Matt Drake
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Matthew "Matt" Drake is the rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist in the English thrash metal
group Evile
.
got together to form a covers band. After acquiring Mike Alexander
(bass) through an ad in a local guitar store, plus asking Matt's brother Ol Drake
to join as lead guitarist, they played shows together over the next few years.
In 2004, they formed Evile
. They recorded an EP All Hallows Eve in 2004 and a demo Hell Demo in 2006. Soon after, the band signed to Earache Records
, and released their Flemming Rasmussen
produced debut, Enter the Grave
worldwide.
Drake plays and endorses Jackson Guitars
, Randall Amplifiers
, Ernie Ball
Strings and Seymour Duncan
pickups.
, Tom Araya
, Warrel Dane
and Freddie Mercury
. He also states his favourite guitarists to be James Hetfield
, Slash
, Brian May
and Alex Skolnick
.
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
group Evile
Evile
Evile is a thrash metal band from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. Their debut album, Enter the Grave, was produced by Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark and was released worldwide in 2007 by Earache Records to critical acclaim by fans and critics...
.
Evile
In 2000, Drake and Ben CarterBen Carter (Evile)
Ben Carter is the drummer of the English thrash metal group, Evile.-Biography:Having a musical family, Carter was always involved with bands and band environments from a young age...
got together to form a covers band. After acquiring Mike Alexander
Mike Alexander (Evile)
Michael "Mike" Alexander was the bassist of English thrash metal group Evile. On 5 October 2009, Alexander died while on tour in Luleå, Sweden due to a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot on the lungs. Evile unveiled a to Alexander on 25 October 2009.-Biography:Alexander was born in London, England...
(bass) through an ad in a local guitar store, plus asking Matt's brother Ol Drake
Ol Drake
Ol Drake is the lead guitarist of English thrash metal group, Evile.-Biography:...
to join as lead guitarist, they played shows together over the next few years.
In 2004, they formed Evile
Evile
Evile is a thrash metal band from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. Their debut album, Enter the Grave, was produced by Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark and was released worldwide in 2007 by Earache Records to critical acclaim by fans and critics...
. They recorded an EP All Hallows Eve in 2004 and a demo Hell Demo in 2006. Soon after, the band signed to Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
, and released their Flemming Rasmussen
Flemming Rasmussen
Flemming Rasmussen is a Danish engineer, producer, mixer and owner and founder of Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark.-Biography:...
produced debut, Enter the Grave
Enter the Grave
Enter the Grave is the debut album by the English thrash metal band Evile. Released on 27 August, 2007 in Europe and on 25 September in North America and Japan, the album received generally favorable critical reviews and entered the UK Rock Chart at number 33. It was produced by Flemming Rasmussen...
worldwide.
Drake plays and endorses Jackson Guitars
Jackson Guitars
__FORCETOC__Jackson is a renowned brand of electric guitar that bears the name of its founder, Grover Jackson.-Early years:Grover Jackson obtained ownership in Charvel's Guitar Repair of Glendora, California in the 1970s with a promise to bolster Charvel's business...
, Randall Amplifiers
Randall Amplifiers
Randall Amplifiers is a manufacturer of guitar amplifiers, a subsidiary of U.S. Music Corporation. Its products are/were used by artists such as Chuck Schuldiner, Dimebag Darrell, Metallica, King's X, Nirvana and Anthrax...
, Ernie Ball
Ernie Ball
Ernie Ball was an American entrepreneur, musician, and innovator, widely acclaimed as a revolutionary in the development of guitar-related products. He began as a club and local television musician and small business entrepreneur, building an international business in guitars and accessories that...
Strings and Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan is a company that is best known for manufacturing of guitar pickups, and currently has a line of effects pedals. The company was founded in 1976 by guitarist and luthier Seymour W. Duncan and his then-wife Cathy Carter Duncan in Goleta, California, USA...
pickups.
Influences
Drake's biography cites his favourite vocal artists as James HetfieldJames Hetfield
James Alan Hetfield is the rhythm guitarist, co-founder, main songwriter, and lead vocalist for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering a classified advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler,...
, Tom Araya
Tom Araya
Tom Araya is a Chilean musician, best known as the bassist and vocalist of the American thrash metal band Slayer...
, Warrel Dane
Warrel Dane
Warrel Dane is the lead singer of the progressive metal band Nevermore. He is also the singer of the metal band Sanctuary, who have recently reformed...
and Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range...
. He also states his favourite guitarists to be James Hetfield
James Hetfield
James Alan Hetfield is the rhythm guitarist, co-founder, main songwriter, and lead vocalist for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering a classified advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler,...
, Slash
Slash (musician)
Saul Hudson , known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N'...
, Brian May
Brian May
Brian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...
and Alex Skolnick
Alex Skolnick
Alexander Nathan Skolnick is an American jazz and metal guitarist. He was a member of the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band Testament from 1983 until his departure in 1993...
.
Evile
- All Hallows Eve EP (Self Released) 2004
- Hell Demo (Self Released) 2006
- Enter the GraveEnter the GraveEnter the Grave is the debut album by the English thrash metal band Evile. Released on 27 August, 2007 in Europe and on 25 September in North America and Japan, the album received generally favorable critical reviews and entered the UK Rock Chart at number 33. It was produced by Flemming Rasmussen...
(Earache RecordsEarache RecordsEarache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
) 2007 - Infected NationsInfected Nations-Band members:* Matt Drake - Lead vocals, rhythm guitar* Ol Drake - Lead guitar,* Mike Alexander - Bass guitar* Ben Carter - Drums...
(Earache RecordsEarache RecordsEarache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
) 2009 - Five Serpent's TeethFive Serpent's TeethFive Serpent's Teeth is the third album by the English thrash metal band Evile. It was released on September 26, 2011 in Europe and on October 18, 2011 in North America...
(Earache RecordsEarache RecordsEarache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
) 2011
Guitars
- JacksonJackson Guitars__FORCETOC__Jackson is a renowned brand of electric guitar that bears the name of its founder, Grover Jackson.-Early years:Grover Jackson obtained ownership in Charvel's Guitar Repair of Glendora, California in the 1970s with a promise to bolster Charvel's business...
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RR5 - JacksonJackson Guitars__FORCETOC__Jackson is a renowned brand of electric guitar that bears the name of its founder, Grover Jackson.-Early years:Grover Jackson obtained ownership in Charvel's Guitar Repair of Glendora, California in the 1970s with a promise to bolster Charvel's business...
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