END IT Commences With Debut LP ‘Wrong Side Of Heaven’

Baltimore’s hardcore heavyweights End It are back — louder, sharper, and more dangerous than ever. With their long-awaited debut full-length Wrong Side of Heaven, dropping August 29 on Flatspot Records, the band lights a righteous fire under the genre, delivering 15 blistering tracks forged from truth, fury, and raw lived experience.

If you’ve been anywhere near a pit in the past five years, you already know: End It doesn’t pull punches. Since forming in 2017, vocalist Akil Godsey, drummer Chris Gonzalez, guitarist Ray Lee, and bassist Patrick Martin have carved a reputation as one of hardcore’s most electric live acts. From early EPs like One Way Track to 2022’s Unpleasant Living—a record that sent shockwaves through the scene—End It has made one thing clear: they play fast, they speak loud, and they’re here to rattle cages.

Now, after years of touring with genre titans like Terror, Drain, Scowl, and No Warning, and even making it into the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 soundtrack with their breakout “New Age Slavery,” End It has arrived at the doorstep of something bigger.

“This record is about personal growth, the chaos of America, and holding on to the integrity of hardcore,” says the band.

Recorded at Salad Days Studio with the legendary Brian McTernan (Turnstile, Snapcase, Hot Water Music), Wrong Side of Heaven wasn’t just tracked — it was lived. The band entered the studio with only a handful of demos, letting the songs emerge organically over a two-month stretch. The result? An album that hits like a riot and stings like truth.

Opener and title track “Wrong Side of Heaven” sets the stage with groove-heavy grit, while “Pale Horse” explodes with Godsey’s chaotic charisma and whipcrack delivery. “Billion Dollar Question” spits hard truths at unchecked privilege — “Who must die to keep you in your luxury?” — and “Anti-Colonial” lifts the curtain on global injustice: “Forever we will scream for those unseen.”

But it’s not all anger — it’s evolution. On “Life Sublime”, the band takes a sharp turn toward perseverance and freedom, with infectious riffs and a video that drops them into a surreal video game universe, slaying monsters and raising hell pixel by pixel. Then, in a surprising emotional twist, End It slows things down for a heartfelt cover of Maximum Penalty’s “Could You Love Me” — a nod to their NYCHC roots and a show of range that few modern hardcore bands dare attempt.

“This is the most honest version of ourselves we’ve put to tape,” says Godsey. “We didn’t chase trends. We didn’t hold back.”

And they didn’t forget to leave us with a final blow: album closer “Empire’s Demise” delivers a fatal warning cloaked in bounce and brutality: “Empires cannot last. I hope the end comes quicker than that.”

In a time of cultural upheaval, political fatigue, and personal reckoning, Wrong Side of Heaven arrives not just as an album, but as a rallying cry. It’s hardcore stripped to its essence: blistering riffs, soul-deep lyrics, and a refusal to compromise.

End It isn’t just telling it like it is — they’re demanding that we listen.