A few words from drummer Adam Jarvis (Misery Index/Pig Destroyer/Lock Up/Scour) about his new project. “End Reign is a colossal crossover beast with everything from vicious vocals, sick solos, slapping bass, crushing riffs, and groovy in-your-face beats… Dom and I practiced the material non-stop in 2021 and went into the studio ready to rip. I was able to track the drums in one day. That was a first for me! So If you’re a fan of hardcore/thrash and all things heavy, “The Way of All Flesh Is Decay” is sure to violate your ears. Turn it up to 11.”
End Reign – House of Thieves filmed at Metro Baltimore.
Adam’s Gear:
Ddrum M.A.X. Series Maple/Alder drumkit
Snare- Ddrum 6.5” X 14” Modern Tone Brass snare, aka “The Hammer”
Sabian Cymbals:
14” AA Rock hats
16” XSR Rock crash
18” AAXplosion crash
21” AAXplosion Ride/crash
22” HH Power Bell ride
19” AAX-treme China
18” B8X China
Vic Firth Rock drumsticks
Aquarian Reflector Snare and Tom heads
Aquarian Superkick II Kick head
END REIGN makes their Relapse Records debut with their explosive album, The Way Of All Flesh Is Decay. Masterminded by underground music fixture Domenic Romeo (Integrity/Pulling Teeth/A389 Recordings) and featuring an all-star cast of musicians and contributors, END REIGN fuses apocalyptic hardcore with vicious metal in a deadly collision of the classic and the modern.
Taking musical inspiration from ’80s linchpins Amebix, Bathory, Slayer, and Cro-Mags, END REIGN features the talents of Mike Score of New York metalcore kings All Out War, Adam Jarvis of grind titans Pig Destroyer and Misery Index, the former Bloodlet bassist Arthur Legere and Exhumed/Noisem shredder Sebastian Phillips.
Score’s lyrics explore the psychological torment of being trapped between opposing realities. “Most of the album, especially songs like ‘The Hunger’ and ‘Death Comes Crawling,’ deal with being caught between two worlds—the living and the dead, heaven and hell, what was and what is to come,” the vocalist explains.
Recorded over a year at Landmine Studios with Len Carmichael at the helm, END REIGN’s full-length debut features vocal cameos from Romeo’s longtime collaborator and Integrity bandmate Dwid Hellion, Full Of Hell’s Dylan Walker and—incredibly—Ed Ka-Spel from avant-rock fabulous The Legendary Pink Dots.
The result is one of 2023’s most aggressive and enthralling albums. “This album is like riding a rollercoaster in a theme park based on all the extreme music I’ve enjoyed throughout my life,” Romeo says. “I hope that any fans of our musical family tree will enjoy the ride as much as we did.”
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theendreign
Twitter: @theendreign
Released July 14, 2023, via Relapse Records
Recorded/Mixed/Mastered By: Len Carmichael / Landmine Studios
Outside Artwork by: Michelle Eddison
Inside Artwork by: Michael ‘Away’ Langevin
END REIGN L-R:
Arthur Legere
Domenic Romeo
Sebastian Phillips
Mike Score
Adam Jarvis
