--- title: "Zao" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/zao" genre: "Metalcore" country: "United States" formed: 1993 --- # Zao **Zao** is a metalcore band, from United States, active 1993 to present. Zao is an American metalcore band founded in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and later relocated to Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in March 1993, Zao has hosted several musicians and endured numerous roster changes to the point where no original members remain. Former drummer Jesse Smith, vocalist Dan Weyandt, and guitarists Scott Mellinger and Russ Cogdell are seen by some fans as the "core" of Zao, with the current line up being the longest running in the band's history. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zao_(American_band) ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Zao | | Genre | Metalcore | | Parent genre | Metalcore | | Origin | Parkersburg, United States | | Formed | 1993 | | Releases in catalog | 19 | ## Genres [Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore-classic) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Jeff Gretz](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jeff-gretz) | Drums (drum set) | 2005 to present | Current | | [Scott Mellinger](https://themetalnet.com/musician/scott-mellinger) | Guitar | 1999 to present | Current | | [Daniel Weyandt](https://themetalnet.com/musician/daniel-weyandt) | Lead vocals | 1997 to present | Current | | [Martin Lunn](https://themetalnet.com/musician/martin-lunn) | Electric bass guitar | 2005 to present | Current | | [Russ Cogdell](https://themetalnet.com/musician/russ-cogdell) | Guitar, Bass guitar | 1997 to present | Current | | [Brett Detar](https://themetalnet.com/musician/brett-detar) | Guitar, Bass guitar | 1997 to 1998 | Former | | [Corey Darst](https://themetalnet.com/musician/corey-darst) | Lead vocals | 2000 to 2017 | Former | | [Eric Reeder](https://themetalnet.com/musician/eric-reeder) | Lead vocals | 1993 to 1995 | Former | | [Jesse Smith](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jesse-smith) | Drums (drum set) | 1993 to 2004 | Former | | [Kevin Moran](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kevin-moran) | Bass guitar | 1997 to 1997 | Former | | [Mic Cox](https://themetalnet.com/musician/mic-cox) | Bass guitar | 1993 to 1997 | Former | | [Rob Horner](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rob-horner) | | 1999 to 2004 | Former | | [Ron Gray](https://themetalnet.com/musician/ron-gray) | Guitar | 1996 to 1997 | Former | | [Roy Goudy](https://themetalnet.com/musician/roy-goudy) | Guitar | 1993 to 1997 | Former | | [Shawn Jonas](https://themetalnet.com/musician/shawn-jonas) | Lead vocals | 1995 to 1997 | Former | | [Shawn Koschik](https://themetalnet.com/musician/shawn-koschik) | Electric bass guitar | 2004 to 2005 | Former | | [Stephen Peck](https://themetalnet.com/musician/stephen-peck) | Drums (drum set) | 2004 to 2005 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1995 | [All Else Failed](https://themetalnet.com/album/9a60dccf-b032-3a44-9dcc-8ac53613b55f) | Album | | 1995 | [The Tie That Binds](https://themetalnet.com/album/a39412a8-527a-3aa2-8fc6-42828c538944) | EP | | 1996 | [Treadwater](https://themetalnet.com/album/804756ec-37c6-4a5c-8bd7-d82459f1da62) | EP | | 1997 | [The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation](https://themetalnet.com/album/bc16e763-4d22-3ecf-a381-c3ac41bf0bfa) | Album | | 1998 | [The Split EP](https://themetalnet.com/album/83b1964d-74cc-4d51-b172-0da86e2c0fa1) | EP | | 1998 | [Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest](https://themetalnet.com/album/52956f37-6966-39db-a220-7e89a182916a) | Album | | 1999 | [Liberate te ex inferis](https://themetalnet.com/album/124b232c-fc22-3046-9997-fd1200562d7e) | Album | | 2001 | [(Self-Titled)](https://themetalnet.com/album/b92da390-4327-354e-a58a-b0489cd39e85) | Album | | 2002 | [Parade of Chaos](https://themetalnet.com/album/4a230556-5919-3fa7-8618-ea3bc9cb2890) | Album | | 2003 | [All Else Failed](https://themetalnet.com/album/2f01bc6d-5ac5-35bd-9c3c-77176a34a406) | Album | | 2004 | [The Funeral of God](https://themetalnet.com/album/a58ab86e-f01f-365e-a036-8df9d975fc64) | Album | | 2006 | [The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here](https://themetalnet.com/album/0f87cb7d-0505-3917-8909-5c2da47ba277) | Album | | 2009 | [Awake?](https://themetalnet.com/album/d8377f04-4b63-34f4-84f5-bd89017a1d43) | Album | | 2015 | [Xenophobe / Fear Itself](https://themetalnet.com/album/2d4cd18d-3d34-4bdb-8457-24830fbf9818) | EP | | 2016 | [The Well-Intentioned Virus](https://themetalnet.com/album/0d9bec99-44b5-4507-83da-7848cd78d638) | Album | | 2017 | [Pyrrhic Victory](https://themetalnet.com/album/39ca68b6-d7b2-4c53-9da0-57f6bf975a05) | EP | | 2019 | [Decoding Transmissions from the Möbius Strip](https://themetalnet.com/album/0cb0957a-eec1-4a1b-9726-b87869f65cea) | EP | | 2021 | [The Crimson Corridor](https://themetalnet.com/album/54f985e5-d6cc-44bc-aad1-0675a5073dfa) | Album | | 2026 | [Pillars](https://themetalnet.com/album/525249de-4b14-4130-a223-5a2f5b218f2d) | EP | ## Related bands - [Converge](https://themetalnet.com/band/converge) (listened together) - [Norma Jean](https://themetalnet.com/band/norma-jean) (listened together) - [Every Time I Die](https://themetalnet.com/band/every-time-i-die) (listened together) - [Poison the Well](https://themetalnet.com/band/poison-the-well) (listened together) - [Haste the Day](https://themetalnet.com/band/haste-the-day) (listened together) - [Arch Enemy](https://themetalnet.com/band/arch-enemy) (listened together) - [Incubus](https://themetalnet.com/band/incubus) (listened together) - [Linkin Park](https://themetalnet.com/band/linkin-park) (listened together) - [The Chariot](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-chariot) (listened together) - [Living Sacrifice](https://themetalnet.com/band/living-sacrifice) (listened together) - [Chimaira](https://themetalnet.com/band/chimaira) (listened together) - [Guns N’ Roses](https://themetalnet.com/band/guns-n-roses) (listened together) ## Official and external links - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZAO.Official - website: https://zaoonline.net/ - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/51479842 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/zao](https://themetalnet.com/band/zao). 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