In October 2009 Evile's bassist, Mike Alexander, passed away whilst on tour in Sweden. He died of a pulmonary embolism, he was 32. Two months after the tragedy, in December 2009, Evile arranged two memorial shows (Leeds & London) to honour the memory of Mike and to raise money for his family. While Mutant and Seregon played the show by request, Matt, Ol and Ben got together with members of the other bands and Nick Barker to play some covers by some of Mike's favourite bands including Sepultura, Testament, Metallica, Pantera and Slayer.

Evile lead guitarist, Ol Drake, had the following to say: "The two nights we did in December meant so much to us all. It was our own way of saying goodbye to our friend, Mike. We attended his funeral with his family and friends, and it was a good ceremony, but we wanted something we know Mike would have loved; two nights of Metal. It was tough to get back on stage again without looking over and seeing him there, as that's what we'd all seen on stage for the past 10/11 years. I don't think people realise how long we all played together. We still miss Mike dearly and can't believe he's gone. Thank you to everyone involved in helping us make these nights happen, and thank you to everyone for coming and paying your respects. I hope you enjoy these videos!"

Below are videos of the entire covers set, including messages read out from Mike's family and Earache Records, at the Mike Alexander Memorial Show in London on December 8th, 2009.

R.I.P. Mike Alexander 1977 - 2009
http://www.mikealexander.co.uk

Mike Alexander Memorial Show - Videos:

Messages & Thanks here

Sepultura - Mass Hypnosis here

Testament - Disciples of the Watch here

Sepultura - Troops of Doom here

Slayer - Postmortem / Raining Blood (Impromptu) here

Pantera - Domination here

Metallica - Creeping Death here

Metallica - Four Horsemen here

Metallica - Seek & Destroy here

Metallica - Master of Puppets (Impromptu) more