
Sacrum started as a musical project in late 2003 when the two
founder members Talo Silveyra and Martín Guerrero decided to
undertake a serious heavy rock band adding other keyboards and
orchestral elements to create a new sound. After a long time of
composing and playing Nicolás Gighlione (former drummer) joined the
band and Sacrum recorded their first EP called Transgenia, receiving
great comments on it.
In 2004 Gighlione quit the band but Mariano Herraiz (former
keyboardist) and Diego Cipolla (Bass) joined in shortly. In 2005,
after some try-outs, the drummer’s seat was finally taken by Agustín
Sedano Acosta, completing the line-up. By then, Sacrum started to
rehearsal some songs and they finally got to play live during the
2005 and 2006. We could say that was the time Sacrum was born as a
complete band, even though the project started before in 2003.
After their first live performances, Sacrum decides to move to the
next step and starts recording their first studio album called
Cognition. The production/artistic/recording/mixing/mastering
process took almost a year so it was finally released on January 1st
2008. Immediately the band received distribution offerings in
Germany and the US, great feedbacks, reviews and interview requests.
In 2008 Sacrum is chosen by Mike Portnoy to open a Dream Theater
concert at Luna Park Stadium (Buenos Aires), it was a great
experience and also gave them a great chance to be heard by
thousands of people, although Sacrum was not able to display their
whole show playing as a supporting band.
That same year the band decides to split up from Mariano Herraiz due
to artistic differences, meanwhile they were still preparing a big
show in Buenos Aires and recording new tunes that were brought out
in a virtual Single form, this one was called Survive and it is
available to download only on iTunes and Amazon.
On September, they performed live again at the ND Ateneo theater to
present Cognition officially and new songs of the upcoming album.
The show made a big impact on people and local press, it was a great
success and Sacrum definitely started a new stage artistically.
By the end of 2008 Sacrum enters the studio again to start recording
Days of Quarantine, the second album of the band, this time fully
produced by Martín Guerrero. This album shows a new facet of Sacrum,
containing direct, controversial and political lyrics, strong and
deep melodies with different shades of melancholic and fresh sounds.
After the releasing of Days Of Quarantine, Sacrum is invited to play
at Prog Power Europe in 2010 and starts the preparations to tour
around the old continent for the first time.
Sacrum is not only made by music, it is an artistic project
nourished by strong feelings and ideals of the band members who will
always make sure to express all that and stimulate your heart and
mind with sounds, images, lyrics and possibly more. |