Entheos

Emerging from California, the technical death metal outfit Entheos maintains connections to Animosity, Animals as Leaders, and The Faceless while delivering a punishing style the group itself labels "death fusion." In 2016 the ensemble crashed the U.S. rock charts with The Infinite Nothing, after which the 2017 release Dark Future and the 2023 album Time Will Take Us All incorporated additional progressive touches into an otherwise unyielding deathcore approach.

Entheos coalesced in 2015 around drummer Navene Koperweis (Animosity, Animals as Leaders), bassist Evan Brewer (Animosity, the Faceless), guitarist Frank Costa (Animosity), and vocalist Chaney Crabb (Systems). Following Animosity’s 2008 dissolution, Koperweis, Brewer, and Costa circulated through assorted endeavors until Koperweis, who had already produced Crabb’s prior band Systems, recognized that her intense vocal approach suited the new project he was shaping with his former Animosity colleagues. The musicians assembled rapidly and issued the independent debut EP Primal in early 2015. They soon secured a contract with Artery Records, which led to supporting dates alongside Veil of Maya and Oceano plus festival appearances with Between the Buried and Me and the Red Chord.

The band’s first full-length studio album, Infinite Nothing, surfaced in early 2016 and peaked at number 24 on Billboard’s hard rock chart. After moving to the Spinefarm label, Entheos issued Dark Future in November 2017, which performed solidly on both the U.S. indie and hard rock tallies. Prior to unveiling their subsequent long-player, the group aligned with Metal Blade. Time Will Take Us All arrived in 2023, expanding the progressive metal framework with fresh sonic textures drawn from groove-metal, grunge, electronica, and jazz-tinged goth-rock.