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Mar 7, 2012Everything continues to feel heavy.
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UncutMar 13, 2012Less reactionary souls will thrill to the dynamic Zoo. [Apr 2012, p.73]
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Mar 6, 2012On Zoo, Ceremony obliterate more discriminately, recalling the post-punk of Joy Division, the Fall and Wire – if those bands had spent more time in weight rooms than art galleries.
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Mar 6, 2012Hardcore bands rarely age gracefully, but Ceremony's found a way to accentuate its broadest influences without losing touch with its younger, rowdier days.
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Mar 6, 2012The songs are catchy and nuanced, and the rage that defined them a mere seven years ago comes across here as measured, simmering frustration.
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Mar 6, 2012In just two years, Ceremony has leaped aggressively forward in its evolution, and Zoo captures this over 12 tracks that reconfigure the group into something unique and vital.
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Alternative PressMar 7, 2012All that keeps Zoo from being a perfect record is the nagging feeling that Ceremony has even better work ahead. [Apr 2012, p.90]
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Mar 9, 2012While still mostly a success, Zoo marks the first time where Ceremony do not seem 100% sure of their own identity.
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Mar 9, 2012Ceremony's misanthropy has never sounded more genuinely punk.
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Mar 7, 2012Zoo is a well-produced record that captures a band on its way up the ladder.
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Kerrang!Mar 20, 2012It packs a ferocious, formidable bite. [3 Mar 2012, p.54]
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Mar 19, 2012Whatever the band loses in spastic energy and volatility on Zoo, it gains in melodic constancy.
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Mar 13, 2012Zoo is a fine tribute to [often-compared band]Wire's heavier side, alternating between powerful, lumbering riffs and manic splatters of guitar noise.
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Mar 12, 2012Zoo is a bleak record, but through prolonged exposure it can begin to feel like a place you want to stay.
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Mar 7, 2012[Zoo will piss you off if you think] their Fugaziish formative albums are sacrosanct and that any deviation voids them in the eyes of The Living Christ Our Lord Henry Rollins. Two, you hate loud noises.