"Man, this cd is so screwed up. (In a good way, obviously) Yes, this is definitely even more out there than their fantastic full length (Within Dividia), with more jazzy interludes, even more jagged, screeching guitar lines and electronic stuff and some strangely funky bass. (And of course, utterly insane technicality, but I'm not musical enough to declare either album the definitively more complex one. Suffice to say, they are both completely ridiculous in this aspect.) Unlike many here, however, I prefer that album. I like the horrifying, dark atmosphere of that album and the few more glimpses of melodicism and just the general greater cohesiveness but this is very good stuff. (Though 'Transfer Trachea...' has got quite a few moments of melodicism for a cd of this sort) Probably the most brutally weird tech-metalcore I've ever heard, and that's saying something. You probably won't remember a damn thing about it the first couple of times you listen to it besides a few vague impressions, but you'll probably have a good time listening to it anyway. I know I did. I can't utterly guarantee that you'll like it, obviously but ever tech-metal fan owes it to themself to at least check out The End.
However, I must curse Relapse for selling this as if it were a full length album. This is 22 minutes long. 22 minutes=EP. Obviously, I don't really care about the 3 extra bucks it cost me, but it's the principal of the thing."
X to the Treme XTREME
Anti Commerical | America | 04/19/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Wow, this rivals the heaviest of Dillinger Escape Plan; The End and Dillinger are 2 extreme bands you definitely want to check out! If you want to hear the 1st track full length with video, check them out at Relapse records.com"
Gawsh
Daniel | missouri | 01/10/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"the best. without a doubt. picked it up one day at the store, didnt know anything, and popped it in. blam. try it."
The best mathcore album since Calculating Inifinty
Adrian Stumpp | Ogden, Utah | 06/27/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The End veer closer to Dillinger Escape Plan than Meshuggah on the mathcore spectrum, and like DEP's genius Calculating Infinity, this album is set apart from the heard for one reason other than the technical, jazzy, time-changes, blah, blah, blah, that everyone associates with this kind of music: diversity. You can tell when a song ends and the next one begins because each song is carefully crafted, inspite of its innate randomness that makes the genre so addicting. If I were to rank the greatest mathcore albums of all time, Calculating Infinity would be #1, and this would be #2. The genre is old enough to have been defined now, so my advise would be if you like the spastic hardcore/jazz fusion/grind of bands like DEP, Botch, Meshuggah, Converge, etc., buy this EP.
P.S.
Pass on their full length, Within Davidia, though. It sucks."