Oil (band)
Oil | |
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| Origin | Long Beach, California, United States |
| Genres | Christian metal Thrash metal Groove metal |
| Years active | 1997–2004 (on hiatus) |
| Labels | Kaluboné |
| Past members | Blake Nelson Ron Rinehart Matthew Joy Jason Vander Pal Eric Wilkens Jonathan Thiemens |
Oil is a Christian thrash metal band from Norwalk, California, USA. The band was formed in 1997 by Blake Nelson, the former guitarist with Deceiver (band) Ron Rinehart , who converted to Christianity at a Harvest Crusade after Dark Angel's dissolution in 1992. Other members include lead guitarist Blake Nelson (formerly with Deceiver, Desire and Captain Black) and drummer Jason Vander Pal. Oil has released two studio albums and one live album.
In 2004, Rinehart left the band to pursue other non-musical interests. The remaining members started a new band, no shows are recordings were ever made.