Where Myth Becomes Memory

Where Myth Becomes Memory
Studio album by Rolo Tomassi
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 [1]
Length	48:14
Label	MNRK Heavy
Producer	Lewis Johns
Rolo Tomassi chronology
Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It (2018) Where Myth Becomes Memory (2022)

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 . ^[2]

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. ^{[3] [4]}

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". ^[5]

DIY gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "another truly original triumph". ^[6]

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". ^[3]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100 [5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
DIY	[6]
Kerrang!	[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Eva Korman and James Spence; all music is composed by Rolo Tomassi.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Almost Always"	6:30
2.	"Cloaked"	3:54
3.	"Mutual Ruin"	5:14
4.	"Labyrinthine"	3:26
5.	"Closer"	5:15
6.	"Drip"	5:50
7.	"Prescience"	4:54
8.	"Stumbling"	2:50
9.	"To Resist Forgetting"	4:04
10.	"The End of Eternity"	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

1. Hobson, Rich; Leaver, Elliot; Brennan, Adam; Hill, Stephen; Young, Nik; Whelan, Kez; Mills, Matt; Leivers, Dannii (17 December 2022). "The 10 best metalcore albums of 2022". Metal Hammer . Louder. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
2. "Where Myth Becomes Memory, by Rolo Tomassi". Bandcamp. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
3. "The big review: Rolo Tomassi – Where Myth Becomes Memory | Kerrang!". 3 February 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
4. Shutler, Ali (5 February 2022). "Rolo Tomassi: "There are far wider parameters to modern metal"". NME. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
5. "Where Myth Becomes Memory- Rolo Tomassi on Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved 29 December 2022.
6. "Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory review | DIY Magazine". 3 February 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.