "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" Van's Warped Tour '05 "Circle II The Lustful: If These Scars Could Speak" Cheapskates- Harder Side "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" New #### Vol. 10 Razor: Music from the Cutting Edge (Vol. 7) Under the Gun DVD "Physician Heal Thyself" The Best of Taste of Chaos Vol. 2
Music videos Year Song Album 2004 "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" The Funeral of God 2006 "My Love, My Love (We've Come Back from the Dead)" The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here 2017 "Xenophobe" The Well-Intentioned Virus "Broken Pact Blues" 2019 "Transmission 1: I Saw the End" Decoding Transmissions From the Möbius Strip
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