Siglos released a new Video / Single for “Soga De Los Muertos” on January 9th at 10am PST.
Described as “Somewhere between Rotting Christ and Fear Factory” by Metal Injection, Siglos was started by two time Grammy nominated lead guitarist Sin Quirin who’s extensive resume includes playing, recording and writing for Ministry and Revolting Cocks, as well as stints with Lords of Acid, American Head Charge, and Society 1, among many others.
The video opens with an interview snippet of Sin Quirin at the band rehearsal explaining how humbled he is to see the vision that is Siglos come to fruition. He goes on to describe how the band will be playing at the Gates of Metal Festival. The video then transitions into the band’s bigger than life performance at that festival for the rest of the video.
Now, fans who were unable to make it have the opportunity to feel the vibe themselves by watching the new video, which captures the performance well. It’s not a live recording, it’s the album recording, over clips from the festival.
Watch the full video
Filmed at the Garden Amphitheater on Sunday Oct 15th, Metal heads in attendance at The Gates of Metal festival were transfixed as Siglos hit the stage with an almost otherworldly presence in full face paint as if they were ready for a ritual. The song featured in the video, “Soga De Los Muertos, ” was the opening song of the set. During the performance, lead vocalist Pedro Sanchez came out fanning a smoking chalice of herbs dusting the air and calling upon the ancient ones to join them.
Their tightness as a band, as well as their ritualistic theatrics, and atmospheric blend of black metal meets industrial, and larger than life stage presence, could hardly be contained on a warm afternoon in Southern California at the Gates of Metal III festival.
Sin was Inspired to form Siglos and go even darker with his music by shows Ministry played with Behemoth in Europe. Sin describes being struck by the darkness and heaviness of their music. When the pandemic hit, Sin says he went into hyper writing mode with this darkness still at the forefront of his mind creating material that would be too extreme for Ministry, in my opinion.
When he decided he wanted a black metal vocalist for the project, producer/engineer Alex Crescioni from Stygian Sound suggested Sanchez from Black Death Metal Transtorno. The lyrics are all in Spanish and embrace the ancient side of the culture while blending it with modern metal.
In an interview I did with Sin, he explains more about the origin of Siglos.
Watch the full interview here https://youtu.be/3VI7NXPolmM
The show on October 15th 2023 was Siglo’s live debut after releasing the singles “Por Los Siglos” and “Morir Para Vivir” and the EP Rituales Sagrados. The songs were bolstered by Keyboard and sound effect backing tracks sound engineered live by Josh Munson. Their tightness as a unit showed when the keyboard tracks would come in and each band member hit their mark exactly creating an epic rhythm in unison.
The well shot video is certainly worth a watch, especially if you have yet to experience Siglos live. It’s definitely going to make you want to check them out.
