Artist: TX2
Album: End Of Us
Label: Hopeless Records
Release Date: February 13, 2026
After a decade spent building one of heavy music’s most fiercely loyal—and loudly divided—fanbases, TX2 arrives at a defining moment with End Of Us. This is not an album concerned with winning over skeptics. Instead, it doubles down on everything that has fueled TX2’s rise: confrontation, vulnerability, community, and a refusal to be quiet or convenient.
With nearly a million monthly Spotify listeners and a massive social media presence, TX2 has turned constant scrutiny into momentum. End Of Us captures that tension in full—an album that feels loud, restless, and emotionally overloaded, but also sharply intentional. Across 13 tracks, it documents the exhaustion of living under a microscope while still choosing to stand your ground.
Sound & Style
Sonically, End Of Us lives where modern alt‑punk, emo rap, and metalcore energy collide. TX2’s own description—“punk meets vampire‑core with an Eminem edge”—isn’t far off. There are flashes of My Chemical Romance’s theatrical darkness, Green Day’s confrontational punch, Linkin Park’s emotional volatility, and Black Veil Brides’ cinematic weight, but the album never feels like imitation. It feels like a collage of influences filtered through internet‑era intensity.
The sequencing matters here. Previously released singles sit comfortably alongside new material, giving the album a sense of continuity rather than feeling like a playlist stitched together. Short interludes like “REJECT VAMPIRISM” act as breathers while reinforcing the record’s obsession with identity, influence, and resistance.
Lyrical Themes
Lyrically, End Of Us is about power—who has it, who abuses it, and what it costs to survive under it. “Feed,” featuring DeathbyRomy, leans heavily into metaphor, framing toxic attachment and emotional consumption through vampiric imagery. It’s seductive and unsettling by design, using exaggerated language to explore loss of control rather than glorifying it.
“Nice Guy” flips dark humor into self‑awareness, dismantling performative morality with sharp sarcasm. The track is intentionally uncomfortable, exposing cycles of self‑sabotage and emotional dishonesty while acknowledging complicity instead of deflecting blame. Ekoh’s feature adds contrast, grounding the chaos with a more reflective edge.
One of the album’s strongest statements comes with “HOSTAGE (they will not erase us).” Here, TX2 shifts from personal struggle to collective resistance. The song reads as a protest anthem for outsiders, confronting misinformation, complacency, and systems that profit from silence. It’s angry, yes—but also focused, channeling frustration into unity rather than nihilism.
“The Rain” continues that confrontation, calling out privilege and abandonment with biting clarity. Its imagery draws a stark line between those sheltered from consequences and those left to deal with the fallout. It’s one of the album’s most direct moments, and one that resonates beyond the personal.
Collaborations play a key role across the record. “Murder Scene” with Magnolia Park leans into paranoia and emotional instability, blurring the line between inner voices and external pressure. Meanwhile, “M.A.D.” featuring Ice Nine Kills’ Spencer Charnas is one of the album’s most cinematic moments, using the idea of mutually assured destruction as a metaphor for emotional codependence, loyalty, and inevitable collapse rather than positioning its characters as heroes.
The album closes with “The End of Us,” featuring Andy Black, and it feels appropriately cinematic. The track frames collapse not as spectacle, but as inevitability—the quiet realization that some systems, relationships, or versions of ourselves cannot be saved. It’s bleak without being empty, ending the album on acceptance rather than defeat.
Bigger Than the Music
What separates End Of Us from many records in this space is context. TX2’s X Movement—an active fan community centered on mutual support—looms large over the album’s message. This isn’t rage for shock value; it’s anger shaped by connection. The record reflects an artist who engages directly with their audience, advocates for inclusivity, and treats community as responsibility, not branding.
Final Verdict
End Of Us is messy, confrontational, and unapologetically loud—but it’s also cohesive and purposeful. It doesn’t aim for universal appeal, and that’s its strength. TX2 isn’t documenting perfection here; he’s documenting survival. For fans, it’s a rallying cry. For skeptics, it’s proof that this movement isn’t fading anytime soon.
Rating: ★★★★☆
End Of Us confirms TX2 as one of heavy music’s most polarizing—and impossible to ignore—voices.
I’m Drew, the founder and editor of Front of the Stage. I have a strong love for music and photography, which started at a very young age. There’s just something I love about experiencing live music and capturing memories that will last a lifetime, and that’s how Front of the Stage came to be.
