Drake and his brother, Matt, were brought up in a musical environment, with the sound of Camel, Guns N' Roses and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

[4] At the UK's Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth in 2010 OL joined comedian Tim Minchin on stage for his track "Rock N Roll Nerd".

[7] On 29 June 2011 OL revealed the solos which he contributed are as follows: "The Price" (1:09-1:20, 2:09-2:15 and 2:23-2:29), "Devil's Advocate" (3:08-3:21), "Sorcerer of Black Magic" (2:36-3:14), "Sheep of the Regime" (4:06-fade) and "Stand Up and Shout (Dio Cover)" (1:25-1:52 and 2:28-end).

After school Matt Drake and Carter would get together and jam their favourite Metal tracks, mostly being Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer songs.

They would go on to play live in the local areas under the name Metal Militia, Drake taking on the role of lead guitarist, though after three or four years, this grew stale for the band, forcing them to eventually go on to form Evile in 2003.

Drake plays and endorses Moser Custom Shop Guitars, Randall Amplifiers, Ernie Ball Strings and Homebrew Electronics Pedals.

[13] In March 2014 he collaborated with Skindred drummer Arya Goggin as well as Eddy Temple-Morris, dubstep producer Rednek and grime rapper Beaupierre in a new Jägermeister UK backed project called "REABO".

On 10 December 2013, Drake announced he had signed a deal with Earache Records/Century Media [13] with James Murphy (Death, Testament, Obituary,) mixing the album.

Guests on the album include Gary Holt (Exodus, Slayer), James Murphy, and Josh Middleton (Sylosis).

[16] Drake has cited guitarists including Jeff Waters, Marty Friedman, Kirk Hammett, Alex Skolnick, Dimebag Darrell, Chuck Schuldiner, Jimi Hendrix, Slash and Andrew Latimer as influences.