Herenwen

Herenwen (where the maidens rule, in elfic language), was born in 2005 in Mexico City, when guitarrist Adriana González started to look for girls interested in forming a Heavy Metal band. After some adjustments in the original lineup, Herenwen’s first solid lineup was ready by October of ’05, it featured “Gabbie” Aguirre on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Adriana González on lead guitar, Lucila Guevara on bass, Jimena Contreras on keyboards, and Daniela Moyado on drums.



Herenwen made their debut in the local heavy metal circuit in February 2006, achieving a good response from the audience and nailing some gigs at important spots. On May ’06 they released their first material, a 4 song demo called “Amazons Army”. Nevertheless, the band had to face some hard times when Gabbie decided to leave in July ’06 . Even though this affected the band’s spirits, they agreed to move on, and Gabbie’s place in the band was occupied by Rana Verde’s ex-guitarrist Deborah Kaminitz on guitars, forming the actual lineup with Lucila as the new vocalist.



The band has continued to play at important spots in the heavy metal circuit all over the country, as well as in Rock Festivals (being the Monterrey Metal Fest the most important) and as opening acts for international bands Edguy and Dublin Death Patrol. The band has also received attention from the local media, appearing on magazines RyR, Heavy Rock and Gótica, internet radio programs Mordormx and Clinic Diafragma and internet portals like plaskis.se (Swedish music portal). The band has also appeared in the book “Sonidos Urbanos” (Urban Sounds) , edited in 2007. This book features the 150 most representative and original bands in Mexico City formed between 2000 and 2005.



By spring 2009 drummer Daniela Moyado parted ways in mutual agreement to pursuit her personal tasks. Her place was filled briefly by Celina Alcántar. Nowadays the band is composing and concentrating in a new repertoire. This and all the things learned to this day is hoped to provide Herenwen the maturity required to finally hit big balls all over the RnR place.



Herenwen & the heavy metal circuit



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