END – guitarist Will Putney, vocalist Brendan Murphy, guitarist Gregory Thomas, bassist Jay Pepito, and drummer Matt Guglielmo – will release their second album The Sin of Human Frailty on 27th October via Closed Casket Activities.
Today they release new single ‘Thaw’, featuring guest vocals from Debbie Gough of Heriot. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/2DnEOg7MaC0
Pre-order The Sin of Human Frailty here: https://closedcasketactivities.com/collections/end
The band comment: “Thaw’ is a thematically more bizarre exploration into electronics for END. It’s a very boundary-less song and one of the more self-fulfilling moments found in the writing process. As a musician it’s important to express the purest intent of your thoughts, and sometimes that requires reaching beyond the normal instrumentation one is accustomed to. The result is something new for us, but also a part of us. Thank you to Debbie Gough of Heriot for lending her voice to the track. And thank you for giving this new creative passage a listen.“
Check out the videos to previous singles:
‘The Sin Of Human Frailty’: https://youtu.be/KGM20HyljEA
‘Gaping Wounds of Earth’: https://youtu.be/cDGbUFs_vpI
Formed in 2017, END‘s From the Unforgiving Arms of God EP spawned the fan-favourite ‘Necessary Death,’ and led to them signing with label Closed Casket Activities. Highlighted by ‘Covet Not’ and ‘Absence’, the band bulldosed the senses with their 2020 full-length debut, Splinters From an Ever-Changing Face. Brooklyn Vegan hailed ‘Pariah’ as “an absolutely filthy dose of modern metalcore,” and Kerrang! went as far as to describe their debut LP as “catharsis fed through a distortion pedal and shaped into a dense, destructive wrecking ball.” Perhaps, Invisible Oranges put it best: “These gentlemen have come together to summon a fury seldom heard on any album from the realms of hardcore, grind, and black metal…”
In 2023, the members congregated once again to write and record what would become this sophomore release.
“Part of the goal was to do things our way,” states Putney. “We didn’t want to lean on our influences too heavily, whether it’s in terms of production, guitar tone, arrangement, or other elements. We were like, ‘Let’s just make a record that sounds like END.’ I feel like there’s more of an identity to the band than there has ever been on this record.“
The final result is a unique blend of HM2-driven grind and metallic hardcore crossover with moments of industrial chaos over ten tracks. Featuring guest vocal appearances by J.R. Hayes (Pig Destroyer), Debbie Gough (Heriot), and Dylan Walker (Full of Hell), this Graphic Nature Audio recording clocks in over 30 minutes of unhinged aggression and grind. Produced and engineered by Will Putney and featuring the art of Alex Eckman-Lawn, this release pushes the complexity of END both sonically and visually. Vinyl comes packaged in a ten panel die-cut jacket, pressed on deluxe coloured vinyl and with a digital download code.
END will embark on a U.S. tour with Full of Hell in the autumn.
END are:
Will Putney – guitar
Brendan Murphy – vocals
Gregory Thomas – gutiar
Jay Pepito – bass
Matt Guglielmo – drums
END online:
https://www.yourfuckingend.com
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