Even In Arcadia

♾️/10

I don’t get it. Go listen to Metallica.

OK, so think of a band but instead of a band it’s actually a bunch of knights that have to rock ‘n’ roll to save someones life, but they’ve never heard of rock ‘n’ roll, but they really want to save this person‘s life. Enter Sleep Token.

…and I actually kinda like ST. It’s more pop focused with some elements of like Blackgaze sprinkled in but it’s primarily a pop album. Emergence and Caramel are really only the two songs that work for me. But yeah I will probably return to TMBTE for my Sleep Token fix.

This band, this album. Just absolutely beautiful.

Once again, Sleep Token have created an experience as oppose to just a record to be flippantly listened to. Every element of their sound is displayed and every second is enjoyable. Worship 🙌🏻

What happened to this band? I feel bad for the guitarists, they have nothing to do anymore. They so clearly just wants to be a pop act so stop calling it metal. The so-called "genre-blending" is so bad, it never feels cohesive and this album already sounds like an incoherent, meandering mess. They take the most generic parts of genres and do nothing interesting with them, it's insulting. I cannot wait for this band to stop getting so much spotlight.

This album is EVERYTHING! Beginning to end, I was hanging on to every lyric and verse. They truly have a gift. I can feel so many emotions in this album; it’s art and pain and release.

I am blown away. How have they managed to create perfection again???? God I just can’t stop listening to this album. Vessel has my mind mesmerized. It’s as if he can see in my head and read my thoughts and put them into a song. Absolutely incredible. Give them a listen - it’ll totally change the way you listen to music. 100/10

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Sleep Token. The music is extremely progressive, and without a solid grasp of advanced music theory most of the songs will go over a typical listener's head. There's also the band's lore, which is deftly woven into their characterization, while their mythology draws heavily from H.P. Lovecraft's stories, for instance. The fans understand this stuff. They have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these songs, to realize that they're not just good, they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence, people who dislike Sleep Token truly ARE idiots. Of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the effortless agility with which the band seamlessly fuses Prog, Metal, Pop, Funk, and Hip-Hop, or how Vessel's vocal range puts even the most acclaimed opera singers to shame. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Vessel's genius lyrical storytelling unfolds itself into their ears. What fools, how I pity them. And yes, by the way, I DO have a Sleep Token tattoo. And no, you can't see it. It's for the worshippers' eyes only, and even then they have to demonstrate their unwavering devotion to the ancient deity Sleep beforehand. Nothing personal, kid.