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.^[1] He currently plays for Entheos, and serves as session drummer for Job for a Cowboy and also Machine Head.^[2]

Navene Koperweis
Navene Koperweis playing with Entheos in 2018
Background information
Also known as	Navene K, Navene-k
Born	(1985-05-31) May 31, 1985 (age 39) San Jose, California, U.S.
Origin	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Progressive metal, djent, deathcore, technical death metal, dubstep, electronica
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer
Instruments	Drums, guitar
Member of	Entheos, Fleshwrought
Formerly of	Animals as Leaders, Animosity, The Faceless, Hoods

Koperweis started drumming when he was eleven years old. He has played for The Faceless, and runs his technical death metal project, Fleshwrought, where he plays all instruments.^[3][4] He is also a dubstep/electronica producer,^[5] and has released an electronic EP, Human Design, under the name Navene K.^[6]

His influences include Tim Alexander, Joey Jordison, Kevin Talley, John Longstreth, Terry Bozzio, Skrillex, Noisia, and Deadmau5.^[6][7]

Discography

Hoods

• Prey for Death (2003)
• Hoods/Freya (2004)

Animosity

• Shut It Down (2003)
• Empires (2005)
• Animal (2007)

The Faceless

• Akeldama (track #4 only; 2006)

Fleshwrought

• Dementia/Dyslexia (2010)

Animals as Leaders

• Weightless (2011)
• The Joy of Motion (production; 2014)

Navene K

• Human Design (EP; 2012)
• "Tear It Up" (Single; 2013)
• "Night Movement" (Single; 2014)
• "Warrior / Secret Police" (Single; 2014)
• Mind (EP; 2014)

Evan Brewer

• Your Itinerary (2013)

Entheos

• Primal EP (2015)
• The Infinite Nothing (2016)
• Dark Future (2017)
• Time Will Take Us All (2023)

An Endless Sporadic

• Magic Machine (2016)

Job for a Cowboy

• Moon Healer (2024)

The Minerva Conduct

• "The Minerva Conduct" (2017)

Whitechapel

• The Valley (2019)

Machine Head

• Circle the Drain (2020) (stand-alone single)
• My Hands Are Empty (2020) (stand-alone single)
• Arrows in Words from the Sky (2021) (EP)
• Of Kingdom and Crown (2022)