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The Water & the Blood hard-hitting alternative rock with worship songs of the church, make "The Water and the Blood", more than just another album but an incredible experience." Mary Nikkel of New Release Tuesday affirmed that "the content is much more concrete" than his previous work with Thrice because it has "an outpouring of theologically rich declarations." At The Christian Manifesto, Lydia Akinola proclaimed that the result was "a resounding success, so whether you’ve been waiting years or stumbled across the album yesterday, this needs to be your next purchase. Go on – what are you waiting for?!" Anthony Peronto of Christian Music Zine