ZAO Announces One-Off Show In Pittsburgh

March 11, 2011

Influential Greensburg, Pennsylvania-based heavy music act ZAO will play at Altar Bar in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 2. The band states, "It may be the only show we do this year, it may not (don't read anything into that)."

ZAO is working on material for its next studio album, which the band plans on releasing through its own label. The group previously stated about its decision to release the CD without the aid of a traditional record company , "The music industry has made enough money off of bands and wasted it. Why not put it out ourselves and sink the 'profits' back into future releases?"

ZAO is:

Daniel Weyandt - Vocals
Scott Mellinger - Guitar
Russ Cogdell - Guitar
Jeff Gretz - Drums
Marty Lunn - Bass

"Awake?", the last album from ZAO, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD debuted at No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200. Released in May 2009 via Ferret Music, the follow-up to 2006's "The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here" was recorded in Latrobe, Pennsylvania (near Greensburg); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Encinitas, California; and San Marcos, California. AS I LAY DYING frontman Tim Lambesis and Daniel Castleman headed up the proceedings, along with ZAO's Scott Mellinger.

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