Element 115 is the name of a certain element within the zombies storyline that came from space, and it's essentially what created the zombies in the first place, and it powers a bunch of stuff such as wonder weapons in the game
It's the blood of the Apothecons which are corrupted lovecraftian elder gods beyond the boundaries of space time , the blood itself warps the nature of everything around it from objects to living beings to even laws of nature like gravity and space
Avenged Sevenfold actually made some songs for Black Ops specifically, they made two in particular for Zombies called Not Ready to Die and Mad Hatter which are both really great songs!
So, here's a fun fact: Elena Siegman, the vocalist for every song she's in, has never really done any harsh vocals, until 115. She sang in World At War for Lullaby For A Deadman, The One, and Beauty Of Annihilation. However, for Beauty Of Annihilation, Kevin used vocal synthesizers to give Elena those harsh sound vocals. But it wasn't until Black Ops 1, where Kevin asked Elena to actually scream for the first song for the Zombies mode. When she did it, everyone laughed, including her, since no one expected her to go full heavy screaming on her own. So since then, up until a few songs later, she's been doing the screams herself.
I’ve been looking forward to COD Zombies music eventually coming up. Kevin Sherwood is great, he’s been composing these hard hitting tracks for Treyarch since COD World at War back in 2008. Every COD Zombies map has one of his songs as an Easter egg, that plays when you activate a few objects around the map e.g teddy bears. Experiencing these songs in game is a whole different experience, they really hype you up and almost make you feel like it’s impossible to go down.
Woah! I completely forgot I requested this, damn. Growing up playing these I was taken aback that these songs even existed, but, i'm glad that they did and do. Also, thank you Platinum friend!
The whole catalog of songs is absolutely amazing! Even their most recent stuff like "I will destroy something beautiful" Which is the newest song on black ops 6 is fucking amazing!
To give an explanation to why Zombies’ music is like this, Each COD game has 3 modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and a 3rd mode. When Treyarch develops, they always make a Zombies mode, and this is where all their passion and creativity comes out from making COD. Campaign and Multiplayer are obligations of every COD game, but Zombies is always special for being a passion project with gameplay, characters, story, and OST that feel very creative and very unlike the game that they are attached to. Basically, Treyarch’s fun and creativity comes out when creating each game’s Zombies mode, hence why the OST can feel very detached from the main game they are apart of.
@@Dagger-5921 Wasn't Treyarch's first full CoD game WaW which had zombies and every game they made since? I know they worked on CoD 1 and 2 a little bit but I didn't think they had creative liberties on them
@@Black-nf3tx technically not even in world at war. Activision didn't gave them any permission to make the mode, the devs made it to pass the time and it was a last minute decision to put it in game
Ah, nostalgia… as someone who… cannot stand Call of Duty past the original release of Modern Warfare 3, putting it lightly, holy shit is it nice to hear you react to this. This was my teen days, Zombies was the primary reason I played both Black Ops and Black Ops 2. Hope that anonymous doner included some of the other original songs for Zombies.
You had to activate the song by round at least 30+ cause that’s when you had a huge hoard of zombies, just chasing you around. And for those that played the game, y’all know what I mean when I say, run from the screecher and Fire Zombie. Elena saying La at the end was always mesmerizing as it follows the name of the map “Shangri-La”. And that piano was the cherry on top
This song plays in the game once you activate a easter egg, by collecting 3 stones around the map. i always activated it at the start of a round to make it most fun.
I don’t know how to exactly describe it but Treyarch's COD games always have that more "raw" feel to them. Heavy metal OSTs, way more blood and gore, more in-depth stories, zombies, it all gives the Black Ops series its own distinct identity to the Infinity Ward or Sledgehammer games.
Hell yeah, Idk who recommended Pareidolia but they’re awesome. It’s super underrated compared to the other CoD songs and personally it’s my favorite. I also really love “Always Running” it has a very different vibe though.
Omg!!! Yeah the zombies songs are so peak especially WAW-BO3 in particular. Absolutely Goated tracks, I still listen to them to this day. Also shoutout to the person who requested this. Absolutely goated.
I honestly don’t see how the music in campaigns aren’t remembered. MW2’s OST like Of Their Own Accord, Green Flares, and The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday by Lorne Balfe are amazing. Black Ops and World at War have amazing tracks like Rooftops, Pentagon, Hells Gate, and Black Cats by Sean Murray all kick hard. The old Call of Duty’s all had amazing soundtracks some still do. Even something like Infinite Warfare have gems like Entropic Universe.
@@JessesAuditorium I think it doesnt help that in cod campaigns so much of the music quite literally gets drowned out by loud dialogue over the coms or just gunfire and general warfare explosions from any number of things lol
One cool detail is that in the first 2 COD games to have Zombies, the "Game Over" music for each map was always the opening instrumental of the easter egg song for the next map release. For instance, 115 from Black Ops here could be heard when everybody dies in Der Riese (The Giant), the last Zombies map for COD World at War (115 played for Kino Der Toten of Black Ops, which was the first map in that game)
like a little fun fact, all black ops old school zombies maps (black ops 2, black ops 1 and world at war) use the same metal songs with a short version like an game over. By example, 115 is playing when you die in Der Rise from Call of Duty World at War, and pareidolia is playing when you die in Ascension from Call of Duty Black Ops 1. That's it because the developers made it like an spoiler of the next map that would be released, and you can actually hear the entire songs versions like an easter egg if you find some especific objects (teddy bears and meteorites in general)
I did not expect this but it's PERFECT for this channel!!! Such nostalgia listening to these easter egg songs, if you interacted with 3 hidden items in zombies maps you'd get these songs to play for the whole lobby ingame! 115 was for Kino Der Toten (Theater of the Dead) and Pareidolia was for Shangri La. I miss Black Ops...
This is such a great song. It was triggered on the map called Kino der Toten (theater of the dead) by the player, if they found and activated 3 meteor pieces (containing the element 115) hidden around the map. This song in its entirety would play as you killed zombies, and it was a guaranteed way to inspire your teammates. I saw, time and time again without fail, my teammates suddenly get a bump in efficiency and survivability, as soon as this song came on. And as a fun note, it always blew my teammates minds when they had no idea it existed, and I triggered it for them for the first time. I miss the early Call of Duty days. Making me all nostalgic. 🤣
The song was great when I listened to it since little! The lyrics of the song: "115" actually talks from the POV of Samantha, which I will not explain the lore of zombies because it is such a mess. But basically Samantha is the responsible for controlling all zombies in Black Ops 1 maps because his father told her to: "Kill anyone" in revenge for what Richtofen (One of the 4 characters that you get to play) do to both Samantha and her father (Which is also the reason why she has the power to control all zombies. Because of what Richtofen did to her).
115 was a secret song in BO1 Zombies on the map Kino Der Toten. If you interacted with 3 hidden meteorite fragments this song would start playing, and all of them where in different sections you had to unlock so it was an achievement to be able to pull this off, and after you did you where usually late enough in the game that it made it feel like you where playing DOOM
Treyarch were indeed the main developer of zombies and they were the ones who made it a success, they created an insane storyline through Easter Eggs inside most of the maps and a lot of clues and info they gave outside the game. They created a very interesting world that explained everything that happened inside the maps, it's one of the main reasons why I love the mode so much and it's so nostalgic thinking about it
i dont really have much to add that hasnt been said already, but zombies music is seriously slept on when it comes to video game OSTs and imo is some of the best from the ps3/360 era. There's def a huge nostalgia factor to it, but i still think it all holds up greatly today and i still listen to it from time to time and am always amazed at how good it all is. Whether is Elena, Malukah, trent reznor, or aveneged sevenfold; Kevin and everyone else does a phenomenal job at capturing the high octane energy we felt as kids fighting undead nightmares. As well as flesh out the atmosphere and story of the zombie storyline that is still going on to this day.
sorry to break the beauty of 115 comments, but god, i haven't heard 115 in YEARS! so good on its own, and so great in-game. the first music easter egg i activated was on the first COD game with a zombies mode, World at War, and the song was called "Beauty of Annihilation." that song BANGS
Just incase you haven't heard. Every zombies map has a "easter egg song" which is a real song, artists like Skrillex, Avenged sevenfold, and even Eminem has a song in zombies. most of them are produced in house by Kevin and sometimes others like Elena, but I believe Kevin does the guitars and drums himself.
A thing about zombies songs is that they are easter eggs in each zombies map, to listen to them you usually need to find 3 things around the map, sometimes its teddy bears sometimes glowing rocks, its the same object but is different from map to map, to find them you need to hear a sound kinda like an alien wave sound, you press the interact button on each one and boom, you get a shot of adrenaline listening to the song while surviving zombie rounds. Theres a total of 28 songs on Kevins youtube playlist so theres a lot of flavors to choose from, all bangers
The thing about the first Black ops is that it’s probably one of the most darkest COD games other than world at war. Thats why it’s very different from the other COD games
Goodness gracious, I had no idea what I was in for clicking this! I next to never play Call of Duty and I imagined something way slower paced. The first song's vocals completely caught me off guard and I was enamored by those drums.
Thank you for reacting to this one. I would love to hear more Cod zombie songs reactions. I watched an interview with Kevin Sherwood and Elana Seigman. Back when zombies was a very novel idea in Cod World at War, the sound designer, Keven Sherwood wrote a few game over rifts and was suggested to add lyrics and make them full songs. One of the producers, Elena Siegman, knew how to sing so she started doing the lyrics for him. They continued doing all the hidden Easter egg songs through all of black ops as well. The theme of many of the BO1 songs ties into the zombies storyline, specifically Samantha, a girl who got trapped in an ancient artifact which corrupts the soul and allows her to control zombies reanimated by element 115. She is sort of the antagonist, trying to use the zombies to kill a scientist responsible for what happened to her and anyone else who gets in her way.
The reason you probably haven't heard the song before even after playing zombies is because each song is a Easter Egg each map. It usually involves Pressing the interact button on 3-5 different specific items (like teddy bears or 115 samples for example). once you interact with the designated items the song will play in the match for everyone
Last song like this was for the second zombies map of Cod Cold War, they stopped after unfortunately but I really hope it gets back for cod black ops 6. For me zombies mode has always been the most creative side of those games
Almost all of the zombies songs are like this, and they are easter eggs you can find on the map when you play and listen to these bangers while killing zombies it's a very awesome and unique expirience
Something really cool about pareidola zombies song is there is a certain part of the song that if played backwards some people say it sounds like she says save me Moses which hearing things that aren't there backwards is a part of pareidolia
I am SO glad you reacted to 115. I usually don't listen to this kind of songs, but there's something about the COD Zombie OST that is just so good I can't help but love it, and I've listened to it for years now. 115 is an easter egg song from the map Kino Der Toten, one of the first maps ever made for the Zombie mod back in the first Black Ops game. To activate it, you have to find 3 meteorite fragments hidden around the map and interact with them, and it starts the song. In fact, most songs with lyrics in COD Zombie are easter songs activated in similar ways. There are a few other songs I love from the game, like "Where are we going" from Blood of The Dead (especially the remix, used in the remake of the map in Black Ops 4), or the Beauty of Annihilation remix from the map The Giant in BO3.
One of my favorite aspects of the easter egg songs is that many of them reveal details about the overarching story of Zombies, some of them are self contained and make sense to listen to on their own, others make explicit references to past songs Carrion from Tranzit in BO2 directly calls back to like, 5 different songs at least, it even contains answers to the riddles posed in Abracadavre from Ascension in BO1! This particular niche space in the Zombies community is pretty cool
Something cool would be to go through all of the “Damned” zombie themes from every game and watch how it changes from game to game. “Damned” is the main zombies theme and arguably (not so arguably) the most iconic song from zombies, so they have remade the song or at least sampled the main theme for every game going forward. (There is also a sample of “Damned” in the Avenged Sevenfold song “Not Ready to Die” 4:40 - 5:27)
I think the reason pareidolia was chosen is because of the nature of zombies? Since it began World at War there was never meant to be a story really when it launched with the game, and the first dlc map also didnt have much going for it, but because the community WANTED there to be something more there, something unintended, by the time the second dlc came out thats when the story started. In the beginning people thought one of the sounds zombies would make was like they were saying Sam, and so by the 4th map in WaW Sam became a character you could hear about in recordings left around, and went onto became a major character for the entire series, so people perceived something where there was nothing so hard that it ended up becoming something, kinda insane when you think about it. Also starting in bo1 there was hidden quests in the maps that would deliver more up front story with voice acting and such, but to do the steps to progress it was almost always some otherwise nonsensical stuff to interact with inside the maps, so in that sense of the mystery of it all I think the community had a sense of... pareidolia?
most of Kevin Sherwoods music in COD is Zombies related. and zombies had and still has a big community thanks to the songs and the easter eggs/story of the mode
Wow what a coincidence Last week after watching one of your videos, I turned on some zombies music while I went on a walk. While on the walk, I realised you hadn't reacted to any of the songs yet, and knew it'd be fantastic for the channel. And a week later, here it is!!! Looking forward to seeing you react to more of them in the future
Majority of the tracks use an 8 string tuned to either 3 of these tunings: 1st tuning - EADGCFAd; 2nd tuning - DADGCFAd; 3rd tuning - C#ADGCFAd. There is also another one that has the low 8th tuned to an A0, so it was an octave lower than the 7th string, it was used for the track "Carrion" from the map "Tranzit". Edit: Pareidolia uses that 3rd tuning I mentioned.
If you decide to continue doing cod zombies there have been multiple singers in certain games but i especially reccomend archangel from the map origins which features all of them (also clark s nova is an underrated singer for the soundtracks and he always knocks it out of the park)
The first song is an Easter Egg inside the map called "Kino der Toten", which was in the games "World at War", "Black Ops 1" and "Black Ops 3". It plays when you interacted with three meteorite pieces containing element 115 (pronounced as one-one-five) hidden around the map. In fact, most if not all treyarch maps feature such a song. The map "Five" for example features a song from the Slim Shady himself.
Black ops 1 was released in 2010. 115 was the hidden Easter song on the map kino der untoten (theater of the dead) where you have to interact with 3 element 115 meteorites hidden across the map sadly you can only play this once per game Pareidolia is the hidden song in map Shangri-la which is black ops 1's 3rd DLC zombies map Having a hidden song within the zombie mode started off as an unintentional thing Way back in 2008 COD World at war the zombies mode had to be unlocked by completing the waw campaign the map is called nacht der untoten (night of the dead) Kevin Sherwood had this unused guitar riff then put that riff as the game over track nacht der untoten People love the riff so much people were asking is there a full version and on the 1st zombies DLC map verrückt
everytime i hear this track i really cant help but get taken in by the percussions. an absolute masterclass, kevin sherwood is beating the absolute piss out of those drums.
I honestly can't believe it has taken this long for you to be recommended the cod zombies ost, it's got some of my favourite songs and was one of my biggest inspirations to pick up the electric guitar
Yo awesome I was hoping you'd get around to the zombies OSTs eventually. Love the content man Edit: My favorite CoD overall is 100% Black Ops 2 as it had a great campaign, multiplayer, and good zombies overall. For zombies mode specifically though I'd have to go with Black Ops 3 as the base maps and numerous modded maps are great fun. Speaking of BO2 though I wonder if Adrenaline will show up eventually
Oooo ive been waiting for you to get a CoD zombies song, i would have request them but ive seen that people already requested them So basically each CoD zombies map had a hidden easter egg song that you had to unlock and a song like this would play during the match, each map had its own song. Kevin sherwood is a beast
Hey man just happy to see someone reacting to something else besides 115 like its a great hidden song from zombies but that seems to be the only one people react to for or at least for the most part seems that way. The hidden songs are great can't wait to see you to the 3 from world at war lullaby for a deadman, the one & beauty of annihilation
The call of duty soundtracks are heavily underrated because it's such a mainstream series but the composers are insanely talented and care a lot about the music and sound design of the games
115 is the goat of Call of Duty Zombies' O.S.T. Arguably, the greatest zombie map of all time is Kino der toten. It is simple and easy to learn if you want to pick up zombies again. Black Ops one. It's also the home of 115.
if you do more, Archangel and Abracadavre have to be the next ones. Amazing solos, riffs, drumming, etc. Instrumentation for both are insane and better than a lot of metal tracks i've heard.
The VTuber called OBKATIEKAT did a cover of 115 with fellow VTuber Froot, personally, I like that version quite a bit more. But, I love that song completely.
Everyone Dies Everyone Lies Their Waiting For The Second Coming Again. Meaning the Aether Crew and Ultimus Crew had to die to stop the cycle and the spread of Element 115 and the zombies I followed the story the 10 years it ran it was incredible but sad when it ended the songs are referring to events in the game and storyline
I think a lot of the black ops zombies songs are worth a listen. I am mostly familiar with the ones that appeared in black ops one but with treyarch zombies each map had an easter egg song that could be activated by finding 3 of a specific item depending on the map and it would play these songs. There was also a stage where the song was an eminem song and avenged sevenfold as well. I would recommend just going in order.
Dude, i highly recommend to listen to most, if not all Cod Zombies EE Songs, but one of my favorites is Carrion, its from Black Ops 2 from the zombie map Tranzit. They are really good.
You’ve been missing out black ops for example has a lot of thematically accurate songs from that era (whatever time period the campaign is based in) and zombies from COD (World at war) to Black ops 6 newest release have some fucking amazing songs to me the highlights are from Eleina Siegman vocal songs beauty of annihilation is spectacular
Cod zombies soundtrack is so good, only like 2 songs are not that good compared to the others but Kevin Sherwood is a very talented person, he usually does everything minus the vocals in the songs, he only brings another musician when he cant play a part that is very complicated, kinda like Unseen ones from Hades, i strongly suggest you keep an eye on the zombies songs they are very very good songs
Not only is there a song for every zombies map, one of them Call of the Dead was written and performed by Avenged Sevenfold "Not Ready to Die"
Also nightmare on moon and a few others on later games
Also Eminem for Five lol
@@ganondorf66 the one call of duty zombies song that I didn’t enjoy
@@dillonmaki9884 Yeah it really didn't fit
Not ready to die is one of the best avenged sevenfold songs period the fact it was written for. Zombies is insane
Element 115 is the name of a certain element within the zombies storyline that came from space, and it's essentially what created the zombies in the first place, and it powers a bunch of stuff such as wonder weapons in the game
Also a real thing called Moscovium.
It's the blood of the Apothecons which are corrupted lovecraftian elder gods beyond the boundaries of space time , the blood itself warps the nature of everything around it from objects to living beings to even laws of nature like gravity and space
@@Raddkann it exist irl lol
@@Mikey4ever1s didn’t this come out before the element was discovered?
Yea they did and tweeted out that they called it lol
Avenged Sevenfold actually made some songs for Black Ops specifically, they made two in particular for Zombies called Not Ready to Die and Mad Hatter which are both really great songs!
yepp, Not Ready to Die has been requested since 2022 :x
Dont forget carry on for Tranzit
@@burendyand nightmare on moon
@@dillonmaki9884 true, nightmare wasn't made for that map though
@@burendy your right it was still an easter egg song though
You have no idea how fast I clicked this. Kevin Sherwood is amazing. Zombies is one of my favorite things in call of duty
No kidding. I spent countless hours in zombie matches through my life. Hope BO6 returns to form
@Provoses as the saying goes, " Hope for the best, expect little" especially when it comes to Activision anyways. 😂
@@Provoses how are you feeling about it? I think the latest zombies song on citadelle is a step in the right direction at least 🤷♂️
Now I really can't wait for you to get to the others in the list. I believe almost all of them have been put in at this point.
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So, here's a fun fact: Elena Siegman, the vocalist for every song she's in, has never really done any harsh vocals, until 115. She sang in World At War for Lullaby For A Deadman, The One, and Beauty Of Annihilation. However, for Beauty Of Annihilation, Kevin used vocal synthesizers to give Elena those harsh sound vocals. But it wasn't until Black Ops 1, where Kevin asked Elena to actually scream for the first song for the Zombies mode. When she did it, everyone laughed, including her, since no one expected her to go full heavy screaming on her own. So since then, up until a few songs later, she's been doing the screams herself.
@@markbaltazar6916 just recommend the call of duty interview bro no need for all that
@@ET-ix9vo nuh uh
I’ve been looking forward to COD Zombies music eventually coming up. Kevin Sherwood is great, he’s been composing these hard hitting tracks for Treyarch since COD World at War back in 2008. Every COD Zombies map has one of his songs as an Easter egg, that plays when you activate a few objects around the map e.g teddy bears. Experiencing these songs in game is a whole different experience, they really hype you up and almost make you feel like it’s impossible to go down.
Woah! I completely forgot I requested this, damn. Growing up playing these I was taken aback that these songs even existed, but, i'm glad that they did and do. Also, thank you Platinum friend!
The whole catalog of songs is absolutely amazing!
Even their most recent stuff like
"I will destroy something beautiful"
Which is the newest song on black ops 6 is fucking amazing!
To give an explanation to why Zombies’ music is like this,
Each COD game has 3 modes: Campaign, Multiplayer, and a 3rd mode. When Treyarch develops, they always make a Zombies mode, and this is where all their passion and creativity comes out from making COD.
Campaign and Multiplayer are obligations of every COD game, but Zombies is always special for being a passion project with gameplay, characters, story, and OST that feel very creative and very unlike the game that they are attached to.
Basically, Treyarch’s fun and creativity comes out when creating each game’s Zombies mode, hence why the OST can feel very detached from the main game they are apart of.
except when they didn't make zombies
I do long for the days when Zombies was a passion project and not a mass appeal cash cow.
@@Dagger-5921 Wasn't Treyarch's first full CoD game WaW which had zombies and every game they made since? I know they worked on CoD 1 and 2 a little bit but I didn't think they had creative liberties on them
@@Black-nf3tx technically not even in world at war. Activision didn't gave them any permission to make the mode, the devs made it to pass the time and it was a last minute decision to put it in game
Ah, nostalgia… as someone who… cannot stand Call of Duty past the original release of Modern Warfare 3, putting it lightly, holy shit is it nice to hear you react to this. This was my teen days, Zombies was the primary reason I played both Black Ops and Black Ops 2. Hope that anonymous doner included some of the other original songs for Zombies.
You had to activate the song by round at least 30+ cause that’s when you had a huge hoard of zombies, just chasing you around. And for those that played the game, y’all know what I mean when I say, run from the screecher and Fire Zombie. Elena saying La at the end was always mesmerizing as it follows the name of the map “Shangri-La”. And that piano was the cherry on top
Whats crazy is there's a song for every map
This song plays in the game once you activate a easter egg, by collecting 3 stones around the map. i always activated it at the start of a round to make it most fun.
I don’t know how to exactly describe it but Treyarch's COD games always have that more "raw" feel to them. Heavy metal OSTs, way more blood and gore, more in-depth stories, zombies, it all gives the Black Ops series its own distinct identity to the Infinity Ward or Sledgehammer games.
I love Elena's music for Black Ops zombies.
I hope you react to more songs like Beauty of Annihilation, Lullaby for a Deadman and The One.
Also "Coming Home"
Dead Again from Der Eisendrache is also a really good one
Hell yeah, Idk who recommended Pareidolia but they’re awesome. It’s super underrated compared to the other CoD songs and personally it’s my favorite. I also really love “Always Running” it has a very different vibe though.
Omg!!! Yeah the zombies songs are so peak especially WAW-BO3 in particular. Absolutely Goated tracks, I still listen to them to this day. Also shoutout to the person who requested this. Absolutely goated.
The way he smiled when 115 started. 10/10
Every zombies map has its own Easter egg song ranging from self made songs like 115 all the way to johnny cash on mob of the dead with rusty cage
I honestly don’t see how the music in campaigns aren’t remembered. MW2’s OST like Of Their Own Accord, Green Flares, and The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday by Lorne Balfe are amazing. Black Ops and World at War have amazing tracks like Rooftops, Pentagon, Hells Gate, and Black Cats by Sean Murray all kick hard. The old Call of Duty’s all had amazing soundtracks some still do. Even something like Infinite Warfare have gems like Entropic Universe.
I guess that's why there's so many requests for it. I always just kinda not paid attention to it as it lingered in the background.
@@JessesAuditorium I think it doesnt help that in cod campaigns so much of the music quite literally gets drowned out by loud dialogue over the coms or just gunfire and general warfare explosions from any number of things lol
One cool detail is that in the first 2 COD games to have Zombies, the "Game Over" music for each map was always the opening instrumental of the easter egg song for the next map release.
For instance, 115 from Black Ops here could be heard when everybody dies in Der Riese (The Giant), the last Zombies map for COD World at War (115 played for Kino Der Toten of Black Ops, which was the first map in that game)
like a little fun fact, all black ops old school zombies maps (black ops 2, black ops 1 and world at war) use the same metal songs with a short version like an game over. By example, 115 is playing when you die in Der Rise from Call of Duty World at War, and pareidolia is playing when you die in Ascension from Call of Duty Black Ops 1. That's it because the developers made it like an spoiler of the next map that would be released, and you can actually hear the entire songs versions like an easter egg if you find some especific objects (teddy bears and meteorites in general)
I did not expect this but it's PERFECT for this channel!!! Such nostalgia listening to these easter egg songs, if you interacted with 3 hidden items in zombies maps you'd get these songs to play for the whole lobby ingame! 115 was for Kino Der Toten (Theater of the Dead) and Pareidolia was for Shangri La. I miss Black Ops...
Dude black ops zombies is what I grew up on and is ultimately what got me into metal I absolutely loved this game growing up
This is such a great song. It was triggered on the map called Kino der Toten (theater of the dead) by the player, if they found and activated 3 meteor pieces (containing the element 115) hidden around the map. This song in its entirety would play as you killed zombies, and it was a guaranteed way to inspire your teammates. I saw, time and time again without fail, my teammates suddenly get a bump in efficiency and survivability, as soon as this song came on. And as a fun note, it always blew my teammates minds when they had no idea it existed, and I triggered it for them for the first time.
I miss the early Call of Duty days. Making me all nostalgic. 🤣
The song was great when I listened to it since little! The lyrics of the song: "115" actually talks from the POV of Samantha, which I will not explain the lore of zombies because it is such a mess. But basically Samantha is the responsible for controlling all zombies in Black Ops 1 maps because his father told her to: "Kill anyone" in revenge for what Richtofen (One of the 4 characters that you get to play) do to both Samantha and her father (Which is also the reason why she has the power to control all zombies. Because of what Richtofen did to her).
115 was a secret song in BO1 Zombies on the map Kino Der Toten. If you interacted with 3 hidden meteorite fragments this song would start playing, and all of them where in different sections you had to unlock so it was an achievement to be able to pull this off, and after you did you where usually late enough in the game that it made it feel like you where playing DOOM
Treyarch were indeed the main developer of zombies and they were the ones who made it a success, they created an insane storyline through Easter Eggs inside most of the maps and a lot of clues and info they gave outside the game. They created a very interesting world that explained everything that happened inside the maps, it's one of the main reasons why I love the mode so much and it's so nostalgic thinking about it
i dont really have much to add that hasnt been said already, but zombies music is seriously slept on when it comes to video game OSTs and imo is some of the best from the ps3/360 era. There's def a huge nostalgia factor to it, but i still think it all holds up greatly today and i still listen to it from time to time and am always amazed at how good it all is. Whether is Elena, Malukah, trent reznor, or aveneged sevenfold; Kevin and everyone else does a phenomenal job at capturing the high octane energy we felt as kids fighting undead nightmares. As well as flesh out the atmosphere and story of the zombie storyline that is still going on to this day.
The music of COD campaigns for this era was GOD tier. WaW, BO and even some MW songs were absolute bangers
sorry to break the beauty of 115 comments, but god, i haven't heard 115 in YEARS! so good on its own, and so great in-game. the first music easter egg i activated was on the first COD game with a zombies mode, World at War, and the song was called "Beauty of Annihilation." that song BANGS
Just incase you haven't heard. Every zombies map has a "easter egg song" which is a real song, artists like Skrillex, Avenged sevenfold, and even Eminem has a song in zombies.
most of them are produced in house by Kevin and sometimes others like Elena, but I believe Kevin does the guitars and drums himself.
A thing about zombies songs is that they are easter eggs in each zombies map, to listen to them you usually need to find 3 things around the map, sometimes its teddy bears sometimes glowing rocks, its the same object but is different from map to map, to find them you need to hear a sound kinda like an alien wave sound, you press the interact button on each one and boom, you get a shot of adrenaline listening to the song while surviving zombie rounds. Theres a total of 28 songs on Kevins youtube playlist so theres a lot of flavors to choose from, all bangers
The thing about the first Black ops is that it’s probably one of the most darkest COD games other than world at war. Thats why it’s very different from the other COD games
Good ol BO1 zombies, 115 from Kino. Great song. Another song worth checking out are Coming Home and Archangel.
Archangel is such a banger
Goodness gracious, I had no idea what I was in for clicking this! I next to never play Call of Duty and I imagined something way slower paced. The first song's vocals completely caught me off guard and I was enamored by those drums.
Thank you for reacting to this one.
I would love to hear more Cod zombie songs reactions.
I watched an interview with Kevin Sherwood and Elana Seigman. Back when zombies was a very novel idea in Cod World at War, the sound designer, Keven Sherwood wrote a few game over rifts and was suggested to add lyrics and make them full songs.
One of the producers, Elena Siegman, knew how to sing so she started doing the lyrics for him.
They continued doing all the hidden Easter egg songs through all of black ops as well.
The theme of many of the BO1 songs ties into the zombies storyline, specifically Samantha, a girl who got trapped in an ancient artifact which corrupts the soul and allows her to control zombies reanimated by element 115. She is sort of the antagonist, trying to use the zombies to kill a scientist responsible for what happened to her and anyone else who gets in her way.
The reason you probably haven't heard the song before even after playing zombies is because each song is a Easter Egg each map. It usually involves Pressing the interact button on 3-5 different specific items (like teddy bears or 115 samples for example). once you interact with the designated items the song will play in the match for everyone
Wasn’t expecting this reaction but I’m super happy about it
I was waiting LONG for this hope more zombies is coming soon
Last song like this was for the second zombies map of Cod Cold War, they stopped after unfortunately but I really hope it gets back for cod black ops 6. For me zombies mode has always been the most creative side of those games
Almost all of the zombies songs are like this, and they are easter eggs you can find on the map when you play and listen to these bangers while killing zombies it's a very awesome and unique expirience
Something really cool about pareidola zombies song is there is a certain part of the song that if played backwards some people say it sounds like she says save me Moses which hearing things that aren't there backwards is a part of pareidolia
I am SO glad you reacted to 115. I usually don't listen to this kind of songs, but there's something about the COD Zombie OST that is just so good I can't help but love it, and I've listened to it for years now. 115 is an easter egg song from the map Kino Der Toten, one of the first maps ever made for the Zombie mod back in the first Black Ops game. To activate it, you have to find 3 meteorite fragments hidden around the map and interact with them, and it starts the song. In fact, most songs with lyrics in COD Zombie are easter songs activated in similar ways. There are a few other songs I love from the game, like "Where are we going" from Blood of The Dead (especially the remix, used in the remake of the map in Black Ops 4), or the Beauty of Annihilation remix from the map The Giant in BO3.
One of my favorite aspects of the easter egg songs is that many of them reveal details about the overarching story of Zombies, some of them are self contained and make sense to listen to on their own, others make explicit references to past songs
Carrion from Tranzit in BO2 directly calls back to like, 5 different songs at least, it even contains answers to the riddles posed in Abracadavre from Ascension in BO1! This particular niche space in the Zombies community is pretty cool
3:57 this life by in flamea comes to mind everytime. The beginning too
This was peak cod zombies for me. I was about 12 or 13 when this came out and played it at my friends house all the time. This songs nostalgia for me
Cod zombies has more songs that play during easter egg steps and cutscenes that relate to the story.
115 is such a nostalgic song, I still listen to it occasionally to this day haha
Something cool would be to go through all of the “Damned” zombie themes from every game and watch how it changes from game to game. “Damned” is the main zombies theme and arguably (not so arguably) the most iconic song from zombies, so they have remade the song or at least sampled the main theme for every game going forward. (There is also a sample of “Damned” in the Avenged Sevenfold song “Not Ready to Die” 4:40 - 5:27)
I think the reason pareidolia was chosen is because of the nature of zombies? Since it began World at War there was never meant to be a story really when it launched with the game, and the first dlc map also didnt have much going for it, but because the community WANTED there to be something more there, something unintended, by the time the second dlc came out thats when the story started. In the beginning people thought one of the sounds zombies would make was like they were saying Sam, and so by the 4th map in WaW Sam became a character you could hear about in recordings left around, and went onto became a major character for the entire series, so people perceived something where there was nothing so hard that it ended up becoming something, kinda insane when you think about it. Also starting in bo1 there was hidden quests in the maps that would deliver more up front story with voice acting and such, but to do the steps to progress it was almost always some otherwise nonsensical stuff to interact with inside the maps, so in that sense of the mystery of it all I think the community had a sense of... pareidolia?
most of Kevin Sherwoods music in COD is Zombies related. and zombies had and still has a big community thanks to the songs and the easter eggs/story of the mode
The song and game that gave me my online name and especially the reason I got into metal lmao. Will always love this song.
“Beauty of Annihilation” and “The One” are in my opinion “115” level in terms of memorable, and i can’t wait to see your reaction to those.
Wow what a coincidence
Last week after watching one of your videos, I turned on some zombies music while I went on a walk. While on the walk, I realised you hadn't reacted to any of the songs yet, and knew it'd be fantastic for the channel.
And a week later, here it is!!! Looking forward to seeing you react to more of them in the future
LETS GOOOO, BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR MONTHS
Majority of the tracks use an 8 string tuned to either 3 of these tunings: 1st tuning - EADGCFAd; 2nd tuning - DADGCFAd; 3rd tuning - C#ADGCFAd. There is also another one that has the low 8th tuned to an A0, so it was an octave lower than the 7th string, it was used for the track "Carrion" from the map "Tranzit".
Edit: Pareidolia uses that 3rd tuning I mentioned.
I have been waiting AGES for someone to suggest COD Zombies music!!! ✨✨✨
You have been missing out , my man. Glad to see such a big smirk on your face while reacting :D
If you decide to continue doing cod zombies there have been multiple singers in certain games but i especially reccomend archangel from the map origins which features all of them (also clark s nova is an underrated singer for the soundtracks and he always knocks it out of the park)
The first song is an Easter Egg inside the map called "Kino der Toten", which was in the games "World at War", "Black Ops 1" and "Black Ops 3". It plays when you interacted with three meteorite pieces containing element 115 (pronounced as one-one-five) hidden around the map. In fact, most if not all treyarch maps feature such a song. The map "Five" for example features a song from the Slim Shady himself.
yoooo dudes hitting all the bangers recently
Black ops 1 was released in 2010. 115 was the hidden Easter song on the map kino der untoten (theater of the dead) where you have to interact with 3 element 115 meteorites hidden across the map sadly you can only play this once per game
Pareidolia is the hidden song in map Shangri-la which is black ops 1's 3rd DLC zombies map
Having a hidden song within the zombie mode started off as an unintentional thing
Way back in 2008 COD World at war the zombies mode had to be unlocked by completing the waw campaign the map is called nacht der untoten (night of the dead)
Kevin Sherwood had this unused guitar riff then put that riff as the game over track nacht der untoten
People love the riff so much people were asking is there a full version and on the 1st zombies DLC map verrückt
I always assumed most people in our age group knew some zombies lore, or at least heard 115 on zombies
everytime i hear this track i really cant help but get taken in by the percussions. an absolute masterclass, kevin sherwood is beating the absolute piss out of those drums.
These songs defined my music taste throughout middle school 😂
I honestly can't believe it has taken this long for you to be recommended the cod zombies ost, it's got some of my favourite songs and was one of my biggest inspirations to pick up the electric guitar
COD has been requested since early 2022 :')
@@JessesAuditorium Oh lol, well I'm glad you finally managed to react to it on the channel
Yo awesome I was hoping you'd get around to the zombies OSTs eventually. Love the content man
Edit: My favorite CoD overall is 100% Black Ops 2 as it had a great campaign, multiplayer, and good zombies overall. For zombies mode specifically though I'd have to go with Black Ops 3 as the base maps and numerous modded maps are great fun. Speaking of BO2 though I wonder if Adrenaline will show up eventually
115 & Beauty of Annihilation. Such awesome pieces of music!
Oooo ive been waiting for you to get a CoD zombies song, i would have request them but ive seen that people already requested them
So basically each CoD zombies map had a hidden easter egg song that you had to unlock and a song like this would play during the match, each map had its own song. Kevin sherwood is a beast
Hey man just happy to see someone reacting to something else besides 115 like its a great hidden song from zombies but that seems to be the only one people react to for or at least for the most part seems that way. The hidden songs are great can't wait to see you to the 3 from world at war lullaby for a deadman, the one & beauty of annihilation
I used to listen to 115 all the time. What a time that was.
The call of duty soundtracks are heavily underrated because it's such a mainstream series but the composers are insanely talented and care a lot about the music and sound design of the games
Dude yes the old zombies soundtrack is sooo gooood
when you get all the kino meteor fragments the first time, this blows you away.
115 is the goat of Call of Duty Zombies' O.S.T.
Arguably, the greatest zombie map of all time is Kino der toten. It is simple and easy to learn if you want to pick up zombies again. Black Ops one. It's also the home of 115.
Lol I was wondering a week or two ago if you had reacted to CoD Zombies songs and was bummed you hadn't yet. Now that has changed!!!
if you do more, Archangel and Abracadavre have to be the next ones. Amazing solos, riffs, drumming, etc. Instrumentation for both are insane and better than a lot of metal tracks i've heard.
I agree
Never expected these songs a welcomed surprise lmao
Honestly, I love every cod zombies song that has Clark S. Nova in them, but most of the zombies songs are really good.
Touhou and now cod Zombies ? My favorites games ^^
Did somebody say touhou?
@@chainsofscarlet9054 yes
Elena's vocals give me goosebumps every time
The VTuber called OBKATIEKAT did a cover of 115 with fellow VTuber Froot, personally, I like that version quite a bit more. But, I love that song completely.
Man summoned that cod zombies community with this one please do the one and beauty of annihilation next
A lot of the music in Call Of Duty is very good, the soundtrack for MW2 was done by Hans Zimmer. Also a based Infinity Ward fan 😎
"Alone" from black ops cold war is such a banger. would highly recommend but honestly theyre all great
I’m pretty sure almost every zombies map has a song made for it. I think some take existing songs but most have original songs.
Been waiting for this one 🤘
Bangers!
Everyone Dies Everyone Lies Their Waiting For The Second Coming Again.
Meaning the Aether Crew and Ultimus Crew had to die to stop the cycle and the spread of Element 115 and the zombies I followed the story the 10 years it ran it was incredible but sad when it ended the songs are referring to events in the game and storyline
I think a lot of the black ops zombies songs are worth a listen. I am mostly familiar with the ones that appeared in black ops one but with treyarch zombies each map had an easter egg song that could be activated by finding 3 of a specific item depending on the map and it would play these songs. There was also a stage where the song was an eminem song and avenged sevenfold as well. I would recommend just going in order.
You gotta do more zombie songs!
Oh my Highschool childhood
Dude, i highly recommend to listen to most, if not all Cod Zombies EE Songs, but one of my favorites is Carrion, its from Black Ops 2 from the zombie map Tranzit. They are really good.
You’ve been missing out black ops for example has a lot of thematically accurate songs from that era (whatever time period the campaign is based in) and zombies from COD (World at war) to Black ops 6 newest release have some fucking amazing songs to me the highlights are from Eleina Siegman vocal songs beauty of annihilation is spectacular
4:24 I didn't know she did songs for destiny, what songs were those?
Cod zombies soundtrack is so good, only like 2 songs are not that good compared to the others but Kevin Sherwood is a very talented person, he usually does everything minus the vocals in the songs, he only brings another musician when he cant play a part that is very complicated, kinda like Unseen ones from Hades, i strongly suggest you keep an eye on the zombies songs they are very very good songs
Cod 2 is my favourite, but black ops is the best selling for that franchise
If you play Pareidolia backwards, you can hear hidden lyrics