| Five Serpent's Teeth | ||||
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| Studio album by Evile | ||||
| Released |
September 26, 2011 - Europe October 18, 2011 - North America |
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| Recorded | March- April 2011 at Parlour Studios, Kettering, England | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal, speed metal | |||
| Length | 53:22 | |||
| Label | Earache | |||
| Producer | Russ Russell | |||
| Evile chronology | ||||
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Five 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[1]
The album was produced by Russ Russell (Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir) at Parlour Studios, Kettering, England.
It is the first album not to feature original bassist Mike Alexander, who died while on tour just weeks after the release of Infected Nations. It is the first album to feature bassist Joel Graham. On June 6, the band posted a new song, "Eternal Empire", on their Youtube Channel.[2]
The album's full track listing was announced on June 21, 2011[3] and the album's artwork was unveiled on July 6, 2011.[4]
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On the 31st of May, 2010, Evile revealed that they'd begun working on their 3rd studio album.[5] Ol Drake confirmed this via TwitLonger on the 9th of November, 2010 and wrote that "Album 3 is well on the way and will be out on Earache Records in mid 2011".
On February 9, 2011, the band debuted a new song at a show in Manchester under the working title of "Bitch".[6]
On the weekend of March 19, Evile entered the studio to begin recording the album with producer Russ Russell.[7] During the recording process, the band also periodically posted videos from the studio.[8] On April 25, the band announced that their 3rd album was fully mixed and awaiting mastering.[9]
On March 19, 2011 Eternal Empire was debuted live at Hammerfest in Prestatyn, Wales.
On May 5, Evile announced that the name of the new album was "Five Serpent's Teeth".[1] The song "In Memoriam" is a tribute to late bassist Mike Alexander, with the main bass riff coming from something he played during sound checks. Matt and Ol's father, Tony Drake, also played guitar on this track.
On June 11, 2011 Cult was debuted live at the Download Festival in Donington, England.
On June 23, 2011 Xaraya and Long Live New Flesh were debuted live at Gibson Guitar Studios in London, England to invited press and competition winners.[10]
At the special show in London at the Gibson Guitar Studios, Matt Drake revealed the title to be from Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man on which the meaning of Evile's "Now Demolition" is also based. An excerpt from "The Demolished Man", containing the title, can be read below:
He looked from the cartridges to Reich. “Five serpent’s teeth to give to Gus.” “I told you this was innocent,” Reich said in a hard voice.” We’ll have to pull those teeth.”
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| Source | Rating |
| Thrash Hits | [11] |
| Kerrang! Magazine | [12] |
| One Metal | [13] |
| The Metal Critic | [14] |
| Metal Hammer | |
| Metal Storm | [15] |
All music by Evile and all lyrics by Matt Drake, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Five Serpent's Teeth" | 5:34 |
| 2. | "In Dreams of Terror" | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Cult" | 4:50 |
| 4. | "Eternal Empire" | 5:35 |
| 5. | "Xaraya" | 6:02 |
| 6. | "Origin of Oblivion" | 4:55 |
| 7. | "Centurion" | 5:44 |
| 8. | "In Memoriam (lyrics: Ol Drake. music: Evile and Mike Alexander)" | 5:47 |
| 9. | "Descent into Madness" | 4:25 |
| 10. | "Long Live New Flesh (music: Evile and Mike Alexander)" | 5:16 |
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