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''Until the End'' is the third album by Kittie, an all-women Heavy Metal band from London, Ontario. It was released in 2004 and included the single "Into the Darkness" which made its way to radio stations in June that year. A music video was also produced for the song. The track "Pussy Sugar" also received significant airplay on the ''Hard Attack'' satellite radio station. The metalcore band Until the End jokingly reported they would name their final album

"Kittie". It was however released under the title "The Blind Leading the Lost".

The album debuted at #105 in the Billboard Top 200, selling 19,000 copies. - Wikipedia

Oh, the hail of flak stirred up when Kittie first flew across the metal scene's radar at the end of the last millennium. The first of many all-girl bands to break through in the wake of the nu metal explosion, neither their gender nor their major label status was exactly likely to endear them to snobby underground fans. Several records and years later, however, Kittie have sharpened their proverbial claws. Kicking off their third album Until the End with the bruising Sabbath-core of "Looks So Pretty," they proceed to shred my preconceptions and cause serious worry that something's gone all fuzzy in the ol' memory chips. Both playing and songwriting are excellent throughout, as the band marries heaviness and hooks in a manner sometimes not unreminiscent of Type O Negative, of all people. Just as the vocals combine Babes in Toyland-like shrieking with clearer singing, Kittie alternate between thrashed intensity (as on "Pussy Sugar" and "Red Flag") and a more laidback grunge nouveau style (as on "Until the End" and "Loveless"). Mash the two styles together, and you get the twin-vocal attack of "Into the Darkness" or "Career Suicide," in a sort of sludgecore version of Lacuna Coil. Owning this record may cost you a little underground cred, but your eardrums will thank you for the sacrifice.

"Oh, the hail of flak stirred up when Kittie first flew across the metal scene's radar at the end of the last millennium. The first of many all-girl bands to break through in the wake of the nu metal explosion, neither their gender nor their major label status was exactly likely to endear them to snobby underground fans. Several records and years later, however, Kittie have sharpened their proverbial claws. Kicking off their third album Until the End with the bruising Sabbath-core of ""Looks So Pretty,"" they proceed to shred my preconceptions and cause serious worry that something's gone all fuzzy in the ol' memory chips. Both playing and songwriting are excellent throughout, as the band marries heaviness and hooks in a manner sometimes not unreminiscent of Type O Negative, of all people. Just as the vocals combine Babes in Toyland-like shrieking with clearer singing, Kittie alternate between thrashed intensity (as on ""Pussy Sugar"" and ""Red Flag"") and a more laidback grunge nouveau style (as on ""Until the End"" and ""Loveless""). Mash the two styles together, and you get the twin-vocal attack of ""Into the Darkness"" or ""Career Suicide,"" in a sort of sludgecore version of Lacuna Coil. Owning this record may cost you a little underground cred, but your eardrums will thank you for the sacrifice.

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