[3] Little is known of the group's history,[4] but an article from South China Morning Post reported that the alleged singer is Liu Yao, a professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Shandong University.

[5] After signing with Black Happiness Records, China's first music label specialized on black metal, Zuriaake released a split CD named Autumn of Sad Ode – Siming of Loulan alongside Bloodfires' other musical venture Yn Gizarm.

Due to Bloodfire being absent for four years between 2008 and 2012 where he studied in Germany the band was mostly inactive until the release of Gu Yan in 2015.

[6] In 2017 Zuriaake was invited to play at Steelfest Open Air in Finland which marked the very first performance for the band in Europe.

Black metal and its views on humanity, nature, polytheism and ancestor worship have a unique philosophical temperament which would fit to the band's music.

The musicians believe that simple melodies are easier to understand than complex arrangements and ′using simple melodies to describe something magnificent is a superb way of expressing art.′[6] Next to the typical instruments used in black metal, the band uses samples of traditional Chinese instruments like temple blocks, handbells and Xun.

[13] After each song the band members bow to the audience and make traditional hand gestures to show them respect.

[15] According to English-languaged online magazines and newspapers the band name Zuriaake is a Chinglish portmanteau and means literally ′Lake of buried corpses′.