Without Zao there'd be no metalcore. Truly pioneers who were ahead of their time. They have such an immense library, Dan's voice is like liquid diamonds.
Back in the day, when I first heard Splinters, Zao blew my mind. They are the reason I picked up a bass and learned how to scream. They have consistently put out music ahead of it's time and I'm proud to have their logo from this album inked on me. Amazing this album came out in 2004 and metalcore has finally caught up. Long live Zao.
MisterGutsy6 People in the mainstream aren't interested in cookie cutter bands? That's the stupidest comment I've ever read. Everything about mainstream music is cookie cutter.
Yeah not sure what happened there. Was trying to say the mainstream ARENT interested in screaming and are interested in "cookie cutter" "bands". *shrug*
MisterGutsy6 They are most certainly not interested in Christian music. That's for sure. The mainstream is all all about selling demons and evil. Sex and violence. Greed and hate.
This band owns so many other bands. And christianty and life isnt all about love and joy and sunshine, theres highs and lows and strugles, Zao writes about it all. Its real music its what people actualy gop through not the veil that most chritianty hides behind.
19 years ago i saw em with dillinger, misery signals, and etid at bb king. The intro riff at 0:42 when the double bass kicks in was always the coolest shit ever.
First: holy shit dream gig. Second: this riff is the most haunting I’ve ever heard-but for me it’s the intro version, before it speeds up (which is like a cherry on the cake really) it’s got that perfect combo of aloof drumming and a bass that sounds like bombs going off at your face.
@@alextownley9388 Yeah, there's no doubt that good, even great, newer m-c bands are around. I'm not sure what OP means by "relevant back then". Especially since the era of bands I think he's referring too (Botch, Converge, Zao...) were either ostracized by the metal community or kinda hanging around the hardcore and punk kids. Metalcore was not relevant in the mainstream or underground. It took a number of years, innovation and hard work to legitimize the style. We all know that by the late 2000's, metalcore essentially blew into mainstream levels of attention (good and bad thing).
i've been listening to these guys since 1997...when the lineup and sound was totally different. they were literally the first metal band i ever heard as a kid. they've done nothing but get better thru the years.
Freaking brutal, this band got me into christain heavy metal. Becoming The Archetype, Plea For Purging, Demon Hunter... these guys are amazing. Best vocals!
this was bay far the best song off this cd and this video was incredible! i wish that the music on the rest of the cd would have been as good as this song. but the lyrics on this whole cd were awesome!
I do think, and would want to say... however... that it is really cool how Dan wrote "religious" lyrics without being religious at all on this album. He didn't get preachy at all. Kudos to Dan. He has got to be one of the greatest Metal songwriters EVER.
i don't think it did for metalcore i think it did for deathcore i know they classify as metalcore but i think they just slapped that genre name on because the name for deathcore wasn't there yet
@trevostuden8456 sounds like deathcore I listen to man And it’s not with this course sounds like Death core has the best guitarist drummers in basis of all time lol if you want a mixed bag of the best solos breakdowns and riffs on earth go to Deathcore you’re thinking of djent lol
@trevostuden8456 a zao is too heavy to be metalcore Metalcore has like those girly, high-pitched singing voices like Pierce the veil waa my girlfriend broke up wit mee dudu dudu dududu dudu ruuuuggh!
Best live show that I have ever been to, I got pulled up onto the stage to scream the chorus of this song. It was sick and the drummer commented me on my screaming after the show.
Man, I had completely forgotten about Burning Bridges until this moment. Thank you so much. I remember seeing them live when I was a teenager. Fucking amazing.
its been ten years since i listened to these guys. used to love em. does anyone remember that they were under a christian record label? surprised they approved
alot of their songs were like about biblical shit so the label was cool with it. the band was saying the end of the world will come and you will die and burn... so were the christians
Ryan Jackson They were Christians, that's why they were under a Christian record label. (In later days, they weren't Christians anymore, though. I'm not sure if this album is still in their 'Christian period'.)
With the consideration that Zao is a Christian band this song surprises me in two ways. One, it's good. lol And two, the lyrics are really very dark. Awesome awesome.
when i first heard this song, i realized Liberate-era Zao was back and actually, for the first time in a decade, breaking new ground and yet bringing back that track Savannah's style of brutality back from Liberate in these just OBSCENELY evil breakdowns. Man...gets me so f**kin hard
Bombs rain down like heaven's tears The earth shall die and disappear And today, we wish the skies were grey For now they're just black and empty Ripped and torn from inside out Things too dark to think about No miracles No bleeding hands God has parted And when the end, she comes Rains down on everyone Fire from the sky And when the end, she rides Breathing out suicide Life and death are one As a flame burns to touch the sky So it shall be with man's cry And this night all will pass away And this night we shall die as one
@courteyus What do you mean? This was 04. Cattle Decapitation was on MTV 2's headbangers ball. Napalm Death already had about a dozen albums out by then. And this was the year that Dimebag was killed, ending any chance of a Pantera reunion.
i think i know what you're saying, and i never thought of Zao as metalcore, persay, i thought of them as the revolution of extreme christian metal. i think Zao rock hard, and i don't think we would have half the awesome acts we have these days without their inspiration. so much kudos to them, and this song kicks ass btw. :-)
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Still rips in 2024 🔥
🙌🙌
@@lobianiscoli 👹
Yes indeed
Here for it!!!!
💪🏽😤
This song is truth Anti Christ about to show up all stay prayed to Jesus Christ 🙏🏻 I pray for us all family we will touch the sky soon family 🫀🫀🫀
Been listening to them since I was 18. 42 now. Love em
Without Zao there'd be no metalcore. Truly pioneers who were ahead of their time. They have such an immense library, Dan's voice is like liquid diamonds.
I named my son Zao because of this great band. Greetings from México.
Excelente bro 🤘🏽
David Estrada oi oi oi. I’m also named Zao
I could relate... I named my daughter Kylesa...
David Estrada that’s fucking awesome
Thats awesome, my dad did the same thing!!!🤣🤣🤣
I have been listening to them since I was 16, I'm 32 now. Pure metal magic.
Holy shit.. Im started listening Zao since I was 18 or 19, now Im 30.. !! |m|
same here since I was 12 I am 30
My drummer is 39 and still plays metal. I'm 29 so somehow we combine our influences . I got him into Zao.
ha! same ages as me!
@@jeremychambers9354 I was 14.. now 32.
Listening in 2019 anyone? I know i am
mothafuckin' right. always. zao till we die.
Alberto Morales this song still makes chaos. 2019 needs more Zao!
@@iBeFappin hell yeah!
Yup
of course
Back in the day, when I first heard Splinters, Zao blew my mind. They are the reason I picked up a bass and learned how to scream. They have consistently put out music ahead of it's time and I'm proud to have their logo from this album inked on me. Amazing this album came out in 2004 and metalcore has finally caught up. Long live Zao.
They truly were ahead of their time.
@@pocketsand457 Still are, crimson corridor was a masterpiece
2020 anyone! And 2021! Keep metal alive
This video deserves at least 500.000.000 views.
***** Because people in the mainstream are not interested in "screaming" or "cookie cutter" "bands"...that is how come.
MisterGutsy6 People in the mainstream aren't interested in cookie cutter bands? That's the stupidest comment I've ever read. Everything about mainstream music is cookie cutter.
Yeah not sure what happened there. Was trying to say the mainstream ARENT interested in screaming and are interested in "cookie cutter" "bands". *shrug*
+Eurythmicc Divisionn Let's see what I can do. ;)
MisterGutsy6 They are most certainly not interested in Christian music. That's for sure. The mainstream is all all about selling demons and evil. Sex and violence. Greed and hate.
I rocked out to this song on my headphones walking to school every single day when I was 13. It's still just as good!
Havent heard this in a decade. Goosebumps!!!
Saw them a few weeks ago they still kill it
Really interesting songwriting. First time I've heard these guys. I love it!
best metalcore band ever.
Along with As I Lay Dying. My opinion, of course
Metalcore is sexy
Skycamefalling
@@dustinbaxter4521 why not a lot of people talk abt them
This band owns so many other bands. And christianty and life isnt all about love and joy and sunshine, theres highs and lows and strugles, Zao writes about it all. Its real music its what people actualy gop through not the veil that most chritianty hides behind.
19 years ago i saw em with dillinger, misery signals, and etid at bb king. The intro riff at 0:42 when the double bass kicks in was always the coolest shit ever.
First: holy shit dream gig. Second: this riff is the most haunting I’ve ever heard-but for me it’s the intro version, before it speeds up (which is like a cherry on the cake really) it’s got that perfect combo of aloof drumming and a bass that sounds like bombs going off at your face.
That must've been some show, damn.
Back when metalcore is still relevant. I'm so glad Zao is reforming again.
They said the album release date and preorders will be announced any day now.
you even have a Converge album art!!
Southern Deathmonger Just saw then in Austin with Living Sacrifice last month!! Sick show!!!
There are still a lot of great metalcore bands you just have to do a little digging to find them.
@@alextownley9388 Yeah, there's no doubt that good, even great, newer m-c bands are around. I'm not sure what OP means by "relevant back then". Especially since the era of bands I think he's referring too (Botch, Converge, Zao...) were either ostracized by the metal community or kinda hanging around the hardcore and punk kids. Metalcore was not relevant in the mainstream or underground. It took a number of years, innovation and hard work to legitimize the style. We all know that by the late 2000's, metalcore essentially blew into mainstream levels of attention (good and bad thing).
Damn why have I never heard of these guys? This is a sick track 🤙
Even though I'm an atheist now, it feels nostalgic to listen again to one of Christian bands I used to love back when I was a Christian 😅
Saaaaaame. I don't know why but I wanted to hear a pirate's prayer earlier and here we are
thanks Lord for being in heart. In Jesus name amen
No offense but you were never Christian if you apostasized.
@@KevinTheMetalhead none taken. So, you’re one of those self appointed arbiters who decide on who’s really a Christian and who’s not?!
I was an atheist when I first got into them and am still an atheist. Zao are amazing.
2022 here 🔥
i've been listening to these guys since 1997...when the lineup and sound was totally different. they were literally the first metal band i ever heard as a kid. they've done nothing but get better thru the years.
They popped up most abruptly in my mind tonight. Lol.
Why am I learning about this band now?? Never too late I guess
I remember seeing Zao and Living Sacrifice in like '99.
ryanexsus me to
the pits at a sacrifice show was awesome and then throw in zao .... yeah buddy... been there years ago little rock Arkansas
*'98
@@keithremsing3476 LS and Zao would have been oustanding?
I never got to see Za0, but they definitely live up to their reputation. LS was also bad ass! Seen em live in San Antonio.
Headed to their concert right now.
Freaking brutal, this band got me into christain heavy metal. Becoming The Archetype, Plea For Purging, Demon Hunter... these guys are amazing. Best vocals!
Such a powerful album. Its probably my favorite Zao album.
this was bay far the best song off this cd and this video was incredible! i wish that the music on the rest of the cd would have been as good as this song. but the lyrics on this whole cd were awesome!
zao will go down as one of the greatest "underground" bands. love or hate them u cannot deny their MUSIC abilities.
i love everything about this song, but from 1:12 on out its pure fire.
Still my nombre 1 ZAO all the way 2022!
Came back in 2022, still gold.
I ended up here because i had the urge the listen to Moria-On the eve of glorious battle
I do think, and would want to say... however...
that it is really cool how Dan wrote "religious" lyrics without being religious at all on this album. He didn't get preachy at all.
Kudos to Dan. He has got to be one of the greatest Metal songwriters EVER.
THIS BAND IS MY FIRST NAME!! (proudness over 9000)
Same here brother🎸🎶
@@Colonial-child Wow
Just Wow
@@RideauMancien I was same way I was like wow I'm not the only Zao
"and when the end she rides, breathing out suicide, life and
death are one" I love this song!
Zao has been around since 1993...it predates 'metalcore' but was definitely a band that pioneered the sound.
i don't think it did for metalcore i think it did for deathcore i know they classify as metalcore but i think they just slapped that genre name on because the name for deathcore wasn't there yet
@trevostuden8456 definitely is man
@trevostuden8456 pretty much all deathcore is good man like as blood runs black should be in the rock hall of fame
@trevostuden8456 sounds like deathcore I listen to man And it’s not with this course sounds like Death core has the best guitarist drummers in basis of all time lol if you want a mixed bag of the best solos breakdowns and riffs on earth go to Deathcore you’re thinking of djent lol
@trevostuden8456 a zao is too heavy to be metalcore Metalcore has like those girly, high-pitched singing voices like Pierce the veil waa my girlfriend broke up wit mee dudu dudu dududu dudu ruuuuggh!
2021 and these guys still go hard 🔥
Best live show that I have ever been to, I got pulled up onto the stage to scream the chorus of this song. It was sick and the drummer commented me on my screaming after the show.
Can't stop, won't stop listening.
2021 still a banger
I will be seeing them on 9-7-22 in Columbus Ohio. Been such a fan since 98.
LIFE AND DEATH ARE ONE.
One of my favorite albums, not a single song skip.
2022 and this song still causes me chills!
Zao was the first hard music I was introduced to almost 20 years ago
Reminds me of the good ol days. Days when these guys were killing and Jimmy was vocals for Haste the Day
Man, I had completely forgotten about Burning Bridges until this moment. Thank you so much. I remember seeing them live when I was a teenager. Fucking amazing.
When Metalcore wasnt a bunch of pussy ass scenes and emos singing about being a pussy ass scene or emo for a bunch of pussy ass scene and emo teens.
The end really is upon us folks 👍
God, I wish I could go back to the summer of 2005.
2022 siempre ready con ZAO
definitely one of the best metalcore bands ever
their definitely deathocre they just came out when the name for deathcore wasn't there
@@jerixsixtynine6612they're*
2023 💪🙏
The song, the video, the performance itself of the members, his ICONIC scream - this never gets fucking old. 😍😍😍😍
2021 and this song is still relevant.
who's listening with me in 2021 ?
16 years .omg . This band change my vision of life ❤❤❤❤
Damo's favourite band, I can definitely hear the vocal influence these guys had on Damo.
the vocalist is awesome
2021... still here!
2023, checking in
yup, still an absolute banger
Prophetic imagery 15 years before the global pandemic 😷.
I first saw this on a Sounds of the Underground dvd. One of the best investments i made in my life.
wow
that's some christian love you're sending out there pal
way to walk in christs footsteps
Metalcore/Hardcore/Sludge Metal. Amazing Band. ZAO Has Some Of The Most Crushing And Hardest Riffs Of All Time!
first time getting in the scene back then seen these dudes at my local vfw, they where the creme of the crop in underground scene back then!
My mom and dad named me after this band and I love my name being Zao it's amazing I also love heavy music
WOW! Zao was still putting out albums? I lost track about 2000...
its been ten years since i listened to these guys. used to love em. does anyone remember that they were under a christian record label? surprised they approved
alot of their songs were like about biblical shit so the label was cool with it. the band was saying the end of the world will come and you will die and burn... so were the christians
Ryan Jackson They were Christians, that's why they were under a Christian record label. (In later days, they weren't Christians anymore, though. I'm not sure if this album is still in their 'Christian period'.)
+Maurits they are still Christians. Not every Christian is some Puritan or evangelical
With the consideration that Zao is a Christian band this song surprises me in two ways. One, it's good. lol And two, the lyrics are really very dark. Awesome awesome.
when i first heard this song, i realized Liberate-era Zao was back and actually, for the first time in a decade, breaking new ground and yet bringing back that track Savannah's style of brutality back from Liberate in these just OBSCENELY evil breakdowns. Man...gets me so f**kin hard
Bombs rain down like heaven's tears
The earth shall die and disappear
And today, we wish the skies were grey
For now they're just black and empty
Ripped and torn from inside out
Things too dark to think about
No miracles
No bleeding hands
God has parted
And when the end, she comes
Rains down on everyone
Fire from the sky
And when the end, she rides
Breathing out suicide
Life and death are one
As a flame burns to touch the sky
So it shall be with man's cry
And this night all will pass away
And this night we shall die as one
Zao has the best riffs of the genre
this music give energy to go up everyday
vocals are so great
2022 and Zao still fucking slaps.
:)
@bdowney27 this song is from funeral of god, which is from 2004, the original lineup of this band broke up in 1997.
So glad i got to see these guys live... dan is fucking INTENSEEEEEE
If you have pent up anger get into a metal pit... great emotional release
One of my all time favorite bands
One of my top ten favorite metalcore albums of all time.
one of the best metalcore songs from the best metalcore album
@courteyus What do you mean? This was 04. Cattle Decapitation was on MTV 2's headbangers ball. Napalm Death already had about a dozen albums out by then. And this was the year that Dimebag was killed, ending any chance of a Pantera reunion.
They all praise and bring about the Glory of God. So they all are Amazing in my Book.
Dan is great vocalist
these guys still tour? im from greensburg and remember when they put this out. seems like forever ago
Listening in 2018 anyone? I know i am 🤘😈🤘
2019 \,,\(^.^)/,,/
@@bryantrevor8305 2018 and then some ;)
2021 and still going strong
This song is apocolyptically sweet!! HELL YEAH
i love this song!! its uber awesome...
First time 2008 and now 2019 immer noch Gänsehaut 😜
2017 y sigue siendo mi banda favorita, this bass MG!!!
the chorus of this song is so awesome
Listening in 2021?
2006-2007 anyone?
Yup
zao was like 98 for me...
+Bree Stone 2016
2099 anyone?
Idk what it is but that time in metalcore there def was much more creativity than 2016.
Yeppp.... Best guitarplayer of Zao over the years.
i think i know what you're saying, and i never thought of Zao as metalcore, persay, i thought of them as the revolution of extreme christian metal.
i think Zao rock hard, and i don't think we would have half the awesome acts we have these days without their inspiration.
so much kudos to them, and this song kicks ass btw. :-)
Dan the singer for Zao is doing guest vocals on a new song for still remains that should be coming out in about a month
God damn! Haven't heard this song in a couple years...
Hey.. I'm from 2021
one of the few metalcore songs i really enjoy
This song is timeless for when the apocalypse comes!
I love the bass on this album
amen, as a long time listener of zao myself; 10ish years, i couldnt have said it better myself. (liberate te ex enferis FTW)