Heroes del Silencio started in 1984 as a band named Zumo de Vidrio. The original members were Enrique Bunbury, Juan Valdivia and his brother, and Pedro Andreu. Bunbury was originally a bass player but after Juan Valdivia heard him singing a David Bowie song and told him that he had a great voice, Bunbury became the vocalist. Later on, Joaquin Cardiel joins the line-up.
The band changed their name to Heroes del Silencio in 1986. At first they played in public places and made demos but their break came when they participated in a music contest in Salamanca and won second place - an EMI producer, Gustavo Montesano, saw the band in the contest and some time later, at a concert in Sala En Bruto, he signed the band.
Their first EP, Héroe de Leyenda, was released in in 1987 and sold 30,000 copies. The following year, the album El Mar No Cesa was released, featuring the songs "Mar Adentro", "Agosto" and "El Estanque", and sold 100,000 copies. The supporting tour followed in 1989, documented on the limited edition live album En Directo.
In 1990 they released Senderos de Traicion, their best-selling album with 2 million copies, including 400,000 copies in the first two weeks in Spain alone. The following year they started the tour "Senda 91" and released another live album, Senda 91. 1992 saw the most important CD in their career, El Espiritu del Vino. They sold 600,000 copies of this album which was played throughout America. They followed this with a tour for El Espiritu del Vino. In 1993, Alan Bogulavsky joined the band.
Due to tensions within the band, they took a hiatus and went to Benasque to take a vacation and heal the rifts within the group. After this break they gained a new producer, Bob Ezrin (Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Alice Cooper, Kiss, etc.) and in 1995 released Avalancha, widely considered their best album. Avalancha was more hard rock than previous albums, with songs like "Avalancha", "Deshacer El Mundo" and "Iberia Sumergida". The album was followed by the "Avalancha" tour in 1995 and 1996, which produced the live album Para Siempre.
The band split in 1996 though this did not prevent the release of the Rarezas album in 1998.
2007 Reunion tour
20 years after their first album, and 10 years after they split up, the band announced a ten concerts reunion tour, taking in Guatemala City, Buenos Aires, Monterrey, Ciudad de México, Los Ángeles, Sevilla, Zaragoza and Valencia. For this tour, guitarist Gonzalo Valdivia (Juan Valdivia's brother) replaced former band member Alan Bogulavsky. More than 10,000 people attended each concert. The tour was followed by another live album, Tour 2007.
After the tour, singer-songwriter Enrique Bunbury announced the definitive split of the band and that he would be focusing in his solo career.
El Estanque
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Empañan mi huida
El estanque no para de crecer
Tanto sube el nivel
El mar, oh uh oh
Se derrama ahogándome
Tanto sube el nivel
El mar, oh uh oh
Ahogándome
Sólo hay arena
Sólo en este momento
El malentendido
El estanque, oh el estanque
Tanto sube el nivel
El mar, oh uh oh
Se derrama ahogándome
Ahogándome
Sólo hay arena
The lyrics to Héroes del Silencio's El Estanque are haunting and evoke a sense of drowning or being trapped. The opening line, "las leyes salvajes empañan mi huida" suggests that the singer is running away from something oppressive or violent, but the wild laws (leyes salvajes) are hindering their escape. The image of "el estanque no para de crecer" portrays a sense of being overwhelmed or trapped, as though the singer is unable to outrun the danger. The repeated phrase "tanto sube el nivel, el mar se derrama ahogándome" emphasizes this feeling of suffocation and drowning, as though the singer is being consumed by the rising waters.
The line "sólo hay arena" is particularly poignant in this context, as it suggests that there is no solid ground to stand on, no safe haven to escape to. The singer is completely at the mercy of the merciless laws and the ever-expanding estanque. The repetition of "el estanque, el estanque" adds to the feeling of being trapped and unable to break away from this cycle of danger and drowning.
Overall, El Estanque is a powerful and haunting song that evokes a sense of suffocation and entrapment. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a person trying to escape from something dangerous or oppressive, but being constantly thwarted by the rising waters of the estanque. The use of repetition and imagery creates a sense of desperation, as though the singer is struggling to keep their head above water.
Line by Line Meaning
las leyes salvajes
The wild laws
empañan mi huida,
Obscure my escape
el estanque no para de crecer.
The pond keeps growing unstoppably.
tanto sube el nivel,
The level rises so high,
el mar
The sea
se derrama ahogándome,
Spills over and suffocates me,
ahogándome.
Suffocating me.
sólo hay arena.
There's only sand.
sólo en este momento,
Only at this moment,
el malentendido,
The misunderstanding,
el estanque, el estanque,
The pond, the pond,
tanto sube el nivel,
The level rises so high,
el mar
The sea
se derrama ahogándome,
Spills over and suffocates me,
ahogándome.
Suffocating me.
sólo hay arena.
There's only sand.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Enrique Ortiz De Landazuri, Joaquin Cardiel, Juan Valvidia, Pedro Andreu
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@samantacevallos2690
Las leyes salvajes
empañan mi huida,
el estanque no para de crecer.
Tanto sube el nivel,
el mar...
se derrama ahogándome,
ahogándome.
Tanto sube el nivel,
el mar...
se derrama ahogándome,
ahogándome.
sólo hay arena.
Sólo en este momento,
el malentendido,
el estanque, el estanque, oh el estanque...
tanto sube el nivel,
el mar...
se derrama ahogándome,
ahogándome...
Sólo hay arena.
@Logan.Charles
Las leyes salvajes
empañan mi huida,
el estanque no para de crecer.
Tanto sube el nivel,
el mar
se derrama ahogándome,
ahogándome.
sólo hay arena.
Sólo en este momento,
el malentendido,
el estanque, el estanque,
tanto sube el nivel,
el mar
se derrama ahogándome,
ahogándome.
Sólo hay arena.
Jhondavis 2018
@israelset884
Las leyes salvajes
Empañan mi huida
El estanque no para de crecer
Tanto sube el nivel
El mar, oh uh oh
Se derrama ahogándome
Tanto sube el nivel
El mar, oh uh oh
Se derrama ahogándome
Ahogándome
Sólo hay arena
Sólo en este momento
El malentendido
El estanque, oh el estanque
Tanto sube el nivel
El mar, oh uh oh
Se derrama ahogándome
Ahogándome
Sólo hay arena
@juliusmirlo7382
The pond
Heroes Of Silence
Wild laws
They cloud my flight
The pond does not stop growing
Both level up
The sea
It spills drowning
Drowning
There is only sand
Only right now
The misunderstanding
The pond, the pond
Both level up
The sea
It spills drowning
Drowning
There is only sand.
@demianzx4351
Puta madre lo escucho desde hace 20 años y todavia me genera piel de gallina.
@miguelmatias8632
Ya somos 2 Viejo
@saulmorales9955
A mi también.
@edwingonzalez3268
Klaro q zi a mi tambien
@Ian.Flemming
La escucho desde 1991 y la misma sensación.
@juanh380
Desde los 96
@jorgerosas
Futuras generaciones no dejen que estos clásicos mueran😢
@rosanallorentemartinez7941
Que así sea 🎉
@mau5065
No se porque pero en especial este tema, esta versión, causa algo intenso en mi interior que me hace vibrar y sentir como se enchina la piel. Y es que la guitarra suena con tanto sentimiento que parece que llora, el solo de Juan Valdivia cuenta una historia triste y cuando entra la voz sencillamente es un CLIMAX musical y emocional. Hay muchas canciones, los Héroes llegaron para ser eternos, pero esta canción expresa un sentimiento especialmente íntimo y de complicidad entre un cantante y un acompañamiento de guitarra que nunca antes se había escuchado jamás y que se repite en cada canción. Los Héroes suenan como nunca nadie había sonado y es por eso que son las máximas estrellas del ROCK de los últimos tiempos..... ¿Alguien podrá ocupar su lugar algún día??
@luis219olmos
Nunca, ellos era son y serán los mejores, esta canción para mi también causa algo q casi no se puede explicar, tiene demaciado tiene ese algo q llega y satisface, mitad es pura música y la otra parte es con voz y Uff es una obra d arte