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Heavy Christian rock & roll is no longer anything really new. But Christian metalcore that sounds this dark and angry is pretty unusual. It should be said that the relationship between ZAO's music and the beliefs of its members has always been a bit ambiguous, and indeed there is little on this retrospective collection that would tip off the uninitiated listener as to the group's religious leanings. "Free the Three" seems, in fact, to be a defense of three adolescent Satan-worshippers unjustly accused of a murder; other songs, such as the sonically brutal "Skin Like Winter" (which slyly juxtaposes wall-of-guitar roar and screaming vocals with jaunty handclaps) and the complex, episodic "Ravage Ritual" (which evokes I Against I-era Bad Brains) are harder to get a handle on, lyrically speaking. With this type of music, it doesn't make much sense to criticize it for sounding all the same -- bluegrass all sounds the same, and so does John Dowland's consort music, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with those types of music. That said, though, the yowling-cat vocals do start to get a bit old by the end of the album, and when you hear the actual melody that shows up on "Angel Without Wings" you may experience an almost tearful sense of relief. Like David Thomas once said, this is the perfect thing for people who like this sort of thing.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Dan Weyandt, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 1998 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer - Dan Weyandt, Composer - Scott Mellinger, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 2001 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Brett Detar, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Bruce Fitzhugh, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Weyandt, Composer - Russell Cogdell, Composer - Russ Cogdell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Weyandt, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 1998 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer - Dan Weyandt, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 2002 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Brett Detar, Composer - Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Dan Weyandt, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 1998 Solid State Records
Brett Detar, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Bruce Fitzhugh, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Weyandt, Composer - Russell Cogdell, Composer - Russ Cogdell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Weyandt, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 1998 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Ronald Smith, Composer - Zao, MainArtist - Drew Mazurek, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Moran, Composer - Roy Goudy, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shawn Jonas, Composer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mic Cox, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 1997 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer - Dan Weyandt, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 1999 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer - Dan Weyandt, Composer - Scott Mellinger, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 2001 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer - Dan Weyandt, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 2002 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer - Dan Weyandt, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 2002 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Brett Detar, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Bruce Fitzhugh, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Weyandt, Composer - Russell Cogdell, Composer - Russ Cogdell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Weyandt, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 1998 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer - Dan Weyandt, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 1999 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer - Scott Mellinger, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 2001 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer - Scott Mellinger, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 2003 Solid State Records
Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer - Scott Mellinger, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 2003 Solid State Records
Zao, MainArtist - Barry Poynter, Producer - Jesse Smith, Composer - Scott Mellinger, Composer
(C) 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 2003 Solid State Records
Album review
Heavy Christian rock & roll is no longer anything really new. But Christian metalcore that sounds this dark and angry is pretty unusual. It should be said that the relationship between ZAO's music and the beliefs of its members has always been a bit ambiguous, and indeed there is little on this retrospective collection that would tip off the uninitiated listener as to the group's religious leanings. "Free the Three" seems, in fact, to be a defense of three adolescent Satan-worshippers unjustly accused of a murder; other songs, such as the sonically brutal "Skin Like Winter" (which slyly juxtaposes wall-of-guitar roar and screaming vocals with jaunty handclaps) and the complex, episodic "Ravage Ritual" (which evokes I Against I-era Bad Brains) are harder to get a handle on, lyrically speaking. With this type of music, it doesn't make much sense to criticize it for sounding all the same -- bluegrass all sounds the same, and so does John Dowland's consort music, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with those types of music. That said, though, the yowling-cat vocals do start to get a bit old by the end of the album, and when you hear the actual melody that shows up on "Angel Without Wings" you may experience an almost tearful sense of relief. Like David Thomas once said, this is the perfect thing for people who like this sort of thing.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:00
- Main artists: Zao
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Solid State Records (SST)
- Genre: Jazz Gospel
© 2003 Solid State Records ℗ 2003 Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc.
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