(Self-Titled)

Zao | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Solid State Records
• ASIN: B000059T5U
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,525 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #23 in Music > Indie Music > Christian & Gospel > Rock

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read, April 20, 2002

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"pod_warrior1" (Quakertown, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: (Self-Titled) (Audio CD)

Read Tyler Dunahoos review on the next page. Does anyone get the feeling that this is one of the guy's Zao wrote about in Trashcanhands???? i mean, if this poor lost soul is listening to Korn and Limp Bizkit, and saying it is BETTER than Zao, ONLY because Zao is CHRISTIAN!? please do NOT take what he says seriously, rather pitty the poor man, and hope that someday he'll find God, and God will show him GOOD music!

ps by saying that Zao "groans and yells 'Jesus' as loud as they can" just proves he didn't take the time to actually LISTEN to the music.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER MUST BUY!, March 7, 2001

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Andrew (Fairfield, CA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: (Self-Titled) (Audio CD)

Ever since I first heard ZAO had a new CD, I was waiting for months in anticipation, and I sure tell you I am not one bit dissappointed! Ever since I bought the CD "Liberate te ex Inferis (Save Yourself From Hell)" and heard "Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest", I was amazed with their power and might that they deliver in their music and in their lyrics. This CD I have to say is must buy (like all the ZAO cds). There is a big difference though between this CD and the rest of ZAO's discography. This CD is not as dark as all the others, and I think I may know why. I have friends, parents, and have heard many other people speculate ZAO as "demonic" and "too dark and evil" for a Christian band, so they probably got a little bit annnoyed by these negative comments, so they changed around a little bit. I personally don't like hearing anything like that, because ZAO has always delivered a powerful message that is so gripping that it scares people. A couple examples, in Blood and Fire (just the title alone is extreme), the cover has a man with fire blazing from his face, and several songs on the CD talk about taking someone's life for granted before they die, which relates to singer Daniel Weyandt's life. On Liberate, there is a song (If These Scars Could Speak) about an old band member who was an outstanding church citizen, who went to hang out with this girl who was a friend of the band, and he... her, and no one believed her because he was thought to be such a great Christian, so she couldn't express her internal scars. Heavy eh? A bit too heavy for some obviously. ZAO has MANY songs like that, God has sure blessed Daniel with the gift of writing. Well, in this album, ZAO still delivers a powerful message about life, but not as much in a bloodred way like all the old stuff. It is still gripping, and I don't think any ZAO fan should be dissappointed, for this is another unreal release. Musically, the CD has a lot more melodic tunes than ever before, and it has probably the best recording by means of studio work yet. Even though this is a great CD, I don't think any CD at all could match up with Blood and Fire, but it sure comes close in my opinion. The drums are fiercer than ever and Dan shows off his vocal ability, by using his beautiful singing voice in some of the more melodic songs, and user a wider range of hardcore vocals. I think pretty much every song on it is really good, but my favorite song would have to be number 9 (The Dreams that Don't Come True), because it is probably the most emotionally touching songs on the album. So in a word, this CD is AMAZING, and a definite must buy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD is simply amazing, no bones about it., April 17, 2001

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Jeff Wiersma (Worcester, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: (Self-Titled) (Audio CD)

I honestly did not think that "Liberate Te Ex Infernis" could be topped. But man was I wrong. This album wastes no time in pummeling with the opening track 5 Year Winter. The great thing about this album is its versatility, as the second track, Alive is Dead, has its own restrained intensity in instrumental form. Other hard-hitting tracks include A Tool To Scream, Trashcanhands, The Race of Standing Still, and The End of This World. Each song is only accented by dark and emotional tracks such as Witchunter and FJL. The versatility showcases Zao's musical dexterity, and good sense of perspective. Zao sets themselves apart from a genre stocked with rehash copycats, and this release only widens that gap. It is encouraging to see a band take risks and the result is a disk that stands up to repeated listening. So don't listen to all those kids out there who are disallusioned with Zao because they don't seem "Christian." Have any of these pre-pubescent brats read Lamentations or Job? So they don't sound like The Supertones. I am one who is thanking God for that. Do yourself a favor and get this cd, and make sure to see Zao when they come around on tour. Their live is nothing short of total intensity.