---
title: "Zeal & Ardor"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/zeal-ardor"
genre: "Avant-Garde Metal"
formed: 2013
---

# Zeal & Ardor

**Zeal & Ardor** is a avant-garde metal band, active 2013 to present.

Zeal & Ardor is a Swiss avant-garde metal band started and led by Manuel Gagneux, a Swiss-American musician who had previously created a chamber pop project called Birdmask. Formed in 2013, the band mixes sounds of African-American spirituals with black metal.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeal_%26_Ardor

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Zeal & Ardor |
| Genre | Avant-Garde Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Basel |
| Formed | 2013 |
| Releases in catalog | 6 |

## Genres

[Avant-Garde Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/avant-garde-metal) · [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Manuel Gagneux](https://themetalnet.com/musician/manuel-gagneux) |  |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | [Devil Is Fine](https://themetalnet.com/album/c554bcdf-d3be-421d-925f-5da06d3b944d) | Album |
| 2018 | [Stranger Fruit](https://themetalnet.com/album/c4b52154-aee9-4d8a-af6e-20ec508e2b03) | Album |
| 2020 | [Wake of a Nation](https://themetalnet.com/album/f2d37fe8-6b8f-426b-8cf2-66e835a7483a) | EP |
| 2022 | [Zeal & Ardor](https://themetalnet.com/album/92e2c7ec-ddb6-4af9-8214-1aa83a113886) | Album |
| 2024 | [GREIF](https://themetalnet.com/album/b61d5be9-d50b-4102-b339-feba0aefdcb2) | Album |
| 2024 | [Hide in Shade](https://themetalnet.com/album/cb4ddcf1-6d58-4856-a207-0478016b2e4b) | EP |

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- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together)
- [Deftones](https://themetalnet.com/band/deftones) (listened together)
- [System of a Down](https://themetalnet.com/band/system-of-a-down) (listened together)
- [Ulver](https://themetalnet.com/band/ulver) (listened together)
- [Tool](https://themetalnet.com/band/tool) (listened together)
- [Slipknot](https://themetalnet.com/band/slipknot) (listened together)
- [Nine Inch Nails](https://themetalnet.com/band/nine-inch-nails) (listened together)
- [Rammstein](https://themetalnet.com/band/rammstein) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)
- [Leprous](https://themetalnet.com/band/leprous) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- bandcamp: https://zealandardor.bandcamp.com/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zealandardor
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zealandardor/
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPg_FoJeD3drwPeS6xjD9FA
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/11337058
- x: https://twitter.com/zealandardor
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/1130919616
- website: https://www.zealandardor.com/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6yCjbLFZ9qAnWfsy9ujm5Y

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/zeal-ardor](https://themetalnet.com/band/zeal-ardor). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt