The Batlord's Thread of Metalcore that Doesn't Suck but In Fact ****ing Rules

[Mondo Bungle]

Came in to share that Zao is probably my favorite metalcore band. Bloodlet may have released the top album, but ultimately didn't have much other material equal to it. Their compilation Eclectic is great, but the rest of their full lengths are hit or miss in quality.

Zao's eearlier output is nonstop fire, completely brutal and outrageous. Eventually they'd shift to a queer KSE type sound, but their first few more than make up for it. Lyrics are smega Christian but who cares, still cool.