Evile are a Thrash Metal outfit from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in the UK.
Founded by old school friends Matt Drake and Ben Carter, and after playing with different guitarists and bass players for a year or so, Matt's brother Ol was asked to join as lead guitarist. After a short search for a bass player The 3 were contacted by Mike Alexander via an ad in a local guitar shop, and the band was formed. With every member contributing to every aspect of the band they have a uniqueness and strength which gives them a cutting edge, influenced by bands such as Sepultura, Exodus, Metallica, Annihilator and Slayer to name but a few, Evile have created something that the metal world is crying out for. Despite being un-signed at the time, Evile were hand-picked to headline the second stage of Bloodstock Open Air 06, and also to open the main stage of Manchester's own Damnation Festival.
In October of 2006 Evile signed to the legendary Earache Records, label home of such Metal legends as Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Municipal Waste and Carcass.
Evile would go on to record their debut "Enter the Grave" in Copenhagen's Sweet Silence Studios with Flemming Rasmussen of Metallica fame at the helm.
Kerrang! dubbed Evile to be "Carrying the genre's whole 'revival' on their shoulders", with other positive reviews from press such as Metal Hammer, Terrorizer, Zero Tolerance and Classic Rock Magazine. Metal Hammer also included Evile in their second "Get in the Ring" competition, which saw 4 bands battle it out in a boxing ring. Evile would go on to win the competition aired on Rockworld.TV.
Aswell as supporting and touring with bands such as Machine Head, Sabbat and Sanctity, the band went on to be main support to Megadeth on their European "Tour of Duty" in Feb/Mar of 2008, being warmly greeted by the crowd. The band also went on to support legendary Thrashers Exodus on their 2008 European Tour in April which in the same month saw Evile's "Thrasher" included on Xbox360/PS3 videogame Rockband.
Evile's sophomore album, "Infected Nations", is due out in September 2009, was produced by Russ Russell (Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir) at Parlour Studios in the UK with artwork done by the legendary Michael Whelan (Sepultura, Obituary, Stephen King).
Evile - Enter the Grave Heads Down, No Nonsense Thrash Metal
Produced by Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica)
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Dudes! Enter The Grave was freakin mad! Loved the old skool sound. But can't wait for the nation album to come around. I like where yous are heading. Hopefully you thrashers can come to Melbourne/Australia and gig with Bonded by Blood or another new thrash band. more people are starting to like thrash around here.
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I updated my page yesterday. Threw in some more pics and a couple of my favorite CDs/LPs. It’s Old School THRASH. Check it out and drop a line, tell me what you think.
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