Legendary (Zao album)

Legendary
Greatest hits album by
Zao
Released December 17, 2003
Recorded Trax East, New Jersey
Genre Metalcore
Length 60:02
Label Solid State/Tooth & Nail/EMI
Producer Eric Rachel and Zao
Zao chronology
All Else Failed
(2003) 		Legendary
(2003) 		The Funeral of God
(2004)
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Legendary is the first compilation album by American metalcore band Zao. It was released on December 17, 2003, on Solid State/Tooth & Nail/EMI. It is the eighth album by the group. The last three songs are previously unreleased studio demos with Corey Darst on vocals. "The Icarus Complex" appeared on This is Solid State Vol.3.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Original album (Year) Length
1. "Skin Like Winter" Daniel Weyandt Training for Utopia / Zao (1998) 2:21
2. "5 Year Winter" Scott Mellinger, Jesse Smith, Weyandt (Self-Titled) (2001) 2:26
3. "A Fall Farewell" Russ Cogdell, Brett Detar, Smith, Weyandt Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest (1998) 2:51
4. "Suspend/Suspension" Mellinger, Smith, Weyandt Parade of Chaos (2002) 5:50
5. "Walk On By, Walk On Me" Cogdell, Detar, Smith, Weyandt Training for Utopia / Zao (1998) 2:56
6. "Ravage Ritual" Cogdell, Detar, Smith, Weyandt Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest (1998) 3:09
7. "Times of Separation" Shawn Jones, Roy Goudy, Mic Cox, Smith The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation (1997) 4:56
8. "Savannah" Rob Horner, Weyandt, Mellinger, Cogdell, Smith Liberate Te Ex Inferis (1999) 2:47
9. "The Race of Standing Still" Mellinger, Smith, Weyandt (Self-Titled) (2001) 5:06
10. "Free the Three" Mellinger, Smith, Weyandt Parade of Chaos (2002) 4:02
11. "Angel Without Wings" Mellinger, Smith, Weyandt Parade of Chaos (2002) 3:42
12. "Ember" Cogdell, Detar, Smith, Weyandt Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest (1998) 2:26
13. "The Ghost Psalm" Weyandt, Mellinger, Cogdell, Smith, Horner Liberate Te Ex Inferis (1999) 5:40
14. "Trashcanhands (Keyboard Cowards)" Mellinger (Self-Titled) (2001)  
15. "The Icarus Complex" (demo) Corey Darst, Mellinger, Horner, Smith Previously unreleased 2:29
16. "One Last Time" (demo) Darst, Mellinger, Horner, Smith Previously unreleased 2:55
17. "All Dressed Up (With No Place to Go)" (demo) Darst, Mellinger, Horner, Smith Previously unreleased 2:51
Total length: 60:02

Credits

  • Dan Weyandt – vocals
  • Scott Mellinger – guitar, bass
  • Russ Cogdell – guitar, bass
  • Jesse Smith – drums, guitar, vocals
  • Rob Horner – bass
  • Brett Detar – guitar, bass
  • Shawn Jonas – vocals
  • Roy Goudy – guitar
  • Mic Cox – bass
  • Corey Darst – vocals

Quotes

  • "Zao were quite literally one of the first few heavy bands to truly break out of the Christian underground scene and gain the attention and admiration of secular audiences... From their humbly loose hardcore beginnings to their overpowering metal meets death grind days, all the way to their progressive almost Neurosis like moments, the group have never been afraid to push themselves and 'Legendary' isn't afraid to show it... A fitting tribute to one of the underground's greats." — ThePRP.com