Undersnake + Verismo + Mahavatar + Sunlord

On Mahavatar's Escapi disc From the Sun, the Rain, the Wind, the Soil, the multinational outfit–the members hail from Israel, Poland and Jamaica–borrows from the thrash-, nü- and power-metal camps to create a righteous, fresh-sounding hybrid. The x-factor is female vocalist Lizza Hasan, who moves effortlessly from guttural bellows to soaring melody.