Zao discography
# Zao discography

The following is the complete discography of Zao, an American metalcore band. The band's discography consists of eleven studio albums, two compilation albums, one video album, four music videos, and seven extended plays.

## Albums

### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | US Christian | US Heat | US Indie | US Hard Rock | US Rock |
| All Else Failed | Released: 1995 Label: Steadfast Formats: CD, LP, DL | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation | Released: April 1, 1997 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest | Released: May 19, 1998 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liberate Te Ex Inferis | Released: August 10, 1999 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, LP, DL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Self-Titled | Released: February 27, 2001 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, LP, DL | 30 | — | — | — | — |
| Parade of Chaos | Released: July 10, 2002 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, DL | 21 | 25 | — | — | — |
| The Funeral of God | Released: July 12, 2004 Label: Ferret Formats: CD, DL | — | 24 | 20 | — | — |
| The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here | Released: June 12, 2006 Label: Ferret Formats: CD, DL | — | 12 | 21 | — | — |
| Awake? | Released: May 5, 2009 Label: Ferret Formats: CD, DL | 28 | 19 | 45 | — | — |
| The Well-Intentioned Virus | Released: December 9, 2016 Label: Observed/Observer Recordings Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL | — | 3 | 24 | 7 | 32 |
| The Crimson Corridor | Released: April 9, 2021 Label: Observed/Observer Recordings Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL | ― | 16 | ― | ― | ― |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||

### Re-recorded albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | US Christian | US Heat | US Indie | US Hard Rock | US Rock |
| All Else Failed | Released: February 19, 2003 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, DL | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||

### Compilation albums

List of compilation albums :

| Title | Album details |
| - | - |
| Legendary | Released: December 17, 2003 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State, EMI Formats: CD, DL |
| The 2nd Era | Released: 2011 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD, DL |
| Preface: Early Recordings 1995–1996 | Released: October 9, 2020 Label: self-released Formats: CD, DL |

### Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions :

| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - |
| Title | EP details | US Heat |
| The Tie That Binds | Released: 1995 Label: Steadfast Formats: CD, LP Notes: Split with Outcast | — |
| Treadwater | Released: 1996 Label: Steadfast Formats: CD, LP Notes: Split with Through and Through | — |
| Training for Utopia / Zao | Released: August 18, 1998 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CD Notes: Split with Training for Utopia | — |
| Zao / Luti-Kriss Sampler | Released: 2001 Label: Tooth & Nail/Solid State Formats: CS Notes: Split with Luti-Kriss | — |
| On Wings of Lead / The Rising End | Released: 2003 Label: Roadrunner Formats: CD Notes: Split with Bleeding Through | — |
| Xenephobe | Released: July 10, 2015 Label: Independent Formats: CD, LP, DL | — |
| Pyrrhic Victory | Released: November 3, 2017 Label: Observed/Observer Recordings Formats: CD, LP, DL | 11 |
| Zao/Yashira | Released: September 21, 2018 Label: Mind Over Matter Formats: LP, DL | — |
| Decoding Transmissions From the Möbius Strip | Released: February 8, 2019 Label: Observed/Observer Recordings Formats: LP, DL | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

### Video albums

List of video albums :

| Title | Album details |
| - | - |
| The Lesser Lights of Heaven | Released: November 15, 2005 Label: Ferret Formats: DVD |

### Demo albums

List of demo albums :

| Title | Album details |
| - | - |
| Author | Released: 1994 Label: Independent Formats: CD, CS |
| Sustained | Released: 1995 Label: Independent Formats: CD, CS |

### Remix albums

List of remix albums :

| Title | Album details |
| - | - |
| Reformat/Reboot | Released: November 15, 2019 Label: Observed/Observer Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL, NES |

## Songs

### B-sides

| Year | Song | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| N/A | "Within a Dream" | |
| 2002 | "Black Coffee" | A cover of a Black Flag song on Black on Black: A Tribute to Black Flag and also on the Japanese release of The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here |
| 2002 | "Sancho/Crimson Kroll" | |
| 2003 | "21st Century Thriller" | Recorded with Joshua Ashworth vocals for 2003 demo, later re-recorded with different lyrics for The Funeral of God as "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" |
| 2003 | "She's Not Leaving, She's Not Breathing" | Recorded with Joshua Ashworth vocals for 2003 demo, later re-recorded with different lyrics for The Funeral of God as "Praise the War Machine" |
| 2004 | "The Romance of the Southern Spirit" | On the Japanese release of The Funeral of God. Later re-recorded for Awake?. |
| 2016 | "Drifting Shadows in Walking Dreams" | Released as a free flexi disc with Decibel. Later appeared on Pyrrhic Victory. |

### Compilation appearances

| Song | Album |
| - | - |
| "Sancho" | A Testament to Broken Walls |
| "Black Coffee" | Black on Black: A Tribute to Black Flag |
| "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" | Music on the Brain Vol. 2 |
| "Angel Without Wings" | Point Break Vol. 1 |
| "The Last Revelation (The Last Prophecy)" | Progression Through Aggression Vol. 2 |
| "Exchange" | Songs from the Penalty Box |
| "A Fall Farewell" | Songs from the Penalty Box Vol. 2 |
| "To Think of You Is to Treasure an Absent Memory" | This is Solid State Vol. 1 |
| "Trashcanhands (Keyboard Coward)" | This is Solid State Vol. 2 |
| "The Icarus Complex" | This is Solid State Vol. 3 |
| "Resistance" | This is Solid State Vol. 4 |
| "Ravage Ritual" (disc 1) | Tooth & Nail 10th Anniversary Box Set |
| "Savannah" (disc 2) | Tooth & Nail 10th Anniversary Box Set |
| "5 Year Winter" (disc 4) | Tooth & Nail 10th Anniversary Box Set |
| "Parade of Chaos" (disc 5) | Tooth & Nail 10th Anniversary Box Set |
| "Repressed" (disc 4) | Tooth & Nail 4th Anniversary Box Set |
| "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" | Van's Warped Tour '05 |
| "Circle II The Lustful: If These Scars Could Speak" | Cheapskates- Harder Side |
| "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" | New #### Vol. 10 |
| "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" | Razor: Music from the Cutting Edge (Vol. 7) |
| "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" | Under the Gun DVD |
| "Physician Heal Thyself" | The Best of Taste of Chaos Vol. 2 |

## Music videos

| Year | Song | Album |
| - | - | - |
| 2004 | "The Rising End (The First Prophecy)" | The Funeral of God |
| 2006 | "My Love, My Love (We've Come Back from the Dead)" | The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here |
| 2017 | "Xenophobe" | The Well-Intentioned Virus |
| 2017 | "Broken Pact Blues" | The Well-Intentioned Virus |
| 2019 | "Transmission 1: I Saw the End" | Decoding Transmissions From the Möbius Strip |
