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Inizialmente nati come progetto solista di Evestus, l’omonima creatura è diventata nel corso degli anni una vera e propria band alla ricerca di una nuova concezione di industrial. In effetti “This Is Dramacore” è un disco che non si accontenta di recitare la lezione dei Nine Inch Nails ma, pur non nascondendo l’influenza dei padri del genere, il quartetto estone imprime una forte personalità all’interno delle varie canzoni. La base sulla quale poggia il sound degli Evestus è l’industrial, come detto in precedenza, ma le influenze che si possono ascoltare addentrandosi nell’opera sono ben più consistenti spaziando dal gothic, al noise con una vena progressiva data dai frequenti cambi umorali e ritmici che imperversano tra le tracce. Il terzo capitolo discografico targato Evestus parte in maniera abbastanza immediata con il groove gelido dell’ottima “Dramacore”, ma si rivela ben presto un disco da assimilare con calma se pensiamo alla struttura complessa ed alla imponente stratificazione sonora della caotica “Conveniently Confused”. La band proveniente dalla piccola Estonia si dimostra interessante allorché introduce partiture sinfoniche a supportare la natura sintetica dei propri pezzi e le declamate vocals filtrate, creando una serie di contrasti quanto meno suggestivi in pezzi quali “Dramajunkie” e “Enemy”, mentre per addentrarci in territori più “metal” conviene affidarsi alle accelerazioni terrificanti condite da growling vocals presenti in “Nothing”. Prima della chiusura c’è spazio per il singolo “Sacrifice”, dotata di un affascinante appeal electro-dark nella splendida apertura del ritornello. “This Is Dramacore” è un disco d’avanguardia, a tratti ostico, che mostra ancora qualche spigolosità di troppo, ma rivela allo stesso tempo una personalità non comune.
- Metalitalia.com

Eestiläinen Ott Evestus on äärimmäisen mielenkiintoinen ilmiö industrial metalin joskus vähän turhankin perinteisessä maailmassa. Monissa liemissä keitetty herra julkaisi ensimmäisen soolonsa kuusi vuotta sitten ja This Is Dramacore on jo kolmas pitkäsoitto. Materiaali äänitettiin kiireettä vuosien 2006-2009 välillä ja (You´re Not Good Enough to Be My) Enemy sekä Sacrifice julkaistiin jo kaksi vuotta sitten singleinä. Kolmannen albuminsa myötä Evestus on syöksynyt yhä syvemmälle industrialin reunavyöhykkeelle, missä metalli, industrial ja barokki kohtaavat toisensa mustan taivaan alla.

Taiteellisesti ja kaupallisesti täysin riippumattomana pysynyt Evestus ei salaile ajatuksiaan ja mielipiteitään, eikä suoraa halveksuntaansa nykyistä maailman menoa kohtaan. Osansa saavat niin vihamiehet kuin entiset idolitkin:

So suicide is out of fashion
And Manson lost his fucking balls
Trent has found a happy place now
Where the hell am I to fall?

Kitarat, rummut ja raivoisat elektroniset industrial-ryöpyt kohtaavat tasaveroisina koskettimet, viulut ja sellot. Osa kappaleista lähtee ennakkoluulottomasti tavoittelemaan taivaita ja joidenkin biisien välissä kuullaan kertojaääntä, mikä vain lisää teatraalisuutta entisestään. Usein näin tummilla vesillä liikkuvat bändit sortuvat julistukseen, kylmään kliinisyyteen tai tahattomaan komiikkaan, mutta Evestuksen onnistuu välttää jokainen näistä sudenkuopista. Itsemurhasta kertova Dramajunkie kääntää partaterän itse yrittäjää kohtaan, joka on sallinut elämänsä mennä raiteiltaan. Mitä kaikkea rakastammekaan, siitä kertoo irvokas So In Love ja Demons of Fame avaa kuuluisuuden kiroja hiukan poikkeuksellisesta suunnasta.

Vaikka kappaleisiin on ladattu suunnaton määrä tietoa, ääntä ja asiaa, eivät ne tukahdu painonsa alle. Orkesterisovitukset tukevat raskaita raitoja ja Evestuksen visio täydellisestä industrial-albumista näyttää toteutuneen juuri siten kuin pitikin, eikä ainuttakaan kompromissia tarvinnut edes tehdä. - Noise.Fi

Evestus is an Estonian more or less one-man-based band that released it's debut album in 2004, and after numerous delays since 2006 got it's third album released now in 2010. The whole concept that the artist refers to as "Dramacore" was intensely worked on for years, and now is the time to see what it eventually turned into.

It certainly shows that the album wasn't made in a day, as the songs have a huge amount of very different elements working together. The industrial- and electro-genres are featured from some simpler ambience, synths and electronics to really heavy and simple drum programmings, to some samples and a lot of varying electronic sounds, both warm and cold. Team this up with nu-metal vocals, occasional distorted guitars and drums, sideshow-instrumentation and cellos - and what you'll have is a crude overview. It's pretty astonishing when one thinks about the mere amount of sounds on the album, and the only ones that don't really fit in are the oddly cheery oriental synths in "Leftovers."

Due to the massive amount of different sounds and elements, it's quite a challenge to try to grasp the musical whole. Overall it could be described as a mix of classical instruments and ways of composing, nu-metal and such heavier music overall, and really dominant industrial elements that cover the spine that's formed by the before mentioned core-elements. For example, one thing dominant almost throughout the whole album is a really powerful, heavy and simplistic snare drum programming that sets the pace for the album. It sets the power levels and the pace throughout the album, and keeps the whole album strongly rhythmic even in the parts when it would be otherwise ambient-esque and classical-based.

The atmospheres and emotions vary from distant and sarcastic to aggressive ones, to some calm and soothing ones to desperate and even a couple of even cheery ones - although the latter ones aren't as evident as the dominant darker moods. The album is constantly on the move, be it from rock-based parts to classical or industrial ones to even some retro and sample-based sideshow moments, but somehow manages to stay logical for the whole journey. I would say that you need to listen to the whole album from it's beginning to the end to really get the whole picture, as the songs might feature elements that wouldn't fully work on their own but are essential when thinking about the whole album's progress.

Lyrically the band deals with modern world anxiety and stress, along with going through the whole industrial scene and the overall things that were on Evestus' mind while working on the album. It all sums up to a more or less sarcastic manifest of still being alive, and is overall of enjoyable quality. It'll be interesting to see where the artist focuses on his next record, now that he's spilled out such an amount of frustration. The vocalist's voice might be a bit one-dimensional and lacking in edge, but it still has the charisma and variation to pull through the album and to deliver the lyrics.

This album is massive. It features many familiar elements, but they're teamed so that the end result sounds original and even unique. It's quite a heavy listening experience at first, but it starts to open up slowly through the following numerous listens. The artist has his own vision, and he really polished, edited and adjusted it until it was done. It might've been better if he had left the most out-there experiments off, such as the short jazz-piano part in the last track and the oriental synths mentioned in the first paragraph. The "hidden" outro could've also been executed so that it would be less of a bore when thinking of the album's practicality and enjoyability in frequent use. It unnecessarily lenghtens the album, too.

If you're looking for something new and daring within the field of industrial and industrial rock, do check this band out. The detailed and extensive visual side should provide a lot for your senses, too.
- Damned By Light

Maybe one or another of our readers has heard about the Estonian Goth-Rock producer and multi-talented artist EVESTUS, who can look back on some releases available via the Canadian D-Trash Records label. EVESTUS is not only the name of the band-project, but also the surname of Ott Evestus, the responsible mastermind of nearly all musically activities under this name. Although 'This Is Dramacore' is already out since a few months, I nevertheless feel the need to write some lines about this artistically valuable kind of work, because already the packaging and style of the booklet, as well as the intensely provided background information including bio, complete discography, and, and, and, about this artist are remarkable and I have seldom discovered anything comparable before. The booklet art reminds a bit on an old newspaper exemplar with an astonishing photo art. EVESTUS currently isn't signed to any label, as this one turns out musically to be a bit away from the rather Electronica-oriented label program D-Trash normally offers. Goth-Rock featuring some mighty guitar loops and cynical lyrics is one element, but EVESTUS also integrates a filthy sounding form of a typical Coldwave-related rhythm- and synthesizer-programming, as well as uncountable voice-samples inserted into the mix. This is in all a brooding misture, which receives some excellent moments through orchestral-like string sounds in a catchy manner, so I am quite fine with those rather calm tunes like 'Sacrifice' (also released as a Maxi-Single via Legendaarne ' this track has caused some promising reactions by the listeners in the Baltic and Scandinavian regions...), 'Pikachu Warriors' (yes, it's truly Pikachu...), or 'Gone'. One remarkable fact taken out of the outstanding info-sheet I don't like to hide for you: Both of Evestus' parents are bikers and his father is the president of Ãsel Motorcycle Club, one of the largest bike gangs in Estonia. Evestus still can't fall asleep in silence.' This album as well as the artist is something special and a must-have buy for all harder, but also open-minded Goth-Rock fans.

Review by: Marc Tater - Chain D.L.K.

Evestus is a project that evolved from the Estonian metal band Solwaig in 2003, and following the success of the first two albums "Destiny In Life" (2004) and "Wastelands" (2006), we now have "This Is Dramacore".


With an art style reminiscent of Marilyn Manson's "Hollywood" period, the album is very well presented, as is the official website (see above link) which stays in theme nicely, using the "Dark Carnival" Blueprint nicely to create an anticipation of what is to come.


Describing Evestus' sound concisely is very difficult, as essentially Evestus is a sample heavy blend of alternative electronica with dashes of Industrial, Metal, Hip Hop and even World Music thrown in, but without any one sound seeming to dominate the others.



It is immediately apparent that a lot of thought has gone into this album, with strong themes running throughout with the lyrics, music and artwork all working in conjunction to create something increasingly rare these days.

An album!

Now what I mean by that is of course, that it feels like the album was constructed as a whole as opposed to a bunch of songs cobbled together from unrelated ideas.

The music runs the gamut from Nu-Metal styled Rock pieces, through Industrial Rhythm based noise anthems and sometimes ending up in quirky soundscapes, never seeming to settle long enough for the listener to let their guard down, with samples dropped in at regular intervals to help give the songs an added momentum and texture.

All of this leads to a very busy, convoluted series of songs, that makes for a very intense listening experience, heavy on atmosphere, light on convention.

In terms of the artists that you can see have had an influence, there is without a doubt a Marilyn Manson vibe, with elements of Aphex Twin, Laibach and Front Line Assembly all in there.

If you are looking for something different, Evestus has "Unique" written through it like a stick of Blackpool rock, and has enough ideas and quality to offer up an honestly strong album for general consumption.


7/10 - Recommended Tracks "All The Kings Drugs" and "Demons Of Fame" - graveconcernsezine.com

Ett förlöjligande av all dramatik världen har att erbjuda i en av årets hittills mest dramamusikaliska förpackning ger en ljuvt ironisk eftersmak. Evestus har fyllt ”This Is Dramacore” med de bästa elementen klassisk musik har att erbjuda tillsammans med hårda industribetonade slagverk och levererar ett av de mäktigaste albumen hittills i år enligt min mening.
Det hela börjar som så ofta görs med en föråldrad radiosändning i spåret ”Demons of Fame” och tempot dras upp på en gång. Evestus stoltserar med hela sitt arsenal redan i början och värmer upp inför titelspåret ”Dramacore” som är en av de argaste låtarna på länge, är du ett fan av medryckande riff skall du definitivt hålla öronen öppna när detta koncentrat av ilska drar igång. Inte att förglömma är det bisarra men melodiska örhänget ”Pikachu Warriors” som blandar ned några riktigt intressanta trumkomp i mixen och fortsätter med samma aggression som tidigare. Värt att nämna här är att mannen bakom Evestus är en professionellt tränad jazzbatterist och nog slinker den influensen in här och var. Sällan hörs en ensam baskagge på varje slag, ”This Is Dramacore” bjuder på bra mycket smakfullare örongodis än så!
Spåret ”Dramajunkie” tycks sammanfatta huvudbudskapet av albumet om möjligt än bättre än det som slutligen valdes och ibland tycks det massiva ljudlandskapet bli aningen mycket att ta in. Visst ges man andrum stundvis, och den episka låtstrukturen tonas emellertid ned i den nästsista låten ”Gone” och nog känns det som ett melankolisk, dystert avslut innan slutspåret ”So In Love” bjuder på ett sista ryck innan det hela sakta men säkert tonas ned helt och hållet.
En av årets bättre plattor kommer enligt min mening från Estland och bandet Evestus. Alltför sällan hörs skivsläpp av denna kvalitet inom samma genre, sällan spenderas så mycket tid på detaljerna vilka gör detta album inte bara till en samling låtar i följd, utan till en föreställning i särklass. Inte skall heller de visuella egenheterna gå obemärkta; en eloge till den galna estetiken som plattan paketerats med. Mycket bättre än så här blir det inte. Personligen kommer jag att hålla ögonen öppna på denna aktör, och jag rekommenderar er att göra detsamma.
Plattan avslutas på samma sätt som den började ”good bye, good bye” sjunger vad jag bara kan gissa är en dam från en inspelning av nittonhundratalets första radiosändningar. Hej då på dig själv, och på återseende Evestus! - Twist Magazine

„So suicide is out of fashion/And Manson lost his fucking balls/Trent has found a happy place now“ - mal ehrlich, wie soll man in so einem Umfeld noch interessanten Industrial-Rock produzieren? Das muss die Frage gewesen sein, die sich der aus Estland stammende Ott Evestus gestellt hat, bevor er mit der Arbeit an seinem mittlerweile dritten Album namens „This Is Dramacore“ begann.

Ob die Welt tatsächlich auf einen weiteren „-core“-Neologismus gewartet hat, wage ich zwar zu bezweifeln. Man muss Evestus allerdings zugestehen, dass der Begriff seinen Stil recht passend umschreibt: Verzerrte, dreckige Industrial-Elemente der härteren Gangart verbinden sich mit Zirkus- und Marschmusik, 40er-Jahre-Radiomusik, Streichern, Chören und anderem klassischen Instrumentarium zu einem stimmungsreichen und dynamischen Gesamtbild. Man stelle sich vor, jemand würde während einer Zaubervorstellung mit Dr. Frankenstein in einem heruntergekommenen Varieté-Theater eine Atombombe zünden – so ähnlich klingt Dramacore in seinen härtesten Momenten. Zwischen Gothic-Romantik und industrieller Zerstörungswut schafft sich Evestus damit seine eigene Klangnische, in der alles erlaubt ist.

So prallen schon im Opener flüsternde Chöre, verzerrte Raps, Gitarrenlicks, applaudierende Menschenmassen, fette Beats und stimmungsvolle Geigen aufeinander – und alles passt zusammen. Nicht einmal das Orchesterzwischenspiel inklusive Spieluhr klingt konstruiert oder gezwungen; die kuriosesten Kombinationen wirken schlicht natürlich.

„Dramacore“ verlegt anschließend den Fokus weg vom Bombast hin zu klassischen Haudrauf-Industrial-Sounds. Zwischendrin wird dennoch immer mal wieder ein harmonischer Streicherteppich eingeschoben, den dann ein Nackenbrecher von Riff in Grund und Boden stampft.

Man kann dieses ständige Pendeln zwischen Sturm und der Ruhe davor, gemischt mit einem gewissen Hang zum Pathos, vielleicht als einen der wenigen gleichbleibenden Grundsätze in Evestus' Musik festhalten, denn die meisten anderen Kategorisierungen greifen zu kurz oder gleich gar nicht. Zu viel macht der Este anders, zu viel wirft er durcheinander – und macht dabei so gut wie nichts falsch. Die meisten Kritikpunkte dürften eher eine Frage des persönlichen Geschmacks sein – nicht jedem wird Evestus' röhrend-kratzige Stimme gefallen und eine Spielzeit von über einer Stunde wirkt auch leicht ermüdend. Für jeden Industrial-Fan mit weitem musikalischem Horizont ist „This Is Dramacore“ aber trotzdem ein absolutes Muss.

Und auch wenn es (noch) unangenehm nach Druckerei müffelt: Für das großartig gestaltete, komplett farbige, 26-seitige Booklet gibt es noch einen halben Punkt oben drauf. Selten habe ich eine CD mit so liebevollem und stimmigem Design gesehen. - The-Pit.de

Evestus are an unconventional Estonian voice in the industrial scene. a potent mix of live orchestral music discordant vocals, samples and noise that comes together on 2010 release This Is Dramacore to tell tales of ego and pretension through both the voice of frontman Ott Evestus and Bioshock’s Fontaine, who is heavily sampled throughout the album. Harsh snares and kick drum machine loops affront the listener at the same time as a whole string section performs and otherwise soothing arrangement behind Evestus’ lyrics.
Ott Evestus is the singer, sole composer and producer of Evestus’ third album ‘This Is Dramacore’ which marks an instrumental boost for the band with live shows supported by a steady backing band including keys, guitars, drums and 4 cellos. Ott describes the sound of Dramacore as an “absinthe reeking carousel” where aggressive industrial and heavy orchestration meet in a “dynamic theatrical fusion”. The package of This Is Dramacore is just as weighty as its sound and concept with a hefty 28 page booklet featuring art and lyrics with artwork that is both complements and expands on the albums concepts. Aesthetically the package seems similar to In Strict Confidence’s Steampunk influenced album La Parade Monstrueuse but musically the two bands could not be further apart.
On the whole Dramacore paints the picture of the many costs of fame, scene drama and the rock and roll lifestyle. Its unconventional mix of strings, electronic music and metal that at times jars and grates but often works to spectacular effect. Whereas most symphonic metal is accompanied by operatic vocals or death metal wails Evestus’ throaty growlings are neither and best described as more of an offbeat croon.
As well as being richly steeped in its anarchic orchestral sound Evestus’ work is heavily influenced by cinematic RPG gaming with Dramacore rife with samples from Irrational Games underwater art deco epic “Bioshock” and previous album Wastelands inspired by Fallout 2. The sampling is expertly peppered throughout and used to great effect. Without descending into obvious repetitive “goth-foolery”.
In opening track Demons of fame there is a rap like vocal section that I was initially dubious about until I realised; I’ve heard this before to great effect, and some how, I was oblivious to the quality of the performance and how it sat in the song, though upon a second listen it was much better.
Demons Of Fame is about the time honored tradition of selling out your principles and talent to the almighty dollar and is a spooky blend of samples leading to Pitchshifter like bass riffs, all against a backdrop of orchestral strings sums up the Evestus sound in a single track.
The steam engine like pumping of Pikachu Warriors drum loops is made all the more urgent sounding by the keyboard sections. “We are the freaks, we’re here to entertain you” is heard over the horn like tooting of the keyboard evokes a sort of circus like atmosphere, complemented by the dirty and degraded artwork of the This Is Dramacore slipcase package with its twisted clowns and performers.

Conveniently confused continues the twisted circus theme with its swaying and soaring orchestral pretensions.
Sacrifice is gloriously discordant vocally while instrumentally charming and a symbolic moment of strength in an album where people are either confronting drama or their own personal demons.
At times this album has been reminiscent of late Skinny Puppy with a little less in the way of subtlety in their sampling choices. Evestus have made an effective and listenable album which only suffers as it tries so hard to fill a multitude of niches. However, the fact that Evestus have endeavored to produce something fully modern and genuinely experimental and is something that I can truly appreciate and enjoy in Dramacore. - Necromag.co.uk