Un Paso Mas - Avalanch

Llanto De Un Heroe - Avalanch

which is a bit of a shame, but it at least means that fans of this brand of slightly pompous but ultimately highly entertaining power metal will still enjoy what Avalanch has to offer. There s a folk element underpinning this album, one that only really comes to the fore in the two brief interludes of tracks one and five, but that also plays a part in determining some of Alberto Rionda and Roberto Garcia s lead guitar melodies, and this singles this band out from more straightforward power acts. Victor Garcia s vocals don t hold any surprises, squeaking Spanishly and never losing falsetto, but the guitars have a satisfyingly heavier tone than many power and speed metal ...

El Angel Caido - Avalanch

While Avalanch s past efforts gave off the feeling of a band that wanted to make it big in the prog-power metal circles and was putting in a decent effort, El angel caido is the first and last album that feels like it could just about crawl into the lower rungs of the elite, and it s Avalanch s best. Still predominantly led by guitarist Alberto Rionda, who perhaps isn t one of the finest in the business but still has the necessary neoclassical shredding skills required for the task, this is a strong collection of songs bulked out a little deceptively by frequent, insubstantial interludes, climaxing in the band s finest performance with the Las ruinas del eden suite. ...

Dias De Gloria - Avalanch

that was merely an English language version of the debut for the international market that apparently doesn t like foreigners very much - there was no real need for an Avalanch live album, but judging by the reaction of the crowd in Dias de gloria, the band had already developed a strong and loyal fan base by this early stage in their career. Of course, the main problem with only having two albums of material to fall back on is that this will essentially represent the best of those two releases, and offer nothing new to those who already own them or would like to at some point in the future. This lack of a substantial back catalogue even leads to the presence of two ...