"It's hard to make a five-minute deathcore song interesting from start to finish, and Enterprise Earth nailed it on "The Reaper's Servant"... It's big. It's bold. It bangs." - Revolver
"Offering an initial glimpse of the devastation packaged onto the project, Enterprise Earth have shared an eviscerating first single in "King of Ruination" featuring Ben Duerr from Shadow of Intent. Coupled with a unnerving visual directed by Nick Chance, the future for Enterprise Earth couldn't look brighter." - Knotfest.com
"The djent is strong in the Washington deathcore stalwarts' latest, which is all ultra-low-tuned chug, pitch-shifter squeals and syncopated stop-start riffs that will flip your stomach - not to mention a solo so technical and unsettling it would make Fredrik Thordendal jealous." - Guitar World
"... "King of Ruination", a sprawling, technical, foreboding piece of dark magic. Bile-drenched one moment, beautifully crafted the next, it's an incredible place to kick off such a thoughtful and thrilling chapter." - idobi Radio
Release Day is upon us, and Enterprise Earth has unleashed upon the world their hotly-anticipated new album 'Death: An Anthology' (via MNRK Heavy). In celebration of the news, the band shared their intensely brutal yet deeply poignant latest offering "Blood and Teeth" along with the accompanying music video. Speaking about "Blood and Teeth", the band shared:
"'Blood and Teeth' lays out a gut-wrenching story of poisonous attachment, a cycle of self-harm and submission to the tragic realization of how much pain one can put themselves through for the sake of another’s admiration. Musically, this is the most elaborate song on 'Death: An Anthology'.
Moving through a clean piano intro, to blazing leads over a catchy groove, to death metal riffage, to a catchy metalcore adjacent chorus, to a dare we say sexy bridge, only to unleash the filthiest breakdown of the album at the end. The video is a direct visual representation of this and we hope it evokes an emotional response similar to the ones felt in its production."
When asked about the album, guitarist, backing vocalist, and producer Gabe Mangold commented:
"I consider 'Death: An Anthology' to be our most expressive, intense, diverse, and finest work that Enterprise Earth has ever achieved so far and I hope I can say that with every body of music that we release. This album was SO much fun to create from every facet and while there are many peaks of brutality and valleys of melodic expressiveness, I hope the listener experiences the same emotions while listening that we did while creating: sheer enjoyment, empowerment, unity, catharsis, and so much more. Drown in Abyss, let it take us."
Leading up to today, the band has previously released "King of Ruination" with special guest Ben Duerr from Shadow of Intent, "The Reaper's Servant" featuring Darius Tehrani of Spite, and "Casket of Rust". Stream 'Death: An Anthology' in all of its unrelenting glory here and snag band-exclusive vinyl formats of the album in "Black Ice" and "Inferno" (available here) and in "Ghostly" and "Copper Nugget" formats through the MNRK Heavy Shop here. Watch the music video for "Blood and Teeth" below.
While the band is currently traversing across Europe on the Hymns of the Apocrypha Tour (alongside Suffocation, Sanguisugabogg, and Organectomy), tickets are now on sale for Enterprise Earth's upcoming headliner Death: An Anthology North American Tour with Inferi, Crown Magnetar, and Tracheotomy as support. VIP packages are available (limited to 25 for each show) which include one general admission ticket, exclusive merch, early entry, photo and Q&A, 10% off the merchandise table, and a giant Jenga tournament with the band. Tickets and VIP packages are sure to go quickly, so get yours while you can at the link here.
Death: An Anthology North American Tour Dates
Apr 11 - Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Underground
Apr 12 - San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
Apr 13 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Apr 14 - San Francisco, CA @ Neck of The Woods
Apr 16 - Portland, OR @ Dante's
Apr 17 - Seattle, WA @ Madame Lou's
Apr 18 - Spokane, WA @ The Big Dipper
Apr 19 - Missoula, MT @ ZACC
Apr 20 - Calgary, BC @ Dickens
Apr 21 - Edmonton, BC @ Starlite
Apr 23 - Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre
Apr 24 - Minneapolis, MN @ Amsterdam Bar
Apr 25 - Des Moines, IA @ xBk
Apr 26 - Chicago, IL @ WC Social Club
Apr 27 - Cleveland, OH @ TempleLive (Jester's)
Apr 28 - Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary
Apr 29 - Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck
Apr 30 - Montreal, QC @ Fairmount Theatre
May 01 - Portland, ME @ House of Music
More than anything else, we share death in common. This universal eventuality unites us. In an evolutionary sense, it effectively ensures our equality. No matter who you are, you will die. Enterprise Earth explore death from a different perspective altogether. Rather than turn away from it, the U.S. quartet—Gabe Mangold [guitar, backing vocals, production], Brandon Zackey [drums], Travis Worland [vocals], and Dakota Johnson [bass]—face it head-on with their fifth full-length offering, DEATH: AN ANTHOLOGY [MNRK HEAVY]. Against an apocalyptic soundtrack of battering ram double bass drums, gut-punching guitars, and disarmingly dynamic vocals, the group present their most immersive and inimitable vision yet.
“The album is tied together by the overarching concept of death,” Travis states. “It’s easy to think of death as a separation of consciousness from the body, but we’re delving into the death of self, individuality, and relationships—whether romantic or platonic. Dying takes many forms. I grew up extremely religious, so death has always been on my mind. In any religion, the afterlife is the umbrella for all of your beliefs. I tend to think of death from a more philosophical standpoint these days.”
The band have always incited mosh pits and thought in equal measure. Since emerging during 2014, Enterprise Earth have logged two back-to-back debuts in the Top 10 of the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart, while Loudwire cited Luciferous among the “50 Best Metal Albums of 2019.” Hysteria Mag heralded 2022’s The Chosen as “a veritable masterclass in experimentation and reinvention that shows a highly skilled band transcending its roots and making steps to become leaders of a field still being created,” while Metal Injection summed it up as “a strong statement.” Plus having toured with the likes of Thy Art Is Murder, Dying Fetus, Chelsea Grin, Fit For An Autopsy, Fallujah, Within Destruction, and more.
With Gabe once again in the producer’s chair, the musicians holed up in a Lake Tahoe cabin for nine days where they penned the bulk of DEATH: AN ANTHOLOGY. It marked the first time this lineup wrote together (and in-person) as well as with Travis on vocal duties.
“We fed off one another’s energy,” recalls Gabe. “These songs felt cohesive because of that. We all had a hand in the composition.”
In the end, death may be inevitable, but you can rely on Enterprise Earth for a release in the meantime.
“We wanted to make an album that feels like who we are as a collective,” the band agreed. “On the one hand, we hope you have fun listening to it. On the other, just know, ‘Death is real and it comes for us all’. One day, we won’t be here anymore. While we’re alive, we want to enjoy it.”
Enterprise Earth Is:
Gabe Mangold [guitar, backing vocals, production]
Travis Worland [vocals]
Brandon Zackey [drums]
Dakota Johnson [bass]