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New England Metal and Hardcore Festival 2004

April 30, 2004

Zao at New England Metal and Hardcore Festival 2004 | Photos by Carina Mastrocola

Zao – Legendary – Review

April 5, 2004

Vibrant, emotional, and always forging forward with their blend of hardcore, metal, and rock, Zao positioned themselves as leaders, not followers.

Zao – A Parade of Chaos – Review

January 3, 2003

A chaotic frenzy of noisecore-meets-death metal angst spewing forth, but also a passionate, Catholic mindset fueling rock’n’roll intensity.

This is Solid State – Volume 2 – Review

February 22, 2002

All of the sweaty, distortion masters of metal: Stretch Arm Strong, Blindside, and Born Blind balance out the equation by providing finger-pointing material.

Zao – (Self-Titled) – Review

February 22, 2002

Sounding more complex and darker than ever, (Self-Titled) is this band’s OK Computer… And not just because of the similarities in artwork, either.

Zao – Outcast split – Review

April 1, 2000

This is a reissue of the split that marked the debut of both bands. Zao went on to morph into a deadly, moody machine, while Outcast didn’t survive.

Outcast/ Zao split – Review

April 1, 2000

Outcast never survived beyond this outing. Both bands sound very young on this under-produced disc, with high-end everywhere and no warm lows to be found.

Zao – Liberate te ex Inferis – Review

January 1, 2000

Zao gives you sadness the way it exists in physical form: unrelenting, claustrophobic, overwhelming, unforgiving, and obese. Evilcore at its most brilliant.

Zao – The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation – Review

October 1, 1997

They sound like Strongarm: Generic, metal-ish hardcore. I can handle that most of the time, but not along with knee-jerk prosletyzing about the “moral life.”

Outcast – ZAO / Outcast split – Review

February 1, 1996

This is hardcore! Super heavy punch out the guy next to you music. So, let’s grow our hair out and rock!