I Am the Avalanche is a punk rock band from
Brooklyn, New York. The group's name comes from a lyric written by Vinnie Caruana for a song which was later discarded. The phrase also appears in the poem
"Oh, Immobility, Death's Vast Associate" by
Stephen Dobyns however Caruana maintains that this is a coincidence, and that he was not aware of the poem until after naming the band.