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 mar no cesa
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Insostenible
Why la letal desidia que amenaza
Siento por momentos
La ausencia de tí
Carente de todo
Disidente de nada
Muero por impulsos
Aprisionado por injustas manos
Veo mil puertas
Están abiertas a la oscuridad
Están abiertas a la oscuridad
Laralalaralalaralalarairá
Méteme con el impulso
De tu risa
Why arranca mi máscara de tragedia
Why que alente el huracán mis telarañas
Carente de todo
Disidente de nada
Muero por impulsos
De agonizante grillete
Aprisionado por injustas manos
Veo mil puertas
Están abiertas a la oscuridad
Están abiertas a la oscuridad
Laralalaralalaralalarairá
Veo mil puertas
Están abiertas a la oscuridad
Están abiertas a la oscuridad
Laralalaralalaralalarairá
The lyrics of "El mar no cesa" by Héroes del Silencio convey a feeling of emptiness and detachment from oneself and the world. The singer of the song is tormented by a sense of void that feels unbearable and deadly. The line "Sale el vacío insostenible" (The unsustainable void emerges) sets the tone for the rest of the lyrics, which describe the singer's struggle to find meaning and purpose in life.
The song also touches upon the idea of being a dissident without a cause, feeling disconnected from everything and desperately seeking a way out of the overwhelming despair. The line "Carente de todo, disidente de nada" (Devoid of everything, dissident of nothing) highlights the singer's internal conflict, trapped between the need to rebel against the status quo and the realization that there is no real reason to do so.
The chorus "Veo mil puertas, están abiertas a la oscuridad" (I see a thousand doors, they're open to the darkness) adds a surreal element to the song, suggesting that there might be a way out of the singer's anguish, but also that this escape might lead to a darker reality.
Line by Line Meaning
Sale el vacío
The emptiness rises
Insostenible
Unbearable
Why la letal desidia que amenaza
And the lethal apathy that threatens
Siento por momentos
At times I feel
La ausencia de tí
Your absence
Carente de todo
Lacking everything
Disidente de nada
Dissenting from nothing
Muero por impulsos
I die from impulses
De agonizante grillete
From agonizing shackles
Aprisionado por injustas manos
Imprisoned by unjust hands
Veo mil puertas
I see a thousand doors
Están abiertas a la oscuridad
They are open to darkness
Laralalaralalaralalarairá
Méteme con el impulso
Immerse me with your impulse
De tu risa
Of your laughter
Why arranca mi máscara de tragedia
And tear off my tragic mask
Why que alente el huracán mis telarañas
And let the hurricane ignite my cobwebs
Veo mil puertas
I see a thousand doors
Están abiertas a la oscuridad
They are open to darkness
Laralalaralalaralalarairá
Veo mil puertas
I see a thousand doors
Están abiertas a la oscuridad
They are open to darkness
Laralalaralalaralalarairá
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