Thursday, October 02, 2008

EVILE GUITARIST OL DRAKE DISCUSSES INFLUENCES, PLAYS FAVOURITE SOLOS

Bands are often asked about their influences, and for OL DRAKE, lead
guitarist of UK thrashers EVILE, this is something he's been getting a lot
of since EVILE became one of the most talked about modern thrash bands.

OL explains:

"The one thing people always ask me at shows is 'who is your favourite
guitarist?' or 'what's your favourite guitar solo?', so I thought I'd make a
few videos to show people my favourites, my influences and me just playing
what I like to play when I'm messing around on the axe.

"Included is work by Jeff Waters (Annihilator) who was probably the biggest
influence to me on guitar, Marty Friedman/Megadeth who made me re-evaluate
my approach to playing rhythm and lead, and Kirk Hammett (Metallica) who
originally opened me up (ooh matron) to playing lead guitar.

"Keep checking back for new videos, I always like to take a quick break from
writing to play some old classics!"

Check out videos of OL playing some of his favourites:

"Poison Was the Cure" by MEGADETH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0-gDPSQfw

"The Struggle Within" Solo by Kirk Hammett (METALLICA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMqwvRMWfK4

"Road to Ruin" Solo by Jeff Waters (ANNIHILATOR)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWZuVqyr3a8

"Lucretia" Solo by Marty Friedman (MEGADETH)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxz5GEqYBtM

"The Day That Never Comes" Solo by Kirk Hammett (METALLICA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZrM4ttAGzY

All of these videos and more can be found at OL's YouTube channel at
http://www.youtube.com/user/EvileOL

Relive the return of heads-down, no-nonsense thrash metal with the special
redux edition of EVILE's FLEMMING RASMUSSEN-produced (METALLICA) debut
album, ENTER THE GRAVE, in stores on October 13th in Europe and October 28th
in the US. The ENTER THE GRAVE redux celebrates a year since the album's
original release - during which time the band have won a series of awards
and achievements, including the Metal Hammer Readers Polls "Best New Band
2007", Terrorizer Readers Polls "Best Newcomer 2007", and Metal Hammer's
"Get in the Ring" TV special, as well as being listed in the Metal Hammer
Top 50 albums of 2007, Classic Rock's Top 50 albums of 2007 and Terrorizer's
Top 40 albums of 2007.

The limited edition ENTER THE GRAVE redux comes complete with the album
housed in a special splipcase, three bonus tracks, an ENTER THE GRAVE patch,
a guitar pick, and a 2-hour DVD including the entire album played live in
rehearsal, live footage from the band's European tour with MEGADETH,
extensive band interviews and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the
band on the road! Pre-order your copy now from the Earache Webstore at
http://earacheshop.com/store

Have a peek at the killer-value ENTER THE GRAVE redux edition at
http://earacherecords.com/myspace/EvileReduxAd2.jpg

Catch EVILE on their first ever Canadian tour with 3 INCHES OF BLOOD:

15 Oct 2008 - Prince George, BC - Kinsmen Hall
16 Oct 2008 - Kelowna, BC - The Habitat
17 Oct 2008 - Golden, BC - Roadhouse Tavern
18 Oct 2008 - Medicine Hat, AB - Doghouse Bar & Grill
19 Oct 2008 - Banff, AB - Wild Bill's
20 Oct 2008 - Saskatoon, SA - Roxy
21 Oct 2008 - Winnipeg, MB - Royal Albert
22 Oct 2008 - Regina, SK - The District
23 Oct 2008 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Room
26 Oct 2008 - Calgary, AB - Warehouse
27 Oct 2008 - Fernie, BC - Rockin' R Bar, Royal Hotel

Catch EVILE on tour in Europe with SATYRICON and GRAVE at the following
shows:

19 Nov 2008 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Waterfront
20 Nov 2008 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
22 Nov 2008 - Rennes, - Antipode
23 Nov 2008 - Paris, France - Loco F
24 Nov 2008 - Birmingham, UK - Barfly
25 Nov 2008 - Leeds, UK - Cockpit
26 Nov 2008 - London, UK - ULU
27 Nov 2008 - Antwerp, Belgium - Hof Ter Lo
29 Nov 2008 - Lyon, France - CCO
30 Nov 2008 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Le Romandie
01 Dec 2008 - Winterthur, Switzerland - Salzhaus
02 Dec 2008 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
03 Dec 2008 - Rome, Italy - Alpheus
04 Dec 2008 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Media Park
05 Dec 2008 - Zagreb, Croatia - Boogaloo
06 Dec 2008 - Wien, Austria - Gasometer
07 Dec 2008 - Prague, Czech Republic - Futurm
08 Dec 2008 - Wroclaw, Poland - WZ
09 Dec 2008 - Warzaw, Poland - Progresja
10 Dec 2008 - Berlin, Germany - Kato
12 Dec 2008 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Helling
13 Dec 2008 - Lengerich, Germany - Satan's Convention
14 Dec 2008 - Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp
16 Dec 2008 - Stuttgart, Germany - Rohre
17 Dec 2008 - Saarbrucken, Germany - Garage
18 Dec 2008 - Munich, Germany - Metropolis
19 Dec 2008 - Halle, Germany - Easy Schorre
20 Dec 2008 - Hamburg, Germany - Knust

For more EVILE news and info, head to http://www.myspace.com/evileuk


UK AND EUROPEAN PRESS MANAGER - TALITA
talita@earache.com
London office phone - +44(0)207 240 5002

USA PRESS MANAGER - ANTHONY
usapr@earache.com
NYC office phone - +1(212)840 9090

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