Evereve – Regret

Evereve is one of the interesting bands of the metal world. Their album Regret, which they released after their two outstanding albums (Seasons and Stormbirds), is dedicated to their vocalist Tom Sedotschenko, who had passed away. Therefore, although it contains sad moments, it does not feel like a mourning album. The band actually revealed their perspective after Tom’s death with the following words from Fall Into Oblivion:

“We kissed the girls, we drank the wine

So why the hell doesn’t die

We cried out our songs to indifferent ears

So why the hell doesn’t die

… And fall into oblivion…

… And fall into oblivion… “

It was a fitting, non-crying approach to the death of a German metal vocalist. In this album, Ben Richter accompanied the band on vocals. He once sang it in the band with the strange name Thanateros. Regret is Evereve’s only album recorded with Ben. After this album, Michael Zeissl, the band’s keyboardist, took over the vocals, and the band went through a bold style change. Increasing the dose of electronics in the following albums, the band moved towards industrial and started naming their style Cygorome (Cyber Goth Rock Metal). Therefore, I also broke away from the group after Regret. Even though they seemed to pick things up a bit with 2005’s Tried&Failed, I still wasn’t very keen on it.

Anyway, when it comes to Regret, even though it reminds me of Crematory from time to time with its heavy use of keyboards and powerful metal guitars, it is not as original as them, but both Ben Richter’s vocals and beautiful compositions are the main factors that make the album listenable. Especially the first four songs are really great. If you like good gothic metal and have skipped this ’99 album, I can recommend you to listen to these first. The fifth song of the album is the Animals cover House Of The Rising Sun and frankly, it is one of the best covers I have heard in my life. It is almost as beautiful as the original. After Rising Sun, an interesting instrumental called The Eclipse Of The Seventh Sun comes and the album continues with Passion and Demise. I liked this song a lot too, but the next two tracks and the club edit versions of the last song, House Of The Rising Sun, are weak compared to the rest of the album. The band seems to have spent all their song writing talent on the first 7 tracks.

As mentioned, the band later switched their style to a more electronic structure. In fact, as you know, there were many groups that made such moves. The first band that comes to mind is Covenant (or The Kovenant, ince being sued). Nagash and friends, who managed to make an extreme metal album that was quite different for its time with Nexus Polaris, later shifted completely to industrial. As a result, a question arises as to whether music is for the listener or for the musician’s self. Of course, musicians are free to do whatever they want. Ultimately, I think there is no room for a conservative perspective in music as an art form. However, I guess there are times when I and many metal listeners like me remain a little conservative. This seems to stem from the difference between producing and listening to what is produced, what do you think? Stay metal.

8/10