Alternative Press (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "KILLSWITCH ENGAGE is a concise encapsulation of everything KSE do well....It's a meat-and-potatoes guitar-bass-drums record..."

Alternative Press - "It's a meat-and-potatoes guitar-bass-drums record; some tastefully melancholy piano on the album-closing 'This Is Goodbye' is one of few instrumental adornments."

Billboard (p.28) - "[With] focused aggression and predicatable melodic swells, you can't help but enjoy such quintessential Killswitch Engage tracks as 'Never Again' or the Mettalica-esque chords that open 'The Forgotten'..."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.84) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he Killswitch sound is a good one. 'A Light In A Darkened World, 'This Is Goodbye' and 'The Forgotten' demonstrate the scope of the band's ambition..."