Evile

Evile
Evile performing in 2008
Background information
Origin	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Genres	Thrash metal
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Earache, Century Media, Napalm
Members	Ol Drake Ben Carter Joel Graham Adam Smith
Past members	Mike Alexander Piers Donno-Fuller Matt Drake
Website	evilecult.com

Evile are an English thrash metal band from Huddersfield, formed in 2004. They have experienced numerous line-up changes over the years, with drummer Ben Carter being the only member of the original line-up to have stayed consistently. The current line-up consists of Carter, lead guitarist and vocalist Ol Drake, bassist Joel Graham, and rhythm guitarist Adam Smith, who replaced Drake's older brother Matt in 2020.

Evile are notable for being part of the thrash metal resurgence movement of the mid-to-late 2000s, and they were highly praised by Kerrang! for "Carrying the genre's whole 'revival' on their shoulders."^[1] To date, the band has released six studio albums: Enter the Grave (2007), Infected Nations (2009), Five Serpent's Teeth (2011), Skull (2013), Hell Unleashed (2021) and The Unknown (2023).