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Bruisingly heavy, convulsively jazzy, full of dramatic, lurching left-turns and time-signature shifts, the Sheffield five-piece’s frenetic progressive hardcore is capped off by vocalist Eva Spence ... whose voice switches from one moment to the next between soft and seraphic and throat-shredding howl.
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Although Rolo Tomassi's four previous records are phenomenal in their own right, this album emits a more structured sense of chaos than before. The days of the band's video game-like synth tones living amongst hardcore mayhem are long gone, replaced with a more developed sound and sophisticated energy.
80
While for some the metal side of things will prove too much, for the rest this is yet another stunning work from perhaps one of the UK’s most underappreciated bands (on a mainstream level).
80
This is easily their most expansive work yet – a continued exploration of the beauty in brutality.
80
‘Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It’ represents yet another curveball from Rolo Tomassi, and, as usual, feels like a direct kick against what came before.
80
Don’t fear, that furious intensity that Rolo Tomassi do so well still hasn’t gone anywhere, but with ‘Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It’ they have brought a new depth to what they do best.
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Keeping a strong blend of post-rock and post-hardcore at its central point, TWDALWBI is a colourful burst of heavy riffs, swift time signature changes and frantic energy.
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It’s a kind of witchcraft, a wildly inventive journey into the unknown as one song flows into the next with no warning of what might be ahead. Yet again, Rolo Tomassi have proved themselves to be in a category of one.
Recommendation from @TherynsReviews, and my god, this one hits like crazy!
Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It is the 5th album from English rock band Rolo Tomassi. It was recorded in 2017 at The Ranch, Southampton and released in March 2018.
What starts off with a calm, ambient oriented intro slowly builds into a shoegaze-inspired rock track before the rest of this album floors you with 48mins of gut-punching Mathcore that will deliver a shock-voltage level impact on you.
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Thank you @TherynsReviews for the recommendation, because I really love this thing.
Despite me not being big into Mathcore, this album was fantastic. The production, the Post-Metal ambient elements, the emotion, the energy, the riffs, the atmosphere... It's all there in full force, artistically piercing through innovative and extremely creative song ideas for the whole runtime of 53 minutes.
I also love this cover art, it fits the music perfectly.
Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It is ... read more
I Ain’t Got Time!
This has been one real hell of an experience. This album starts with an ambient-like synth that slowly develops into one of the most emotional pieces of music that I have ever heard in my entire life.
I can understand why this is @TherynsReviews’ favorite metal album of all time.
Favorite: The Hollow Hour
Least Favorite: Balancing The Dark
You already know who this is a rec from if you’ve read any other reviews of this lmao. I’m not a super huge metal gal, I mean I got my shit (TOOL), but typically the most brutal of metal just makes me feel cool, but not much else. This is why I’m super into grand shit like this, because it sounds very unique, atmospheric, yet also visceral. The combination of this mathcore sound which makes it sound unique and this post-hardcore sound which makes it sound cool combined with ... read more
At one of my lowest times, this album lit a light at the end of the tunnel.
Eva's vocals are simultaneously hellish and angelic, the instrumentation is simultaneously chaotic and smooth, and the vibes are simultaneously depressing and uplifting. I owe a lot to this album, so the least I could do is give this record a super high score.
Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It is a great record that combines the extremes of mathcore with some ethereal ambient parts. I would even call the style of the record atmospheric mathcore. I still think that Grievances are the best album in their discography but Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It is worth giving it a couple of listens.
Best: Aftermath, Rituals, The Hollow Hour, A Flood of Light, Whispers Among Us
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Track List
| 1 | Towards Dawn 3:44 | 88 |
| 2 | Aftermath 3:52 | 96 |
| 3 | Rituals 3:24 | 89 |
| 4 | The Hollow Hour 7:28 | 91 |
| 5 | Balancing the Dark 3:59 | 82 |
| 6 | Alma Mater 3:10 | 86 |
| 7 | A Flood of Light 8:20 | 94 |
| 8 | Whispers Among Us 5:10 | 85 |
| 9 | Contretemps 8:16 | 90 |
| 10 | Risen 5:37 | 89 |
Total Length: 53 minutes
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2mo
I get the appeal a bit. Might just not be for me. Pretty decent though... really nice riffs and drum work but the more grand style here can get a tad uninteresting. Maybe I wish it was a bit heavier overall... and also this gets tiring pretty quickly. I guess it is good though,, just flawed
The post-rock influence was very noticeable too lol
The post-rock influence was very noticeable too lol
Added on: January 10, 2018