{{short description|American drummer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Navene Koperweis | image = Navene Koperweis.jpg | alt = | caption = Navene Koperweis playing with Entheos in 2018 | image_size = | landscape = | birth_name = | alias = Navene K, Navene-k | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|5|31}} | birth_place = San Jose, California, U.S. | origin = San Francisco, California, U.S. | genre = Progressive metal, djent, Hardcore punk, deathcore, technical death metal, dubstep, electronica | occupation = Musician, producer | instruments = Drums, guitar<!-- main instruments only --> | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | current_member_of = Entheos, Fleshwrought | past_member_of = Animals as Leaders, Animosity, The Faceless, Hoods | website = }}
'''Navene Koperweis''' (born May 31, 1985) is an American drummer, best known as the former drummer of Animosity, Hoods and Animals as Leaders.<ref name="MetalInjection">{{cite news | url=http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/breakups/animals-as-leaders-drummer-is-over-it | title=ANIMALS AS LEADERS Drummer Is Over It | work=Metal Injection | date=March 26, 2012 | accessdate=December 24, 2014 | author=Pasbani, Robert}}</ref> He currently plays for Entheos, and serves as session drummer for Job for a Cowboy and also Machine Head.<ref name="machine">{{Cite web |last=Kennelty |first=Greg |date=December 12, 2021 |title=MACHINE HEAD Enlists ENTHEOS Drummer For New Album |url=https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/machine-head-enlists-entheos-drummer-for-new-album |access-date=December 29, 2021 |website=Metal Injection}}</ref>
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.<ref name="MetalSucks">{{cite web | url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/03/15/12-navene-koperweis-animals-as-leaders-animosity-fleshwrought/ | title=#12: NAVENE KOPERWEIS (ANIMALS AS LEADERS, ANIMOSITY, FLESHWROUGHT) | publisher=MetalSucks | date=March 15, 2012 | accessdate=December 24, 2014 | author=Mustein, Dave}}</ref><ref name="MetalCovenant">{{cite web | url=http://www.metalcovenant.com/pages/interviews/interview_fleshwrought.htm | title=Interview with Fleshwrought | publisher=Metal Covenant | date=August 13, 2010 | accessdate=March 11, 2014}}</ref> He is also a dubstep/electronica producer,<ref name="MetalSucks2">{{cite web | url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/05/08/navene-koperweis-makes-electronic-music-debut-with-pocky/ | title=NAVENE KOPERWEIS MAKES ELECTRONIC MUSIC DEBUT WITH "POCKY" | publisher=MetalSucks | date=May 8, 2012 | accessdate=December 24, 2014 | author=Neilstein, Vince}}</ref> and has released an electronic EP, ''Human Design'', under the name Navene K.<ref name="periodicals">{{cite magazine | url=http://readperiodicals.com/201201/2527682221.html#b | title=Animals as Leaders' drummer is at the forefront of a movement where playing and programming mesh in remarkably bold and complex ways | magazine=Modern Drummer Publications | date=January 1, 2012 | accessdate=February 9, 2012 | author=Micallef, Ken}}</ref>
His influences include Tim Alexander, Joey Jordison, Kevin Talley, John Longstreth, Terry Bozzio, Skrillex, Noisia, and Deadmau5.<ref name="periodicals" /><ref name=sickdrummer>{{cite web|title=Navene Koperweis|url=http://www.sickdrummermagazine.com/index.php/the-drummers/death-grind/563-navene-koperweis.html|publisher=www.sickdrummermagazine.com|accessdate=January 29, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803211839/http://www.sickdrummermagazine.com/index.php/the-drummers/death-grind/563-navene-koperweis.html|archivedate=August 3, 2012}}</ref>
== 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 == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.navenek.com/}} * [http://www.metalsucks.net/tag/navene-koperweis/ Navene Koperweis] at MetalSucks * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200108115415/https://meinlcymbals.com/artists/artist/ARTIST/navene_koperweis/ Navene Koperweis] at Meinl Cymbals website * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120803211839/http://www.sickdrummermagazine.com/index.php/the-drummers/death-grind/563-navene-koperweis.html Navene Koperweis] at Sickdrummer magazine * [https://soundcloud.com/navene-k Navene Koperweis] at SoundCloud
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