Exile born Changing Places In The Fire share debut single The Fury and the Sound

Exile-born, Venezuelan prog-rock/post-metal act Changing Places In The Fire announce their self-titled album, out 24th July 2026 via Wild Thing Records.

Changing Places in the Fire is a band shaped by upheaval, memory, and distance. Formed by five Venezuelan musicians – Daz Medrano (vocals), Alfredo Ovalles (keyboards), Javier Landaeta (guitar), Antonio Silva (guitar), and Miguel Ángel Moliné (drums), all of whom are now scattered across Europe and South America, out of the ashes of the Caracas scene. The band is steeped in the emotional and political realities of migration.

Musically, the group sit somewhere between post-metal and prog rock, blending the emotional sweep of Dredg, the heaviness of Deftones, the layered expansiveness of Oceansize, and the moody introspection of Porcupine Tree. It’s a sound built on contrasts: aggression and fragility, density and space, closeness and distance. Their unique blend of fervour and circumstances caught the interest of Wild Thing Records, an independent label from Australia, which will support the worldwide release of the album on CD and digital platforms in 2026.

The project grew out of their earlier bands Echoes (ProgRock Records, USA) and Triad back in Venezuela, taking shape remotely as each member moved countries, rebuilt their lives, and dealt with the ongoing collapse of their homeland. That fragmentation drives the tension and atmosphere of their self-titled debut. Singles like ‘The Fury and the Sound’, ‘A Reason To Fall’, ‘The Epiphany Tree’, and ‘Home’ grapple with estrangement, fractured identity, and the lingering pull of memory.

Alongside the band’s work, members have continued developing their careers internationally. Alfredo maintains an active performing and recording career in Europe (in classical music), while Daz works as a singer, composer, and producer for short films, fashion films, and advertising projects in Argentina.

Changing Places in the Fire is a long-distance collaboration born out of necessity and shared history – a record of survival, displacement, and transformation.

A clash between identity and uprooting in a world fractured by noise and manufactured certainty. The Fury and the Sound captures the pressure to choose sides, to reshape yourself, and to survive the chaos without disappearing inside it.

“For the videos and the single artwork, we worked with a Venezuelan artist named Flores Solano, who is a trained painter and uses AI tools as just one element within a broader creative process. (…) The video play a bit with that sense of fragmentation, blending archive material, performance, and synthetic elements to create a slightly unstable visual world.” – Alfredo Ovalles

Band members:
Daz Medrano – Vocals
Alfredo Ovalles – Keyboards
Antonio Silva – Guitars
Javier Landaeta – Guitars
Miguel Ángel Moliné – Drums

Song credits:
Produced by: Alfredo Ovalles (Keyboards – Changing Places In The Fire).
Mixed by: Ola Sonmark at Otek Recording, Karlstad, Sweden.
Mastered by: Svante Försback at Chartmakers Studios, Helsinki, Finland

Additional disclaimer:

At The Progspace, we do not encourage nor support visual works generated exclusively by artificial intelligence. We strongly value, encourage and promote human creativity on every level, artistic intention, and the craft behind visual expression. However, we recognize that AI tools can be used responsibly as part of a wider artistic process as long as they serve the concept rather than replace the artist. When used thoughtfully as a tool to help communicate a visual idea, AI becomes a tool in larger creative framework. We understand that this approach was taken in the creation of this video. After speaking directly with the band about the background behind the project, they shared the following:

“The creative goal was to express fragmentation and distance through a hybrid visual language, while also reflecting the reality of a band whose members are scattered across different countries. The video draws inspiration from the difficulties of creating music under separation, uncertainty, and displacement, shaped by the political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, which has forced us, among millions of people, to leave the country and live far from our families and friends. The visual narrative becomes a reflection of our lived experiences: displacement, distance, instability, and the challenge of staying connected through technology as artists and as friends despite geographic and emotional fragmentation.” 

One factual point worth keeping in mind: the scale of displacement they are referring to is not minor. More than 7.9 million Venezuelans have left the country since 2014, making it one of the largest displacement crises in the world. We agree that understanding this context is essential to interpreting the work. The use of AI in this video was not intended to replace artistic creation, but to help visualize a reality defined by distance, disruption, and resilience.