END.

They certainly draw a jagged nail through the hardcore songbook to release an altered beast into the metal landscape.

END are here to make a noise. Done. Easiest one we've written! At least, it would be done if we didn't have some serious hero crushes on these guys. The supergroup, comprising members of Fit For An Autopsy, Counterparts, Shai Hulud, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Reign Supreme, certainly draw a jagged nail through the hardcore songbook to release an altered beast into the metal landscape.

END dropped 'From The Unforgiving Arms Of God' EP back in 2017 and it is insane. 'Usurper', 'Chewing Glass' and 'Necessary Death' showcase the band's shattered glass sound, bandleader and guitarist Will Putney casting riffs in cold iron and pelting you with them. Vocalist Brendan Murphy has pain and anguish to spare, it's bleeding raw and visceral.

Second record 'Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face' continued END's assault, the track 'Fear For Me Now' sums it up;
'Shield the ears of creation.
Hands forever free of blood.
I am the foundation on which dreams die…
predicting an imminent pain through delusions of decay.'
Bleakness and frustration in a wire bound bat across the ears.

Fans of Nails and Trap Them will no doubt flock to these guys like moths to a flame and rightfully so. END have already built a solid foundation and we can't wait to see what else such a powerhouse can do.