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PHOTOGRAPHS BY KARL SMITH
UK thrashers Evile have returned with a revamped lineup and its first new album since 2013. Formed in 2004 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England with the Drake brothers Matt (vocals/guitar) and Ol (guitar), Ben Carter (drums), and Mike Alexander (bass), the band has endured several significant member changes. After riding a high from its first two stellar full-length albums,
Enter the Grave (2007) and
Infected Nations (2009), tragedy struck the band when Mike was stricken with a fatal illness while on tour supporting Swedish death metal horde Amon Amarth and passed away in 2009. After recruiting current bassist Joel Graham, the band carried on and released a further two full-length albums.