It doesn’t take too long to warm to the vocal delivery of Ol Drake, as his deep gravelly tones are as equally perfect a fit as his brothers.
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The aptly-titled ‘Hell Unleashed’ opens with ‘Paralysed’ which, after a short, quiet intro, launches into full assault mode. And you can add Evile to that list without a shadow of any doubt. But then, when you consider the quality of the releases over the past 18 months or so, it’s hardly surprising. The extent to which I have rediscovered my love and enthusiasm for thrash metal has surprised me a little of late. However, this scepticism was short-lived because I found myself itching to return to the album again and again, often listening back-to-back without hesitation. And boy, does it sound great.Īt first I wondered whether, for all its brutality, it might lack a little of that wow factor that I’m always searching for in my music, regardless of the genre. It’s as if Evile have taken the last eight years to store up all their anger and frustration, only to unleash it across nine tracks of uncompromising extreme metal. They’ve done it before, but for my money, there’s a more pronounced dalliance with death metal on this record than anything before it. I’m no ultra-afficionado of Evile’s music, but even I can detect that ‘Hell Unleashed’ is a more muscular, bruising, and aggressive affair than much of their previous offerings. He is joined by drummer Ben Carter, bassist Joel Graham, and new guitarist, Adam Smith (RipTide). It leaves Ol Drake, who took a leave of absence from Evile between 20, to step in to the vocalist duties, which he shares with his usual lead guitar responsibilities. Secondly, it is the first record that does not feature Matt Drake on vocals, since he recently stepped down for health and personal reasons. By anyone’s standards, that’s a lengthy absence, especially when the band are so well-loved and respected. Firstly, it represents the first new album in eight years. And there are two main reasons why this record is so hotly anticipated. Whilst any new Evile album would be greeted with enthusiasm, in the lead-up to the release of the band’s fifth full-length, ‘Hell Unleashed’, it is fair to say that the anticipation has reached fever-pitch. Each of the four preceding full-length albums, beginning with ‘Enter the Grave’ in 2007 and ending with 2013’s ‘Skull’ has delivered quality music that fans took to their hearts thanks to the authenticity and honesty of the material. Heavy, aggressive, no nonsense, heavy thrash metal is what this band are known, respected, and loved for.
Since their inception in 2004, rising from the ashes of Metal Militia, they have delivered music that has made them well-known the world over, and rightly so. Evile are a name synonymous with the UK thrash metal scene.
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