00:00
00:00
Newgrounds Background Image Theme

Nue22 just joined the crew!

We need you on the team, too.

Support Newgrounds and get tons of perks for just $2.99!

Create a Free Account and then..

Become a Supporter!

Zombie Jesus

Share Download this song

Author Comments

a little something i wrote, just for you

lyrics:

Traveler, you walk so tall
But where are you going?
You follow your master's call
But what is he showing?

I can not walk on water
And I can't turn it into wine
But I can show you something else
Another path you'd never find

Close your eyes and embrace your dead mind
Let me show you what I am
See through the darkness with blinded eyes
Let me show you nothing

I am but a common man
Don't let me persuade you
But if you let me, then I can
Change your field of view

I can not walk on water
And I can't turn it into wine
I am not the one you seek
But in the end, I'm what you'll find

I am none, I am dust
I am nothing you recall
I am void, I am dead
In the end I am all

Dreams come to an end, so does life
What's the difference after all?
Dreams come to an end, so does life
In the end I am all

Close your eyes and embrace your dead mind
Let me show you what I am
See through the darkness with blinded eyes
Let me show you nothing

I can not walk on water
And I can't turn it into wine
I am nothing
I am none

But you follow anyway

Log in / sign up to vote & review!

Intense

This is awesome stuff man, kick ass riffage and crazy vocals with a cool attitude.. great job man!

Schleif responds:

thanks a lot! glad you dig! \m/

I am a man of few words

But I DID listen all the way through and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Schleif responds:

the only words i need! i love you too xeno \m/

\m/

That title is funny.

Dammit, i love the guitar riff and the bass intro but i feel like the vocals are a little distorted.
But in general its a great fucking job
\m/

Schleif responds:

thanks a lot! glad you like it! \m/

Very professional sounding.

I usually don't listen to Heavy Metal, so pardon me if I get terms/techniques mixed up.

The guitar riffs are phenomenal. The percussion is varied yet keeps a steady beat for the duration of the song. I also like how you panned the vocals around near the middle of the song.

Just one suggestion from me, and a minor one at that. Have you ever tried putting distortion on your vocals? I feel that for a song with a title such as "Zombie Jesus" it would fit right in.

Awesome song, sounds like something I'd hear on the radio.

Schleif responds:

really awesome to get a review like this from someone who usually don't listen to metal! never tried distorting vocals. i might try messing with that in the future. thanks a lot for the review!

Let's get into this.

So you had some groovy, funky bass thing going on to begin with, but then you completely bust it out with your traditional style of chugging and whatnot. It seems that with your tone, you make use of either a fuzz pedal or use single coil pickups. I may be wrong, but that's what I notice

Oh, and that chromatic sounding riff at 0:23 was pretty cool I like it and I would want to include stuff like that in my music.

But, on the drums, you use the funky sort of vibe again throughout the song, but you meld it with a metal style, I like, it's interesting. I like the timing that you use for the components on the drums, like with the hi-hat, the snare is commonplace, but it works nicely. It helps differentiate this from your other songs a bit.

You like using chromatic scales and things like that, those work well for a horror sound but, you lack that evil drive so much in this piece. When I was listening up to 3:30, at around that part, your sound seemed to have softended up from what it was originally.

^ I say this because the original riff was harder, and as you get along, you become more power sounding, loosing the guteral sense of your chords. But you return back to it, with that chromatic riff that I like, which is a good time to return it, and I like thohse unison notes working together, it has some nice variety.

Oh, and on your vocals. You use your standard formula, clean, but growly vocals, then some vocals using a harmony, and going on back to regular. I didn't notice the panning that you typically did with your vocals in the past, are you moving on to something different? Hell if I know lol.

But, as your title tells, your song seems to be about some semblance of Jesus, I use the word 'semblance' because unlike this song, Jesus could do all the things that were listed here that were not able to be done, like walking on water, turning it into wine, ect.

In my view, I see this song's meaning to be about meeting Jesus after death, not so much being with him, but seeing him, but there's mentioning of inability to commit the Godly things as mentioned. Is this refering to a non-Godly being, like a man, or lowering the releveance of Jesus' power and ability?

I don't entirely know.

This seems like a dialoge going on between to individuals. Perhaps, Jesus is the first stanza, then the traveler is the second and it continues in a pattern as mentioned? Maybe. They could be interchangable, but I don't know if I'm thinking too far into it, it's tough to figure out.

I know I've said this before, but for a metalhead like you, you're quite cryptic and skilled in writing music. This song doesn't convey mental images like your previous songs, but it makes me think.

Anyway, I can't find crap that's wrong with this submission, so I give up. \m/

Schleif responds:

wow, your reviews never cease to amaze! i wanted to try out a few new ideas for riffs, or at least keep some interesting variation going on, like the 3:30-part you mentioned. and you're right, i barely panned the vocals in this one haha. just for a couple of places.

while i did have specific thoughts when writing the lyrics, what i really wanted was to get the listener to think for themselves, and form their own perception of the message. i'm glad you did, and that you shared your thoughts about it.

once again, thanks for the fantastic review!

Credits & Info

Artist

Listens
6,331
Faves:
7
Downloads
283
Votes
8
Score
4.66 / 5.00

Uploaded
Aug 23, 2011
8:14 AM EDT
Genre
Heavy Metal
File Info
Song
8.6 MB
4 min 41 sec

Licensing Terms

Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.