Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face

In early 2020, drummer Andrew McEnaney departed the band, and was replaced by ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Billy Rymer.{{cite web |title=END Debut "Pariah" Music Video, Joined By Ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan Drummer Billy Rymer|date=March 26, 2020|url=https://www.theprp.com/2020/03/26/news/end-debut-pariah-music-video-joined-by-ex-the-dillinger-escape-plan-drummer-billy-rymer/|publisher=The PRP|accessdate=March 12, 2022}}

On March 26, 2020, the band released the new single, "Pariah", and announced their debut album "Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face" would be released through Closed Casket Activities. They released 3 more singles from the album, which were "Covet Not" on April 23, 2020, "Fear for Me Now" on May 14, 2020, and "Hesitation Wounds" on June 4, 2020. The next day, on June 5, 2020, they released their debut album, "Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face".{{cite web |title=END – Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1750600-END-Splinters-From-An-Ever-Changing-Face|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=March 12, 2022}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Kerrang!

| rev1score =5/5{{cite web |last1=Travers |first1=Paul (June 5, 2020) |title=Album Review: END – Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face |url=https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-end-splinters-from-an-ever-changing-face |magazine=Kerrang! |date=June 5, 2020 |accessdate=March 12, 2022}}

| rev2 = Metal Hammer

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |last1=Rees |first1=Adam (June 8, 2020) |title=End's Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face: the best kind of sonic nightmare |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/end-splinters-from-an-ever-changing-face-album-album-review |magazine=Metal Hammer |accessdate=March 12, 2022}}

| rev3 = New Noise Magazine

| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |last1=Newton |first1=Caleb (June 3, 2020) |title=Album Review: END – Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/album-review-end-splinters-from-an-ever-changing-face/ |website=New Noise Magazine |date=June 3, 2020 |accessdate=March 12, 2022}}

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The album has received positive reviews.

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|text="It's always difficult to predict how putative 'supergroups' like this are going to turn out. Quite often, if we're being brutally honest, the chemistry between the members simply isn't there.

But, as Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face goes to show, when it is, the resultant reaction is nothing short of explosive."

|author = Andy Synn

|source = {{cite web |last1=Lynn |first1=Andy (2020-06-10) |title=END: 'SPLINTERS FROM AN EVER-CHANGING FACE' |url=https://www.nocleansinging.com/2020/06/10/end-splinters-from-an-ever-changing-face/ |website=No Clean Singing |date=June 10, 2020 |accessdate=2022-03-12}}

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The album has been described as metalcore and hardcore punk, with mathcore and black metal influences, with Paul travers of Kerrang! saying "It's a relentless album that turns vicious ugliness into something quite beautiful". while Adam Rees of New Noise Magazine said the album "is a debilitating hardcore onslaught".

{{Track listing

| total_length = 32:55

| title1 = Covet Not

| length1 = 3:04

| title2 = Pariah

| length2 = 3:30

| title3 = Absence

| length3 = 3:28

| note3 = feat. Pete Morcey

| title4 = The Reach of Resurrection

| length4 = 2:28

| title5 = Fear for Me Now

| length5 = 2:00

| title6 = Hesitation Wounds

| length6 = 4:17

| title7 = Captive to My Curse

| length7 = 1:49

| title8 = Evening Arms

| length8 = 3:14

| title9 = An Apparition

| length9 = 2:04

| title10 = Every Empty Vein

| length10 = 1:45

| title11 = Sands of Sleep

| length11 = 5:19

| note11 = feat. Tanner Merritt

}}

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• Brendan Murphy – vocals
• Will Putney – guitar
• Gregory Thomas – guitar
• Jay Pepito – bass
• Billy Rymer – drums

Production

• Will Putney – production, engineering, mixing, mastering

Additional personnel

• Adam Burke – artwork
• Steve Seid – engineer

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• [https://yourfuckingend.bandcamp.com/album/splinters-from-an-ever-changing-face Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face] on Bandcamp

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