Entheos is an American
progressive metal
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super-group formed in 2015 by ex-members of
Animosity
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* ''Animosity'' (comic), an American comic book series published by AfterShock Comics
*Animosity (band)
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. Including that some of the members were part of well known groups such as
Animals as Leaders
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,
The Faceless
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. They released their debut
EP ''Primal'' in March 2015 and their debut album ''
The Infinite Nothing'' in April 2016. The band announced their return to the studio in March 2017 and released ''Dark Future'' in November of the same year.
History
Entheos was formed by drummer
Navene Koperweis
Navene Koperweis (born May 31, 1985) is an American drummer, best known as the former drummer of Animosity, Hoods and Animals as Leaders. He currently plays for Entheos, and serves as session drummer for Job for a Cowboy and also Machine Head. ...
, vocalist Chaney Crabb, bassist
Evan Brewer
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, and ex-
Animosity
Animosity may refer to:
* ''Animosity'' (comic), an American comic book series published by AfterShock Comics
*Animosity (band)
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guitarist Frank Costa in early 2015. Crabb's vocal prowess rose to prominence after her vocal audition video for
Veil of Maya
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's vacant singer spot went viral.
After their initial lineup was solidified, the band posted a series of studio update teaser videos to their
Facebook
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page. The band posted the album artwork and release date for an upcoming work on February 25, 2015. Their debut
EP, ''Primal - EP'' on March 15, 2015. Preceding the official release, the band posted the entirety of ''Primal'' to their
BandCamp
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on March 12, 2015.
On November 2, 2015, Entheos announced that guitarist Frank Costa had departed the band due to "things in his life that need to be taken care of, which we feel cannot be achieved while being involved in this project." In the same statement the band announced that guitarist Malcom Pugh had joined the band to replace Costa.
On May 5, 2015, the band posted a video to their
Facebook
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page, announcing that they were already recording music for a new release.
On April 1, 2016, the band released their debut album ''
The Infinite Nothing''.
On June 2, 2016, Entheos announced via their Facebook page that Malcom Pugh had departed the band.
In the same post, the band announced that former
Scale the Summit
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The band is influenced by other progressive acts such as Cynic and Dream Theater. The band gain ...
guitarist Travis LeVrier had joined the band on a permanent basis. The band also posted a play-through video of LeVrier performing "An Ever-Expanding Human" to their
Facebook
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page, and
Artery Recordings
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On August 31, 2017, it was announced that Artery was acquired by Warner ...
'
YouTube
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channel.
On March 14, 2017,
Navene Koperweis
Navene Koperweis (born May 31, 1985) is an American drummer, best known as the former drummer of Animosity, Hoods and Animals as Leaders. He currently plays for Entheos, and serves as session drummer for Job for a Cowboy and also Machine Head. ...
announced via his
Facebook
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page that the band had returned to the studio again. The Entheos
Facebook
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page additionally posted a video depicting studio work with the
hashtag
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"lp2".
On September 7, 2017, Entheos announced the release date for their new, and second album ''Dark Future''. The album was released on November 10, 2017 through
Spinefarm Records
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History
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. To promote the album they released a single "The World Without Us".
Entheos announced on January 21, 2019, that Evan Brewer was departing the band.
The band released a new single, "Remember You Are Dust" on March 18, 2020. This came along with an announcement that Travis LeVrier was no longer a member of the band and that going forward Navene Koperweis would be writing and recording all the drums, guitars and bass in the studio.
In May 2021, Entheos announced that they were signed to
Metal Blade Records
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and are expected to release their third album in early 2022.
On April 5, 2022, Entheos announced that they had completed work on their third album and it was currently being mixed by Mark Lewis, with plans on releasing it later in 2022 via Metal Blade Records. The band also announced the return of Evan Brewer on bass for the new album on a studio-only basis, as well as their tour supporting Archspire on the Tech Trek V tour through mid-May 2022. Lastly, the band announced the addition of Brian James (ex-Fallujah) on rhythm guitar and Robert Brown (ex-Slaughter to Prevail) on lead guitar as part of their 2022 live lineup.
Band members
Current members
*
Navene Koperweis
Navene Koperweis (born May 31, 1985) is an American drummer, best known as the former drummer of Animosity, Hoods and Animals as Leaders. He currently plays for Entheos, and serves as session drummer for Job for a Cowboy and also Machine Head. ...
– drums, synthesizers
(2015–present), guitars
(2020–present), bass
(2019–2021)
* Chaney Crabb –
vocals
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(2015–present)
*
Evan Brewer
Evan Brewer (born September 23, 1981) is an American musician from Nashville, Tennessee. He is the current bassist of Fallujah and formerly played bass for Entheos and technical death metal band The Faceless. He has also been involved in other ...
– bass
(2015–2019, 2021–present tudio only
Former members
* Frank Costa – guitars
(2015)
* Malcolm Pugh – guitars
(2015-2016)
* Travis LeVrier – guitars
(2016–2020)
Current live/touring members
* Robert Brown – lead guitar
(2022–present)
* Brian James – rhythm guitar
(2022-present)
Former live/touring members
* Tim Walker – bass
(2019–2020)
Timeline
Discography
Albums
EPs
''Primal'' (March 15, 2015)
References
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Death metal musical groups from California
Metal Blade Records artists
Musical groups from the San Francisco Bay Area
Musical quartets
Technical death metal musical groups