End of Suffering

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End of Suffering
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Studio album by
Released3 May 2019
Studio
  • The Chapel (South Thoresby)
  • Voltaire Road (London)
Genre
Length46:00
Label International Death Cult
Producer Cam Blackwood
Frank Carter and 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 and the Rattlesnakes. It was released on 3 May 2019 through International Death Cult, and received mostly favourable reviews from critics. At 46 minutes, it is the band's longest album to date.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 7/10 [2]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim! 7/10 [4]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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

Additional personnel

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

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