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Zao biography
 lineup: Jesse Smith - drums Scott Mellinger - guitar Rob Horner - bass Cory Darst - vocals The excellent bands continually reinvent themselves making skill that represents them uniquely yet stays appropriate to their fans. Accomplished the done 4 old age ZAO has been individual of those bands remaining neither lyrically motionless nor allowing themselves to be defined by a type or setting that forces bands that theater piece belligerent harmony to conform or be choked gone by some pseudo-macho metal mind-set. ZAO's recent account simply entitled "(Self-Titled)" once again finds the circle challenging their skill and alluring their listeners to follow along with them. Since earliest signing to Hard Condition Records in 1997 the circle has morphed into abundant figures as members changed and the circle continually redefined themselves. "The Piece Shards the Delivery of Apartness" was the ZAO's earliest account on Hard Condition and the circle toured assorted times whole accomplished America. Animation on the path and playing in beginning of hundreds of kids turned the immature circle into filled period employment requiring very great faithfulness. In 1998 ZAO entered the studio with an almost completely dissimilar mark-up the alone earliest part existence Jesse Smith. Adding Dan Weyandt to vocals and Brett Detar and Russ Cogdell to guitar turning the circle into entity additional than the tight description "hardcore" could define. The circle wrote what some called the excellent account of that year "Where Fluid and Burning Bring Inactivity". The circle used up small period home in the following-brightness of their development but once again took gone on the path. Following cruel touring Brett Detar exited the circle to labor on The Juliana Belief. Recent guitarist Scott Mellinger and bass sporting person Rob Horner stepped in immediately and added flat additional animation to the circle. In 1999 ZAO once again entered the studio to account a recent account entitled "Liberate te ex Inferis". Lollipop Publication called the circle's recent account a ".abulous idea holder that choice surely rule accomplished the very great harmony type." Terrorizer said ".ZAO) crop up a harmonic sand weather of such terrifying force it could option your bones uncluttered in seconds. "Liberate .." entered the CMJ Noisy map and remained in it's highest 10 for abundant weeks. The circle toured continuous once again playing with the likes of Hatebreed Napalm End Nile World Danger and abundant others. 2000 was addition year of coins for ZAO. Russ Cogdell west the circle to pursue coating education place but the circle forged ahead and entered the studio once again to account their recent account. Bored with hardcore and the flow of "recent metal" that was cropping up ZAO has created their greatest beautiful holder to time. Interval retaining an extremely weighty healthy the circle has challenged themselves to force their harmony to a recent balanced of force. Musically the circle has added elements of electronics end job and dark metal. "I wanted to write lyrics this period that represented what I have been going done" explained vocalist Dan Weyandt "I've always been influences by writers similar Johnny Money and Nave. Both wrote about 3 bigger themes: adoration Spirit and killing. In done records I had wrote about adoration and Spirit this period I wanted to wrapping additional aspects of animation as healthy." ZAO has once again preferred to supremacy rather than follow in a type so littered with clones posturing and style intimate harmonic trends. The circle has once again proven that they are THE prominence of weighty harmony. |