Evile announce new album ‘The Unknown’

May 19, 2023 James Weaver

EVILE have announced a new album!

Titled The Unknown, the upcoming album from the British thrash metal band is the follow-up to 2021’s Hell Unleashed, and is scheduled to be released in July this year, via Napalm Records.

The upcoming album was recorded by Tim Vincent at Longwave Studios, Cardiff UK, and was produced, mixed and mastered by Chris Clancy at the same Longwave Studios.

“We’re really excited to start revealing the next page in the EVILE chapter,” says frontman Ol Drake about the new album. “We’ve taken a completely different approach on this album and I looked inward for inspiration; I’ve opened myself up like I never thought I would. We’ve always been at 500mph, like on the previous album (Hell Unleashed) and this time around we felt we wanted to try the polar opposite – some slower-than-we’ve-ever-done tempos with more melodic vocal hooks, and give Adam [Smith, guitars] some freedom on the leads/writing. I’ve been working on my vocals since diving in the deep end in 2021, and we’ve worked hard for two years on this, so I’m excited for everyone to hear the fruits of our labour. We’re really proud of what we’ve all accomplished with this album. This is the one I hope can catapult us to more ears and places we haven’t been before to play for people who are constantly asking us to play in their area.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; the title track The Unknown. Speaking about the new song, Drake says, “first up is the title track, The Unknown. I wrote the basic lyrical content and concept back in 2017 when I was out of the band. The song deals with my fears and anxieties of becoming a father for the first time and all the doubts and worries that come with the responsibilities it brings.”

Watch the official music video for The Unknown here:

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

Track List:

1. The Unknown
2. The Mask We Wear
3. Monolith
4. When Mortal Coils Shed
5. Sleepless Eyes
6. Out of Sight
7. At Mirror’s Speech
8. Reap What You Sow
9. Beginning of the End
10. Balance of Time

And that’s not all from the EVILE camp! To promote their upcoming album, the band have confirmed a headlining UK tour for this October and November.

Tour dates are as follows:

Oct 13: The Arch, Brighton
Oct 14: Arts Centre, Colchester
Nov 11: The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
Nov 10: The Bread Shed, Manchester
Nov 11: Devils Dog, Birmingham
Nov 17: La Belle Angele, Edinburgh
Nov 18: Corporation, Sheffield
Nov 12: The Hairy Dog, Derby
Nov 12: The Bunkhouse, Swansea
Nov 12: Suburbia, Southampton
Nov 12: New Cross Inn, London