Hardcore band END IT parody Celebrity Deathmatch in video for new single “Optical Delusions”

Hardcore band END IT parody Celebrity Deathmatch in video for new single “Optical Delusions”

Debut full-length Wrong Side Of Heaven out August 29th on Flatspot Records

Announce headline tour + dates with Blink-182, Superheaven

End It by Zooboy

From becoming video game characters to looking back at their former youth, End It is cooking up creative worlds in the music videos leading up to the release of their new album, Wrong Side Of Heaven. Today the Baltimore hardcore band amp things up with the robust single “Optical Delusions” and channel modern nostalgia starring in Band Beatdown, a parody of MTV classic Celebrity Deathmatch. On “Optical Delusions,” End It strike with a minute and fourteen seconds of fury, bursting through pulsating riffs and charismatic vocals that call out followers and frauds. Watch the Zooboy & Noah Haycock created video for “Optical Delusions” HERE and stream the track HERE.

Wrong Side Of Heaven releases August 29th through Flatspot Records and is available for preorder HERE.

Following the release of Wrong Side Of Heaven, End It will head out on an extensive North American tour, starting in September with a run of shows supporting Superheaven and a newly announced headline tour. The Wrong Side Of Heaven Tour stretches from Kentucky to Washington to Baltimore and features support from Ends Of Sanity, Soul Blind, Bracewar, Raw Brigade, Ozone, Clique, End Of Dayz, No Right, Hold My Own, and Cosmic Joke. Within the tour, End It will support Blink-182 on two arena dates in Missouri. Full list of upcoming shows below and headline tour tickets available Friday at 10AM local time through enditbchc.com.

End It has built a reputation through being unapologetically outspoken, playing fast, ripping songs, and putting on an electrifying live show. 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.”

Having released three EPs, including 2022’s highly praised Unpleasant Living, the band’s first full-length 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.

Wrong Side Of Heaven Tracklist:

1. Wrong Side Of Heaven

2. Pale Horse

3. Exploiter (SYBAU)

4. Billion Dollar Question

5. Cloutbusting

6. Life Sublime

7. Optical Delusions

8. I, Lament

9. Used 2 Be

10. Anti-Colonial

11. Future Without a Past

12. Disdain (U Mad)

13. Hookworm

14. Could You Love Me?

15. Empire’s Demise

Tour Dates:

8/8 – Philadelphia, PA @ This Is Hardcore

9/6 – New York, NY @ Rough Trade Below

w/ Superheaven, Cloud Nothings, Soul Blind

9/9 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl

9/10 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade

9/12 – Fort Lauderdale, FL -Revolution

9/13 – Tampa, FL – RItz Ybor

9/14 – Charleston, SC – Music Farm

9/16 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground

9/17 – New Kensington, PA – Preserving Underground

9/19 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater

The Wrong Side Of Heaven Tour

9/20 – Covington, KY – Madison Live w/ Ends Of Sanity

9/22 – Richmond, VA – Canal Club w/ Ends Of Sanity, Soul Blind

9/23 – Durham, NC – Local 506 w/ Ends Of Sanity, Soul Blind

9/24 – Asheville, NC – Sly Grog Lounge w/ Ends Of Sanity, Soul Blind

9/26 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater w/ Blink-182

9/27 – Kansas City, MO – T Mobile Center w/ Blink-182

9/29 – Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves w/ Soul Blind, Bracewar, Raw Brigade, Ozone

9/30 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger w/ Soul Blind, Bracewar, Raw Brigade, Ozone

10/1 – Austin, TX – 29th St Ballroom w/ Soul Blind, Bracewar, Raw Brigade, Ozone

10/3 – Mesa, AZ – The Underground w/ Bracewar, Raw Brigade

10/4 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole w/ Bracewar, Raw Brigade

10/5 – Los Angeles, CA – 1720 w/ Bracewar, Raw Brigade, Clique

10/6 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction  w/ Bracewar, Raw Brigade, Clique

10/7 – San Francisco, CA – Neck of the Woods w/ Clique, End Of Dayz, No Right

10/9 – Portland, OR – High Limit Room w/ Clique, End Of Dayz, No Right

10/10 – Seattle, WA – Vera Project w/ Clique, End Of Dayz, No Right

10/12 – Boise, ID – The Shrine Basement w/ Clique, End Of Dayz, No Right

10/13 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court w/ Clique, End Of Dayz, No Right

10/14 – Denver, CO – Hi-Dive w/ Clique, End Of Dayz, No Right

10/16 – Milwaukee, WI – X-Ray Arcade w/ Clique, Hold My Own

10/17 – Iowa City, IA – Gabes w/ Clique, Hold My Own

10/18 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean w/ Clique, Hold My Own

10/19 – Detroit, MI – Edgemen Printing w/ Clique, Hold My Own

10/20 – Toronto, ON – Hard Luck w/ Clique, Hold My Own

10/22 – Portland, ME – PHOME w/ Clique, Hold My Own, Cosmic Joke

10/23 – Boston, MA – Middle East Downstairs w/ Clique, Hold My Own, Cosmic Joke

10/24 – Lakewood, NJ – Maggies Bar & Grill w/ Clique, Hold My Own, Cosmic Joke

10/26 – Baltimore, MD – Soundstage w/ Clique, Hold My Own, Cosmic Joke

11/8+9 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Flyover Fest