When vocalist Lizza Hasan came to the states in 1995 from her native Israel, she knew her destiny. Upon meeting guitarist Karla Williams in ’99, a transplant from Kingston, Jamaica, the two touched upon a rare form of symbiosis:  mutualism, in which both parties benefit. Mahavatar—which translates to energy in Hindu—now contains fellow Israelis guitarist Shahar and drummer Eran as well as bassist Szymon from Poland. From the Sun, the Rain, the Wind, the Soil—the Escapi Records debut—is the result. 

Uncategorizable, limitless in its potential to galvanize, the record is an encapsulation of the positive energy, the hard work, the spirituality and the chops of these five exemplary musicians. It’s a product of the heart. Journalists will fall all over themselves in trying to classify it, and compare it to such bands as Orphaned Land, Opeth, Peccatum, Crisis, Nocturnal Mortem, Voivod, Jane’s Addiction, Crimson Glory, Overkill or Arch Enemy, but, ultimately, it will all be in vain, for this shape-shifting sound and cauldron of ideas has no precedent. Its vocals—neither death nor black nor thrash nor power—have no precedent. 

TRACKLISTING:

CD

1. Cult

2. By the Numbers

3. Raw

4. BH

5. Open Your Minds

6. Psychos

7. The Prophecy

8. Deep Cobble

9. Anger

10. The Time Has Come