Changing Places in the Fire

Exile-born, made across borders.

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

The project grew out of their earlier bands Echoes 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 in their music, grappling with estrangement, fractured identity, and the lingering pull of memory.

Musically, the group sit somewhere between post-metal and art 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.

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