The End Begins is the upcoming 3rd Studio album from Louisville, KY-based band Tantric. It is the first album recorded without the band's original members, save for lead singer Hugo Ferreira.
Armed with Elliott Blakey in the producer's chair, work commenced on the follow-up to After We Go in February of 2005. The band finished over a dozen songs for the album, which at the time had the tentative title "Tantric 3", including "Fall Down", "The One", and "Letting Go". However, many internal problems plagued the band over the course of this time, including the departure of bassist Jesse Vest (Whitener recorded all of the bass on the album), poor sales of After We Go, and the band's release from Maverick Records. Finally, the original line-up collapsed when Todd Whitener announced his departure from the band, taking with him Bruce LaFrance to begin their new project, Interchange.
Left without a band, Hugo Ferreira scrapped the entire record, and enlisted members of his side project State of the Art to record and tour as Tantric. The new line-up finished recording in September of 2007, with returning producer Toby Wright. The record has a tentative release date of early 2008, and will consist of ten songs written and recorded by the new line-up, as well as a new recording of "The One", featuring Kevin Martin of Candlebox. The One was written by Whitener and Ferreira in the original sessions.
| Released | April 22, 2008 | |
|---|---|---|
| Genre | Post-grunge | |
| Label | Silent Majority Group | |
| Producer | Toby Wright | |
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Tracklisting
- "Regret"
- "Down and Out" Co Producer: Urban Kris
- "The One"
- "Love Song"
- "Wishing"
- "Something Better"
- "Lucky One"
- "The End Begins"
- "Monopoly"
- "Why Don't You"
- "Lay" Co Producer: Urban Kris
