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There are at least two bands called ZAO:
1) The American Zao’s storied career was documented on the two-disc “The Lesser Lights Of Heaven” DVD and the luminaries of today’s heavy music scene are well aware of their debt to the band. Underoath and Unearth opened for Zao. Thrice and Fall Out Boy listened to Zao while growing up. As I Lay Dying invited Dan Weyandt to guest on their last album and Matt Heafy from Trivium joined the band onstage to perform “Praise The War Machine.”
Greensburg, Pennsylvania isn’t known for many things besides being in close proximity to the mall where George A. Romero filmed “Dawn Of The Dead.” And the renegade spirit, commentary on the world around us, and personal introspection that drives the bespectacled filmmaker lives and breathes within Zao, a band whose backwoods roots have allowed them to stay one step ahead of the trends by staying true to their isolated selves.
Zao’s original incarnation formed in the mid-90s with the evangelical zeal of Focused, the fervor of Earth Crisis and the image of vintage rockabilly. When that version of the band fell apart shortly after the 1997 Cornerstone Festival, Zao as it would come to change the course of heavy music was born in the fires of creative tension.
“Where Blood & Fire Bring Rest” took the conventions of hardcore and heavy metal and turned them upside down.
1) The American Zao’s storied career was documented on the two-disc “The Lesser Lights Of Heaven” DVD and the luminaries of today’s heavy music scene are well aware of their debt to the band. Underoath and Unearth opened for Zao. Thrice and Fall Out Boy listened to Zao while growing up. As I Lay Dying invited Dan Weyandt to guest on their last album and Matt Heafy from Trivium joined the band onstage to perform “Praise The War Machine.”
Greensburg, Pennsylvania isn’t known for many things besides being in close proximity to the mall where George A. Romero filmed “Dawn Of The Dead.” And the renegade spirit, commentary on the world around us, and personal introspection that drives the bespectacled filmmaker lives and breathes within Zao, a band whose backwoods roots have allowed them to stay one step ahead of the trends by staying true to their isolated selves.
Zao’s original incarnation formed in the mid-90s with the evangelical zeal of Focused, the fervor of Earth Crisis and the image of vintage rockabilly. When that version of the band fell apart shortly after the 1997 Cornerstone Festival, Zao as it would come to change the course of heavy music was born in the fires of creative tension.
“Where Blood & Fire Bring Rest” took the conventions of hardcore and heavy metal and turned them upside down.
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Savannah
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Lies Of Serpents, A River Of Tears
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Shoutbox
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DeadDeserted wrote:
ember
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Somniosus wrote:
I hate when there is "atleast 1 other band called..." it's so annoying, go the fuck away, the other Zao is probably shit!
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Somniosus wrote:
Yep...my copy of "Awake?" is numbered. Mysterious artwork inside too...
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Hey_Mr_Chaos wrote:
It's nice to see older songs for the top 4 tracks... it's freakin beautiful infact
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ForMyPain wrote:
@RonGrindcorov : this is a quote from the movie "God's Army". ;)
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TimesOfGrace wrote:
Liberate Te Ex Inferis... can't be matched.
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PANDAMOSITY wrote:
Why such low plays?
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Fractal_Balance wrote:
The Rising End - song of my childhood
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wodnyah wrote:
blessed - the funeral of god
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FellishBeast wrote:
Just saw them tonight in Pomona. Oh my gosh .. it was amazing. I got Scott's guitar pick and Russ came back for the show!! It was so freaking insane. I can't believe I got to see them live. I really hope they start performing again. They looked like they were having a really good time being back together on stage. Not to mention their trademark creepiness, haha. Dan spends half the time hunched over facing away from us and Russ seems like he's possessed the whole time. Great stuff!
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gui_jordison wrote:
zao destroy mto som fuderoso! o q seria do metalcore se naum fosse o zao ?
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ywanklan wrote:
ce ratat esti ratatule ,cum sa iti placa tie zao ratatule care esti ratat
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beefdurk wrote:
If you don't know what the deal with Christian hc is, how can you say it's stupid? Sure there's some really dumb Christian influenced hardcore, but in my experience of listening to other forms of hardcore is that they're more likely to be stupid.
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evandobie wrote:
this band is so fucking good, I dunno what the whole christian hc deal is, that shits stupid besides ole skool underOATH, except underOATH dosent have bone crunching beatdowns BURN IT DOWN AND WALK AWAY RRRRRARAAAAAARRRRRRRRR
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CrankThatCockYo wrote:
fucking love their song 5 year winter. great band
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RonGrindcorov wrote:
I remember the first war, the way the sky burned. The faces of angels destroyed, I saw a third of Heaven's legion banished and the creation of Hell. I stood with my brothers and watched Lucifer's Fall. But now, my brothers aren't my brothers..." (c) ZAO "Ravage Ritual" - I'll never forget these words.
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Moochu2 wrote:
yo what up guys do you liek music?!?!?!?
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doomfetus wrote:
You guys need to just shut the fuck up and enjoy the music. ;\
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AceXV wrote:
new direction? haha. they don't want to be mainstream twat. Awake was limited in release (8,000 physical copies if I'm not mistaken). Don't talk out of your ass, it shows how stupid you are.
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cactusbot wrote:
Where Blood And Fire Bring Rest is now available on vinyl. Check it out at www.brokencircles.com
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