Zao discography
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{{Infobox Artist Discography
|Artist = Zao
|Image = Zao US band.jpg
|Caption = Members Russ Cogdell (left) and Dan Weyandt performing in Germany, 2004
|Studio = 11
|Live =
|Compilation = 2
|Singles =
|B-sides = 7
|Video = 1
|Music videos = 4
|EP = 7
|Option name = Demos
|Option = 2
}}
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 =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="5" | Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Christian {{cite web|publisher=Eldridge Industries|work=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/zao/chart-history/ill/|title=Zao Chart History: Top Christian Albums|access-date=June 9, 2018}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Heat ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Indie ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Hard Rock ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Rock |
|---|
| scope="row" | All Else Failed
| | — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation
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| — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest
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| — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | Liberate Te Ex Inferis
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| — || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | Self-Titled
|
| 30 || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | Parade of Chaos
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| 21 || 25 || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | The Funeral of God
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| — || 24 || 20 || — || — |
| scope="row" | The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here
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| — || 12 || 21 || — || — |
| scope="row" | Awake?
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| 28 || 19 || 45 || — || — |
| scope="row" | The Well-Intentioned Virus
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| — || 3 || 24 || 7 || 32 |
| scope="row" | The Crimson Corridor
|
| ― || 16 || ― || ― || ― |
| colspan="8" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
= Re-recorded albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="5" | Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Christian ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Heat ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Indie ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Hard Rock ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Rock |
|---|
| scope="row" | All Else Failed
|
| — || — || — || — || — |
| colspan="8" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
= Compilation albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of compilation albums ! scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Album details |
| scope="row" | Legendary
|
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|---|
| scope="row" | The 2nd Era
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|
| scope="row" | Preface: Early Recordings 1995–1996
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= Extended plays =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | EP details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Heat |
|---|
| scope="row" | The Tie That Binds
|
| — |
| scope="row" | Treadwater
|
| — |
| scope="row" | Training for Utopia / Zao
|
| — |
| scope="row" | Zao / Luti-Kriss Sampler
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| — |
| scope="row" | On Wings of Lead / The Rising End
|
| — |
| scope="row" | Xenephobe
|
| — |
| scope="row" | Pyrrhic Victory{{cite web|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/news/zao-pre-orders-upcoming-ep/|title=Zao Pre-Orders for Upcoming EP|website=Indie Vision Music|first=Mason|last=Beard|date=September 22, 2017|access-date=June 10, 2018}}
|
| 11 |
| scope="row" | Zao/Yashira
|
| — |
| scope="row" | Decoding Transmissions From the Möbius Strip
|
| — |
| colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
= Video albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of video albums ! scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Album details |
| scope="row" | The Lesser Lights of Heaven
|
|
|---|
= Demo albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of demo albums ! scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Album details |
| scope="row" | Author
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|---|
| scope="row" | Sustained
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= Remix albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of remix albums ! scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Album details |
| scope="row" | Reformat/Reboot
|
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|---|
Songs
= B-sides =
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! Year ! Song ! Notes |
| N/A
| "Within a Dream" | |
| rowspan="2" | 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"
| |
| rowspan="2" | 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)"{{cite web |url=http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/277 |title=Review: The Funeral of God |access-date=December 5, 2008 |date=July 16, 2004 |publisher=Scene Point Blank}} |
| "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.{{cite magazine|url=http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2016/11/14/zao-unveil-drifting-shadows-in-walking-dreams-via-decibel-flexi-series|title=Zao Unveil "Drifting Shadows in Walking Dreams" Via Decibel Flexi Series|magazine=Decibel|first=Albert|last=Mudrian|date=November 14, 2016|access-date=January 10, 2017}} Later appeared on Pyrrhic Victory. |
= Compilation appearances =
| class=wikitable
! Song ! Album |
| "Sancho"
| A Testament to Broken Walls |
| "Black Coffee" |
| "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)
| rowspan="4" | 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 |
| rowspan="3" | "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
| class=wikitable
! Year ! Song ! Album |
| 2004
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcTMtiHZio "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)"] | The Funeral of God |
| 2006
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqrzP38RgGA "My Love, My Love (We've Come Back from the Dead)"] | The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CbjE9ZFpg8 "Xenophobe"] | rowspan="2" | The Well-Intentioned Virus |
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlgAzRDQy1E "Broken Pact Blues"] |
| 2019
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjPSQFl3ZKU "Transmission 1: I Saw the End"] | Decoding Transmissions From the Möbius Strip |