End Time (Brutal Truth album)

End Time is the sixth and final studio album by grindcore band Brutal Truth. It was released on September 27, 2011, by Relapse Records[1] on CD, LP, and as a deluxe CD box set, which includes "six bonus tracks, a 20-page booklet, six custom art flats, a marijuana-scented disc card, and more".[6]

End Time
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2011
Recorded2011
GenreGrindcore
Length54:21
LabelRelapse
ProducerBrutal Truth
Brutal Truth chronology
Evolution Through Revolution
(2009)
End Time
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blabbermouth.net8.5/10[2]
Metal.de7/10[3]
Metal Storm9.0/10[4]
PopMatters5/10[5]

Writing

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Using the track "End Time" as title track of the album was vocalist Kevin Sharpe's idea. Bassist Dan Lilker wrote the lyrics for the song "Twenty Bag": "It's about when we ran out of weed while we were writing. Semi-humorous, but actually quite important. [...] I wrote lyrics about how we do what we do."[7] "Control Room" with "a whole bunch of loops and weird, noisy stuff"[8] is the work of drummer Richard Hoak; Lilker and guitarist Erik Burke didn't perform on this song. The track is too long to fit on the vinyl version of the album.

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Malice"3:27
2."Simple Math"1:26
3."End Time"1:57
4."Fuck Cancer"0:58
5."Celebratory Gunfire"1:28
6."Small Talk"1:41
7.".58 Caliber"0:54
8."Swift and Violent (Swift version)"0:46
9."Crawling Man Blues"1:41
10."Lottery"1:10
11."Warm Embrace of Poverty"3:47
12."Old World Order"1:24
13."Butcher"2:54
14."Killing Planet Earth"1:28
15."Gut-Check"2:36
16."All Work and No Play"1:35
17."Addicted"2:03
18."Sweet Dreams"1:30
19."Echo Friendly Discharge"1:49
20."Twenty Bag"0:45
21."Trash"0:05
22."Drink Up"3:42
23."Control Room"15:21
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
24."Dead" (Napalm Death cover)0:04
25."Money Stinks" (D.R.I. cover)0:45
26."White Clam Sauce" (N.Y.C. Mayhem cover)0:08
27."Swift and Violent (Violent version)"0:50
28."S.O.B." (S.O.B. cover)0:08
29."The Nightmare Continues" (Discharge cover)1:18

Personnel

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Brutal Truth

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  • Kevin Sharp – vocals, production
  • Dan Lilker – bass guitar, backing vocals, broken china cymbal, production
  • Erik Burke – guitar, production
  • Rich Hoak – drums, electronics, production

Additional musicians

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  • Robert Piotrowicz – analogue modular synthesizer, electronics (11)
  • Adam Jennings – electronics (15)
  • Mike Golen – electronics (15)
  • Jason Soliday – electronics (15)
  • Omar Gonzalez – electronics (15)

Technical personnel

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  • Doug White – recording
  • Jason P.C. – mixing
  • Scott Hull – mastering
  • Orion Landau – artwork, art design
  • Shauna Montrucchio – photos

References

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  1. ^ a b Prato, Greg. End Time at AllMusic. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Alisoglu, Scott. "CD Reviews – End Time Brutal Truth". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  3. ^ Christoph (September 13, 2011). "Brutal Truth – End Time". Metal.de (in German). Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  4. ^ Mr. Doctor (February 19, 2012). "Brutal Truth – End Time review". Metal Storm. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  5. ^ Prokofiev, Dane (September 26, 2011). "Brutal Truth: End Time". PopMatters. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "Brutal Truth: streaming new album End Time online". September 20, 2011. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  7. ^ Bennett, J. (November 2011). "Q&A with Dan Lilker". Decibel. No. 85. Philadelphia: Red Flag Media. p. 47. ISSN 1557-2137. OCLC 61197187.
  8. ^ Bennett, J. (November 2011). "Q&A with Dan Lilker". Decibel. No. 85. Philadelphia: Red Flag Media. p. 48. ISSN 1557-2137. OCLC 61197187.