Dogged by constant musician turnover, Zao stumbled and spluttered
throughout the early 2000s, just as the metallic hardcore style
they helped define was enjoying its greatest commercial acceptance
via contemporaries and inspired followers such as Shadows Fall,
Unearth, and Killswitch Engage. 2004's Legendary collection
appeared to symbolize the nail on their... More collective coffin,
especially as it followed the definitive departure of founding
drummer and guiding force Jesse Smith; but long-tenured members
Daniel Weyandt (vocals) and Scott Mellinger (guitars), were soon
lured to carry on by a new contract with leading independent
Ferret Records, hiring a new rhythm section and frightening many
of their devout Christian followers with the following year's
mixed-review concept album, The Funeral of God. Then, for its
2006 follow-up, The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here, the band teamed
up with renowned analog-only producer Steve Albini, and once
again toned down (while not necessarily disowning) their
Christian past, to come up with an album (their tenth!)
representing the very extreme of what one might still like
to categorize as metalcore. True to Zao's pioneering standards,
uncompromising new tracks like "Kingdom of Thieves," "There's No
Such Thing as Paranoia," and the zombie love story "My Love, My
Love (We've Come Back from the Dead)" are as memorable as they
can be perplexing; combining lyrics as arcane as they are
thought-provo...
Genre: Hardcore/Metal
Year: 2006
Tracklist:
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