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Zao

Hardcore band from Parkersburg, WV · formed 1993

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Shows on record
18
Rooms played
15
Cities
15
Releases
27
Last show
Jul 6, 2025Black Box, Williams Center

About

Zao is a band from Parkersburg, WV, formed in 1993, tagged christian, hardcore, metal by its sources. Shows on record run from 2006 to 2025, across 15 rooms in 15 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

18 on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20061 show
  2. 20161 show
  3. 20171 show
  4. 20184 shows
  5. 20192 shows
  6. 20213 shows
  7. 20234 shows
  8. 20241 show
  9. 20251 show
Show history
DateVenue
Jul 6, 2025Black Box, Williams Center · RutherfordSupportwith Eighteen Visions, Disembodied, Balmora, +7
Oct 3, 2024WORKPLAY · BirminghamSupportwith Further Seems Forever, Have Mercy, No Cure, +2
Sep 24, 2023Radio Room · GreenvilleHeadlinerwith Capra, Your Spirit Dies
Sep 21, 2023Mag Bar · LouisvilleHeadlinerwith Static Dress, Capra, Your Spirit Dies
Sep 20, 2023Reggie's Rock Club · ChicagoHeadlinerwith Capra, Your Spirit Dies, Torena
Sep 19, 2023The Sanctuary Detroit · HamtramckHeadlinerwith Capra, Your Spirit Dies
Dec 29, 2021Freedom Hall, Lancaster Convention Center · LancasterSupportwith August Burns Red, Texas In July, Lorna Shore, +1
Dec 11, 2021Brandy's Basement · IrwinHeadlinerwith Post Mortal Possession, Direct Action
Sep 22, 2021Radio Room · GreenvilleHeadlinerwith Islander, Waft, Your Spirit Dies
Aug 10, 2019123 Pleasant Street · MorgantownHeadlinerwith WOLF KING, Hollow Earth, cavern
Apr 19, 2019black forge coffee - McKees Rocks · McKees RocksHeadlinerwith Microwaves, Plasmid
Jun 9, 2018Radio Room · GreenvilleHeadlinerwith Holy+Gold (US), Revenge Season, WVRM
Apr 7, 2018Soundbar · OrlandoHeadlinerwith WVRM, Yashira (FL), Freakazoid!
Apr 6, 2018O'Malley's Sports Bar · MargateHeadlinerwith WVRM, Implosive Disgorgence, Kinetic
Apr 5, 2018Crowbar · TampaHeadlinerwith WVRM
Jun 22, 2017DNA Lounge · San FranciscoHeadlinerwith Colombian Necktie (US), Seizures (US), No Right, +2
Apr 16, 2016Palladium · WorcesterSupportwith New England Metal, Killswitch Engage, Memphis May Fire, +20
Sep 1, 2006Palladium · WorcesterSupportwith Despised Icon, Hatebreed, The Black Dahlia Murder, +5

Where they play

15 rooms in 15 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Greenville3 shows
  • Worcester2 shows
  • Birmingham1 show
  • Chicago1 show
  • Hamtramck1 show

and 10 other cities

Releases

27 releases, 1995–2026

  • Pillars

    2026 · Ep

  • Steadfast Records: The First Two Seven Inches

    2025

  • Live From The Church

    2024 · Album

  • Steadfast Records: The First Two Seven Inches

    2024 · Compilation

  • The Crimson Corridor

    2021 · Album

  • Preface: Early Recordings 1995-1996

    2020 · Compilation

  • Decoding Transmissions from the Möbius Strip

    2019 · Ep

  • Reformat/Reboot

    2019 · Album

  • Hide From The Light / Led To Ache

    2018

  • Pyrrhic Victory

    2017 · Ep

  • The Well-Intentioned Virus

    2016 · Album

  • Xenophobe / Fear Itself

    2015 · Ep

  • Awake?

    2009 · Album

  • The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here

    2006 · Album

  • The Lesser Lights of Heaven

    2005 · Album

  • The Funeral of God

    2004 · Album

  • All Else Failed

    2003 · Album

  • Legendary

    2003 · Compilation

  • Parade of Chaos

    2002 · Album

  • (Self-Titled)

    2001 · Album

  • Liberate te ex inferis

    1999 · Album

  • The Split EP

    1998 · Ep

  • Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest

    1998 · Album

  • The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation

    1997 · Album

  • Treadwater

    1996 · Ep

  • All Else Failed

    1995 · Album

  • The Tie That Binds

    1995 · Ep

Lineup

  • Daniel Weyandt · lead vocals
  • Scott Mellinger · guitar
  • Jeff Gretz · drums (drum set)
  • Martin Lunn · electric bass guitar

Former

  • Eric Reeder · lead vocals
  • Mic Cox · bass guitar
  • Roy Goudy · guitar
  • Jesse Smith · drums (drum set)
  • Shawn Jonas · lead vocals
  • Ron Gray · guitar
  • Kevin Moran · bass guitar
  • Brett Detar · bass guitar, guitar
  • Russ Cogdell · bass guitar, guitar
  • Rob Horner
  • Corey Darst · lead vocals
  • Shawn Koschik · electric bass guitar
  • Stephen Peck · drums (drum set)

Airplay

  • KEXP airplay: 1 plays, 2023-07-22–2023-07-22 — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Sonic Reducer' (Tanner Ellison) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Zao — Photo
Photo — TheAudioDB
Zao — Photo
Photo — TheAudioDB
Zao — Photo
Photo — TheAudioDB
Zao — Photo
Photo — TheAudioDB
Zao — Logo
Logo — TheAudioDB
Zao — Radio Room, 2023-09-24
Poster · Radio Room, 2023-09-24 — Songkick
Zao — Freedom Hall, Lancaster Convention Center, 2021-12-29
Poster · Freedom Hall, Lancaster Convention Center, 2021-12-29 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
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MusicBrainzArtist facts
Zao on Last.fmArtist facts
ZAO on DiscogsArtist facts
Zao on TheAudioDBArtist facts
KEXPAirplay
SongkickShow history, Show posters
TheAudioDBPhotos, Logo
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
WikidataCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
WikipediaCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.