''I Am the Avalanche'' is the debut album by

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and was released on September 27, 2005 on

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. The release date marks the two-year anniversary of the break-up of singer

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's previous band,

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Release

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on separate stints. Following this, they appeared on a week's worth of East Coast

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shows. The band released a split single with

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that featured an acoustic version of "I Took a Beating" and new song "New Disaster". They went on a two-week US tour in August 2005 with Silverstein,

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. Following this, I Am the Avalanche went on a cross-country US tour with Bayside,

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, and

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, running into October 2005. ''I Am the Avalanche'' was made available for streaming on September 25, 2005 through ''Mammoth Press'' website, before being released two days later through Drive-Thru Records. They played a handful of shows with the Audition and Rock Kills Kids in October 2005, prior to a West Coast tour supporting

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the following month, and then supported

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on the East Coast. In January 2006, I Am the Avalanche supported

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and

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on their co-headlining UK tour. Following this, the band toured the rest of the US with

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until March 2006. Following this, they supported

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on their US tour in April and May 2006. The band appeared at

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and MacRock festivals, and supported Bayside on their US tour. I Am the Avalanche then supported

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. In September 2006, they went on a short tour of Japan with

; upon returning to the US, they went on a short US East Coast tour with

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. Though the band were initially announced to support

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on a short tour, they taken off the dates as they were touring Japan at the time. I Am the Avalanche closed out the year supporting

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on their headline US tour. In January 2007, I Am the Avalanche went on a US Northeastern headlining tour with support from

. In September 2007, they went on an East Coast tour with You, Me, and Everyone We Know and

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. The following month, the band performed at Waidestock festival. They closed out the year with another East Coast tour with Daggermouth. In May 2008, the band performed at

festival and played a handful of Midwest and West Coast shows with Set Your Goals, Hit the Lights, 2*Sweet, and the Years Gone By. Following this, they played some shows with Hit the Lights, Jet Lag Gemini, and the Armada until June 2008. In October 2008, the band supported

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on their headlining West Coast and Midwestern tour. In February and March 2009, the band toured Australia as part of the Soundwave festival.

Track listing

(all songs written by

) #"Dead and Gone" – 3:41 #"New Disaster" – 3:46 #"Murderous" – 3:57 #"Green Eyes" – 4:40 #"I Took a Beating" – 2:22 #"Wasted" – 4:34 #"Always" – 3:42 #"This Is Dungeon Music" – 2:45 #"Symphony" – 4:16 #"Emergency" – 3:56 #"Clean Up" – 3:47 #"My Second Restraining Order" – 5:04

Credits

–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

*Michael Ireland – guitar,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

*Barrett Jones – piano *Kellen Robson – bass *Brett Romnes –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

*Brandon Swanson – guitar

References

2005 debut albums Drive-Thru Records albums I Am the Avalanche albums {{2000s-punk-album-stub