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EVILE have announced two special memorial shows in the UK to honour their late bassist, MIKE ALEXANDER, who tragically passed away while on tour in Sweden on October 5th, 2009.

The two memorial shows take place on December 7th, 2009 at Rio's in Leeds and December 8th, 2009 at the Underworld in London, and will feature live performances from Irish thrashers GAMA BOMB plus special guests MUTANT and SEREGON. Tickets for the show are only available directly from the venue for £8 in advance, or for £10 on the door.

A huge raffle will also take place at the memorial shows, with loads of awesome prizes, limited edition and signed goods to be won, all of which have been generously donated by various bands and artists. All money raised will go to MIKE ALEXANDER's family.

To view the prizes, head to http://www.mikealexander.co.uk/raffle/

EVILE lead guitarist OL DRAKE comments:

"These two nights are for all the friends and fans of Mike who haven't had a real chance to say goodbye, and also for us to hold something a lot more appropriate than any funeral could be. Mike wasn't religious, and his beliefs were solely based in music, so there is no better way to say goodbye. He lived for music and metal. We picked a few bands who Mike liked and we'll no doubt be playing a few covers on the night. We're holding a raffle with LOTS of items kindly donated by some amazing people and bands from around the world. Keep an eye on our sites for details of these - please come along and grab a raffle ticket - all money is going to the family."

GAMA BOMB frontman PHILLY BYRNE adds:

"It's a real honour to play these shows for Mike. He was a star of a man and a brilliant friend, and it'll be great to do something for his family and friends. We're sure everyone will show their support for him at the shows."

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We're proud to announce our 2010 'Infecting Nations' European Tour.

Our good friends in Warbringer & The Fading will be joining us for all shows - it's going to be great!

Head to the gigs page for all the dates.

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From Julie Weir of Wiseblood Management

"With Evile having confirmed that they are carrying on as a band, they are starting to audition bassists for the new year. Doing such a tough task so soon, with so little time until the new year tours, they are simply looking for an experienced, friendly and skilled professional bassist/musician.

Applicants must be able to commit 100% to the band, be expected to be available for extensive global (w/ valid passport) touring from January 2010 onwards, be a resident of the UK (preferably close to Huddersfield, but not necessary) and have touring/performing experience.

To apply please E-MAIL the following to bass@evile.co.uk

 
• Full Name
 
• Age
 
• Location
 
• A quality link to a video of you playing the bass (Youtube.com etc)
 
• A few pictures of yourself (on and off stage)
 
• Details of playing and gigging experiences
 
• Detail why you want to join the band

All applications must be received by December 8th 2009

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Nov 5th - EVILE, EARACHE Records and WISEBLOOD Management present:

The MIKE ALEXANDER Memorial Shows

7th December - Leeds Rios
8th December - London Underworld

Line up TBA Shortly
+ Special Guests
+ DJs playing Mike's favourites

The entrance fee will be £5 minimum as a donation to Mike’s family

To raise more for Mike's family we will be holding a tombola/raffle -  Items will include gifts from bands from around the world; EXODUS,  OVERKILL, HIRAX and many more being confirmed every day (KEEP CHECKING  BACK). Raffle tickets will be £10 with all takings going to the family.

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A special new site dedicated to the memory of Mike Alexander has been launched.

Featuring news and photo's, donations, tributes and condolences can also be left.

Go to: www.mikealexander.co.uk

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German thrash titans DESTRUCTION will dedicate their set at Damnation Festival in Leeds, UK to EVILE bassist Mike Alexander, who tragically passed away on October 5th, 2009 while on tour in Sweden. The festival will take place at Leeds University Union this Saturday, 24th October. EVILE lead guitarist Ol Drake will make a guest appearance on guitar with DESTRUCTION, to play some of Mike's favourite DESTRUCTION tracks with the band. Ol Drake also recently filled in on guitar for DESTRUCTION at Portugal's Caos Emergente festival.

Ol Drake comments:

"Mike was a huge Destruction fan. It'll be a great way to pay tribute to him by jamming some of his favourite Destruction songs with Schmier, Marc and Mike. Throughout playing with Evile, Mike was always cautiously calm about exciting things. "Mike, we're touring with Megadeth!" - "Oh, cool". "Mike, we're touring with Exodus!" - "Oh, cool". I just knew he jumped around like a child when he got home, but when I called him to say I'm playing a show with Destruction in Portugal he went "OH MY GOD!!!!!!! WHOAAAA, you bastard! Wow!"

"I got to pass on one of Schmier's picks from him to Mike before the last tour and it made his day. Thank you to Destruction for wanting to dedicate their next set to Mike and for letting me jam some songs in his honour."

DESTRUCTION bassist and vocalist Schmier comments:

"Ol Drake became a very close friend to the band since he helped us out after the broken finger affair. When I heard that Mike Alexander died I was speechless and shocked. I had to sit down. The world never was a fair place. This again was a situation that shows how fast everything can be over and out. Mike Alexander was such a positive and funny guy, his band on the way to the top, a fucking shame and a tragedy.

"Evile and Destruction thought it would be a cool thing to dedicate the Destruction gig in Leeds this weekend at the Damnation festival to Mike Alexander. We will jam his fave Destruction tunes with Ol on the second guitar. We are sure Mike would have loved this - a memorable way for us to remember a lost friend! Rock in peace brother!"

DESTRUCTION will play on the Jagermeister stage at 7:30pm this Saturday, 24th October at Damnation festival, Leeds. For more info go to http://www.damnationfestival.co.uk or http://www.destruction.de

EVILE will be unveiling a tribute site to Mike Alexander shortly and will welcome comments, memories and photos. Donations are welcome for Mike's children and family via http://www.ukthrash.co.uk courtesy of UKthrash.co.uk and Wiseblood Management.

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Michael Alexander - 22.06.77 - 05.10.09

Sadly, just a few days into their European tour with Amon Amarth, Evile's Mike Alexander was suddenly taken ill and rushed to hospital, but tragically passed away in Lulea, Sweden.

Evile members Matt Drake, Ol Drake and Ben Carter have released the following statement:

"This is so hard to find the words to express fully how we feel. We can't believe or accept what's happened. One minute we're talking to our buddy, Mike, the next minute we can never speak to him again.

There's so many things rushing through our heads that we want to say, do and feel. We half expect him to come round the corner and call us 'dickheads'. We can't get our heads around it.

It upsets us so much that he was away from his family when this happened, although knowing Mike, we're at least glad he was on tour doing what he loves.

We're lost for words. We all miss him so much already. He was such a headstrong, genuinely nice guy who loved music and his family. We've got so many brilliant memories with him.

Our hearts go out to his daughter, family and friends at this tragic, difficult time.

Mike is much loved and is sorely missed.

Rest in peace, brother."

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(718)786 1707

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Thank you so much to everyone who has made this happen for us!

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British thrashers EVILE recently shot a music video for "Infected Nation", the first track off the band's new album, INFECTED NATIONS, which entered the UK top 100 chart following its first day sales.

The video for "Infected Nation" was shot in August at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, with director DAN FERNBACH (BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES) of STATIC FILMS, whom the band previously worked with on their video for the track "Thrasher".

Join EVILE as they take you behind-the-scenes for the making of the "Infected Nation"

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  "This is what you get when good bands go great"

Infected Nations gets 4 K's!

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