British thrashers EVILE are preparing for the release of their new album, Five Serpent's Teeth, and have dedicated one of the new songs to the UK's Bloodstock festival. Fans attending the festival next weekend will be among the first people to hear the brand new track, titled 'Centurion', as it will be played through the PA system between bands on the main stage throughout the festival.

Frontman Matt Drake spoke to Bloodstock to explain the meaning behind the new track and why it was dedicated to the UK's favourite all-metal festival. Watch the video below:

Matt Drake comments: "Bloodstock festival has always been good to our little band Evile and we can't thank them enough for the chance they gave us way back in 2006 to headline the unsigned stage, which ultimately put us on course to being able to have a go at some of the things we've done. So when we had recorded the song called 'Centurion', it made us think about Bloodstock - there's just something about that track that made us feel 'Bloodstocky'. It might be the epicness, or the subject matter, or just the sheer 'taking it seriously while not taking it seriously' shamelessness of the song. Maybe all those things! But it made us think about Bloodstock all the same, so we would like to dedicate the song to Bloodstock festival as a thank you for being so good with our rock quartet over the years! Bloodstock is an amazing place; long may it continue!"

Bloodstock's Vicky Gregory has issued the following statement: "Nothing gives us more excitement and pleasure to see the success of Evile; the band stormed through our unsigned competition at Bloodstock and have never looked back! We expect great things from them and, having heard tracks from the new album, they won't disappoint!"

have confirmed dates for a headlining UK tour, as well as two album release shows to celebrate the band's new album, Five Serpent's Teeth.

Evile will be playing at two album release shows in London and Birmingham, plus a special show which will be announced soon, followed by a full trek of the UK.

Lead guitarist Ol Drake comments: "The time is coming for Evile to take to the road once again. Five Serpent's Teeth is out in September so we thought it'd make sense to start off in our home country. The tour kicks off with release celebration shows in London and Birmingham. Can't wait to get out there and start playing all these new songs for you all; they're so much fun to play and we can't wait for you all to have just as much fun while we play them. See you in the pit!"

See Evile live on tour at the following shows:

September

29 - London, UK - The Garage
30 - Birmingham, UK - TBC

October

2 - Special show to be announced soon
13 - Southampton, UK - Talking Heads
14 - Brighton, UK - The Hydrant
15 - Weymouth, UK - Kings Club
16 - Plymouth, UK - White Rabbit
17 - Exeter, UK - The Cavern
18 - Leicester, UK - Sub 91
19 - Wrexham, UK - Central Station
20 - Durham, UK - Live Lounge
21 - Glasgow, UK - Cathouse
22 - Manchester, UK - Club Academy
23 - Dublin, Ireland - The Pint
25 - Stoke, UK - The Sugar Mill
26 - Cardiff, UK - The Globe
27 - Reading, UK - Sub 89
28 - Sheffield, UK - Corporation

Evile will release Five Serpent's Teeth on September 26th via Earache Records. The album was once again recorded with producer Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR) at Parlour Studios in Kettering, UK.

A 15-minute preview of the album, featuring one-and-a-half minutes of each song, is available below:

Ol Drake comments: "I was delighted to hear iTunes upped their track preview length to 1:30, but everyone doesn't have iTunes. A fan of ours, Austin H, put all the previews into one video on YouTube. I support people 'trying before buying' so I'd love to let people know these previews exist to give you an idea of the album instead of downloading the album in time to come - after all, when people download an album, they more often than not say it's to 'try the album out', so I see this as quite a fair compromise to condone the previews being heard by everyone. I'm not wholly against downloading, I'm more against the disrespect shown to artists by downloading an artist's work, liking it and not rightly paying for it. Bands these days, not just Evile, need their fans' support. Support music!"

Matt Drake discusses the new album cover: "So here it is, the artwork for Five Serpent's Teeth. As is always the case with Evile, we try and do things a bit differently from what we've done before, so we fancied something a bit more design-orientated this time around. It's been done by a great artist by the name of Gustavo Sazes and he really came through for us as we were struggling to find something that visually accompanied the music, so hats off to the man! Make what you will of any meaning you think the cover may hold, much the same as you will be able to do with the lyrical content of the album; we know what it means to us, so enjoy!"

View the album cover below:

Ol Drake recently revealed the tracklisting for the new album: "Here's the full tracklist for our new album, Five Serpent's Teeth. There's such diversity through this album that I simply can't wait for people to hear these tracks. We spent a long time in the studio and at home figuring out the best order we could place these tracks in to flow perfectly through the album. The tracks go from the stomping heaviness of 'Cult', to the eeriness/melancholy of 'In Memoriam', to the pure insanity of 'Descent Into Madness'. You may have already hear 'Eternal Empire' (below), and if you were at Download festival last weekend and you came to see us, you heard 'Cult'."

Five Serpent's Teeth tracklisting:

'Five Serpent's Teeth'

'In Dreams Of Terror'

'Cult'

'Eternal Empire'

'Xaraya'

'Origin Of Oblivion'

'Centurion'

'In Memoriam'

'Descent Into Madness'

'Long Live New Flesh'