End of Suffering
Studio album by
Released3 May 2019
Studio
  • The Chapel Studios
  • (South Thoresby, Lincolnshire)
  • Voltaire Road Studios
  • (Clapham, London)
Genre
Length46:00
LabelInternational Death Cult
ProducerCam Blackwood
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes chronology
Modern Ruin
(2017)
End of Suffering
(2019)
Sticky
(2021)
Singles from End of Suffering
  1. "Crowbar"
    Released: 15 January 2019
  2. "Anxiety"
    Released: 29 March 2019
  3. "Kitty Sucker"
    Released: 30 April 2019

End of Suffering is the third studio album by British punk rock band Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes. It was released on 3 May 2019 through International Death Cult.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash7/10[2]
DIY[3]
Exclaim!7/10[4]
MusicOMH[5]
NME[6]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, End of Suffering received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 76 out of 100 from 10 critic scores.[1] Loudwire named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019.[7]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and topped the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart, spending seven weeks in the top 10 of the latter chart.[8] End of Suffering did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number 36 on the ARIA Digital Album Chart.[9]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Why a Butterfly Can't Love a Spider"3:40
2."Tyrant Lizard King" (featuring Tom Morello)2:40
3."Heartbreaker"3:19
4."Crowbar"3:20
5."Love Games"3:34
6."Anxiety"3:38
7."Angel Wings"4:13
8."Supervillain"4:02
9."Latex Dreams"3:41
10."Kitty Sucker"3:44
11."Little Devil"3:14
12."End of Suffering"5:01
13."Bleed"3:44
Total length:46:00

Personnel

Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes

  • Frank Carter – vocals, art direction
  • Dean Richardson – guitars, art direction
  • Tom 'Tank' Barclay – bass
  • Gareth Grover – drums

Additional personnel

  • Tom Morello – guitar (track 2)
  • Cam Blackwood – producer, engineer, programming
  • Tom Visser – assistant producer, engineering, programming
  • Dan Moyler – engineer
  • Caesar Edmunds – engineer
  • Alex Copp – assistant engineer
  • Alan Moulder – mixing
  • Tom Herbert – mixing assistant
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Studio Yuck – artwork and design
  • Daniel Alexander Harris – photography

Charts

Chart performance for End of Suffering
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 177
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 173
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 75
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13] 6
UK Albums (OCC)[14] 4
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[15] 1
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[16] 1

References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  2. Gray, Josh (29 May 2019). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  3. Jamieson, Sarah (3 May 2019). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  4. Smith-Engelhardt, Joe (1 May 2019). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  5. Horton, Ross (8 May 2019). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH.
  6. McMahon, James (30 April 2019). "NME Review". NME. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  7. "The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2019". Loudwire. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  8. "Weekly Rock Chart Round-Up". Sound Mouth. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  9. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  10. "Ultratop.be – Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – End of Suffering" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  11. "Ultratop.be – Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – End of Suffering" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  12. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  13. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  14. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  15. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  16. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
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