Drum & bass · Release review
The End
Mazare & Lost in Hollywood
Mazare and Lost in Hollywood bring together drum and bass, rock and metalcore on The End, a crossover single that gives each style room to breathe without losing momentum.
Heavy guitar records and drum and bass have crossed paths often enough over the years, but getting the balance right is another story. The End spends as much time leaning into modern rock and metalcore as it does electronic music, letting both sides shape the track instead of treating one as decoration for the other.
The opening is driven by thick guitar riffs and Amon Garrasi's vocal, carrying plenty of weight before the tempo shifts. When the DnB groove arrives, it injects pace into the arrangement, but the guitars never disappear. They stay locked into the mix, giving the track its identity from beginning to end.
The production keeps everything clean despite the amount going on. The low end has enough presence to support the electronic sections without fighting the guitars, while the drums stay crisp enough to cut through the wall of distortion. Nothing feels over-compressed or pushed harder than it needs to be.
Pendulum proved years ago that guitars and drum and bass could work without sounding forced. Metrik has also made rock textures feel completely at home inside polished electronic productions. The End sits comfortably alongside that crossover approach, although it leans further towards a rock song that borrows drum and bass energy than a full drum and bass record with guitars layered over the top.
That makes it an awkward fit for a straight rolling set, but there is plenty of life for it elsewhere. Festival stages, live environments and crossover playlists feel like its natural home, where the shifts in tempo and dynamics become part of the appeal rather than something to work around.
Mazare and Lost in Hollywood never sound like two separate acts sharing the same project. The collaboration feels genuine, with the electronic production and live instrumentation pulling in the same direction from start to finish. For listeners who already sit somewhere between drum and bass and modern rock, The End delivers exactly the blend it promises without trying to be anything else.
The End is out now through Universal Music Italia.
