Baltimore’s END IT just dropped their newest single “Pale Horse”, and it hits like a bat to the face—fitting, considering the cover art. With the phrase “Wrong Side of Heaven” etched into an iron gate and flaming angels falling from marble, the cover for this sick new single reads like a rejected Renaissance mural—only this time it’s the saints catching hands.
Baltimore’s End It is telling it like it is on their debut album, Wrong Side Of Heaven, set for release August 29th on Flatspot Records. The hardcore band has built a reputation through being unapologetically outspoken, playing fast, ripping songs, and putting on an electrifying live show. Now they’re ready to enter their next era.
The new visuals are both cartoonishly over-the-top and dead serious, like a bootleg Bible story told through the lens ofBaltimore Hardcore grit. A perfect fit.
Groove-heavy riffs thump alongside Akil Godsey’s charismatic and chaotic vocals, with lyrics examining life and death. The video for the track, directed by Noah Haycock, is a reflection of youth, finding the current and younger versions of End It performing on a backyard skate ramp.
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“Pale Horse” is a lean, pummeling sermon. It walks into the room with a death stare and leaves no doubt: END IT is not here to play. Currently on tour with Suicidal Tendencies, the powerpack brought us the lyrics that are a call to those who’ve sworn loyalty to something deeper than clout or convenience. It’s about sacrifice, defiance, and carrying karma on the back of the Pale White Horse—a nod to revelation and reckoning, delivered with clenched fists.
“Live your life with no remorse / Karma on the back of the Pale White Horse”
Am I right? Or slightly overinterpreting? Either way, this summer hasn’t even fully kicked in, and END IT already put the scene on alert.
Entering Salad Days Studio with renowned producer Brian McTernan (Turnstile, Snapcase, Hot Water Music) the band came in with a few demos and wrote the majority of the album during the two month recording process in early 2025. Taking direction from classic hardcore, thrash, and soul music, End It has crafted a 15 song magnum opus centered on “Spreading awareness of the change that’s coming to Americans, personal growth, and maintaining the ethics and integrity of hardcore.”
Following three EPs, including 2022’s highly praised Unpleasant Living, the release of Wrong Side Of Heaven is expansion of what the band set out to do since forming 2017 – creating hardcore that’s authentically themselves. From tracks calling out imposters to examining the uncertain times facing the world, End It has crafted an album with impactful commentary paired with an impressive sonic output.
End It is vocalist Akil Godsey, drummer Chris Gonzalez, guitarist Ray Lee, and bassist Patrick Martin.
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“Pale Horse” Lyrics:
Now let me put you on
To the secrets kept
Shared upon respect that
When your numbers called
Straight ahead you’ll charge
Willing and able to stand for what’s right
Will your dedication falter?
Or will it survive
Self sacrifice in the name of your tribe
Assurance of freedom
Now you will die
You don’t run with the pack
Never looking forward
Always looking back
We won’t run like the rest
Cause we never forget
I’ve got your number
Live your life with no remorse
Karma on the back
Of the Pale White Horse
No love lost and a life
Less plagued
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