Entheos Drop ‘Golden Crown’ and Raise the Stakes for ‘Empty On The Inside’ – First Look (Video Premieres) – Jammerzine

Entheos have today released their new single and video titled ‘Golden Crown’, from their upcoming album ‘Empty On The Inside’, dropping October 23rd via Metal Blade Records. For a band that has never been accused of taking the easy road, Entheos somehow manage to make technical mastery feel almost suspiciously effortless on “Golden Crown.” While plenty of progressive metal acts disappear into endless displays of musical gymnastics, Entheos remember the one thing that actually matters. Songs. Real songs. The kind that punch you in the chest before your brain has time to calculate the time signatures. It is a refreshing reminder that complexity means very little if nobody remembers the chorus five minutes later.

The video mirrors that same philosophy. Rather than burying the performance beneath an avalanche of cinematic distractions, it keeps the focus exactly where it belongs. Chaney Crabb commands every frame with a presence that feels both controlled and completely unhinged, while the band attacks the track with the confidence of musicians who know exactly how much chaos they can unleash before everything snaps. The visuals amplify the mood instead of competing with it, which is becoming a surprisingly rare skill.

What really separates ‘Golden Crown’ from the endless flood of modern metal singles is its sense of restraint. Yes, there are riffs that could flatten a building. Yes, the breakdown lands with enough force to rearrange your internal organs. But underneath all of that is a hook that refuses to leave your head. The influence of classic Nineties rock and metal is there without turning into cosplay. Entheos borrow the spirit instead of photocopying the blueprint, creating something that feels familiar without sounding recycled.

That balance makes Empty On The Inside look less like another technical flex and more like a genuine evolution. The collaboration between Chaney Crabb, Navene Koperweis, Scott Carstairs, and Michael Stancel sounds focused rather than overcrowded, with every performance serving the song instead of someone’s résumé. Production from Mark Lewis gives everything enough weight without sanding away the grit, allowing the record’s more melodic moments to breathe while keeping its heavier instincts fully intact.

If ‘Golden Crown’ is any indication, Empty On The Inside, arriving October 23rd via Metal Blade Records, is shaping up to be the album where Entheos stop being the band that musicians constantly recommend to each other and become the band everyone else finally catches up to. Progressive metal does not need another exercise in technical excess. It needs records with personality, conviction, and songs worth revisiting. Entheos appear to have gotten that memo long before everyone else.

“‘Golden Crown’ is a song that we spent a few years writing and re-writing until we felt that we really had it right. The chorus of the song was originally written in 2020, long before we began working on this album, and it was so strong that we knew we had to include it on the album. Once the song was finished, it became obvious to us that this was what we wanted to release as our first single. When writing this song, we channeled a lot of our favorite bands and influences from the ‘90s — we were aiming to write a ‘heavier’ version of a ‘90s rock song that included creepy synths, huge chorus and an explosive breakdown.

“Lyrically, the song is about losing yourself in a deeply destructive attachment that feels both empowering and imprisoning. The formed relationship has become inseparable from your identity. The lyric, ‘I’ve worn you like a golden crown year after year,’ represents a burden that is destroying you, but has also become how you define yourself.”
Chaney Crabb

About ‘Empty On The Inside’

Empty On The Inside is the most ambitious and fully realized album of Entheos’ career. Featuring vocalist Chaney Crabb (voice actress for Jill Valentine in Dead By Daylight) and multi-instrumentalist Navene Koperweis (ex-Animals As Leaders, Animosity), alongside guitarists Scott Carstairs (Fallujah) and Michael Stancel (Allegaeon), the record captures the band at their most collaborative and creatively unified. The result is a record that delivers the jaw-dropping musicianship and progressive intensity the band is known for while embracing tighter songwriting, stronger hooks, and a deeper melodic presence — channeling the raw, visceral energy of ’90s rock and metal into something wholly modern and entirely their own.

States the band, “Empty On The Inside is a statement piece for us. From the start, our goal was to capture the raw, visceral energy that made ’90s rock and metal so impactful and timeless by prioritizing authentic performances and our individual voices as musicians over hyper-polished modern production.”

Empty On The Inside was produced by Mark Lewis (The Black Dahlia Murder, Fallujah, Whitechapel) and mastered by Justin Sturtz at Sterling Sound. The album’s striking visual artwork was created by Zac Shiffer (Nine Inch Nails, Behemoth, Soundgarden).

‘Empty On The Inside’ Tracklist

1. Hell Is A Part Of Me
2. Empty On The Inside
3. Hollow
4. Call My Name
5. Golden Crown
6. Undone
7. Tomblight (Ft. Michael Lessard)
8. Pale Faith
9. Never Let Me Go
10. The Earth Will Move

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