The namesake. Vallejo's blows in the verses, Almafuerte's defiance in the chorus — be like God, who never cries; like old Satan, who never prays. Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back.
LOS HERALDOS NEGROS · MCMXIX
DEBUT ALBUM · 2026
Black Heralds
Poems crossed into song.
«Hay golpes en la vida, tan fuertes… ¡Yo no sé!»
CÉSAR VALLEJO · LOS HERALDOS NEGROS · 1919
01 · EL NOMBRE
Named for
the blows.
In 1919, the Peruvian poet César Vallejo opened his first book with the hardest lines in the Spanish language — blows that fall on a life like the hatred of God, delivered by black heralds sent by Death.
We took the name, and then we took the argument further. A generation before, the Argentine poet Almafuerte had already written the answer: stand like the oak. Never surrender, not even beaten.
That is the band. One poet names the blow; the other refuses it. Our songs live in the space between — adapted from the poems themselves, set to drums, strings, and voices, sung in English so the heralds can cross one more border.
«Hay golpes en la vida, tan fuertes… ¡Yo no sé!»CÉSAR VALLEJO · LOS HERALDOS NEGROS
«No te des por vencido, ni aun vencido.»ALMAFUERTE · ¡PIU AVANTI!
02 · LAS CANCIONES
The debut
album.
Songs built as borders — each one a line you do not come back from unchanged.
03 · LOS ARTISTAS
Four at
the border.
Camilo
(Kamo) Góngora
COMPOSER · GUITARS · BASS
Builds the musical architecture of Black Heralds and carries its weight through guitars and bass.
Max
Ferrari
DRUMS · BANDLEADER
Poet and drummer. Keeps time on a Ludwig Legacy Maple kit and carries the poems across languages.
Adolfo
Torres
ARTIST · PERFORMANCE
A collaborating artist in the record’s crossing between poetry, sound, and physical performance.
Luis
Walteros
ENGINEERING · ADDITIONAL GUITAR & BASS
Recording and mix engineer. He also contributed bass and guitar to the ending of “Black Heralds.”
04 · ESCRIBE
The heralds
are coming.
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