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Former Evile guitarist Ol Drake signs worldwide deal with Earache Records

Posted in News with tags Dino Cazares, Earache Records, Evile, Jason Becker, Ol Drake, Old Rake, Sonisphere Festival, Steve Vai, Yorkshire on 12th December 2013 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

British guitar wizard, Ol Drake, who is best known for his work with Yorkshire thrash lords Evile, recently inked a worldwide, mutli-album recording deal with Earache Records. Ol Drake is currently working on his debut solo album, which is due to be released in 2014 under the project name of Old Rake and is set to include a number of guest musicians. Ol Drake comments:

Very excited to announce signing a solo deal with Earache Records. I established a great friendship with the guys at Earache over the years while I was with Evile and I was happy to hear they wanted to work with me in a solo capacity. This will be a studio project entitled Old Rake. I won’t be touring, and I’m thankful to Earache for being understanding of this and for giving me this opportunity; I wouldn’t rule out doing a few clinics here and there though.

I’ve always been inspired by Steve Vai, and I’ve always wanted to do something in a similar approach orientated around metal with injections of other styles and ideas which interest me. After recently seeing the film Not Dead Yet about the amazing and inspiring genius, Jason Becker, it really kicked me into gear to do something with my playing; music is all I can really do, so I’m thankful for the opportunity and ability to still create music for people to hear. Looking forward to getting the music out there.

Ol Drake made his name as lead guitarist for Huddersfield thrashers Evile, during which time the band released four critically-acclaimed albums, scored a top 10 album in the UK Rock charts, toured around the world with such high-profile bands as Megadeth, and won numerous accolades including a prestigious Metal Hammer Golden God award.

In 2010, Ol Drake was asked to join Australian comedian/musician Tim Minchin on stage at the UK’s Sonisphere Festival to help perform his track, Rock N Roll Nerd, and in 2012 was nominated in the Dimebag Darrell Shredder Award at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods, alongside the likes of Devin Townsend and Fear Factory‘s Dino Cazares.

Old Rake online:

http://www.oldrake.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/theoldrake
http://twitter.com/old_rake

Savage Messiah reveal details for new album (valkyrianmusic.com)

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Ol Drake leaves Evile

Posted in News with tags Dimmu Borgir, Earache Records, Eliran Kantor, Evile, Facebook, Five Serpents Teeth, Russ Russell on 30th August 2013 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Ol Drake has announced that he’s leaving Yorkshire thrash unit Evile. His full statement can be read below:

It’s been half my life (15 years) since I started jamming in a room with three other guys, in a group in which I didn’t know would grow to be Evile, go through what Evile has gone through and achieve what Evile has so far achieved.

Since 1999, I’ve put 100% of my time and life into the band we formed, while us all had/have to sacrifice a lot financially and personally along the way.

I’ve had some of the best times of my life in the past 15 years and met some amazing and fascinating people. I’ve had the huge honour to play a part in so many things I’d never have dreamed of: paying tribute to Dimebag [Pantera] by covering Cemetery Gates in Metal Hammer; supporting Megadeth, Exodus and many bands I grew up listening to; playing and recording with Destruction; touring/seeing places in the world I’d never have got to see otherwise and many more.

Over the past year, I’ve, unfortunately, found myself becoming more and more detached from the touring/band lifestyle.

In my opinion, the music business for a band of our genre and ‘level’ determines a very unrealistic way of life to me, and I personally find it difficult to make a living and have a ‘normal’ life. This is not a plea for sympathy, I’m simply being honest.

I’ve reached a point where I want a family/kids, a house, a steady and definite income and everything in between, and in regard to my personal preferences, a touring band’s income and uncertainties, in the state that I feel they would continue to be in, has become incompatible with how I feel and what I want/need.

There is no animosity between the rest of the band and I. This is purely a personal and financial decision I’ve been mulling over for a while and I wish them all the best for the future. “I am not unappreciative of the position Evile has in the music world; I know a lot of people would love to be where Evile are.

I want to thank each and every person who supports the band, and I want to extend a special thanks to Digby and the Earache Records crew.

Huge apologies to anyone this disappoints, but I have to do what makes sense to me.

I am not quitting writing or playing; I do plan on continuing to record and write my own music (solo project, general composing/recording etc), I just won’t be touring etc.

I’ll still be playing the two upcoming festival shows Evile have.

You can keep up to date with what I’ll be doing on my Twitter or on Facebook. A big thank you to everyone!

Evile released their fourth album Skull on 27th May in Europe on Earache Records and in North America via Century Media/Earache Records. The follow-up to 2011’s Five Serpent’s Teeth was once again recorded with producer Russ Russell (Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir) at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England. The artwork for the album was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (Testament, Sodom, Hatebreed).

Evile online:

http://www.facebook.com/evileuk

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Huddersfield Heavy Metal Festival completes line-up

Posted in News with tags Black Sabbath, Death Metal, Evile, Facebook, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Huddersfield, Huddersfield Heavy metal Festival, Twitter on 8th August 2013 by Contra Mundi

The Huddersfield Heavy Metal festival now boasts a wholesome and intimidating line-up, headlined by symphonic death metal legends Fleshgod Apocalypse and Polish extreme death metal icons Hate. Within the diseased ranks as support acts are a selection of bands that are a true showcase of talent. First of all Scottish Death Metallers Scordatura, whose bludgeoning sound showcase all of death metal’s finer qualities and creates a symphony of madness. Joining them are Southerners Bound By Evile who will unleash their destructive brand of death metal upon the already tainted public and make them run for cover. Grieve, with their groovy and heavy riffs encourage headbanging in the most seasoned of metal fans and hearken back to the likes of Black Sabbath. Londoners Hades Lab offer blackened Grind and a suffocating cacophony of impressive technicality . Also featured are Yorkshire Old school Death metal plague Narcotic Death whose embodiment of possession and misery will make fans wish they’d never graced the good earth. Scouse Black Metal artists Ninkharsag also grace the line-up and offer the early 90’s Black metal scene nostalgia with a modern twist in their unique brand of frozen metal. As an ode to Thrash Yorkshire-men Redmist Destruction will bring down the walls with their furious music and fellow Grim Northerners Wort will serve to provide a melancholy and sludgy form of doom for the audience to be slowly murdered by. Huddersfield Heavy metal Festival, although still in its infancy, is already a pioneering festival and will undoubtedly attract a legion of a crowd to Huddersfield’s most impressive venue; The Parish.

The festival organiser Luke Diesektor, had this to say:

We only wish we could make this bigger, were looking at possibly taking this outside next year, if not, well be having it at another location. Works are already underway in terms of getting licensing and looking at sites but if we don’t have enough PR time well be doing another indoor event next year but at a much bigger venue and the open air in 2015. We’re hopeful to make this one of the premier metal festivals in Yorkshire and the quality of bands we have on is fantastic. Tickets are selling really well so folk need to get in quick to avoid disappointment. Everyone including the bands has been working really hard to make this a success so we predict it’s going to be a great day. People can check us out and the bands via our Facebook, Twitter and the usual places.

The festival takes place on sat 12^th October at the Parish Huddersfield and is £20 advance or £25 OTD. For any enquiries or more information please email: huddersfieldheavymetalfest@gmail.co.uk

Huddersfield Heavy Metal Festival online:

http://www.facebook.com/huddersfieldheavymetalfest2013
http://www.facebook.com/HuddersfieldHeavymetalfest
http://twitter.com/HH6662013

Narcotic Death and Grieve announced for Huddersfield Heavymetalfest (valkyrianmusic.com)
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Fleshgod Apocalypse post lyric video for Minotaur (valkyrianmusic.com)

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Happy Yorkshire Day! Yorkshire’s Top Five Bands

Posted in Editorial/Opinionated, Featured with tags Bal-Sagoth, Byron Roberts, Dan Mullins, Dave Mackintosh, Evile, Metal, my dying bride, Paradise Lost, Saxon, Saxon (band), Yorkshire, Yorkshire Day on 1st August 2013 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

In celebration of Yorkshire Day (WOO!), we decided – Well, more like our Yorkshire loving editor – that instead of drinking (Yorkshire) tea and eating (Yorkshire) pudding and just being generally Yorkshire, to compile a list of Yorkshire’s top ten bands. Of course, it probably would have been more appropriate to compile a list of ten reasons to as why Yorkshire is official more metal than Lancashire.

5. BAL-SAGOTH

From their ridiculously long album and song titles to having once boasted Dan Mullins (My Dying Bride) and Dave Mackintosh (Dragonforce) amongst their ranks, this band have remained underrated and largely unknown compared to other acts. Also, vocalist Byron Roberts’ lyrical stories are soon to be expanded into short stories and graphic novels, written by Byron himself and illustrated by fantasy artist Martin Handord. Also, they look rather metal in the below picture.

4. EVILE

Hailing from the lovely market town that is Huddersfield, Evile pretty much burst onto the scene, kicking as much ass as humanly possible – Which by Yorkshire standards is a lot. Having toured extensively through the UK from 2004 – 2006, as well as the Netherlands in 2006, Evile managed to land a contract with Earache and since then have toured with the likes of Kreator and Megadeth and supported bands like Machine Head and Sabbat, Evile are keeping Yorkshire on the metal map.

3. PARADISE LOST

Perhaps one of the most influential bands to ever appear on the British doom metal scene, Paradise Lost, who hail from Halifax, were pretty much worshipped by Katatonia – As stated by Jonas Renske that Katatonia started off as“ Paradise Lost fanboys” – Pretty metal, huh?. Being apart of the Peaceville Three, alongside fellow Yorkshire doom band My Dying Bride, Paradise Lost pretty much pioneered what has become to be known as gothic metal.

2. MY DYING BRIDE

Dark, dreary and typically northern, My Dying Bride embody all the qualities of Yorkshire in their Yorkshire, from their sorrowful violins to the mournful vocals. Regarded by some as the “Godfathers of Doom”, My Dying Bride, alongside fellow Yorkshire folk, Paradise Lost, were at the core of the gothic metal movement – Though none of the newer gothic metal bands even hold flame to My Dying Bride.

1. SAXON

Originally known as Son of a Bitch, Saxon are the front-runners of the NWOBHM scene and probably are the most successful Yorkshire metal band on the scene. They’ve also established themselves as one of Europe’s biggest acts!

MY DYING BRIDE studio drummer SHAUN TAYLOR-STEELS joins SEVERED HEAVEN (metaldivas.wordpress.com)
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Azylya confirmed for pre-Scarfest show with Apparition

Posted in News with tags Apparition, Azylya, Delain, Evile, Female-fronted metal, Hednesford, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, the dames of darkness festival, Victoria Hall, Visions of Atlantis, Yorkshire on 3rd June 2013 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Belgian goth metallers Azylya, who recently supported Delain and Visions of Atlantis at The Dames of Darkness Festival last month, have been confirmed for a pre-Scarfest show in the UK on 23rd August where they will be supporting Apparition. The show will take place at Lucy’s Bar in Hednesford, Staffordshire.

Azylya will then play Scarfest in Stoke-On-Trent on 24^th August, where they’ll be playing with acts such as Triaxis, Apparition, Evil Scarecrow and Yorkshire’s finest thrash unit Evile. Scarfest will take place over 24^th – 26^th August at Victoria Hall in Stoke-On-Trent. Further details can be found at this location.

In related news, Apparition will be joining Aonia for a couple of dates in the north of England in July. Dates are as follows:

12^th July – SHEFFIELD – The Dove and Rainbow
13^th July – BRIDLINGTON – Shades Nightclub

Apparition will also be joining Azylya in Belgium later this year at the Kraken Metal Festival on 2^nd November. Further details can be found here.

Azylya online:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/AZYLYA/108712706476
https://twitter.com/AZYLYA

The Dames of Darkness Festival 2013 – Bilston, UK (valkyrianmusic.com)
Evile confirmed to support Suicidal Tendencies at London show (valkyrianmusic.com)
Delain – Interlude (valkyrianmusic.com)

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Evile confirmed to support Suicidal Tendencies at London show

Posted in News with tags Dimmu Borgir, Earache Records, Evile, iTunes, London, Russ Russell, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES on 23rd May 2013 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Yorkshire’s young guns of thrash, Evile have confirmed a show in London with legendary crossover thrashers Suicidal Tendencies.

Evile will be supporting Suicidal Tendencies at the Electric Ballroom in the UK’s capital on Sunday, 7^th July. Evile‘s new album, Skull, is due to be released on Monday, 27th May in Europe via Earache Records, and on June 11^th in the USA via Century Media/Earache Records. Evile’s bassist Joel Graham comments:

A show with Suicidal Tendencies? Yes please! Really looking forward to this one. We have played a couple of festivals with ST, and watched on as they tear stages apart. Such a great, influential and groundbreaking band. We jumped at the chance to play with them at this only UK show.

Tickets for the show are available now from Alt Tickets at this location.

Evile‘s new album, Skull, was recorded with producer Russ Russell (Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir) at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England. The artwork for the album was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (Testament, Sodom, Hatebreed).

Skull is available to pre-order now in a huge selection of formats and bundles from the Earache Webstore in Europe at this location and in North America at this location.

Skull is also available on iTunes, including an instant-grat track which you receive as soon as you pre-order the album. Pre-order Skull now on iTunes here.

See Evile live at the following shows:

Jun. 14 – Wervik, Belgium – SkullFest
Jun. 28 – Lesmahagow, UK – Les Fest
Jul. 07 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom (w/ SUICIDAL TENDENCIES)
Aug. 24 – Werrington, UK – Scar Fest
Sep. 26 – Cardiff, UK – Cardiff University
Sep. 27 – Dublin, Ireland – Button Factory
Sep. 28 – Manchester, UK – Academy 2
Sep. 29 – Glasgow, UK – Audio

Evile online:

http://www.evile.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/evileuk
http://www.myspace.com/evileuk
http://twitter.com/evileuk
http://evile.tumblr.com

Evile release official lyric video for Underworld (valkyrianmusic.com)

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Evile to perform special intimate show at Crash Records in Leeds tomorrow

Posted in Featured, News with tags Dimmu Borgir, Earache Records, Entombed, Evile, iTunes, Kettering, Leeds, Record Store Day on 19th April 2013 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Yorkshire thrashers Evile are celebrating this year’s Record Store Day with a number of treats for fans, including an intimate live show at Crash Records in Leeds tomorrow (Saturday, 20^th April).

The band will be performing live in the store at 4pm, giving fans the chance to see them in a unique, up-close and personal setting. Evile are also releasing a split 7″ picture disc with Swedish death metal legends Entombed, featuring Entombed‘s classic 1990 track, Drowned, along with Evile‘s incredible 2012 cover version.

Evile drummer Ben Carter recently commented:

Evile are looking forward to making some stupidly heavy noise at Crash Records in Leeds on Saturday, 20th April in support of Record Store Day! We’re going to start destroying ears at 4pm, so make sure to get in early as space will be VERY limited! We guarantee this show will be utter carnage and something very different than the norm. We can’t wait to see how a circle pit will work in a record store and need our fans there to show us!!! To mark the occasion, we’ll be selling our new exclusive 7″ split of our cover of Entombed‘s Drowned, with Entombed’s original on the flipside. All this is to show support to indie retailers, so get yer asses down to Crash and show your support for the old school!!!

Space for the show is limited, but fans who buy the 7″ from Crash Records on the day will get free entry to the show (space permitting).

Record Store Day takes place each year on the third Saturday of April, bringing together artists and independently-owned record stores around the world to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and sold in independent stores.

For more information and to see which stores are participating in Record Store Day in the UK, head to this location.

Evile‘s new album, Skull, is due to be released in Europe on Earache Records on May 27th, and in the USA via Century Media/Earache Records on June 11th. The album was recorded with producer Russ Russell (Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir) at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England. The artwork for the album was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, SODOM, HATEBREED).

Pre-order Skull now from the Earache Webstore in Europe at this location or in North America at this lcoation.

Skull is also available on iTunes, including an instant grat track which you receive as soon as you pre-order the album. Pre-order Skull on iTunes now at this location.

See Evile live at the following shows:
^{Apr. 20 – Leeds, UK – Crash Records (Record Store Day UK show)

Apr. 26 – Dublin, Ireland – The Academy *

Apr. 27 – Manchester, UK – HMV Ritz *

Apr. 28 – London, UK – HMV Forum *

Jun. 14 – Wervik, Belgium – SkullFest

Jun. 28 – Lesmahagow, UK – Les Fest

Aug. 24 – Werrington, UK – Scar Fest

* with KREATOR}

Evile online:
http://www.evile.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/evileuk
http://www.myspace.com/evileuk
http://twitter.com/evileuk
http://evile.tumblr.com

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Evile announce UK and Ireland shows with Kreator

Posted in News with tags Dublin, Evile, HMV Group, Ireland, Joel Graham, Kreator, London, Manchester on 11th January 2013 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Evile have confirmed a short string of shows in the UK and Ireland with German thrash metal legends Kreator.

The bands will be teaming up for three shows this April in Dublin, Manchester and London. The shows take place shortly after Evile are scheduled to finish recording their new album, the follow-up to 2011’s Five Serpent’s Teeth. Evile bassist Joel Graham comments “We are really looking forward to playing a few shows with the mighty Kreator this April; we really enjoyed touring the US with them for two months back in 2010. We’ll be fresh out of the studio too around this time, so who knows, it’s possible these shows could see us playing some new stuff for the first time…”

See Evile live with Kreator at the following shows:
^{Apr. 26 – Dublin, Ireland – The Academy

Apr. 27 – Manchester, UK – HMV Ritz

Apr. 28 – London, UK – HMV Forum}

Evile‘s latest album, Five Serpent’s Teeth, is available now on CD and limited edition coloured vinyl, and is also available from the Earache Webstore in a range of exclusive “Serpent Cult” fan packs.

Get the album now in Europe at this location or in North America at this location.

Five Serpent’s Teeth is also available on iTunes at this location.

Get more Evile news and info at:
^{Official website – http://www.evile.co.uk

Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/evileuk

MySpace – http://www.myspace.com/evileuk

Twitter – http://twitter.com/evileuk}

Kreator announce UK tour dates (valkyrianmusic.com)
Sonata Arctica announce UK tour for April 2013 (valkyrianmusic.com)

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Limited £5 guest for Evile, Wolf & Pythia

Posted in News with tags Bloodstock Open Air, England, Evile, London, Pythia, Wolf on 4th October 2012 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Heavy metal returns to the capital this October when symphonic metal stalwarts Pythia join forces with two of Europe’s most exciting metal acts to bring a night of pure metal mayhem to England’s unsuspecting capital.

UK thrash lords Evile will bring their uncompromising brand of pure thrash to the Highbury Garage on October 28th as part of their 2012 UK tour, reminding the capital what raw, molten metal is meant to sound like. Special guests are Sweden’s Wolf who metal fans around the country should be no stranger to, their true metal sound sending out a might reputation to precede them. This unmissable metal event is completed by London’s own Pythia, fresh from their epic performance at the Bloodstock Open Air festival, who promise to add their searing live show to what is already a bill already bursting at the seams with metal brilliance. Don’t miss this opportunity to see the best that the metal scene has to offer, all under one roof, one night only.

As a special gesture to the metal hordes Pythia are offering a limited £5 guestlist for the evening, which promises to be a truly epic event. In order to claim your place sign up on their Facebook event or email: info@pythiamusic.co.uk

Access Denied – Touch Of Evil (valkyrianmusic.com)

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Bloodshot Dawn release video for free single Godless

Posted in News with tags Alice Cooper, Bloodstock Open Air, Dimmu Borgir, Evile, India, Japan on 1st August 2012 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

UK Death Thrashers Bloodshot Dawn have released there second video Godless from the debut 2012 self titled release. This video has been released in there lead up to there second appearance at the UK’s biggest metal fest: Bloodstock Open Air on August 9th 2012.

You can download “Godless” for free from the band’s Bandcamp!

The band have now begun pre-production on Album number 2 currently unnamed with no date of released planned, they will continue to tour throughout the Autumn and Winter, with tours planned in the UK, Japan, India and Western Europe expect to see them obliterating a venue near you soon!

www.BloodshotDawn.Bandcamp.com
www.YouTube.com/BloodshotdawnUK
www.Facebook.com/BloodshotDawn
www.BloodshotDawn.Bigcartel.com
www.BloodshotDawn.co.uk – *Coming Soon*

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Former Blaze Bayley guitarist returns

Posted in News with tags Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Blaze Bayley, Bull Riff Stampede, Download Festival, Evile, Sabaton, Sepultura on 27th July 2012 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Former Blaze Bayley guitarist, Jay Walsh, returns with new UK based thrash metal outfit Bull Riff Stampede (featuring British and Italian band members who’ve shared stages with Anthrax, Sabaton, Amon Amarth, Sikth etc).

Bull Riff Stampede’s debut album ‘Scatter The Ground’ is out now.

Bull Riff Stampede are turning heads; having already been billed with Sepultura, Evile and playing the UK’s prestigious Download Festival.

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Evile ready to play Luarca Metal Festival

Posted in News with tags Bloodstock Open Air, Evile, Luarca, Mnemic, Ol Drake, Spain, Walton-on-Trent on 19th July 2012 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Evile are gearing up for their appearance at Luarca Metal Fest tomorrow – Friday, July 20th – in Luarca, Spain.

The band are set to perform at 23:10 this Friday night. The line-up for the two day festival also includes the likes of Mnemic, We Are The Damned, Crisix, Clockwork and more.

Evile lead guitarist Ol Drake comments: “Can’t wait to travel back to sunny Spain to play some metal for some of the craziest metalheads in the world. We always have great shows in Spain and Basque, so I expect Luarca will be no different. See you all there! De Puta Madre!”

Evile are also set to perform at the UK’s Bloodstock Open Air festival in August, followed by a UK headlining tour in October with Wolf. The UK tour will finish off with a special hometown show on November 3rd with label mates Savage Messiah.

See Evile on tour at the following shows:

EVILE
^{Jul. 20 – Luarca, Spain – Luarca Metal Fest

Aug. 12 – Walton-On-Trent, UK – Bloodstock Open Air Festival

Aug. 24 – Wörrstadt, Germany – Neuborn Open Air Festival}

EVILE w/ WOLF
^{Oct. 18 – Glasgow, UK – O2 ABC 2

Oct. 19 – Manchester, UK – Academy 3

Oct. 20 – Belfast, UK – The Limelight

Oct. 21 – Dublin, Ireland – The Pint

Oct. 23 – Newcastle, UK – Academy 2

Oct. 24 – Sheffield, UK – Corporation

Oct. 25 – Birmingham, UK – Academy 3

Oct. 26 – Oxford, UK – O2 Academy 2

Oct. 27 – Norwich, UK – Open

Oct. 28 – London, UK – Garage

Oct. 29 – Southampton, UK – The Cellar}

EVILE w/ SAVAGE MESSIAH
^{Nov. 03 – Holmfirth, UK – Picturedrome}

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Evile announce free charity gig in London (valkyrianmusic.com)

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Evile announce free charity gig in London

Posted in News with tags British Lung Foundation, Evile, Ol Drake, Shoreditch, Walton-on-Trent on 22nd June 2012 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Evile have announced a one-off London show on July 3rd to celebrate the recent release of the ‘In Memoriam’ single. Joining Evile at the Old Blue Last, Shoreditch will be label mates Savage Messiah.

The show on July 3rd will be free entry, with donations being taken for the British Lung Foundation.

Guitarist Ol Drake comments: “With the release of the “In Memoriam” video & single, we’re pleased to announce a FREE show for you all at the Old Blue Last in Shoreditch, London to celebrate it’s release. It’s no secret why the song exists, and who it’s for, so as well as the show being free entry we’ll also be taking optional donations on the door for the British Lung Foundation in memory of Mike Alexander, so give as much as you can to support them in their tireless efforts. Come one, come all! I guarantee it will be a great night! see you all there!”

See EVILE on tour at the following shows:

^{Jul. 3 – London, UK – Old Blue Last

Jul. 20 – Luarca, Spain – Luarca Metal Fest

Aug. 12 – Walton-On-Trent, UK – Bloodstock Open Air Festival

Aug. 24 – Wörrstadt, Germany – Neuborn Open Air Festival}

^{Oct. 18 – Glasgow, UK – O2 ABC 2

Oct. 19 – Manchester, UK – Academy 3

Oct. 20 – Belfast, UK – The Limelight

Oct. 21 – Dublin, Ireland – The Pint

Oct. 23 – Newcastle, UK – Academy 2

Oct. 24 – Sheffield, UK – Corporation

Oct. 25 – Birmingham, UK – Academy 3

Oct. 26 – Oxford, UK – O2 Academy 2

Oct. 27 – Norwich, UK – Open

Oct. 28 – London, UK – Garage

Nov. 03 – Holmfirth, UK – Picturedrome}

Evile announce headline UK tour (valkyrianmusic.com)

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Evile announce headline UK tour

Posted in News with tags Ben Carter, Bloodstock Open Air, Evile, Glasgow, Walton-on-Trent on 16th May 2012 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Evile have confirmed dates for a UK headlining tour, which is set to kick off on October 18th in Glasgow.

Following their run around the UK, the band will also be playing a special hometown show on November 3rd at the Holmfirth Picturedrome, dubbed “All Hallows Evile”. Tickets for the event will cost just £10 and will be available this Friday at: http://www.picturedrome.net

Evile drum machine Ben Carter comments: “Evile are damn pleased to announce our UK headline tour in October 2012! We can’t wait to get back on the road and get back to some familiar places and some new ones, and see some of our awesome Evile fans both at the gigs and at special meet-and-greets! We always have a great time playing in the UK, and this tour will be no different! We have a few new tricks up our sleeves as well as some old ones haha – we just can’t wait to unleash our live assault once again! Get tickets early, tell your friends, hold your parents hostage ’til they buy you a ticket, whatever it takes. Come to the show, thrash yourselves stupid and we’ll see you at the bar afterwards! JOIN OUR CULT!!!”

See Evile live on tour at the following shows:

^{May 28 – Belfast, UK – Ulster Hall (w/ MACHINE HEAD)

May 30 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre (w/ MACHINE HEAD)

Jun. 03 – Exeter, UK – Real Devon Rocks at Exeter Phoenix

Jun. 06 – Reading, UK – Sub89

Jun. 08 – Tampere, Finland – Pakkahuone

Jul. 20 – Luarca, Spain – Luarca Metal Fest

Aug. 12 – Walton-On-Trent, UK – Bloodstock Open Air Festival

Aug. 24 – Wörrstadt, Germany – Neuborn Open Air Festival}

^{Oct. 18 – Glasgow, UK – O2 ABC 2

Oct. 19 – Manchester, UK – Academy 3

Oct. 23 – Newcastle, UK – Academy 2

Oct. 24 – Sheffield, UK – Corporation

Oct. 25 – Birmingham, UK – Academy 3

Oct. 26 – Norwich, UK – Open

Oct. 27 – Oxford, UK – O2 Academy 2

Oct. 28 – London, UK – Garage

Nov. 03 – Holmfirth, UK – Picturedrome}

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Evile Confirmed For Bloodstock

Posted in News with tags Alice Cooper, Bloodstock, Bloodstock Open Air, Derbyshire, Evile, Murder of Sophie Lancaster on 30th March 2012 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

Evile are among the latest groups to be confirmed for this year’s edition of Bloodstock Open Air, a dedicated metal festival held annually in Derbyshire, UK.

The band will be performing on the Sophie Lancaster Stage on Sunday, 12th August, and join a line-up of bands such as Testament, Sepultura, Behemoth, the legendary Alice Cooper, Deicide and many more.

Evile lead guitarist Ol Drake commented: “It was great to wake up to the confirmation of our appearance at the one and only Bloodstock Festival. With the release of our Five Serpent’s Teeth album, we dedicated the track ‘Centurion’ to the festival, and for them to have us back with a great slot on the Sophie Lancaster stage, it’s bound to be a show to remember. We may just even have a special, first time live-airing of the previously mentioned track for the BOA masses. Come along for your Evile fix! Long live Bloodstock!”

Get tickets and more information about Bloodstock at http://www.bloodstock.uk.com

See Evile live at the following shows:

^{Apr. 12 – Madrid, Spain – Sala Ritmo y Compas

Apr. 13 – Gijon, Spain – Sala Acapulco

Apr. 14 – Pamplona, Spain – Sala Totem

Apr. 15 – Barcelona, Spain – Sala Music Hall

Apr. 21 – Haugesund, Norway – Karmoygeddon Festival

May 05-06 – Eastern Sea, Finland – Radio Rock Cruise

May 28 – Belfast, UK – Ulster Hall (w/ MACHINE HEAD)

May 30 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre (w/ MACHINE HEAD)

Jun. 03 – Exeter, UK – Real Devon Rocks at Exeter Phoenix

Jul. 20 – Luarca, Spain – Luarca Metal Fest

Aug. 12 – Walton-On-Trent, UK – Bloodstock Open Air Festival

Aug. 24/25 – Wörrstadt, Germany – Neuborn Open Air Festival}

In related news, Evile lead guitarist Ol Drake has been nominated for the “Dimebag Darrell Shredder” award at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods. You can vote for Ol here.

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Evile, Cerebral Bore, Savage Messiah & Damond Plate Set To Rock Hammerfest

Posted in News with tags Ben Carter, Evile, Hammerfest, Prestatyn, Savage Messiah on 16th March 2012 by Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet

This weekend sees the return of Hammerfest, the annual metal festival held at Pontin’s Holiday Village in Prestatyn, Wales.

Set to cause a storm at this year’s edition of the festival are Earache’s very own talents Evile, Cerebral Bore, Savage Messiah and Diamond Plate, joining a line-up that includes the likes of thrash legends Anthrax, Metal Blade’s heavyweight death metallers Amon Amarth, Chimaira and more. As well as Earache’s new breed of bands, the line-up also includes a number of Earache alumni, including reactivated madcap thrashers Lawnmower Deth and Saturday headliners Skindred, featuring ex-Dub War frontman Benji Webbe.

Ben Carter of Evile commented: Evile are again going to be let loose at Hammerfest, and we can’t wait to unleash Five Serpent’s Teeth on our cult! It’s an honour to play the main stage, we always have a great time with great people, and everybody knows more people equals more carnage! So see you all there for beers and mayhem!

Kyle Rutherford of Cerebral Bore also stated: What an honour to be asked to play on this bill, and straight off the back of the Suffocation tour. We love playing these kind of shows as they’re not death metal shows, and we stick out like a sore thumb. This is good for us though, as it gets us playing to people who probably don’t listen to death metal, and gives us a chance to win them over.

Don’t miss these killer bands live at Hammerfest at these times:

Friday 16th March
DIAMOND PLATE – 5:45pm
EVILE – 12:30am (Friday night)
Saturday 17th March
CEREBRAL BORE – 2:00pm
SAVAGE MESSIAH – 1:40am (Saturday night)

Also, head down to the Earache stall at Hammerfest for a meet & greet with Diamond Plate at 4pm on Saturday and with Savage Messiah at 7pm on the same day.

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