Origin: Huddersfield, England  
Genres: Thrash Metal
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Page online: February 22, 2008
Last update/review: August 6, 2023

Evile

Retro thrash is indeed alive and well in the new millennium, and here we have England's entry in the field, Evile, who actually debuted with an EP in 2004 before signing to Earache for their 2007 full-length album, Enter The Grave. Evile went straight to the source for inspiration, as their sound borrows from the masters such as Exodus and Metallica in their heyday, but most of all Slayer, especially given Matt Drake's Araya-inspired vocals (he's since departed, but brother Ol has taken over on vocals, the band scarcely missing a beat in the process). Now up to five albums with the release of Hell Unleashed in 2021, Evile has established themselves as one of the leading British thrash bands of the 2000's.

Current Members

Ol Drake

lead guitar/vocals

Adam Smith

guitars

Joel Graham

bass (ex-Devolved)

Ben Carter

drums

Former Members/Guests

Matt Drake

vocals/rhythm guitar

Mike Alexander

bass RIP: October 5, 2009, pulmonary embolism, age 32


Discography


All Hallows Eve  EP
2004 self-released
  1. Killer From The Deep
  2. Dawn Of Destruction
  3. Prophecy
  4. The Living Dead
  5. All Hallows Eve
  6. Torment
  • Matt Drake
  • Ol Drake
  • Mike Alexander
  • Ben Carter


Enter The Grave  
2007 Earache
  1. Enter the Grave
  2. Thrasher
  3. First Blood
  4. Man Against Machine
  5. Burned Alive
  6. Killer from the Deep
  7. We Who Are About to Die
  8. Schizophrenia
  9. Bathe in Blood
  10. Armoured Assault
  • Matt Drake
  • Ol Drake
  • Mike Alexander
  • Ben Carter
2007 Readers' Album #54



Infected Nations  
2009 Earache
  1. Infected Nation
  2. Now Demolition
  3. Nosophoros
  4. Genocide
  5. Plague To End All Plagues
  6. Devoid Of Thought
  7. Time No More
  8. Metamorphosis
  9. Hundred Wrathful Deities
  • Matt Drake
  • Ol Drake
  • Mike Alexander
  • Ben Carter
2009 Readers' Album #42



Five Serpents' Teeth  
2011 Earache
  1. Five Serpents' Teeth
  2. In Dreams of Terror
  3. Cult
  4. Eternal Empire
  5. Xaraya
  6. Origin of Oblivion
  7. Centurion
  8. In Memoriam
  9. Descent Into Madness
  10. Long Live New Flesh
  • Matt Drake
  • Ol Drake
  • Joel Graham
  • Ben Carter
2011 Readers' Album #50

2011 BNR Top Ten Album



Skull  
2013 Earache
  1. Underworld
  2. Skull
  3. The Naked Sun
  4. Head of the Demon
  5. Tomb
  6. Words of the Dead
  7. Outsider
  8. What You Become
  9. New Truths Old Lies
  • Matt Drake
  • Ol Drake
  • Joel Graham
  • Ben Carter
2013 Readers' Album #34



Hell Unleashed  
2021 Napalm
  1. Paralysed
  2. Gore
  3. Incarcerated
  4. War of Attrition
  5. Disorder
  6. The Thing (1982)
  7. Zombie Apocalypse (Mortician cover)
  8. Control from Above
  9. Hell Unleashed
  • Ol Drake
  • Adam Smith
  • Joel Graham
  • Ben Carter


The Unknown  
2023 Napalm
  1. The Unknown
  2. The Mask We Wear
  3. Monolith
  4. When Mortal Coils Shed
  5. Sleepless Eyes
  6. Out of Sight
  7. At Mirror's Speech
  8. Reap What You Sow
  9. Beginning of the End
  10. Balance of Time
  • Ol Drake
  • Adam Smith
  • Joel Graham
  • Ben Carter



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