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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
@@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).
Freaking brutal, this band got me into christain heavy metal. Becoming The Archetype, Plea For Purging, Demon Hunter... these guys are amazing. Best vocals!
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 dont know what it is about this album, but it stood out to me more than any of the others. 'I reject' from Living Sacrifice is a really kick ass song man. Zao & Living Sacrifice are two sweet christian metal bands in my book.
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!
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.
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. :-)
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
god i got headbutt in the stomach in the circle pit seeing this band at el toreon, chillin just having fun, then looking at my vans lol... fun show, glad i suffered through the openers
Seen these guy’s years back with DevilDriver, in flames and trivium.. kept yelling for them to play killing Cupid yet they seemed surprised anyone knew them and they still didn’t play it
Still rips in 2024 🔥
🙌🙌
@@lobianiscoli 👹
Yes indeed
Here for it!!!!
💪🏽😤
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.
Been listening to them since I was 18. 42 now. Love em
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!!!🤣🤣🤣
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
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!
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.
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.
Havent heard this in a decade. Goosebumps!!!
2020 anyone! And 2021! Keep metal alive
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.
Really interesting songwriting. First time I've heard these guys. I love it!
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!
best metalcore band ever.
Along with As I Lay Dying. My opinion, of course
Metalcore is sexy
Skycamefalling
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.
"and when the end she rides, breathing out suicide, life and
death are one" I love this song!
Such a powerful album. Its probably my favorite Zao album.
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.
Headed to their concert right now.
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).
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.
Still my nombre 1 ZAO all the way 2022!
Freaking brutal, this band got me into christain heavy metal. Becoming The Archetype, Plea For Purging, Demon Hunter... these guys are amazing. Best vocals!
LIFE AND DEATH ARE ONE.
The end really is upon us folks 👍
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.
Damn why have I never heard of these guys? This is a sick track 🤙
The song, the video, the performance itself of the members, his ICONIC scream - this never gets fucking old. 😍😍😍😍
THIS BAND IS MY FIRST NAME!! (proudness over 9000)
Same here brother🎸🎶
@@Zao-qw7rc Wow
Just Wow
@@RideauMancien I was same way I was like wow I'm not the only Zao
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 dont know what it is about this album, but it stood out to me more than any of the others. 'I reject' from Living Sacrifice is a really kick ass song man. Zao & Living Sacrifice are two sweet christian metal bands in my book.
2021 still a banger
Can't stop, won't stop listening.
This song is timeless for when the apocalypse comes!
Damo's favourite band, I can definitely hear the vocal influence these guys had on Damo.
2021 and these guys still go hard 🔥
God, I wish I could go back to the summer of 2005.
zao will go down as one of the greatest "underground" bands. love or hate them u cannot deny their MUSIC abilities.
Why am I learning about this band now?? Never too late I guess
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!
They popped up most abruptly in my mind tonight. Lol.
Zao has the best riffs of the genre
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.
i love everything about this song, but from 1:12 on out its pure fire.
My mom and dad named me after this band and I love my name being Zao it's amazing I also love heavy music
2022 siempre ready con ZAO
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 vocalist is awesome
2022 and Zao still fucking slaps.
:)
THIS is pure metalcore
А по русски можно?
2022 and this song still causes me chills!
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*
Somg took me back to lime wire days I was maybe a freshman or sophomore when my cousin showed me music like this
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. :-)
Zao was the first hard music I was introduced to almost 20 years ago
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
Saw them a few weeks ago they still kill it
16 years .omg . This band change my vision of life ❤❤❤❤
I will be seeing them on 9-7-22 in Columbus Ohio. Been such a fan since 98.
Yup. Listening since 96
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
god i got headbutt in the stomach in the circle pit seeing this band at el toreon, chillin just having fun, then looking at my vans lol...
fun show, glad i suffered through the openers
ZAO is fucking amazing.
Jesus metalcore era one of the best in metal so raw
Prophetic imagery 15 years before the global pandemic 😷.
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
Listening in 2018 anyone? I know i am 🤘😈🤘
2019 \,,\(^.^)/,,/
@@bryantrevor8305 2018 and then some ;)
2021 and still going strong
I first saw this on a Sounds of the Underground dvd. One of the best investments i made in my life.
one of the best metalcore songs from the best metalcore album
U already know....12/28/20
Some metalheads never die
2021 and this song is still relevant.
who's listening with me in 2021 ?
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!
One of my top ten favorite metalcore albums of all time.
vocals are so great
Seen these guy’s years back with DevilDriver, in flames and trivium.. kept yelling for them to play killing Cupid yet they seemed surprised anyone knew them and they still didn’t play it
This song is apocolyptically sweet!! HELL YEAH
I love the bass on this album
2021... still here!
In greensburg jamming 2021 level green what up!
i agree whit everythng you said,bro! AND ZAO ROCKS!
one of the few metalcore songs i really enjoy
I wanna find the 77 people who disliked this video, and give them a piece of my mind!😡 This song is absolutely FIRE🔥
...from the sky
2017 y sigue siendo mi banda favorita, this bass MG!!!
2023 💪🙏
Metalcore/Hardcore/Sludge Metal. Amazing Band. ZAO Has Some Of The Most Crushing And Hardest Riffs Of All Time!
Forgot how much I loved this song
2022 here 🔥
this music give energy to go up everyday
Escuchando este tema saludos a mi amigo chapu amatitlan 2024 -07
One of my all time favorite bands
Hallelujah.
Still listening in 2021
When I was a kid the fear is what keeps us here scared me. And I fucking loved it.
Yeppp.... Best guitarplayer of Zao over the years.
the chorus of this song is so awesome
The beginning riff always reminds of Cannibal Corpses' A Skull Full of Maggots.
Jeff Lovato Dammit! It's basically the same exact riff. I'm pissed.
Poppa Punker they`re very similar...but not exact the same...:]
Kick ass band from west virginia
i love this song!! its uber awesome...
zao has been around since 1994. they invented this sound. every other band sounds like them. it's not even up for debate.