★★★★★
Release Date: August 13th, 2012 It has been six years since the members of Sheffield band While She Sleeps took tenure of the British metalcore scene. It is fitting, then, that their debut album be named This Is The Six, which according to the band refers to the five band members and their fans. While their mini album The North Stands For Nothing turned a few heads when it was released in 2010 (scoring a distribution deal with Sony) the bands newest release is set to turn even more...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-09-23
★★★★★
Release Date: November 6, 2012 (NA) One question that is applicable to every band out there is one of the most important ones they'll ever face; when will they be ready to release a debut LP? And I don't mean "when will it be best for them?" because that's pretty much the same for every band; there's always one specific time frame that, if followed, will give a band the maximum exposure...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-04-15
★★★★★
Sheffield, England's While She Sleeps debut album This Is the Six isn't looking to break any new ground when it comes to heavy metal and its various subgenres. What the band does do is skillfully combine a lot of different elements from those subgenres into one big package. The end result is that While She Sleeps has come up with a solid set of songs that actually sound like a straight-ahead metal album...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-02-11
★★★★★
Opening with the Motörhead-meets-At The Gates blast of "Dead Behind The Eyes", While She Sleeps do not waste time in making an impression. Loud, fast and designed to instigate bar brawls, it's a monster of a track--and perhaps the best here--but this does not mean that This Is The Six is lacking in intensity elsewhere. Having first garnered attention with 2010's The North Stands For Nothing mini-album, the quintet--who hail from Bring Me The Horizon's hometown of Sheffield, U.K...
- www.altpress.com
2012-08-30
★★★★★
While She Sleeps are all set to be new stars of the British metal scene. Over the past 18 months, the Sheffield/Doncaster band has won every accolade available for a new band playing heavy music, and This Is the Six is exactly the album they needed to make. After a solid debut set, The North Stands for Nothing, laid the foundations for their success in 2010, this excellent follow-up proves to be as ambitious as it is diverse...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2012-08-13
★★★★★
Sound: While She Sleeps have been busting up the British hardcore scene for a fair few years, and now (after the departure of their old vocalist) the band have gone from unknown to leading the growing wave of British Hardcore. Their debut EP titled "The North Stands From Nothing" (giving a clear nod to England's North/South divide) gives us a clear picture to this bands potential...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12