THE END A.D. "The Smell Of Despair" 2018

THE END A.D. are a band hailing from Pennsylvania/USA... Formed in 2014, they have released an album last year on MASSACRE Records and are now unleashing a 4-song 10" EP on KILL TIME Records - which a major change since this album - the addition of Ami FRIEND as new vocalist of the band, replacing Otto LUCK.
I guess it's not always an easy decision for a band to change for a female vocalist when previous singer was a dude.. it may destabilize the fans that were used to the previous vocal style... But i dare to say the band did the RIGHT choice, 'cos Ami is really bringing something NEW to the band... Her style is RAW, pretty much in the PUNK-spirit but she can alternate fom very pleasant melodious lines to angry/screaming vocal parts.. more in the HARD-CORE style... Don't expect a "wanna-be-gothic diva" here - you'll be disappointed haha ! And that's not what the band is about - the style is somehow a mixture of a bit everything from the 80's Hard-Core-Metal-Punk - something straight forward, angry, raw but terribly EFFICIENT ! You can hear in my opinion influences from various US Hard-Core bands like Cro-mags, Poison Idea, Battalion Of Saints, Agnostic Front as well as some from the UK punk style (GBH, Discharge) but also some more "Metal" ones like Carnivore, SOD, Vio-Lence... In the end, you get 4 songs that are just composed/written to drive you crazy and I guess THE END AD reached its goal ! When i hear these songs, i can't prevent myself from banging my head & feeling like jumping here & there :-)
In these days, when too many bands try to sound "modern", "perfect" and in the end "tasteless", it's good to have bands like THE END AD getting back to the essential - music made with blood, sweat & guts ! Well-done dudes (& dudette !) !

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