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.
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. He is also a dubstep/electronica producer, and has released an electronic EP, Human Design, under the name Navene K.
His influences include Tim Alexander, Joey Jordison, Kevin Talley, John Longstreth, Terry Bozzio, Skrillex, Noisia, and Deadmau5.
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)
References
External links
Navene Koperweis at MetalSucks Navene Koperweis at Meinl Cymbals website Navene Koperweis at Sickdrummer magazine Navene Koperweis at SoundCloud