Combining hard rock swagger with classic metal chops, the End Machine are a quartet of veteran players whose style and membership are closely tied to metal stalwarts Dokken and Lynch Mob. Debuting eponymously in 2019, the band issued their sophomore effort, Phase 2, in 2021.

Formed in 2018 by guitarist George Lynch, bassist Jeff Pilson, and drummer Mick Brown, a trio who once comprised the core of Dokken's classic lineup, the band is rounded out by Warrant singer Robert Mason, who was also a member of Lynch's other major project, Lynch Mob. Sounding very much like the sum of its collective parts, the End Machine's spirited hard rock and metal are executed to great effect by its veteran crew. Signing with European metal specialists Frontier Records, the quartet released their self-titled debut album in the front half of 2019. Two years later they returned Phase 2. ~ Timothy Monger, Rovi