(en) « In at the Deep End Records » (consulté le ) : « Regardless of whether or not you liked Shai Hulud, it is undeniable that Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion was an oft-imitated and highly influential release in the mid-to-late nineties. ».
(en) « Blood Runs Deep: 23 Bands Who Shaped the Scene », Alternative Press, Alternative Press, no 240, , p. 110, 118 (ISSN1065-1667).
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(en) « Kill Your Stereo - Reviews: Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure » (consulté le ) : « Shai Hulud, a name that is synonymous (in heavy music circles at least) with intelligent, provocative and most importantly unique metallic hardcore. The band's earliest release is widely credited with influencing an entire generation of musicians ».
(en) « Exclusive Interview with Shai Hulud Guitarist Matt Fox » (consulté le ) : « When we used to joke with the term, it was just a clever (or not so clever) way of describing a metallic hardcore, metal-influenced hardcore, or hardcore-influenced metal band. »
(en) « Shai Hulud - Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion Review », sur Sputnikmusic (consulté le ) : « Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion is pretty much the prime in early melodic metalcore. So many bands in both the modern metalcore and hardcore scene have drawn vast influence from them, because of how perfect they blend hardcore and metal. ».
(en) Tom Breihan, « Live: Trivium, the Jackson 5 of Underground Metal » [archive du ], sur The Village Voice'auteur=Daily Voice, (consulté le ), The best part of every metalcore song is the breakdown, the part where the drums drop out and the guitars slow their frantic gallop to a devastating, precise crunch-riff and everyone in the moshpit goes extra nuts.
(en) Tom Breihan, « Live: Trivium, the Jackson 5 of Underground Metal » [archive du ], sur The Village Voice'auteur=Daily Voice, (consulté le ), The best part of every metalcore song is the breakdown, the part where the drums drop out and the guitars slow their frantic gallop to a devastating, precise crunch-riff and everyone in the moshpit goes extra nuts.
