This Place Will Become Your Tomb

This Place Will Become Your Tomb was Sleep Token's first release to chart, debuting at number 39 on the UK Albums Chart.[7] In the midweek chart, it was slated to debut at number 11.[8] The album also registered at number 12 on the UK Album Downloads Chart,[9] number 11 on the UK Album Sales Chart,[10] number 12 on the UK Physical Albums Chart,[11] number 13 on the UK Vinyl Albums Chart,[12] and number 13 on the Scottish Albums Chart.[13]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Daily Express	[14]
Distorted Sound	10/10[15]
Gigwise	[16]
Kerrang!	3/5[17]
The Line of Best Fit	7/10[18]
Metal Injection	6/10[19]
Under the Radar	[20]
Upset	[21]

Media response to This Place Will Become Your Tomb was generally positive. In a 10/10 review written for Distorted Sound magazine, Daniel Fella described the album as a "masterpiece", claiming that "It's unforgettable, unique and damn close to flawless ... music doesn't get much better than this".[15] Daily Express columnist Callum Crumlish gave the album four out of five stars, praising the lyrical content as the band's best yet, as well as the band's development into other musical styles since Sundowning. Crumlish's few criticisms of the release included claims that "Some of the album's songs feel a little stretched" and that "Fall for Me" feels "out of place".[14] Upset magazine also gave the album four out of five, writing that "It's full with great moments, but in between those are some jagged transitions of sounds that don't completely marry".[21]

Kerrang! writer James MacKinnon gave This Place Will Become Your Tomb a rating of three out of five. He praised the album for presenting "compelling songs that we can relate to", highlighting "Alkaline", "Hypnosis" and "The Love You Want"; however, he added that much of the record "doesn't maintain [the same] level of inspiration", claiming that "failing to recognise when to wrap up a track still proves to be Sleep Token's Achilles' heel".[17] Similarly, Harrison Smith for Gigwise complained that "the often lack of distinction between tracks ... detracts from the album's genre-blurring flow", although his review was generally positive about the range of lyrical themes and musical styles adopted.[16] In contrast, Wepea Buntugu of The Line of Best Fit suggested that "flows smoothly from one song to the next, with just enough variety of melodies to stave off monotony while still maintaining a very distinct sound throughout".[18] Under the Radar's Haydon Spenceley praised the album as "accessible".[20]

At the end of 2021, Distorted Sound magazine ranked This Place Will Become Your Tomb as the third best album of the year, behind only Trivium's In the Court of the Dragon and Spiritbox's Eternal Blue.[22] Kerrang! ranked it at number 48 in its list of the 50 best albums of 2021, with Emma Wilkes hailing the release as "emotionally vivid" and praising all three singles plus "Hypnosis" as highlights.[23] Metal Hammer ranked the album at number 14 in its end-of-year list.[24] Eight writers for the magazine included the album in their top 20 lists, five of whom ranked it in their top 10.[25] In a feature published shortly after the release of the first four singles from Take Me Back to Eden in January 2023, Metal Hammer included "Alkaline", "The Love You Want", "Fall for Me" and "Hypnosis" in its list of Sleep Token's best songs.[24]