The Silver share poignant new single “Memorias“
Feat. members of Horrendous and Crypt Sermon, the group will release their new album Looking Glass Hymnal Blue March 20 on Gilead Media
The forthcoming sophomore effort from The Silver— Looking Glass Hymnal Blue— delivers far more than a compelling listen; it is an invitation, an exercise in the sacred, a hand reaching out to pull you within your own depths. If the band’s 2021’s LP Ward of Roses set the stage with its emotive pairings of black and post-black metal, melodic riffing, and the flair of a vintage 80’s wine, Looking Glass Hymnal Blue has arrived to fulfill Ward’s promise: dazzle its audience, incite tears of both ecstasy and terror to carry them far beyond this world, and stretch them nearly to breaking by the curtain’s fall.
The album evokes emotion on all fronts, and latest single “Memorias” is a deeply personal track for The Silver drummer, Enrique Sagarnaga. He comments: “‘Memorias’ (spanish: Memories) is a song that reflects my experiences of personal growth and reflection while living in La Paz, Bolivia, and making sense of my Catholic upbringing when I was a teenager. Two churches there had an impact on me: Parroquia Santuario Inmaculada Concepción del Monticulo, and the Basilica of San Francisco. Aside from being places of worship, these churches were also places of extreme misery.”
He continues: “I specifically remember that when the church let out from the Basilica, it became a frenzy of begging and busking – tons of locals clamoring to enter the doors and ask for both forgiveness and help. The Basilica, much like its Latin American contemporaries, has a complicated history intrinsically linked to the colonial forced labor practices of the time. The fact that Indigenous Aymara people constructed it under the guise of Catholicism affected me. At night, both of these places transformed into locations where young schoolchildren would meet to socialize and be with their sweethearts. At the Basilica in particular, the huge courtyard became a night market where people drank until dawn.” Lyrically, the song intends to “…reconcile several things: the history of these places (the implications of Catholicism in an indigenous-led country,) and the romantic outlook and magic these places held at night, away from worship. These places represent many different things to different people simultaneously.”
Looking Glass Hymnal Blue is a towing achievement for The Silver, mining the furthest depths of its players both musically and emotionally. The compositions display staggeringly ambitious strides in both craft and vision, while lyrically, the band excavates their own haunted interiors with the hope of inciting the audience to do the same.
Recorded by the band alongside engineer Richie DeVon in Philadelphia, and mixed and mastered by Damian Herring, Looking Glass Hymnal Blue is slated for release on March 20, 2026 through Gilead Media. Pre-order the LP here.
The Silver, live:
January 14-16 2027 Richmond, VA — Heart of Winter Fest
Looking Glass Hymnal Blue, track list:
My Lone Dark Lantern
Looking Glass Hymnal Blue
Two Candles
Memorias
Tendrils
When the Moon is Three
The Demon Bridge
Twilight of Love
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