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{{Infobox album
| name       = Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Zao (American band)|Zao]]
| cover      = Zao-WhereBloodAndFireBringRest.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 19, 1998
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = Poynter Recordings, [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]
| genre      = [[Metalcore]]
| length     = 39:59
| label      = [[Solid State Records|Solid State]]/[[Tooth & Nail Records|Tooth & Nail]]
| producer   = [[Barry Poynter]], [[Bruce Fitzhugh]]
| chronology = [[Zao (American band)|Zao]] studio album
| prev_title = [[The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation]]
| prev_year  = 1997
| next_title = [[Liberate Te Ex Inferis]]
| next_year  = 1998
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/where-blood-and-fire-bring-rest-mw0000039424|title=ZAO - ''Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest''|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|first=Ryan|last=Downey}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2Score = <ref name="AP_119">{{cite journal |last=Burgess |first=Aaron |date=June 1998 |title=Loud Life / ''Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest'' |journal=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]] |issn=1065-1667 |volume=12 |issue=119 |pages=100}}</ref>
| rev3 = Jesus Freak Hideout
| rev3score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Jesus Freak Hideout|last=Keel|first=Fred|url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/WhereBloodFireBringRest.asp|title=Zao, "Where Blood & Fire Bring Rest|date=December 24, 2008|access-date=September 18, 2015}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest''''' is the third studio album by American [[metalcore]] band [[Zao (American band)|Zao]] on [[Solid State Records|Solid State]]/[[Tooth & Nail Records|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 (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.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[Loudwire]] |last=Hill |first=John |url=https://loudwire.com/best-metalcore-albums-all-time/ |title=25 Best Metalcore Albums of All Time |date=May 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=[[Kerrang!]] |last=Young |first=Simon |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-21-best-us-metalcore-albums-of-all-time |title=The 21 best U.S. metalcore albums of all time |date=June 9, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=[[Brooklyn Vegan]] |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/15-90s-metalcore-albums-that-still-resonate-today/ |title=15 '90s metalcore albums that still resonate today |date=August 26, 2019 |access-date=August 16, 2023}}</ref>
==Lyrical content==
The lyrics on ''Blood & Fire'' deal with personal issues that vocalist [[Dan Weyandt]] was dealing with at the time they were written.<ref name="Zao">{{cite video|title=Zao - ''The Lesser Lights of Heaven''|publisher=[[Ferret Records]]|author=Ryan J. Downey|date=2005<!--|access-date=July 27, 2016-->}}</ref> 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.<ref name="AM"/><ref name="Zao"/> "Lies of Serpents" and "Ravage Ritual" both deal with hypocrisy in the [[Christian church]].<ref name="AM"/>
==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_writing  = Zao
| title1       = Lies of Serpents, a River of Tears
| length1      = 2:39
| title2       = To Think of You Is to Treasure an Absent Memory
| length2      = 4:27
| title3       = A Fall Farewell
| length3      = 2:56
| title4       = March
| length4      = 3:51
| title5       = Ember
| length5      = 2:26
| title6       = Ravage Ritual
| length6      = 3:15
| title7       = Fifteen Rhema
| length7      = 3:33
| title8       = For a Fair Desire
| length8      = 3:03
| title9       = The Latter Rain
| length9      = 6:28
| title10      = Violet
| length10     = 7:18
| total_length = 39:59
}}
==Personnel==
;Zao
*[[Dan Weyandt]] – vocals
*Russ Cogdell – guitar, bass
*[[Jesse Smith (musician)|Jesse Smith]] – drums
*[[Brett Detar]] – guitar, bass, piano
;Production
*[[Don Clark (musician)|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): [http://www.brokencircles.com/ Broken Circles Records]
==References==
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[[Category:Zao (American band) albums]]
[[Category:1998 albums]]
[[Category:Tooth & Nail Records albums]]
[[Category:Solid State Records albums]]