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| 3.0 good | NewBallistics | June 14th 16 | Cleans on a Whitechapel record. Oh my. (They're actually pretty good.)
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| 2.5 average | deadrisingx1 | June 15th 16 | Definitely a step up from Our Endless War. Heavier, catchier, more mature.
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| 2.5 average | MalConstant | June 14th 16 | The lyrics are are very bro. How many times does phil need to tell us he doesn't give a
fuck? Every song apparently! Venomous is the best track.
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| 3.0 good | ShakeSoda | June 27th 16 | About on par with Our Endless War. Decent stuff, but for these guys to have been around for as long as they have and continually rely on lunkheaded rhythms and rip Slipknot is a real bummer.
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| 3.5 great | BleedIntoTheAbyss | June 20th 16 | The cleans are actually really well done, not to mention the plentiful guitar solos. Surprised me.
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| 3.0 good | whiskysoakedleather | April 9th 19 | Bring Me Home had the most substance behind a Whitechapel song up to this point, and Elitist Ones is a needed slap to the face of the "gatekeeper" fans of metal per se, but there isn't much beyond that that makes Mark of the Blade an overly rewarding listen.
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| 4.0 excellent | hellpickle | July 3rd 16 | It's a 3.5 for me, but this band musically seems to be just getting better and better. rPeople ragged on Our Endless War, which to me seemed to be pretty much just the same as other release, but also tighter and just a fun listen. Especially if you're into working out and need something to get the blood pumping. rBut this album just.. I'm quite surprised, even though it's not what I'm looking for exactly (guess a little more simple.. ), but have to give props. rNot sure about the lyrics .. and I'm just adding this because I feel people just need to hear something bad about this band.
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| 2.5 average | dbizzles | June 25th 16 | Longtime Whitechapel fan here. Shockingly, the songs with cleans may be the best output rhere if we ignore the ballad-y (but good) solo in Bring Me Home and the premature fade-rout in the closer, Decennium. Anyway, those two tracks, Venomous, the awesome rinstrumental Brotherhood and opener, The Void, are all pretty great. The Corey Taylor rcomparison may be just, but I'm not a bitch so I don't have any bondage pants or rrepressed anger so I don't listen to Slipknot. The vocals and instrumentation in Bring rMe Home reminded me more of A Perfect Circle than anything else, which, surprisingly, rturned out pretty well. The remaining 6 tracks range from 'meh' to 'please stop.' Not rsure how I feel about this, but the good songs here are better than the good songs from rthe last album- of that much, I am sure.
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| 3.5 great | Ebola | June 24th 16 | Whitechapel have always been one of the better bands in the deathcore scene, but Mark of the Blade
is on a completely different level. Probably their best album to date and one of the best
deathcore releases in quite a long time.
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| 1.5 very poor | s0nicx | September 23rd 25 |
| 2.0 poor | Tool1 | March 29th 25 |
| 1.5 very poor | JoneHK | March 9th 25 |
| 3.5 great | MaSuPe | July 20th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Verdr | March 22nd 24 |
| 3.0 good | murphA | March 23rd 23 |
| 2.5 average | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 10th 22 |
| 2.5 average | NBHC | June 8th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Vusra | January 28th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Elias | January 7th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Ddv94 | December 15th 21 |
| 3.5 great | WillOTG | December 13th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tryster | October 29th 21 |
| 3.0 good | mursu | October 7th 21 |
| 2.5 average | LilPeep | August 18th 21 |
| 3.0 good | ErichB | January 23rd 21 |
| 3.0 good | haley | May 2nd 20 |
| 2.5 average | kodama | October 18th 19 |
| 2.5 average | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | madtwoo | April 6th 19 |
| 2.5 average | heck | April 2nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | Brabiz | March 30th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Aranox | March 29th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | blou52 | March 29th 19 |
| 3.5 great | ARDCWE | March 8th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Custy | February 23rd 19 |
| 2.5 average | gilly | January 31st 19 |
| 5.0 classic | smiders | November 25th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | JayDawg | November 9th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Josh | September 22nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryfly44 | April 11th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Loch | January 20th 18 |
| 3.5 great | nbats | December 20th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Mikpol | December 10th 17 |
| 2.5 average | burcami | December 3rd 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Sapee | August 13th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | Risodo | July 25th 17 |
| 3.0 good | elry2k | April 15th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Drawk | April 5th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Redlar | March 20th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Pherin | February 26th 17 |
| 3.0 good | tellah | February 24th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | ian b. | December 20th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Wolfe | November 29th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | uhh | November 2nd 16 |
| 2.0 poor | tgdv | October 13th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | LoganVT | September 27th 16 |
| 3.0 good | gr8r8m8 | September 20th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | Elynna | August 24th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | hsb | July 29th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | Wicker | July 29th 16 |
| 3.0 good | jsaf7 | July 5th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Kyyzen | July 1st 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Prole | June 29th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | jpolf | June 27th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | jesper EMERITUS | June 27th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Snide | June 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | MaggieG | June 26th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | torts | June 25th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Xav | June 25th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Trey STAFF | June 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shamus CONTRIBUTOR | June 24th 16 |
| 2.5 average | slaps | June 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | GhostK | June 18th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Spec | June 16th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Simon K. STAFF | June 15th 16 |
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