Zao discography

Zao discography
Members Russ Cogdell (left) and Dan Weyandt performing in Germany, 2004
Studio albums	11
EPs	7
Compilation albums	2
B-sides	7
Video albums	1
Music videos	4
Demos	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

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Christian [1]	US Heat [2]	US Indie [3]	US Hard Rock [4]	US Rock [5]
All Else Failed	Released: 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 12, 2004 Label: Ferret Formats: CD, DL	—	24	20	—	—
The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here	Released: June 12, 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 [1]	US Heat [2]	US Indie [3]	US Hard Rock [4]	US Rock [5]
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 [2]
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[6]	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	—
"—" 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)"[7]
	"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"[7]
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.[8] 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

References

1. "Zao Chart History: Top Christian Albums". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
2. "Zao Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
3. "Zao Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
4. "Zao Chart History: Hard Rock Albums". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
5. "Zao Chart History: Top Rock Albums". Billboard. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
6. Beard, Mason (September 22, 2017). "Zao Pre-Orders for Upcoming EP". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
7. "Review: The Funeral of God". Scene Point Blank. July 16, 2004. Retrieved December 5, 2008.
8. Mudrian, Albert (November 14, 2016). "Zao Unveil "Drifting Shadows in Walking Dreams" Via Decibel Flexi Series". Decibel. Retrieved January 10, 2017.