This is a GRIM listen. It's been fascinating watching the decades-long transformation of ZAO from Christian metalcore into whatever this is. Sh*t's bleak in here.
I'm sticking to my original interpretation of the lyrics to The Crimson Corridor, where the 'crimson corridor' is a birth canal and the narrator is a baby-soul spitefully rejecting reincarnation and self-misscariage-ing itself.
Also, goodnight Charlie Kirk. Can't say I agreed with you on everything, but nobody deserves it like that. Ghuughra
This London 5-piece set out to combine doom, stoner, and post-metal into the heaviest record of all time. Hit play and hear the result. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 26, 2024
The UK four-piece summon the ghosts of metal past to create an unsparing album that's unmistakably contemporary. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jun 30, 2022
The fact that modern Zao not only lives up to their old standards but, in fact, continues to grow and innovate is a message to every band that passion for what you do is the most critical factor in making compelling music trainh13