Evile announce new album ‘Hell Unleashed’

EVILE have announced a new album!

Titled Hell Unleashed, the upcoming album from the British thrash metal band is the long-awaited follow-up to 2013’s Skull and is scheduled to be released in April this year, making their label debut via Napalm Records.

The upcoming album was produced by Chris Clancy at Backstage Studios, UK, features some guest backing vocals from American actor, musician and comedian Brian Posehn, and will be the first album to feature the new line-up of Ol Drake on vocals/guitars and new member Adam Smith of RIPTIDE as rhythm guitarist.

“After a long eight years, EVILE is finally coming back with our fifth studio album, Hell Unleashed in April; a nine-track onslaught of unrelenting thrash metal. I have no qualms in saying that this is the best thrash metal album in at least the last 20 years,” Ol Drake comments. “Those who haven’t been keeping up with EVILE may notice a change in vocals and vocalist. Matt left the band last year for health and personal reasons, and we decided it would be best to keep the new vocalist a familiar face within the band, so I stepped into the vocalist shoes, while remaining on lead guitar and I’m very happy and excited to do it – one of my heroes is Chuck Schuldiner, so it made sense to me; EVILE needs to sound evil and vile, and we’ve achieved that more this time with a much more aggressive approach on Hell Unleashed.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for the title track; Hell Unleashed. Speaking about the new song and its accompanying music video, Drake continues, “the title track Hell Unleashed is the first single/video we’re releasing, directed by James Mansell, who I previously worked with on some short films of his. We spoke for a while about maybe doing a music video for EVILE and I’m so glad we did, as we’re so happy with the result. We chose the title track as the first single as we wanted the first track you hear from us in so long to be a straight-to-the-point smack in the face and this definitely delivers.”

Watch the official music video for Hell Unleashed here: 

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List: 

1. Paralysed
2. Gore (feat. Brian Posehn)
3. Incarcerated
4. War of Attrition
5. Disorder
6. The Thing (1982)
7. Zombie Apocalypse
8. Control from Above
9. Hell Unleashed

Hell Unleashed is set for release on April 30th via Napalm Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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