Evan Brewer (born September 23, 1981) is an American musician from

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. He is the current bassist of

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and formerly played bass for

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and technical death metal band

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. He has also been involved in other bands such as Reflux and the last bassist to be a part of

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. He also released two solo albums under his own 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

and Reflux, which also featured guitarist

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and Ash Avildsen (CEO of Sumerian Records). He has a project called Climaxes with Barry Donegan of

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and

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, 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

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and Terror on tour. In early 2011, he joined death metal band

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.

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(formerly of

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and

) 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

. In September 2020, he joined Nashville-based experimental rock collective

. 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

Brewer was an endorser of ESP bass guitars. 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 bass guitars very recently and currently owns three Warwick bass guitars. As well as his ESP and Warwick gear, he owns bass guitars from a variety of other manufacturers. Brewer uses EMG pickups in the majority of his bass guitars 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

;With Reflux * ''The Illusion of Democracy'' (2004) ;With

* ''

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'' (2007) ;With

* '' Autotheism'' (

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* ''Lightbox'' (2014) (4 tracks) ;With

*''Primal EP'' (2015) *'' The Infinite Nothing'' (2016) *''Dark Future'' (2017) ;With

*''Empyrean'' (2022) ;Solo * '' Alone'' (

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