Evan Brewer
Quick Facts
Biography
Evan Brewer (born September 23, 1981) is an American bass player from Nashville, Tennessee. He is the bass player of Entheos, former bassist of technical death metal band The Faceless and has been involved in other bands such as Reflux and the last bassist to be a part of Animosity. He also released two solo albums under just his name. In 2011, he released his debut solo album titled Alone, and his second solo album, Your Itinerary, was released on July 16, 2013.
Biography
He is a former member of Animosity and Reflux, which also featured guitarist Tosin Abasi and Ash Avildsen (CEO of Sumerian Records). He has a project called Climaxes with Barry Donegan of Look What I Did and Alex RĂ¼dinger of The Faceless, which is currently in the writing process according to MTV.COM Metal File. They have currently only released two songs; "Clock In & Die" and "Meet Me There". He has also filled in for A Life Once Lost and Terror on tour. In early 2011, he joined death metal band The Faceless after the departure of Brandon Giffin, who joined Cynic as a touring member. Brewer also has a solo project under his own name, for which he has currently released two albums (Alone and Your Itinerary). All the sounds on Alone were created using a bass guitar, hence the album's title. Your Itinerary has more of a "full band type of feel", with drums, keyboards and electronics. Navene Koperweis (formerly of Animals As Leaders and Animosity) assisted in the production process and created the final mix of the album, as well as providing drums on several tracks. He chose to leave The Faceless in October 2014 to pursue other musical interests, such as recording the Primal EP with technical death metal band Entheos.
Brewer is a close friend of Regi Wooten and he states that being around the Wooten brothers and their musical community shaped him radically as a musician.
Gear
Evan Brewer was an endorser of ESP basses. He uses an Ampeg PF-500 head and an Ampeg cabinet for amplification. For effects, Brewer uses a rackmounted Line 6 Pod unit. Other equipment include MXR bass DI, Aguilar tone hammer, Dunlop strings, and Mackie powered monitors. Brewer switched to Warwick basses very recently and currently owns 3 Warwick basses. As well as his ESP and Warwick gear, he owns basses from a variety of other manufacturers. Brewer uses EMG pickups in the majority of his basses and is an EMG endorsee.
Bass guitars
- Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray HS 4 string bass
- ESP classic 4 string bass
- ESP custom shop Surveyor 5 string bass
- Black ESP 5 string bass
- Rick Toone "Sketch" 4 string bass
- Warwick Infinity 5 string
- Warwick Thumb NT 5 string
- Warwick Streamer Stage I 4-string
Discography
- The Illusion of Democracy (2004)
- Animal (2007)
- Autotheism (Sumerian Records, 2012)
- Lightbox (2014) (4 tracks)
- Primal EP (2015)
- The Infinite Nothing (2016)
- Alone (Sumerian Records, 2011)
- Your Itinerary (Sumerian Records, 2013)
Videography
Title | Year | Director | From the album |
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"Vertigo" | 2012 | - | Alone |
"Deconsecrate" | 2013 | Ramon Boutviseth | Autotheism |