Evile report from European tour

British thrashers Evile are currently tearing their way around Europe on a headlining European tour.

The “Infecting Nations” tour has seen Evile perform a string of shows up and down the UK, with the band now in mainland Europe. Joining Evile on the tour are American thrashers Warbringer and Israel’s The Fading.
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Evile covers Pantera for Dimebag tribute album – last recording with bassist

British thrashers Evile recently recorded a Pantera track for the upcoming Dimebag Darrell tribute album, which will be released on the cover of the 200th issue of the UK’s Metal Hammer magazine.

The special CD and magazine are being released to coincide with the five-year anniversary of Dimebag’s passing, and will be available in shops on December 16th.

Alongside various other well-known bands such as Machine Head, Evile were asked to record a song as a tribute to the late guitarist. EVILE recorded a cover of the track “Cemetary Gates”, and this tragically turned out to be the band’s last recording before the untimely death of their own bassist, Mike Alexander, who passed away on October 5th while on tour in Sweden.

Evile lead guitarist Ol Drake comments:

“The day we got the call from our manager, Julie Weir, saying Metal Hammer have asked us to pay tribute to Dimebag Darrell by covering a Pantera song, we couldn’t have been more excited and honoured. I mean, how many more bands are there more worthy of paying tribute to the man? With us all being fans of Pantera, we swiftly said yes. Mike though was the biggest Pantera fan. He’d seen them years ago and absolutely worshipped Dimebag.

“After Dime got killed, Mike couldn’t listen to “Cemetary Gates” anymore. He’d always ask us to skip the track in the car/van/bus because it was too much for him. So when we chose to do the track it was tough for Mike, but I’m glad he did it. It turned out to be the last song he recorded, which to me is a strangely “appropriate” tribute to him and Dimebag. I remember him nearing the verge of tears whilst I was doing the tremolo bends at the end of the track.

“We hope Pantera/Dimebag fans find this a fitting tribute from us, as we’re simply fans ourselves who’ve been given this rare honour.”

Evile – “We Who Are About to Die”

Evile – “Infected Nations” out today

British thrashers Evile are set to release their highly anticipated new album, “Infected Nations”, on Monday, 21st September in Europe and the day after in the USA.

The limited edition version of “Infected Nations” includes a bonus track along with an exclusive, free DVD. The DVD, aptly titled “The DVD to End All DVDs” contains behind-the-scenes footage of the band as they record the follow-up to their critically acclaimed “Enter The Grave” debut.

View a teaser trailer for the bonus DVD here.

Evile stream new track – “Infected Nation”

British thrashers Evile have released a brand new track, called “Infected Nation”, which is available now for streaming and download.

The new track, which is the first song off the band’s highly anticipated upcoming new album, “Infected Nations” – due on September 21st in Europe and September 22nd in the USA.
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