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Sep 7, 2016Mark of the Blade is a 21st century album that reinvents the sound of heavy.
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Jun 24, 2016There is so much more offered in this collection of 11 songs than we’ve seen of Whitechapel previously, making Mark Of The Blade an exciting milestone.
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Jun 29, 2016Sequence and flow, moods and styles, all form a coherent whole--albeit one that might have used a tad more judicious editing. But it's hard to fault a band for trying new things, especially when what they deliver is an album with far more hits than misses.
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Jun 24, 2016Even if it doesn’t all hit the bullseye, at least they’ve dared to stray from the beaten path.
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Kerrang!Jun 24, 2016They might not be as abrasive as they once were, but Whitechapel still know how to bulldoze the opposition. [25 Jun 2016, p.52]
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Jun 24, 2016Mark of the Blade is a bit hit-and-miss. Musically, the new touches work well and flow with the rest of the album, but the clean vocals in particular feel forced and sorely out of place.