Soul Made Flesh

yahyel have steadily made their quirky name widely known with their past three releases on different formats: 2015 saw an EP appear on Bandcamp before this year’s 7" and Tower Records-only CD single. Now, the Japanese band return with their debut full-length album. Originally formed by Shun Ikegai, Miru Shinoda and Wataru Sugimoto, yahyel have now grown to a quintet with a VJ and a drummer.

This two-fer combines Stoned Soul Picnic (1968) and Age of Aquarius – the 5th Dimension's (5D) third and fourth long players – and a pair of extra tracks – onto one CD.

Hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden the AVATAR lads grew up in the eye of a storm of local musicians made up of metal greats and legends who conquered the world and redrew the map of heavy metal on a monthly basis. This was the measuring stick, and the group have proudly taken on the challenge ever since. The band released Black Waltz in 2012 and found their voice in the madness and started to truly forge their own path in the music they were making. In 2016, Avatar are releasing their latest endeavor Feathers & Flesh, and the promise that's given is that nothing will be the same ever again…