… Read Full Bio ↴Avalanch is a heavy/power metal band formed in Asturias, Spain in 1993.
Led by composer, producer and guitar player Alberto Rionda, the band has released 6 studio albums, plus a handful of compilations, DVDs and English versions of their works.
The Asturian band Avalanch takes to one long trajectory combining Heavy Metal of its beginnings with a more modern rock of doubtless metallic influence in the present, incorporating to its music elements of hard rock, pop and folk. Their discs are published in several European and American countries, and habitually make tours outside of Spain, mainly in Latin America. In 1993, a scale model long play in called vinyl format is published Ready To The Glory, with a totally different formation. That same year is gotten up to the band Alberto Rionda, that from that moment assumes the workings of composer and main guitarist and producing musical comedy of Avalanch. Fruit of this work, in 1997 sends their first professional disc, La llama eterna (eternal flame), recorded in Búnker Studies, study of Inn of Llanera (Asturias) that later would end up directing Alberto Rionda. With this disc, Avalanch causes a great impact in the Spanish scene heavy metal. It would not take in appearing the version in English of the disc, Eternal Flame, and in some countries as Italy or Japan were published editions of that English and Spanish work in.
Half-full the tour of this disc, Avalanch decides to do without its vocalist (Juan Lozano) and contacts with Victor Garcia (singer) so that one to them, beginning in Barcelona. It is then when Weeping of a hero enters the study to record El Llanto de un Heroe, a disc in which power metal was the predominant note, and that rotated to them by all Spain. From that tour arose Días de Gloria, a direct one that showed the moment that lived the band, and included a version in study of Queen, "Save Me", who was published like single. In 2001 the sold disc of the band is published more to date, El Ángel Caído, a disc that turns about Biblical, with one more a épica and evocative ambientación. Finalized the tour of presentation, the battery Alberto Ardines and the Víctor singer Garci'a ] leaves the group to form WarCry. Ramon Lage, Ex-Paco Jones, (that already had participated with the band doing choirs in previous albums) take the witness to the voices, and the battery would be Frame Alvarez, coming from Stormy Mondays and previously the Distillery. Also in this disc it collaborates Leo Jiménez, vocalist of Stravaganzza and Ex-Saratoga. They make an European tour in 2002 and are the only Spanish group in touching in the Wacken Open Air of that year, celebrated in Germany.
Once in Spain, more changes in the band. The tecladist White Iván and the guitarist Robert Garcia leave the formation and are replaced by the guitarist Dany Leon (of long trajectory in bands like the Distillery, Faith of Rats and many others) and the tecladist Junquera Robert (originating of the Asturian scene folk); giving rise to the present formation of Avalanch.
In 2003, Avalanch publishes its room disc of study, Los Poetas Han Muerto, where they let along the epic and fast sound to make a more personal rock, than it incorporates influences not strictly from metal.
El Hijo Pródigo
Avalanch Lyrics
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He visto un ave caer
He visto un mar tan negro
He visto a una madre llorar
He visto a un niño perdido
He visto a un padre odiar
Camino entre barro y estoy
Cansado de no verte aquí
A mi lado
Camino entre barro y me voy
El hijo pródigo vuelve a su hogar
Junto a ti
He visto a un pobre compartir
He visto a un amigo huir
Hoy he visto tu foto otra vez
Hoy quiero volver
El mundo es tan grande
Y mi bolsa tan pesada está
Tu voz mi consuelo
De que mis sueños quedaran atrás
The lyrics to Avalanch's song El Hijo Pródigo talk about a person who has seen the harsh realities of life. The singer has witnessed a dead river, a fallen bird and a black sea which are metaphorical images for death, loss, and despair. He has also seen a mother cry, a lost child, and a father who hates. These are all indications of the pain and suffering that come with life. However, the singer desires to go back home, to see his loved ones, and to be with them. He has been walking through mud and is exhausted from not seeing his loved one beside him. He has seen a poor person share and a friend run away. He has seen his loved one’s photo and decides he wants to go back home and leave his dreams behind.
The song tells a story of a person who has experienced the difficulties of life and wants to go back to a place where things are safe and familiar. The person is tired and weary but they still keep walking towards home. Despite the hardships, the person is hopeful and determined to find solace in the arms of their loved ones. The song portrays human resilience, the ability to endure and overcome struggles, and the importance of returning to where we belong.
Line by Line Meaning
He visto un río muerto
I have witnessed a lifeless river
He visto un ave caer
I have watched a bird fall
He visto un mar tan negro
I have seen a pitch-black sea
He visto a una madre llorar
I have observed a mother weep
He visto a un niño perdido
I have seen a lost child
He visto a un padre odiar
I have seen a father hate
Hoy quiero volver
Today, I desire to return
Camino entre barro y estoy
I walk through the mud and I am
Cansado de no verte aquí
Tired of not seeing you here
A mi lado
Next to me
Camino entre barro y me voy
I walk through the mud and I am leaving
El hijo pródigo vuelve a su hogar
The prodigal son returns to his home
Junto a ti
Beside you
He visto a un pobre compartir
I have watched a poor man share
He visto a un amigo huir
I have seen a friend flee
Hoy he visto tu foto otra vez
Today, I have seen your photo again
El mundo es tan grande
The world is so vast
Y mi bolsa tan pesada está
And my bag is so heavy
Tu voz mi consuelo
Your voice is my comfort
De que mis sueños quedaran atrás
That my dreams have been left behind
Contributed by Keira G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.