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.
En Brazos De La Fiebre
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Que aún abarcan mi frente
Lo he pensado mejor
Y desataré
Las serpientes de la vanidad
El paraíso es escuchar
El miedo es un ladrón
Y el dolor
Es un ensayo de la muerte
Puente
En la piel de una gota
Mis alas volvieron rotas
Y entre otras cosas
Ya no escriben con tinta de luz
El paraíso deviene en infierno y
Luego se queja
Y sin que nadie se mueva
¿Quièn lo arregla?
Gestado en mis escombros
De pastoso paladar
El disparate del caos
Me derroto
Con palabras de alabanza
Puente
The lyrics to Héroes del Silencio's song En Brazos De La Fiebre explore themes of mortality, self-awareness, and the pursuit of personal truth. The opening lyrics describe the singer as being consumed by a fever that seems to encompass their entire being, referring to their forehead as being within its grasp. As a result of this fever, the singer has had time to reflect deeply and has come to realize that they need to release what they call the "serpents of vanity," perhaps referring to the negative aspects of their ego or the self-destructive patterns they've been stuck in.
The chorus of the song begins with the line "the paradise is to listen", suggesting that the singer's ultimate goal is to fully embrace and appreciate the world around them. They contrast this with the line "fear is a thief," which could be interpreted as a warning against allowing fear to steal away the joys of life. The second verse continues these themes of introspection, describing broken wings and the realization that words no longer have the same power they once did. The bridge of the song suggests that chaos and madness have also been a part of the singer's experience, but they have been able to overcome them through a powerful self-talk that lifts them up.
Line by Line Meaning
Con los brazos de la fiebre
With the fiery arms of illness
Que aún abarcan mi frente
That still embrace my forehead
Lo he pensado mejor
I have thought it over again
Y desataré
And I will unleash
Las serpientes de la vanidad
The snakes of vanity
El paraíso es escuchar
Paradise is to listen
El miedo es un ladrón
Fear is a thief
Al que no guardo rencor
To whom I hold no grudge
Y el dolor
And pain
Es un ensayo de la muerte
Is a rehearsal for death
Puente
Bridge
En la piel de una gota
In the skin of a drop
Mis alas volvieron rotas
My wings returned broken
Y entre otras cosas
And amongst other things
Ya no escriben con tinta de luz
They no longer write with ink of light
El paraíso deviene en infierno y
Paradise turns into hell and
Luego se queja
Then complains
Y sin que nadie se mueva
And without anyone moving
¿Quièn lo arregla?
Who fixes it?
Gestado en mis escombros
Gestate in my rubble
De pastoso paladar
Of a pasty palate
El disparate del caos
The nonsense of chaos
Me derroto
Defeats me
Con palabras de alabanza
With words of praise
Puente
Bridge
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: PEDRO ANDREU LAPIEDRA, ALAN BOGUSLAVSKY ZONDOWICZ, JOAQUIN CARDIEL JERICO, ENRIQUE ORTIZ DE LANDAZURI IZARDUY, JUAN VALDIVIA NAVARRO
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