IllWill was a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 supergroup

Supergroup (music)

In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....

 which consisted of Andy LaRocque

Andy LaRocque

Andy LaRocque is best known as a guitarist, songwriter, and occasional synth player for the band King Diamond.-Biography:...

, Snowy Shaw

Snowy Shaw

Snowy Shaw, born Tommie Helgesson in 25 July 1968, is a Swedish heavy metal musician , based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, Notre Dame and Memento Mori...

, Sharlee D'Angelo

Sharlee D'Angelo

Sharlee D'Angelo is the bassist for Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as the Swedish hard rock band Spiritual Beggars.Sharlee has also been in various bands in the past, either as a studio session player or full member. Some of these include IllWill and Mercyful Fate as well as...

 & Yonas af Dahlstrøm. The band released their first (and last) recording, Evilution

Evilution (album)

Evilution is an album by a Swedish group IllWill released in 1999. The album was recorded in Andy LaRocque's studio Los Angered Recording.-Track listing:#"Singh Hai" – 4:02#"V - For Vulgarians" – 5:10...

 in 1998 in Europe & the CD was released in the USA in 2000.

The group disbanded for several reasons including management & personal problems. All of the members came from popular bands like King Diamond

King Diamond (band)

King Diamond is the heavy metal band that King Diamond formed after the split up of his heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, and the departure of Hank Shermann. He was joined by most members of the then defunct Mercyful Fate. The Satanic focus was replaced by a focus on horror stories...

, Memento Mori

Memento mori

Memento mori is a Latin phrase translated as "Remember your mortality", "Remember you must die" or "Remember you will die". It names a genre of artistic work which varies widely, but which all share the same purpose: to remind people of their own mortality...

, Mercyful Fate

Mercyful Fate

Mercyful Fate was a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen. Initially active from 1981 to 1985, they reunited in 1992. The band went on hiatus again in 2000, when frontman King Diamond decided to continue his solo career...

, Witchery

Witchery

Witchery is a Swedish thrash/speed metal band, formed by former members of Satanic Slaughter in 1997. The current lineup consists of vocalist Emperor Magus Caligula , ex-Devian), guitarists Patrik Jensen and Rickard "Richard Corpse" Rimfält, bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, and drummer Martin Axenrot...

 & Desert Plains. The music on Evilution

Evilution (album)

Evilution is an album by a Swedish group IllWill released in 1999. The album was recorded in Andy LaRocque's studio Los Angered Recording.-Track listing:#"Singh Hai" – 4:02#"V - For Vulgarians" – 5:10...

deviated from the styles all four members were typically known for. All of the songs on Evilution were very heavy and progressive and took on an industrial feeling. There were also many political and social messages in the songs.