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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. 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 end of "Lies Of Serpents, A River of Tears", as well as a sample from the horror film The Prophecy during the intro to "Ravage Ritual". It is often considered among the greatest metalcore albums ever made.[4][5]

Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest
Studio album by Zao
Released	May 19, 1998
Recorded	Poynter Recordings, Little Rock, Arkansas
Genre	Metalcore
Length	39:59
Label	Solid State/Tooth & Nail
Producer	Barry Poynter, Bruce Fitzhugh
Zao chronology
The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation (1997) Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest (1998) Training for Utopia / Zao (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Alternative Press	[2]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[3]

Lyrical content

The lyrics on Blood & Fire deal with personal issues that vocalist Dan Weyandt was dealing with at the time they were written.[6] The song "To Think Of You Is To Treasure An Absent Memory", deals with the suffering, and untimely deaths of Weyandt's friends and stepbrother.[1][6] "Lies of Serpents" and "Ravage Ritual" both deal with hypocrisy in the Christian church.[1]

Track listing

Personnel

Zao

• Dan Weyandt – vocals
• Russ Cogdell – guitar, bass
• Jesse Smith – drums
• Brett Detar – guitar, bass, piano

Production

• Don Clark - Concept, Design, Layout Design
• Dave Rankin - Artwork
• Brandon Ebel - Executive Producer
• Bruce Fitzhugh - Producer
• Brian Gardner - Mastering
• Jason Magnusson - Assistant Producer
• Tim Owen - Photography
• Barry Poynter - Engineer, Mixing

Album information

• Record label (vinyl version): Broken Circles Records

References

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