Entheos - An End To Everything - LP COLOURED

Pushing progressive death metal in ever more imaginative directions, Entheos continue to stand apart from the pack. Incorporating elements drawn from myriad genres - including death metal, groove, grunge, electronica, slam, gothic rock, jazz, prog and more - they have evolved with every release, and now they return with the follow up to 2017’s landmark Dark Future, the diverse and exhilarating Time Will Take Us All.

Having stripped down to a two-piece in 2020, this has helped to streamline the band and allow the core members to make the music they want to with no compromise, which is clearly to their betterment. Koperweis - who takes the role of drummer in the band’s live lineup - has long written most of the guitar parts, so it was not a radically different writing process, but allowed him the freedom of complete control. Relying less on synths and electronic production than on previous releases, a lot of the more atmospheric elements are contributed by guitar, and there is even an acoustic guitar for the first time on an Entheos record. Crabb has also pushed herself harder than ever before, interested in consistently practicing to find new pitches and timbres in her voice, and she has most certainly extended the range of her screaming. Using pitched screaming to add melodic lines in many places, this is also the first Entheos record on which she has sung. “Singing has always been something that I’ve intended on adding to our band, I was just never willing to force it into parts that I didn’t feel like it fit into. On this album I really felt as though a lot of the material was musically calling for a more melodic vocal, so that’s where I took it. I’m really excited and proud to begin to venture into that territory and apply all areas of my voice to the music that we make.”

"An End to Everything’’s title and lyrics are significant on a personal level and depict an era in my life that ended with the death of a close friend because of addiction.
This person had thrived in life against many odds, but ultimately succumbed as a result of their own poor decisions. An End to Everything’ is about the nature of the darkness of life and the human experience.

Musically, our goal on this EP was to write five songs that could both stand on their own as singles and be cohesive as a collection. As always, we aimed to incorporate many different musical influences and blend them in a succinct way. Over the span of three months we worked from the demo stages to completion alongside Mark Lewis, who co-produced and engineered the EP, to make five tracks that are uniquely ‘Entheos’, and we are incredibly proud of the result.

Side A:
An End to Everything
All for Nothing
Life in Slow Motion
A Thousand Days
Return to Me

Side B:
Absolute Zero (Live In Nashville)
In Purgatory (Live In Nashville)
I Am the Void (Live In Nashville)