AVERLANCHE

track-list:
She & the Dark Winter (Album Version)
Atlas of Hearts (Alternative Version) feat. Mikael Salo
Arctica (Alternative Version) feat. Mikael Salo
She & the Dark Winter (Alternative Version) feat. Mikael Salo

The Helsinki-based melodic metal band Averlanche, founded in 2017, has released a sequel to their second album ‘ARCTIC ATLAS’, published in 2023.
‘THE DARK SIDE OF ATLAS’ EP contains the previously released single ‘She & the Dark Winter’ and three remixed songs from the Arctic Atlas album.
Mikael Salo, who is known for the bands Metal De Facto, Dyecrest and Everfrost, is featured as a guest singer on the EP.
“Originally, our plan was to invite Mikael as a guest artist to sing duets with Rebecca. This collaboration started already in November 2022 and by January 2023 we had recorded Mikael’s vocal tracks for three songs. However, during the mixing process of the ‘Arctic Atlas’ album, both our team and our record company came to the conclusion that the songs did not require guest vocals. Since Mikael had done an excellent job, we decided to keep his versions of the songs for possible future use. This decision gave birth to the idea of ‘The Dark Side of Atlas’ EP.”
The band’s keyboardist Antti Kopra commented.

track-list:
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In The Theater Of Fire
Killing Floor
Heartache Parade
Island Across
Polaris
She & The Dark Winter
Little Lotus
Black Butterflies´ Night
Arctica
Atlas Of Hearts

Averlanche releases their long-awaited second album ‘Arctic Atlas’.
After a few years of composing and producing, ‘Arctic Atlas’ is finally available as a physical album or digital version.
Averlanche is more than ready to introduce themselves as a newborn Symphonic Metal band from Finland with modern sounds and a completely new style.
The album has been released through JVR MUSIC GROUP record label.
INVERSE RECORDS handles the digital promotion worldwide.
‘Arctic Atlas’ is an interesting album full of surprises.
It starts in the freezing cold and then jumps straight into a burning theater.
It is something you never expected from Averlanche.
Averlanche’s debut album ‘Life’s Phenomonen’ was produced, recorded & mixed by the famous Finnish producer Hiili Hiilesmaa, best known for collaborating with bands like HIM, Sentenced, Apocalyptica and others.
After a long collaboration, this time the band’s manager Joonas Rinne was chosen to be the producer.
The album was recorded in different sessions during 2022-2023.
Joonas Rinne, producer:
“Working with Averlanche has been an interesting journey through time. The album was being prepared for about a year, from the demo sessions to arrangement and production. The album was fun to mix and the collaboration with the band went well. Mika Jussila took care of the mastering process and a few days ago we received the finished product from Finnvox. The entire production team and the band are very satisfied with the results. I hope the listeners will take the album as their own from the first time listening.”
The recording process of ‘Arctic Atlas’ was a very different experience from recording the debut album.
This album was recorded in different sessions and every session had its unique style.
Rebecca Spörl, vocals:
“I enjoyed the recording process and I think we have all grown a lot during this past year. My favorite song on the album has been changing a lot. It really depends on my mood. At the moment I would say ‘Island Across’! I love the atmosphere it creates. I would like to thank you so much for your patience and your support. Soon it will be rewarded. We hope to see you at the upcoming shows!”
Most of the songs on the album had already been composed before the release of debut album ‘Life’s Phenomenon’.
Antti Kopra, keyboards:
“The oldest songs of the album, ‘In The Theater of Fire’ and ‘She & the Dark Winter’, we have already been playing live for a while. We put a lot of time and effort into the production phase of our songs and tested and discussed many different possible arrangements to find the best versions. This time we did the recordings in multiple sessions in Oulu, instead of all at once like last time. This way we had more time to work on the details.”