Evile
Formed: 2004
From:
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire,
United Kingdom
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Evile News
Below is our complete Evile news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
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Evile Posts New Song Online
British thrashers Evile have unveiled a brand new track, titled "Eternal Empire," which is off the band's upcoming album "Five Serpent's Teeth." The album is due to be released on September 26th, 2011.
You can check out the new track now by heading over to this location (email registration required). U.K. fans can also tune into the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter tonight between midnight and 2am to hear the radio debut of the track. Evile is also playing at the Download festival this Saturday, June 11th.
You can also catch Evile live at the following shows:
Jun. 11 - Donington, UK - Download Festival
Jul. 01 - Löbnitz, Germany - With Full Force
Jul. 08 - Gävle, Sweden - Getaway Rock
Jul. 09 - Pecs, Hungary - Rock Marathon
Jul. 14 - Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany - Dong Open Air
Jul. 15 - Tolmin, Slovenia - Metalcamp Festival
Jul. 17 - Vizovice, Czech Republic - Masters of Rock
Jul. 27 - Bladel, Netherlands - Totaalfestival
Aug. 13 - Oulu, Finland - Jalometalli Festival
U.K. Thrash Documentary Posts Trailer Online
A new trailer has been posted online for the forthcoming documenary film, "A History Of A Time To Come," which looks at the thrash metal scene and history in the United Kingdom. You can check it out below. The film makers have also announced that a book tie-in will be released, written by journalist Greg Mofitt, who has written for Metal Hammer and Terrorizer amongst other publications.
"In 2003 I had the idea to set out the story of U.K. thrash," Greg explains. "I lived through the scene as a teenager and felt that although the U.K. was the underdog compared to, say, the US and Germany, there was still a great tale to tell. It’s a story of the British bulldog spirit facing down adversity and in that sense U.K. thrash was typical of the nation. With few exceptions, British thrash bands received very little global coverage back in the day, so this is also a largely untold story. When I originally devised the book concept, U.K. thrash was nothing but a dusty chapter in history. Today, things are quite different. The scene has sparked into life once again and veteran outfits continue to reform, some sounding better than ever. When I heard about the 'A History of a Time to Come' documentary and met the guys behind it, all the pieces finally fell into place and the timing was perfect."
Speaking on the book, the film makers stated: "We’re delighted to be working in tandem with Greg on the project, and especially excited to see how the two projects will compliment each other. One of our concerns from the outset was that perhaps the film format would limit our ability to convey the story of the scene in enough depth to satisfy the fans, but with the introduction of the written story we feel confident that everyone, from hardcore fan to the casual cinema- goer will find their level of interest covered."
Both the film and the book are still in the production stages and anyone who feels they might be able to contribute in some way, be it with first hand stories, video/audio materials or pictures etc. is encouraged to get in touch. More...
Evile Announces New Album Title
British thrashers Evile have officially revealed that their forthcoming new album will be titled "Five Serpent's Teeth." Evile recorded the new album at Parlour Studios in Kettering, UK, with producer Russ Russel, who also recorded the band's previous release, 2009's "Infected Nations." Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matt Drake has recorded a video message for the fans, in which he discusses the new album and the concept behind it.
Evile lead guitarist Ol Drake comments on the album:
"The other day, Russ sent the final masters for the album over. It sounded even better than I expected it to. The past two years of hard work, and the work put in in the studio, have really paid off. The few people who've heard the album so far have praised it highly, making me, and us, very proud. The album has such a unique production sound which surprised me; Russ' skills have really shined on this record. It has an old classic sound, while staying huge and menacing. Keep an eye out for all things Evile, as 2011 will be a very busy year for us. See you on A road!"
"Five Serpent's Teeth" is due to be released on Earache Records on August 29th, 2011.
Brian Posehn To Guest On New Evile Album
British thrash metal outfit Evile has announced that American comedian Brian Posehn will be appearing on the band's forthcoming, as yet-untitled new studio album, where he will be providing backing vocals. Speaking on the collaboration, Posehn stated:
"I'm very excited that my yelling will be featured on the next Evile disc; they're one of my favorite newish bands and, in my not-so-humble opinion, the British saviors of thrash metal!"
The album is scheduled to be released later this year through Earache Records and will be the first to feature new bass player Joel Graham, following the tragic death of the group's original bassist Mike Alexander in 2009. The band has also posted the final part in a series of videos documenting the recording of the album, which can be seen below. More...
Evile Posts New Studio Footage Online
British thrashers Evile have posted another new studio video recording online. The band is recording its forthcoming new album at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England, and is working with producer Russ Russell.
New Metal Songs Hitting The Rock Band Network
After the upgrade to the Rock Band Network a few weeks back, things are starting to pick up steam again with new songs becoming available. Although this week's lineup isn't as full as in past months, there are still quite a few tracks for the headbanging inclined to help celebrate the weekend in true metal fashion. Besides RBN regulars Amberian Dawn and Evile, there are also new offerings on the way from Tesseeract for the Xbox 360, as well as material from Heaven Shall Burn and Within the Ruins for the PS3.
Here are the new tracks, including the non-metal songs, added today to the Xbox 360 edition of the Rock Band Network:
Amberian Dawn - "Lost Soul"
Mafia Track Suit - "Forest for the Trees"
Parry Gripp - "Spaghetti Cat (I Weep For You)"
TesseracT - "Deception - Concealing Fate Part Two"
TesseracT - "Deception - Concealing Fate Part Two (2x Bass Pedal)"
Twin Atlantic - "Audience and Audio"
Madlife - "Money"
Rose of Jericho - "Find Beauty"
Quartered - "Africa (RB3 Version)"
Lazarus AD - "Thou Shalt Not Fear"
Bioshaft - "Payback (Come On)"
These tracks will hit the PlayStation 3 version on April 19th:
Dance Gavin Dance - "Lemon Meringue Tie"
Heaven Shall Burn - "Endzeit"
Within the Ruins - "Feast or Famine"
Amberian Dawn - "Snowmaiden"
Stan Bush - "Til All Are One"
Evile - "Plague to End All Plagues"
Widespread Panic - "Surprise Valley (Live)"
Sea Wolf - "You're a Wolf"
The B.O.L.T. - "Genius"
Ballyhoo! - "Paper Dolls"
Evile Posts More Recording Studio Footage Online
British thrashers Evile are currently in the studio recording what will be the band's third full-length album. The band is recording the new album at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England, and is working with producer Russ Russell. Evile has been posting a series of videos to keep fans up-to-date with what's going on in the studio. You can watch the newest video below:
Evile Posts More Studio Footage
British thrashers Evile are currently in the studio recording what will be the band's third full-length album. The band is recording the new album at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England, and is once again working with producer Russ Russell. Evile has been posting a series of videos to keep fans up-to-date with what's going on in the studio. You can watch the newest video, including a cover of Rebecca Black's infamous song, "Friday", below.
Evile lead guitarist Ol Drake speaks from the studio:
"Having a lot of fun tracking this album. Yesterday our manager, Julie, came to visit and listen to a few tracks. Her reaction was very positive, so even more great vibes going around. All drums done, nearly all bass done, all rhythm guitars done, all guitar harmonies done. We're starting guitar solos today, and vocals are well on their way.
"All I can say is, I love the stuff on this album. Out of the three albums we've done so far, I've had the most fun on this, and this is the most creative we've been in terms of writing. Simply can't wait for people to get the completed package!"
New Songs Coming To The Rock Band Network
After a brief hiatus while the program was upgraded to a new version, the Rock Band Network is now back on schedule releasing new tracks. The metal is a bit light this week, with new songs from Firewind, Amberian Dawn, and Evile coming to the PS3 on the 12th. The complete list of newly added Xbox 360 songs, including the non-metal tracks, is as follows:
Bloom - "Fight For Greatness"
Arcadia - "Slaughterhouse, Obituaries and a Love Story"
Rose of Jericho - "Buried Cold (RB3 version)"
A Silent Film - "You Will Leave a Mark"
New to the Rock Band Network on PS3 on April 12th:
Attack Attack! - "Sexual Man Chocolate"
Of Mice & Men - "Those in Glass Houses"
Mayday Parade - "Jamie All Over"
Chiodos - "Lexington (Joey Pea-Pot With a Monkey Face)"
Firewind - "The Fire and the Fury"
The Main Drag - "Love During Wartime"
The Main Drag - "What's Your Favorite Dinosaur?"
Woe, Is Me - "[&] Delinquents"
Amberian Dawn - "Evil Inside Me"
Evile - "Devoid of Thought"
UK Thrash Documentary In The Works
A new documentary examining the thrash metal scene in the United Kingdom has recently been announced, entitled, "History Of A Time To Come," which takes it's name from the debut album by Sabbat. A recent post about the documentary by Lawnmower Deth guitarist Concorde Faceripper reads as follows:
"I'm pleased to announce that Lawnmower Deth have recently spent a few fun filled hours being interviewed for a new documentary about the UK thrash scene.
"The kind fellows at A History Of A Time To Come - The Story Of UK Thrash invited us to Leeds to be filmed for a new project which will aim to document the history of the UK thrash scene and will include live footage of past and present UK thrash bands interlaced with interviews with bands from each era. More...
Evile Posts New Studio Video Online
British thrash metal outfit Evile has posted a new video online documenting the recording of the band's third album, which will be the first with new bassist Joel Graham, following the tragic death of the group's original bassist Mike Alexander in October of 2009. You can check out both the new video and the previous clip below.
Band Lineup Announced For Dong Open Air
Ukranian metal act Balfor is the latest band to be confirmed for the upcoming Dong Open Air festival, which will take place from July 14th - 16th, 2011. Additional details on the festival are available here. The currently announced band lineup and running order can be found below.
Thursday:
18:00 - 18:45 Crosshead (DE, Thrash)
19:05 - 19:50 Shraphead (NOR, Heavy Rock)
20:10 - 20:55 Bloodwork (DE, Melodic Death)
21:15 - 22:00 Motorjesus (DE, Heavy Rock)
22:20 - 23:20 Evile (UK, Thrash)
Friday:
12:00 - 12:45 Harasai (DE, Melodic Death)
13:05 - 13:50 Past M.D. (DE, Hard Rock)
14:10 - 14:55 Ichor (DE, Death)
15:15 - 16:00 Contradiction (DE, Thrash)
16:20 - 17:05 Vogelfrey (DE, Folk Metal)
17:25 - 18:10 Virgin Snatch (PL, Thrash)
18:30 - 19:15 Balfor (UKR, Black Metal)
19:35 - 20:20 Artas (AUT, Thrash)
20:40 - 21:40 Hackneyed (DE, Death)
22:00 - OE Iced Earth (USA, Power Metal)
OE - ??:?? Ranz Böllner (DE, Heavy Metal)
Saturday:
12:00 - 12:45 Shellycoat (DE, Punkrock)
13:05 - 13:50 Symbolic (DE, Melodic Death)
14:10 - 14:55 Red Circuit (DE, Power Metal)
15:15 - 16:00 Canopy (SWE, Melodic Death)
16:20 - 17:00 Vulture Industries (NOR, Avant-Garde Black)
17:25 - 18:10 The Rotted (UK, Death / Grind)
18:30 - 19:15 Orden Ogan (DE, Power Metal)
19:35 - 20:20 Dew Scented (DE, Thrash)
20:40 - 21:40 Hatesphere (DK, Death/Thrash)
22:00 - OE Overkill (USA, Thrash)
OE - ??:?? After-Show
Evile Discuss New Album In Video Interview
A new video interview has been posted online between Evile and Planetmost where the band talk about its forthcoming new album. You can check out the interview below.
Evile To Enter The Studio
British thrashers Evile are set to enter the studio this weekend to begin recording their third album. Evile will be playing a show in London this Friday, 18th March with Chthonic, before heading to Prestatyn, Wales on Saturday for a performance at Hammerfest. The band will then be heading into Parlour Studios on Sunday to begin recording the follow-up to 2009's "Infected Nations," and will once again be working with producer Russ Russell.
Evile lead guitarist Ol Drake comments:
"This has been one hell of a 2011 already. We've been working non-stop on the material for Evile's third album since early last year, and the past few months saw the workload pile up drastically. We're on top of it though.
"Tomorrow we play London with our friends Chthonic from Taiwan, then we head over to Prestatyn for Hammerfest. Just like with Infected Nations, we're again heading to the studio shortly after playing Hammerfest, though this time it's the very day after. To the great Parlour Studios we will venture along with the even greater Russ Russell. He was at the helm/desk/brain for 'Infected Nations', and we see him as a member of the band, even more so on this third offering. We'll be in there for approximately a month, and we'll be focusing on roughly ten tracks to delight your ears.
"If I was to say what the direction of this third album would be, I'd have to say a mix of the approach to 'Enter the Grave', the ideas on 'Infected Nations' and an amalgamation of brand new ideas we can't wait to try out. We have to try out new things as artists; we don't ever ever want to stick to doing the same thing all the time. It will be aggressive yet mature, in my opinion, and before your ask - yes, fast."
Catch Evile live at the following shows:
March 18 - London, UK - The Underworld
March 19 - Prestatyn, UK - Hammerfest
June 10-12 - Donington, UK - Download Festival
July 17 - Vizovice, Czech Republic - Masters of Rock
July 23-24 - London, UK - High Voltage Festival
Evile Comments On High Voltage Festival
British thrashers Evile have been confirmed to play at this year's High Voltage festival, which takes place on July 23rd and 24th at Victoria Park in London, UK. Evile was also among the latest bands to be recently announced for the UK's Download festival, as well as Masters of Rock in the Czech Republic.
Evile bassist Joel Graham comments: "It's awesome to be added to the High Voltage festival - for the name Evile to be on the same poster that contains the such legendary names of Judas Priest, Jethro Tull, Dream Theater and Queensryche is an absolute mind f**k... It's amazing. More than a couple of us in Evile are prog fans so I'm sure we'll be hanging around the Prog Stage a lot.
"For me personally, I became a huge Jethro Tull fan after doing a deal with my father; he agreed to take me to see Anthrax when I was about 11, if in return he could take me to see Tull around the same time, so he got me hooked. Ol (Drake) also has a very uncanny likeness to a young Ian Anderson, so I'm hoping they bump into each other over the weekend."
You can visit Evile's artist page on the High Voltage website at this location.
Powerwolf To Play Metalcamp
Powerwolf has issued the following brief announcement about appearing at the upcoming Metalcamp festival:
"The Wolves will hold the sermon of steel at this year's Metalcamp on July 15th. Can't wait to sanctify this wonderful place with wolfish metal."
Other confirmed acts include Evile, Moonspell, The Ocean, Arch Enemy, Blind Guardian, Zonaria, Alestorm, Accept, and many more. Additional details on the festival are available at this location.
Powerwolf also recently announced additional festival appearances this year at Masters of Rock and Rock Harz Open Air.
Evile To Play Download Festival
British thrashers Evile are among the latest artists to be confirmed for this year's edition of the Download festival, which takes place 10-12 June at Donington Park. Evile will be performing alongside the likes of such acts as Def Leppard and System of a Down.
Evile drummer Ben Carter comments: "Evile are both honoured and excited to be making our first appearance at Download this year! Donington has been the spiritual home of rock and metal for so many years, now finally we can make our mark there and become part of that legacy. I've attended Download in the past, and seen many bands perform on the smaller stages and go on to huge success, and I think that's what Download can do for a band. There's something about the place that's special, so we're all so eager to get on stage and have our Download moment! BRING IT ON!"
Additional details on the festival are available at this location.
Evile Guitarist To Play Rock Band With Fans
British thrashers Evile have completed a U.K. headlining tour, which was the first run of shows on their home soil since spending months on the road in North America in 2010. Evile lead guitarist OL DRAKE looks back on the UK shows:
"Just got back from our short headline tour of the UK. We had a great time and it was a very successful run. Thank you to every single person who came out and supported Evile and all the other bands! I've never seen so many people running/flying towards me whilst I'm playing. It's very, very difficult to play our songs whilst watching for bodies flying towards you."
Evile is also this month's "Artist of the Month" on Rock Band Network. Lead guitarist Ol Drake is also the latest artist to be spotlighted in the Xbox LIVE "Game with Fame" program. The guitarist will be on Rock Band 3 on Xbox Live tonight (Thursday, 17th February), challenging fans from all over the world to join him in playing the latest tracks from the likes of Evile, Oceano, Cauldron, and more.
Ol Drake comments: "I'm about to take part in Xbox LIVE's 'Game with Fame' on Rock Band 3 thanks to the wonderful people at Harmonix and Microsoft. It will be between 5pm and 8pm EST [10pm to 1am GMT] today. I warn you, I'm not very good. None of this 'Expert' business for me, I just thought it would be cool to play and chat to some Evile fans who play Rock Band 3!"
For your chance to play your favorite tracks from Rock Band 3 and the Rock Band Network with Ol Drake, sign in to Xbox Live tonight from 5pm to 8pm EST (10pm to 1am UK time). He will be playing with the Gamertag EvileOlDrake. For more information, head to this location.
Evile Issues Tour Recap
British thrash act Evile has checked in with the following recap of recent tour dates and announcement about recording a new album:
"Thanks for the support! Well, we're just back from a really successful tour to say goodbye to Infected Nations - it was great to see everyone. We have another couple of shows coming up before we begin recording album 3 - 18th March at the Underworld with our friends Chthonic and the day after at Hammerfest. We also had a great feature in Kerrang this week - a loing time coming - and we are hoping for a lot more support from them.
"You guys can also help us by emailing the magazine with your feedback...and telling them its good to have a real metal band in there! All you need to do is emailfeedback@kerrang.com and let them know!! Thanks for all your support! Ol, Matt, Ben and Joel."
You can check out a listing of upcoming Evile tour dates here.
Evile Announces Support Acts For U.K. Tour Dates
British thrashers Evile are set to kick off a headlining U.K. tour on February 9th in Manchester, with support from Elimination and Mutant. Evile recently launched a competition, in conjunction with Metal Hammer, to offer U.K. bands the chance to fill the final support slot at any one of the five shows on the upcoming tour. The members of Evile themselves chose ten finalists for each of the cities, and the readers of Metal Hammer then voted to decide which five bands will get to share the stage with the band. After thousands of votes, the following winners for each city are now confirmed:
Manchester - BLUDVERA
Newcastle - VORTEX
Glasgow - CIRCLE OF TYRANTS
Nottingham - IMPALED EXISTANCE
London - BLEEDING OATH
The upcoming Evile tour dates are as follows:
09 February 2011 - Manchester, UK - Academy 3
10 February 2011 - Newcastle, UK - Academy
11 February 2011 - Glasgow, UK - Cathouse
12 February 2011 - Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
13 February 2011 - London, UK - Underworld
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