Effective period / Period of releases: 2019

In September 2013, Anthony Mateus, Quentin Regnault, Mathieu Wilmann, Florent Giudicelli and Baptiste Boudoux met and decided to form a band named Ao, meaning " World, Universe " in Maori language.

With its self-produced EP Mahara (2015), the band delivers a modern metal, combining melodies, technical, rythmic intensity and efficiency, in line with influences such as Gojira, Lamb of God, Architects, Devildriver, Nevermore, or Chimaira.

In the continuity of their journey of musical and personal reflexion, the band brings its music further, by developping a more personal style.
From these introspections and the observation of our world, they're going to give life to their first full length release (2019).
In this album, the band will take its inspiration from the cyclical relationship between the Universe, the Earth and the Individual.

Through this new production, Ao will invite his auditors to a spiritual journey, in which the power of a modern metal, mixed with ambient and atmospheric colors, will carry an unfilled quest for wisdom and knowledge.