Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Ho99o9

After the release of their UK top 5 charting album, “End of Suffering” in May, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have catapulted into global acclaim. This year alone they have toured the UK, America, Europe and Australia (supporting Bring Me The Horizon), most recently spending the summer supporting rock behemoths Foo Fighters across key European dates, as well as embarking on a run of festival slots including Primavera Sound, Pukklepop and Lollapalooza.

All this was rounded off with third from headline billing on the Main Stage at Reading and Leeds festival, consolidating The Rattlesnakes position as one of the best and brightest stars in the British rock and roll firmament.

The band will play their biggest UK headline shows to date for 2020 in Manchester, Glasgow and London’s iconic Alexandra Palace on Friday, 19 February. They’ll start the decade off with a career defining moment for both them and their fans.

Recorded in just six months over the heatwave that engulfed London last year, End Of Suffering - named after the Buddhist term for enlightenment- is the sound of a band entering an entirely new realm of the senses, a forty minute rock’n’rollercoaster of molten-hot bangers, scorched-soul ballads and grunge lullabies laced through with a lacerating lyrical honesty. It is also a record which is being hailed by some as their finest yet, with the likes of Q, NME, Evening Standard and Kerrang lauding it with critical accolades.

Indeed. In an age of say-nothing pop and codified corporate rock, “End Of Suffering” does what all great music should- lift the spirits and stir the soul.