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.
La Vision De Vuestras Almas
Héroes del Silencio Lyrics
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Y las mentiras de los libros
Qué mentirosos que son!
Que cada amanecer proponen
Cavar muertos, sembrar ruidos
Y no puedo recordar
La visión de vuestras almas
Al pecar,
Al pecar
Aunque la historia no fuera cierta
-que no lo es-
Mi ignorancia me condena
A robar
El tiempo a los de atrás
Atreverse no merece la pena
Y no puedo recordar
La visión de vuestras almas
Al pecar,
La visión de vuestras almas
Al pecar
La visión!
Y no puedo recordar
La visión de vuestras almas
Al pecar,
La visión de vuestras almas
Al pecar
No entiendo más que signos
De la locura del testigo
Qué loco está!
Que cada atardecer quisiera
Sembrar muertos, cavar ruidos
Despierto!
Y no puedo recordar
La visión de vuestras almas
Al pecar,
La visión de vuestras almas
Al pecar
La visión!, la visión
Un, dos!
The lyrics of "La Vision De Vuestras Almas" by Héroes del Silencio express confusion and frustration with the lies and half-truths presented in books and history. The singer is lost between two symbols and feeling disjointed from the world around him. He questions the validity of history and the motives of those who wrote it. The phrase "cavar muertos, sembrar ruidos" ("dig up the dead, sow noise") implies that the lies of history are harmful and destructive.
As the song progresses, the singer considers whether it is worth taking risks and standing up against these lies. He concludes that he is too ignorant to make a difference and resignedly accepts his role in perpetuating the cycle of falsehoods. The repeated phrase "No puedo recordar la visión de vuestras almas al pecar" ("I cannot remember the vision of your souls when sinning") suggests that the singer has lost touch with his own morality and is struggling to find his way back to a sense of truth and purpose.
Line by Line Meaning
Y me pierdo entre dos signos
I am lost in between two symbols
Y las mentiras de los libros
And the lies of the books
Qué mentirosos que son!
How deceitful they are!
Que cada amanecer proponen
Each dawn proposes
Cavar muertos, sembrar ruidos
To bury the dead, sow noises
Y no puedo recordar
And I can't remember
La visión de vuestras almas
The vision of your souls
Al pecar,
When sinning,
Aunque la historia no fuera cierta
Even if the story was not true
-que no lo es-
(which it is not)
Mi ignorancia me condena
My ignorance condemns me
A robar
To steal
El tiempo a los de atrás
Time from those behind
Atreverse no merece la pena
Daring is not worth it
La visión!
The vision!
No entiendo más que signos
I understand nothing but symbols
De la locura del testigo
Of the witness's madness
Qué loco está!
How crazy he is!
Que cada atardecer quisiera
Who every sunset would like
Sembrar muertos, cavar ruidos
To sow the dead, bury noises
Despierto!
Awake!
La visión!, la visión
The vision!, the vision
Un, dos!
One, two!
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Ariel Antonio Velasquez Arauz
Mi banda favorita de toda mi vida hasta siempre Héroes del silencio, con ellos identifico mi juventud de los 13 años
Gerson Mejia
Y cuantos tienes hoy we
César Moreno García
Pero los Héroes fueron y serán únicos en su forma de tocar
Felipe Fernández
no creo, oiga bandas como sisters of mercy, the cult o the mission o el heavy de inicios de los 90s y verá que nó son tan "únicos en su forma de tocar", al contrario , más bien como que copiaron algunas cositas, igual eso no les resta la calidad que tienen.
Christian Baltuano
La banda más grande de Rock en Español de todos los tiempos!!!!!
Christian Baltuano
@Jose Reinoso CruzHéroes no tiene comparación son los N° 1 y de bandas argentinas, Virus con Federico Moura y Los Abuelos de la nada con Miguel Abuelo están muy por encima de Soda.......Soda es solo una galleta
Jose Reinoso Cruz
aunque algunos imb3cil3s dicen que soda es la mejor hahahaha
kike chango
Y con el mejor vocalista de todos los tiempos
Ente de Ficción
Una canción muy infravalorada, incluso por ellos. Como alguien ya comenta por aquí, te transporta a otro lugar y pensamientos. La guitarra de Juan Valdivia narra su propia historia.
Cesar UZ
Este tema me transporta, es adictivo! Saludos!!