Where Myth Becomes Memory
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Where Myth Becomes Memory
| type = studio
| artist = Rolo Tomassi
| cover = Where_Myth_Becomes_Memory_Cover.jpg
| released = 4 February 2022
| studio =
- The Ranch Production House, Southampton, UK
- Brady St. Recordings, Waldwick, New Jersey
- Vintage Keys Studio, Lockerly, UK
| genre =
- Mathcore
- post-metal
- progressive metal
- metalcore{{Cite web |last1=Hobson |first1=Rich |last2=Leaver |first2=Elliot |last3=Brennan |first3=Adam |last4=Hill |first4=Stephen |last5=Young |first5=Nik |last6=Whelan |first6=Kez |last7=Mills |first7=Matt |last8=Leivers |first8=Dannii |date=2022-12-17 |title=The 10 best metalcore albums of 2022 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-best-metalcore-albums-of-2022 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Metal Hammer |publisher=Louder |language=en}}
| length = 48:14
| label = MNRK Heavy
| producer = Lewis Johns
| prev_title = Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It
| prev_year = 2018
}}
Where Myth Becomes Memory is the sixth studio album by British mathcore band Rolo Tomassi, released on 4 February 2022 by MNRK Heavy.
Background and recording
The album has been described by the band as the final part in an 'unintended trilogy', following on from Grievances and Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It.{{cite web |title=Where Myth Becomes Memory, by Rolo Tomassi |url=https://rolotomassi.bandcamp.com/album/where-myth-becomes-memory |website=Bandcamp |access-date=31 December 2022 |language=en}}
Lead vocalist Eva Korman moved to New Jersey two years before the album's recording - due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this meant that she was unable to travel to the UK to record. Instead, her vocals were recorded remotely at a studio in Waldwick, with the rest of the band recording their tracks at The Ranch in Southampton.{{cite web |last1=Shutler |first1=Ali |title=Rolo Tomassi: "There are far wider parameters to modern metal" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/rolo-tomassi-where-myth-becomes-memory-interview-modern-metal-3154573 |website=NME |access-date=31 December 2022 |date=5 February 2022}}
Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Where Myth Becomes Memory received an average score of 84, based on 4 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
DIY gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "another truly original triumph".
Kerrang! gave the album a score of 4/5, saying that "it is a record that mesmerises without compromise, and which could not have come from anyone else".
{{music ratings
|MC = 84/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/where-myth-becomes-memory/rolo-tomassi|title=Where Myth Becomes Memory- Rolo Tomassi on Metacritic|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=December 29, 2022}}
|rev1=DIY
|rev1score={{rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://diymag.com/review/album/rolo-tomassi-where-myth-becomes-memory-album-review|title=Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory review {{pipe}} DIY Magazine|date=3 February 2022 |access-date=December 29, 2022}}
|rev2=Kerrang!
}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = Eva Korman and James Spence
| all_music = Rolo Tomassi
| title1 = Almost Always
| length1 = 6:30
| title2 = Cloaked
| length2 = 3:54
| title3 = Mutual Ruin
| length3 = 5:14
| title4 = Labyrinthine
| length4 = 3:26
| title5 = Closer
| length5 = 5:15
| title6 = Drip
| length6 = 5:50
| title7 = Prescience
| length7 = 4:54
| title8 = Stumbling
| length8 = 2:50
| title9 = To Resist Forgetting
| length9 = 4:04
| title10 = The End of Eternity
| length10 = 6:12
| total_length = 48:14
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Where Myth Becomes Memory.
=Rolo Tomassi=
- Eva Korman – lead vocals
- James Spence – electronic keyboards, piano and co-lead vocals
- Chris Cayford – electric guitar
- Nathan Fairweather – electric bass guitar
- Al Pott – drum kit
=Additional personnel=
- Lewis Johns – production, mixing, horn arrangement on 'Prescience'
- Mikhail Marinas - additional engineering
- Grant Berry – mastering
- Simon Moody – art, design
References
Citations
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Category:Alternative metal albums by English artists