The band named Zord was formed in October 2000.

Up to that time the members had acted in several local (Miskolc, North Hungary) hordes, among others in the band called Atomic that released two albums in the mid ‘90s with massive support of its Swiss management. The present line-up is a result of a long – and occasionally bitter and troublesome – process.

The name Zord is a Hungarian word that means “austere” or “bleak” in English. In the Hungarian rock and metal scene it is trendy to write and sing songs with Hungarian lyrics under English band names, but these guys often goes against the stream so they set out on an inverse way. The purpose was to teach foreign rockers one single Hungarian word, but write their lyrics in English, so wherever they go, their thoughts, Zord songs can be understood easily. Responds from foreign audiences they played for seem to prove the band is on the right way. Zord’s music tempts to a world of metal with heavy guitar riffs with some progressive elements. The main characters of their songs are determined by powerful chords, dynamic but sometimes twisted rhythms, rough vocals with blazing backing vocals and a bit of pale psychedelic feeling.

In 2002 the very first release of the band came out, one of their first songs titled “The Ghost” got on the live split CD “Rock Without Borders”. The entire album was recorded in Slovakia and Hungary during the joint tour with Remorse (H), Friday (SK) and Flashback (H). After heavy club touring in 2004 Zord recorded their promotional stuff titled “Little Disasters” containing six devastating metal tracks. In the meantime additional songs were born in their underground rehearsal cell, so the entire material of the debut Zord album has been completed. Later on the band has entered the studio to record the first album of the quartet...

Altogether eleven songs have been recorded. Meanwhile the band was requested by the American Football team called Szolnok Soldiers to compose and record their hymn, so after finishing the album mixing procedure, Zord entered the studio (Denever Studio – Szolnok) again on 20th March, 2006, and recorded the song entitled “The Glory Rush (Soldiers of Football)”. The result can be downloaded from the “Downloads” section of this site. In summer of 2006 the band appeared among others on the stages of Hegyalja Festival and Sziget Festival. In the beginning of 2007 the band had only local club gigs, and than Zord played on several summer festivals, but first of all they were focusing on the finishing touches to the Disasters Grind album cover.

From September the band was on the road again, and played about ten venues until the end of the year. The debut album of the band entitled "Disasters Grind" was released in November, 2007! (Nail Records) The album gained positive reviews from the Hungarian music press (e.g. Rockinform magazine December 2007 issue, HammerWorld magazine February 2008 issue), domestic (www.kronosmortus.hu, www.passzio.hu, www.viharock.hu) and foreign webzines like www.heathenharvest.com (USA) www.rockpolis-media.com (RO), and responses from fans are also promising…

The second leg of "Disasters Tour" started in February, 2008 and the first video of the album was made for the song entitled "The Ghost". In February 2008 the band hit the road in Hungary again, but appeared in Slovakia (Sáhy) for a gig on Drastic Fest as well, and then as an opening event of the festival season starting in late spring Zord played on Dark River Rock Fest in Transylvania. The next show was on “Day Zero” on the JMB Rock Fest in June, where the quartet played on Main Stage. Afterwards several festival shows (Rotor Rock Camp, Sz.A.R. Festival, Saigon International Rock Camp, ETER Festival) came, and the Beach Rock Party was the closing event of Zord’s summer festival season in 2008.

On 4th November, 2008 ‘272 Records released their 12th compilation record from their Kill City Series called “Kill City Twelve”, and the Hungarian Metal Scene is represented on the album by the song from Zord’s “Disasters Grind” album entitled “The Ghost”. On 26th December, 2008 the band recorded the stuff of their 'Christmas Meatl Eve' Live E.P. containing the highlights of the holy blasting show.

The band successfully concluded a three-show tour in Transylvania, kicked off on 14th May, 2010 in Sepsiszentgyörgy (Sfântu Gheorghe), continued in Csíkszereda (Miercurea Ciuc) on 21st, and ended in Homoródfürdő (Băile Homorod) on the Motorbike Convention of Independent Eagles M.C.on 22nd. Zord appeared on several domestic summer festivals and the Summer Youth-games in Zenta (Serbia). The first Zord Rock Camp was held in Miskolctapolca, in July 2011, and then the band got an invitation for a live show at the SeptEmber Fest 2011 in Budapest, where they shared the stage with Akela, Tűzmadár. (Next day Billy Cobham gave a concert on the same stage…)

In 2012 in addition to domestic club shows the horde returned to Transylvania for another three-show tour, where joined forces for a gig with the Brazilian band named ItSelf going on its first European Tour. In 2013 along with several club actions in Budapest and across Hungary the third Zord Rock Camp was taken place in July, and the band successfully appeared again on a bunch of summer festivals in Hungary and in the Highlands (Slovakia) as well.

The second full-length Zord album entitled “Thorns & Wounds” was released on 2nd December, 2013.

Additional information related to the band is available on www.facebook.com/zordmetal