… 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.
Heaven And Earth
Avalanch Lyrics
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And it's coming for me
This lifeless place I have been sent to
It is all new to me
I can feel it starting to freeze
I know this never have been
And nothing could stop it
Strong as the wind blows
Can not remember where I came from
I'm screaming out loud cause it scares
The hell out of me
And it's so far to fall
Long I have fought just to get here
But now you're so far in that grey hole
Shouldn't be free
Don't want to forget but it's late
Cause now I am here
Where heaven and earth cry
Where heaven and earth cry
Look for the days that I look back on my innocence
My sight was blinded by the same lie
Anything's better than this
My fragile happiness died
It's gone and not coming back
To pick up what little remains of me
From this bad nightmare
I dream that I wake up
My tears are dry, silence echoes
Will this final rhyme
Forget me after a time
Between heaven and hell
The lyrics to Avalanch's song Heaven and Earth describe a character who has been sent to a new place that he has never been before. The character is overwhelmed by the coldness of the place, which is symbolized by the onset of winter. The character is lost and cannot remember where he came from. He feels like he is falling and is afraid of what might happen when he reaches the bottom. However, he also reflects on his struggle to get to this place, and it seems as though he has been fighting for something important.
The character's reference to the place where "heaven and earth cry" suggests that he is in a state of profound sadness and loss. He longs for a time when he was more innocent, but recognizes that he has been blinded by a lie. He feels like he has lost his happiness and that it will never come back. In the end, he wonders if he will be forgotten after he is gone.
The song explores themes of loss, regret, and the journey of self-discovery. It seems to suggest that sometimes we must go through difficult experiences in order to find out who we truly are. The song's melancholic tone reflects the character's emotional pain, while its soaring guitar solos and powerful vocals add a sense of drama and intensity.
Line by Line Meaning
The coldest winter has begun
The toughest time has started
And it's coming for me
I'm about to witness tough times
This lifeless place I have been sent to
I've been put in a dull, uninspiring environment
It is all new to me
This is an entirely new thing for me
I can feel it starting to freeze
I can sense that things are getting worse
I know this never have been
I am sure things have never been this bad
And nothing could stop it
Nothing could have prevented it from happening
Strong as the wind blows
It's as strong as a howling wind
I'm a shadow beneath this cloud
I'm lost in the darkness caused by the current situation
Can not remember where I came from
I can't recall my origin
I'm screaming out loud cause it scares
I'm shouting because I'm terrified
The hell out of me
I'm extremely frightened
And it's so far to fall
There's a lot more trouble ahead
Long I have fought just to get here
It took me a lot of effort to arrive at this point
But now you're so far in that grey hole
Things are currently so terrible that moving ahead seems impossible
Shouldn't be free
I'm feeling trapped
Don't want to forget but it's late
It's almost impossible to hold on to the happy moments
Cause now I am here
I am currently experiencing tough times
Where heaven and earth cry
This place is so bad even the surroundings are weeping
Look for the days that I look back on my innocence
I reminisce the good old days of my innocence
My sight was blinded by the same lie
My eyes were deceived by the same false story that put me in this predicament
Anything's better than this
I would rather choose any situation over this one
My fragile happiness died
Any shred of my happiness that remained with me is now gone
It's gone and not coming back
I know that happiness will never return to me
To pick up what little remains of me
I want to retrieve whatever is left of me
From this bad nightmare
I wish to come out of this bad dream
I dream that I wake up
I'm hoping to get up and find out that it was a mere dream
My tears are dry, silence echoes
I've cried too much, and now there's only silence
Will this final rhyme forget me after a time
I'm worried that even this last hope of happy endings is not permanent
Between heaven and hell
This is the place between the perfect and the bad situations
Contributed by William V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.