Entheos sign to Metal Blade Records

ENTHEOS have signed to Metal Blade Records!

Originally forming in 2015, since 2020, the lineup of the progressive death metal band has been stripped down to core founding members drummer Navene Koperweis – who has now also taken on guitar duties – and vocalist Chaney Crabb, and they have never been more vital. Now, as the band regroup and move forwards, they have announced they have signed to prestigious label Metal Blade Records.

Speaking about signing with Metal Blade, the band says, “we are incredibly excited to announce that we have signed with Metal Blade Records. Metal Blade is a pillar in the metal community and consistently releases music from many of the world’s greatest bands. We are proud to be associated with such a label and look forward to our future working together.”

Following their signing to Metal Blade, the band are hard at work on a new album that explores a broad musical spectrum, which they plan to drop in early 2022. The bond between Crabb and Koperweis – which extends into their personal life, having been a couple since before the band was even formed. “We respect each other greatly – not only as artists, but as people. Our relationship and the mutual passion that we have for ENTHEOS has consistently been the backbone of this band. We share a vision that we are unwilling to compromise – in music, art, live shows and beyond. Having been together romantically for ten years, we are very aware of how to play to each other’s strengths. In the creative process, we don’t just write for the sake of our own voice being heard, but what would complement both of our musical voices and vision. We don’t want anything about this project to be an afterthought, so in the creative and planning stages, it is crucial for us to see it together as a whole and understand how we both fit in.

We took the pandemic as an opportunity to reimagine every aspect of the band and plan on re-emerging stronger and more focused than ever with a new release. With this record, we are pushing beyond the boundaries of what we believe this band is. It is by far the heaviest and fastest record we’ve made, while simultaneously being the most dynamic and diverse showcase of genre-bending musicianship, melody and progressive themes. We are also more focused than ever on vocal performance, and Chaney will be incorporating pitched screaming and singing along with a more diverse metal vocal range. Six years, two albums and many tours later, it is just the two of us, and we want to prove that the heart and soul of ENTHEOS is not only far from gone, but that in this iteration, we can still deliver the best and most passionate release that we have created.”

For more information on ENTHEOS like their official page on Facebook.