The album marked the return of guitarist Allen West who performed on the debut album. This is their first of four consecutive albums with the full classic lineup of the Tardy Brothers, Perez, West and Watkins. A music video was made for the title track.[citation needed]
The End Complete album is Obituary's best-selling, with over 100,000 copies sold in the U.S. and more than 250,000 worldwide[citation needed]. It reached #16 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. Additionally, the band's new logo introduced on The End Complete is the best-selling shirt print in the history of Roadrunner Records[citation needed].
Interested in industrial music, Trevor Peres suggested the use of drum machines for the album, but the other band members did not agree. This refusal led him to form Meathook Seed.[3]