Héroes del Silencio's adamantine backbeat and arabesque guitar leads, galvanized by Enrique Bunbury's resonant vocals, cast a long shadow over the world of rock en español. The evocative poetry of their lyrics and melding of the gothic with the baroque echo through the music of their far-flung contemporaries, such as Mexico's Caifanes, as well as dark and doomy latter-day Spanish bands like Las Novias.