Ol Drake, leader of UK thrash metal veterans Evile, has revealed that he’s been forced to set up a Gofundme after a career in music has left him with mounting debt. Ol formed Evile with his brother Matt and some friends in Huddersfield in 2004, intially serving as the band’s lead guitarist before also taking over as their frontman from 2020 onwards after Matt left the band.
Releasing their critically acclaimed debut album Enter The Grave in 2007, Evile were widely credited with helping push a new wave of thrash metal in the 2000s, often seen as England’s answer to the likes of Municipal Waste and Toxic Holocaust.
However, as so many other metal musicians have discovered through the years, keeping Evile going and maintaining a regular…