History Music / Evile

* {{Adorkable}}: Both of the Drake brothers, especially Matt.
* AlbumTitleDrop: In all albums.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Poor Mike...

Their fourth album ''Skull'' dropped in late May of 2013. In August, Ol Drake left the band and the band moved on with a replacement, Piers Donno-Fuller. After a few years of relative inactivity, Ol rejoined the band in the spring of 2018.

* Vocals and rhythm guitar: Matt Drake (2004-present)
* Lead guitar: Ol Drake (2004-2013, 2018-present)

* SiblingTeam: Matt Drake and Ol Drake are brothers. Both were on guitar until the latter left.

* OneManArmy: "FirstBlood." Justified in that [[ShoutOut its a song about]] {{Rambo}}.

* FilkSong[=/=]ShoutOut: [[{{Rambo}} "First Blood"]].

* OneOfUs: Most of the band, but mainly Matt and Ol Drake.
** As an example, the two have briefly argued on which is better, the SNES or the Megadrive.
** Admitted by Matt Drake in an interview, Ben Carter (drummer) is a fan of wrestling/WWE, Joel Graham (bassist) is a fan of Star Wars, Matt is a fan of science fiction in general and computer games, and Ol (lead guitarist) is a music nerd and an avid fan of WesternAnimation/SouthPark.

Their fourth album ''Skull'' dropped in late May of 2013. In August, Ol Drake left the band and the band moved on with a replacement.

* Lead guitar: Piers Donno-Fuller (2014-present)

* Lead guitar: Ol Drake (2004-2014)

** [[Music/{{Entombed}} "Drowned"]] for the Terrorizer Magazine.
** Ex-guitarist Ol Drake has even done heavy metal renditions of [[Music/{{Lady Gaga}} Lady Gaga's]] "Born This Way" and "The Edge of Glory".

* StartMyOwn: Ol Drake left to start a solo shred project.

* XMeetsY:
** ''Enter the Grave'' is seen as Music/{{Metallica}} meets Music/{{Slayer}} meets Music/{{Sepultura}} and a bunch of others.
** ''Infected Nations'' has a similar comparison (Metallica meets Sepultura) but now with a much more darker and slower feel to it.
** ''Five Serpent's Teeth'' = ''Enter the Grave'' + ''Infected Nations'' + melody and catchiness.
** ''Skull'' is ''Five Serpent's Teeth'', if it were faster and had the same atmosphere as ''Infected Nations''.

Evile is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} British]] ThrashMetal band credited with kick-starting the [[GenreRelaunch second wave of thrash metal]] alongside MunicipalWaste. They recorded their first album, ''Enter the Grave'', in 2007 with Flemming Rasmussen, the RecordProducer who produced Music/{{Metallica}}'s second, third and fourth albums. With a well-received first album and a song released on RockBand, they hit a surge of popularity and released a more progressive second album, ''Infected Nations'', in 2009. [[TearJerker Tragedy struck]] when bassist Mike Alexander died on tour, leaving a girlfriend and kids alone. They've continued touring with a new bassist, and released a third album, ''Five Serpent's Teeth'', in 2011.

* RockBand:
** "Thrasher" was released for DLC. It is [[HarderThanHard quite a difficult]] song on guitar and bass.
** Ol Drake tracked ALL instruments for ALL the songs in ''Infected Nations'', which was then released on the Rock Band Network.

** Entombed's "Drowned" for the Terrorizer Magazine.

* AnswerSong: "Five Serpent's Teeth" is this to "Now Demolition", both making reference to {{The Demolished Man}}.

->''[[{{Gorn}} Butchered and maimed! Enter The! GRAVE!]]''
-->--Title Track, Enter The Grave

Evile is a UK ThrashMetal band credited with kick-starting the [[GenreRelaunch second wave of Thrash Metal]] alongside MunicipalWaste. They recorded their first album ''Enter the Grave'' in 2007 with Flemming Rasmussen, the RecordProducer who produced Music/{{Metallica}}'s second, third and fourth albums. With a well received first album and a song released on RockBand they hit a surge of popularity and released a more progressive second album, ''Infected Nations'', in 2009. [[TearJerker Tragedy struck]] when the bassist, Mike Alexander, died on tour leaving a girlfriend and kids to survive him. They've continued touring with a new bassist, and released a third album, ''Five Serpent's Teeth'', in 2011.

Their fourth album ''Skull'' dropped in late May of 2013. In August, Ol Drake left the band.

'''Current lineup'''
* Vocals and rhythm guitar: Matt Drake (2004-)
* Lead guitar: Piers Donno-Fuller (2014-)
* Bass: Joel Graham (2009-)
* Drums: Ben Carter (2004-)

'''Past members'''

'''Discography'''

* {{Gorn}}: "Enter The Grave".

* HarshVocals: Primarily ''Enter The Grave''.

* MadLibMetalLyrics: A bunch, but the majority come from ''Enter The Grave''.

* BerserkButton: The general consensus for the fans of Evile is that they DO NOT like it when the band is being compared to either Music/{{Metallica}} or Music/{{Slayer}}.
** With that being said, it's an aversion with the band, more specifically with Matt Drake: they don't mind being compared to Metallica or Slayer, they're proud people make the comparison.

** "Thrasher" in the ''Hell Demo'' is much longer than the ''Enter the Grave'' version, clocking at 8:42.
** "We Who Are About to Die", "Metamorphosis", "Genocide" are all a bit over 7:40.

* FanNickname: Due to a typo, Old Rake.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_0lJgOpCT_Q#t=122s Now on a shirt!]]
* FilkSong[=/=]ShoutOut: [[{{Rambo}} "First Blood"]]

* GutturalGrowler: Their cover of Emtombed's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur1m9rca_YA "Drowned"]]. Considering how Matt Drake sings, it's a bit of a change.
** Considered {{Narm}} by the older Drake when first tracking vocals.

* MetalScream: "Origin Of Oblivion", "Skull", and "Words of the Dead" as type 4. "Outsider" as a mix between types 1 and 4.

** Parts of "Words Of the Dead", and "Parasite" may be the closest things the band has done to getting a rating of 9, beside the "Drowned" cover.

* OneManArmy: "FirstBlood." Justified in that [[ShoutOut its a song about]] {{Rambo}}

* ThePlague: "Infected Nation"

* RobotWar: "Man Against Machine"

* SiblingTeam: Guitarist/Vocalist Matt Drake and Lead Guitar Ol Drake are brothers, until the latter left.

* TankGoodness: "Armoured Assault"
* TitleOnlyChorus: "Long Live New Flesh", "Now Demolition", "Plague to End All Plagues", "Devoid of Thought", "Burned Alive", and "Bathe in Blood"
* UncommonTime: Since the second album was more progressive, the songs on ''Infected Nations'' do this sometimes.
** This could be applied to select songs on Skull.

** ''Enter The Grave'' is seen as Music/{{Metallica}} meets Music/{{Slayer}} meets Music/{{Sepultura}} and a bunch of others.

** ''Five Serpent's Teeth'' = ''Enter The Grave'' + ''Infected Nations'' + melody and catchiness.

* AlbumTitleDrop - All albums.
* AnswerSong - "Five Serpent's Teeth" is this to "Now Demolition", both making reference to {{The Demolished Man}}.
* BerserkButton - The general consensus for the fans of Evile is that they DO NOT like it when the band is being compared to either Music/{{Metallica}} or Music/{{Slayer}}.

* BloodBath - "Bathe in Blood", natch. More specifically, the song is referring to Elizabeth Bathory's baths in blood in order to restore youth and the vanity such an act entails.
* [[OtherCommonMusicVideoConcepts Common Music Video Concepts]] - The garage rock version of the trope for "Thrasher"
* ContinuityNod: There is a riff played halfway into "Long Live New Flesh" that actually comes from "Russian Roulette", which appears in ''Hell Demo'' (2006).

* CoverVersion: [[Music/{{Pantera}} "Cemetery Gates"]] (see {{Irony}}), [[Music/{{Metallica}} "Through the Never"]] and [[Music/{{Nirvana}} "Lounge Act"]] for multiple Kerrang! Tribute Albums.
** Entombed's "Drowned" for Terrorizer Magazine
** Guitarist Ol Drake has even done heavy metal renditions of [[Music/{{Lady Gaga}} Lady Gaga's]] Born This Way and The Edge of Glory.
* DualMeaningChorus - "In Memoriam" but it's more of a dual meaning song; justified that half of the band says that it was written in memory of Mike Alexander, the other half say its more a song about missing your loved ones.

** "We Who Are About to Die", "Metamorphosis", "Genocide" are a bit over 7:40.

** "New Truths, Old Lies", "Tomb"
* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks - "Killer from the Deep"
* FadeOut: "Hundred Wrathful Deities", "Cult", "New Truths Old Lies"
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: Metamorphosis into Hundred Wrathful Deities.

* FilkSong[=/=]ShoutOut - [[{{Rambo}} "First Blood"]]
* GenreRelaunch - They had a large hand in the resurgence of ThrashMetal in the [[TurnOfTheMillennium mid 00's]], though they were by no means alone.
* GenreShift: "What You Become" is a straight groove metal song.
* {{Irony}} - The last song Evile recorded before Mike Alexander died? A cover of [[Music/{{Pantera}} "Cemetery Gates"]]
* GladiatorGames - "We Who Are About to Die", "Centurion"
* {{Gorn}} - "Enter The Grave"
* GutturalGrowler - Their cover of "Drowned". [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JHum58R624 Considering how Matt Drake sings]], it's a bit of a change.

* HarshVocals - Primarily ''Enter The Grave''.
* HeavyMeta - "Thrasher"
* KneelBeforeZod - In the chorus of "Thrasher".
* MadLibMetalLyrics - A bunch, but the majority come from ''Enter The Grave''
* ManOnFire - "Burned Alive"
* MetalScream - "Origin Of Oblivion", "Skull" and "Words of the Dead" as type 4. "Outsider" as a mix between Types 1 and 4.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness - Like most ThrashMetal, about an 8

** "Words Of the Dead" may be the closest thing the band has done to getting a rating of 9, beside the Drowned cover.
* NonAppearingTitle: "Xaraya", "In Memoriam", "Nosophoros", "Metamorphosis"
* OneManArmy - "FirstBlood." Justified in that [[ShoutOut its a song about]] {{Rambo}}
* OneOfUs - Most of the band, but mainly Matt and Ol Drake.

** Admitted by Matt Drake in an interview, Ben Carter (drummer) is a fan of wrestling/WWE, Joel Graham (bassist) is a fan of Star Wars, Matt is a fan of science fiction in general and computer games, and Ol (lead guitarist) is a music nerd and an avid fan of WesternAnimation/SouthPark
* ThePlague - "Infected Nation"
* PunBasedTitle - Evile is a portmanteau of Evil and Vile
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: I AM THE OUTSIDER!!
* PutOnABus - Joel Graham. Admitted by Matt Drake in an interview, Evile had played a gig with his old band Ninedenine, and Graham himself used to be a drinking buddy with Mike Alexander. Come 2009, when Evile needed a bassist...
* ReligionRantSong - "Cult", Type 2, sung from the perspective of someone recruiting the listener.
* RobotWar - "Man Against Machine"
* RockBand - "Thrasher" was released for DLC. It is [[HarderThanHard quite a difficult]] song on guitar and bass.

* SiblingTeam - Guitarist/Vocalist Matt Drake and Lead Guitar Ol Drake are brothers, until the latter left.
* SingingVoiceDissonance: Usually the case with british vocalists.
* TankGoodness - "Armoured Assault"
* TitleOnlyChorus - "Long Live New Flesh", "Now Demolition", "Plague To End All Plagues", "Devoid Of Thought", "Burned Alive", "Bathe In Blood"
* UncommonTime - Since the second album was more progressive, the songs on ''Infected Nations'' do this sometimes.

* UnpluggedVersion - An acoustic version of "In Memoriam" is included on the "Cult" single.
* XMeetsY - ''Enter The Grave'' is seen as Music/{{Metallica}} meets Music/{{Slayer}} meets Music/{{Sepultura}} and a bunch of others.

** ''Five Serpent's Teeth'' = ''Enter The Grave'' + ''Infected Nations'' + melody and catchiness

* {{Adorkable}}: Both of the Drake brothers, especially with Matt.

* AnswerSong - ''Five Serpent's Teeth'' is this to ''Now Demolition'', both making reference to {{The Demolished Man}}.

* BloodBath - "Bathe In Blood", natch. More specifically, the song is referring to Elizabeth Bathory's baths in blood in order to restore youth and the vanity such an act entails.

* ContinuityNod: There is a riff played halfway into "Long Live New Flesh" that actually comes from "Russian Roulette", which appears in ''Hell Demo''.
** Downplayed with the bass intro to In Memoriam; it was used during sound check by Mike Alexander.
* CoverVersion - [[Music/{{Pantera}} "Cemetery Gates"]] (See {{Irony}}), [[Music/{{Metallica}} "Through The Never"]] and [[Music/{{Nirvana}} "Lounge Act"]] - for multiple Kerrang! Tribute Albums.

* DualMeaningChorus - "In Memoriam" but it's more of a Dual Meaning Song; justified that half of the band says that it was written in memory of Mike Alexander, the other half say its more a song about missing your loved ones.
* EpicRocking - "Man Against Machine", "We Who Are About to Die", "Genocide", "Metamorphosis", "Hundred Wrathful Deities" (At a staggering 11 minutes, 16 seconds), "Xaraya", "The Naked Sun", "Skull", "New Truths, Old Lies", "Tomb"

* BerserkButton - The general consensus for the fans of Evile is that they DO NOT like it when the band is being compared to either {{Metallica}} or {{Slayer}}.

* XMeetsY - ''Enter The Grave'' is seen as {{Metallica}} meets {{Slayer}} meets {{Sepultura}} and a bunch of others.

Evile is a UK ThrashMetal band credited with kick-starting the [[GenreRelaunch second wave of Thrash Metal]] alongside MunicipalWaste. They recorded their first album ''Enter the Grave'' in 2007 with Flemming Rasmussen, the RecordProducer who produced [[Music/{{Metallica}} Metallica's]] second, third and fourth albums. With a well received first album and a song released on RockBand they hit a surge of popularity and released a more progressive second album, ''Infected Nations'', in 2009. [[TearJerker Tragedy struck]] when the bassist, Mike Alexander, died on tour leaving a girlfriend and kids to survive him. They've continued touring with a new bassist, and released a third album, ''Five Serpent's Teeth'', in 2011.

Their fourth album ''Skull'' dropped in late May of 2013.

* SiblingTeam - Guitarist/Vocalist Matt Drake and Lead Guitar Ol Drake are brothers.

Evile presents examples of the following tropes:

* FadeOut: Hundred Wrathful Deities, Cult, New Truths Old Lies

Their fourth album ''Skull'' is coming in late May.

* Unplugged Version - An acoustic version of "In Memoriam" is included on the "Cult" single.

->[[{{Gorn}} ''Butchered and maimed! Enter The! GRAVE!'']]

-->Title Track, Enter The Grave