Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest
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Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest is the third full length album released by metalcore
band Zao on Solid State
/ Tooth & Nail Records
. It was the first album to feature vocalist Dan Weyandt after the departure of Shawn Jonas along with new bassists/guitarists, Russ Cogdell and Brett Detar
. The album contains a sample from the film The Shining
at the beginning of "To Think of You", as well as a sample from the horror film The Prophecy
during the intro to "Ravage Ritual."
Metalcore
Metalcore is a subgenre of heavy metal combining various elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two genres. The term took on its current meaning in the mid-1990s, describing bands such as Earth Crisis, Deadguy and Integrity...
band Zao on Solid State
Solid State Records
Solid State Records is a Christian record label, a division of Tooth & Nail Records. Unlike Tooth & Nail, Solid State signs hardcore and metal bands. Like Tooth & Nail, Solid State is primarily a Christian label. However, they have signed several bands that don't label themselves as Christian,...
/ Tooth & Nail Records
Tooth & Nail Records
Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in the U.S. state of California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington, where it is situated today...
. It was the first album to feature vocalist Dan Weyandt after the departure of Shawn Jonas along with new bassists/guitarists, Russ Cogdell and Brett Detar
Brett Detar
Brett Detar is an American singer, musician, and producer best known as lead singer of the now defunct rock band The Juliana Theory and as former guitarist/bassist for metalcore band Zao...
. The album contains a sample from the film The Shining
The Shining (film)
The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written with novelist Diane Johnson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. A writer, Jack Torrance, takes a job as an...
at the beginning of "To Think of You", as well as a sample from the horror film The Prophecy
The Prophecy
The Prophecy is a 1995 fantasy horror-thriller film starring Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, and Viggo Mortensen. It was written and directed by Gregory Widen, and is the first motion picture of The Prophecy series including four sequels...
during the intro to "Ravage Ritual."
Track listing
- "Lies of Serpents, A River of Tears" - 2:39
- "To Think of You Is to Treasure an Absent Memory" - 4:27
- "A Fall Farewell" - 2:56
- "March" - 3:51
- "Ember" - 2:26
- "Ravage Ritual" - 3:15
- "Fifteen Rhema" - 3:33
- "For a Fair Desire" - 3:03
- "The Latter Rain" - 6:28
- "Violet" - 7:18
Personnel
- Dan Weyandt – vocals
- Russ Cogdell – guitar, bass
- Jesse Smith – drums
- Brett Detar – guitar, bass
Album information
- Record label (vinyl version): Broken Circles Records