In 2013,
Ol Drake left Evile and released his debut solo album,
Old Rake, in 2015, before subsequently re-joining in 2018. The band announced Matt Drake's departure in August 2020, the latter citing family commitments and recurring health setbacks as reasons for leaving. Ol replaced Matt on vocal duties, whilst Adam Smith, guitarist and vocalist of RipTide, joined as the new rhythm guitarist. Wanting to keep familiar faces in the band, Ol said taking on vocal duties "made sense" to him. He cited
Chuck Schuldiner of
Death as "one of [his] heroes". In December 2020, Evile announced the recording of a new studio album; the first in seven years.
Writing Ol describes Evile's writing style as "more aggressive" in comparison to Evile's previous outings, citing
Sepultura and the
death metal genre as influences. The band had not written any new material since 2013, which Ol described as "old" and not the approach the band "wanted to go for this time around". In part, the latter is why they chose to collaborate with Chris Clancy instead of long-term Evile producer
Russ Russell. ==Reception==