AVIAN Taking A New "Path"

This fall we will release an EP featuring 3 brand new songs and a live acoustic version of The Fear, which was originally released on our first album. The 3 new songs will be featured on our next album, which is scheduled for release in early 2011. The acoustic version of The Fear is exclusive to the EP and will not be on the full length album.

The title of the EP is “The Path” and features the songs, The Path, When The Night’s Undone, S.S. (Instrumental), and The Fear (Live Acoustic). Run time is approximately 20 minutes.

The Path features our new singer, Brian Hollenbeck, who is taking over the vocal reigns from Lance King. Lance decided to leave the band so that he could focus on family and professional obligations. We wish him the best and thank him for his amazing job on our first two albums and all the live performances.

Brian by no means is a new comer to the band; he has been our bassist and backup vocalist for the past couple of years. Those of you who have seen us perform live, know full well what Brian is capable of and will surely agree that he will have no difficultly filling Lance’s shoes.

We will have The Path available for all of you to check out in a few weeks as well as a release date, in the meantime, you can take a listen to Brian’s vocals on a song he recorded with ECHOTERRA; Say, Try, Lie, Die. Visit www.myspace.com/ECHOTERRA to take a listen.

Additionally, we are thrilled that our long time artist, Mattias Noren, is back in business and he created the artwork for the EP as well as the artwork for our next full length album. Here is the cover for the EP; we will reveal the artwork for the album in the near future:

Yan Leviathan

Posted on: June 25, 2010

AVIAN Update

We had a great time playing with HAMMERFALL this past Thursday and we'd like to thank all of the great fans that came out to the show.

We are currently in pre-production for our next album, which we are hoping to release early next year. This fall, we will release a 4 song EP featuring a couple brand new songs and a couple acoustic songs. Full details of the EP will be announced in the near future.

Yan Leviathan

Posted on: March 22, 2010

New Album Update / Upcoming Show With HAMMERFALL

Hi Everyone, Yan Leviathan here with an update to what we are up to:

AVIAN is currently in pre-production on our upcoming album which will be released late 2010 / early 2011.

The new material is heading toward a heavier and faster feel than the previous two albums. There will be a few of the trade mark riff-heavy songs reminiscent of From The Depths of Time and Ashes And Madness, in addition to the heavier and faster songs (yes, I know that every band says that but what else are we going to say, that the new songs are slower and melower? They're not, so please forgive the cliche ;-)).

We will keep you all updated throughout the recording process and will announce all the details along the way; we are very excited about our third album and can't wait for all of our wonderful fans to check it out.

On Thursday March 18, 2010, we will be performing with metal legends HAMMERFALL at the Station 4 in St. Paul, Minnesota. This is a treat for me as HAMMERFALL have been a huge influence on me; I am looking forward with much anticipation to sharing the stage with this amazing band.

Posted on: January 11, 2010

Upcoming Fall Shows With Primal Fear, Edguy, Pagans Mind

This September, come see AVIAN play with power metal giants Primal Fear, Edguy, and Pagans Mind. All shows will take place at the Station 4 in St. Paul, Minnesota and the dates and times are as follows:

Minnesota Metal Fest featuring PRIMAL FEAR, Monday September 7th. This is an all day festival and AVIAN will be on stage at approximately 3:30 p.m. so get there early.


EDGUY, Tuesday September 15; AVIAN will be on stage at approximately 6:30 p.m.


PAGANS MIND, Saturday September 26th; AVIAN will be on stage at approximately 8:30 p.m.

Posted on: April 27, 2009

To All Of Our Friends And Fans: We Need Your Help!

Times are tough on everyone right now and it is getting very difficult for bands like us to stay together. AVIAN is an independent band which means that we have to pay for everything from production to manufacturing to promotion.

As some of you know, we have recently released our second cd, Ashes And Madness. The cd is receiving very high reviews and we have received some very lucrative tour offers. However, we do not have the financial means to accept these offers and that is EXTREMELY frustrating to all of us.

We realize that spending money to purchase a cd is getting more and more difficult these days but we are asking you to PLEASE go out and purchase our cd; we have added a bunch of new songs and reviews to our myspace profile so you can get an idea of what the music is about before you purchase it. Additionally, sites such as Amazon and Best Buy, have 30 second clips of all of the songs.

You may not realize this but if you purchase our cds it will enable us to get on the road and come to your hometown in the near future and it will also allow us to continue to make true metal music.

We would love nothing more than to keep AVIAN going strong but unless we can generate some cd sales we will have to call it quits. Thank you all.

AVIAN's latest cd, Ashes And Madness is now available at Amazon,
Nightmare Records, Best Buy and at iTunes.



REVIEW RATINGS:
* 9/10 - Kronos Mortus
* 85/100 - Powermetal.dk
* 4.25/5.0 - DangerDog
* 80/100 - zwaremetalen.nl
* 78/100 - Lords of Metal
* 7.5/10 - Rock Hard
* 7.5/10 - rockingboy.de
* 11/15 - My Revalations
* 7/10 - babylonmagazine.net
* 7/10 - femforgacs.hu
* 4.5/7 - Metalnews.de

REVIEWS:
http://www.powerofmetal.dk/reviews09/avian_review.htm
http://www.metalteamuk.net/cdreviews-avian.htm
http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showreview.php?id=13277<=en
http://www.metalheart-webzine.com
http://www.disagreement.net/reviews/avian_ashesandmadness.html
http://www.dangerdog.com/reviews_2008/avian-ashes-and-madness.php

EUROPEAN REVIEWS:
http://www.rockingboy.de/html/avian.html
http://www.femforgacs.hu/review/1263/Avian_Ashes_And_Madness_2008
http://www.rockhard.de
http://www.zwaremetalen.nl/recensie/12495/Avian-Ashes-and-Madness.html

Posted on: April 23, 2009

Catch Yan Leviathan Live On The Radio This Saturday Night and Next Wednesday Evening

On late Saturday night AVIAN's guitarist Yan Leviathan will guest host The Dragon's Hall on The Root Of All Evil Show on Minneapolis' KFAI 90.3 FM (106.7 in St. Paul). The show will run from 2:00 A.M. to 3:30 A.M. Central time (technically this will be Sunday morning).

Yan will be playing his favourite metal tunes and will debut a couple of ECHOTERRA songs. The ECHOTERRA cd is one that Yan wrote with Jonah Weingarten (PYRAMAZE) and it features Suvi Virtanen (ex-THERION) on vocals, John Gensmer (EPICUREAN) on Drums and Brian Hollenbeck (AVIAN) on bass and vocals.

If you miss the show live, you can stream it from KFAI starting on Sunday 4/12/09. Click here for the stream.

On Wednesday April 15th, catch Yan on The Metal Madman's radio show; Yan will be in the chatroom from 9 - 10 p.m. EST and will be playing AVIAN and ECHOTERRA songs. Click here on Wednesday 4/15 to listen and join the chat.

Posted on: April 8, 2009

Live Song Added

An acoustic version of Beyond The Hallowed Gates has been added to the media section. The song is taken from a 30 minute live and unplugged set Avian performed recently on KFAI radio in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

You can access a stream of the entire set right here (the set begins approximately 52 minutes into the show).

Posted on: January 21, 2009

Avian To Play Acoustic Set Live On KFAI Radio On 1/18/09

On late Saturday Night / Early Sunday morning of 1/18/2009, AVIAN will play an unplugged set on the Root Of All Evil Radio Show. You can tune in live in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area on FM 90.3 or 106.7 or listen live worldwide at www.kfai.org.

All of us in Avian wish you all a wonderful and safe holiday season and a kick ass 2009!!

Posted on: December 25, 2008

Ashes And Madness CD Release Party Oct 25, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota

On Saturday 10/25/08 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Avian will host its CD release party for Ashes And Madness; the band's latest which will be released in North America on 9/30/08 and the rest of the world in January 2009.

Avian will play a 90 minute set featuring the majority of the new album amongst selections from the first album, From The Depths of Time. Additionally, in conjunction with the re-release of From The Depths of Time, Avian will play, Two Sides Collide, the bonus track on the reissue.

This will be an all ages show so get to the Station 4 Club early!

On Monday 10/20/08, Avian will play with Edguy and Kamelot at the Station 4 and will offer special coupons for reduced tickets for the CD release party among other special treats.

Hope to see you there!

Posted on: September 18, 2008