Sleep Token-Take Me Back to Eden (NEW ALBUM)

[old pasture]

Periphery is such a good band

[brisk needle]

i think this is a first forum post that reached 1k comments lol

[rugged osprey]

Damn

[surreal tiger]

Because sleep token so damn good

[loud heart]

Release day was my first ever time listening to Sleep Token and I'm not disappointed. Generally I hate trap music as it's all "money bitches pew pew drugs" but every song in this album just slaps for me I don't usually like mixed genres in songs but GOD FUCKING DAMN does Vessel make it SLAP

[wary ore]

I like genre mixes, when they're done right. Totally agree about those associations, though, btw, haha @loud heart

[woven scaffold]

AOTFY

Late to the party out started playing it at exact midnight

Fucking love it

[alpine dragon]

i uh

i like genre mixes when the genres being mixed are all heavy

or shoegaze

[wary ore]

Shoegaze works too ^^

[hasty zodiac]

In all off my life, which might not be too long, I haven't felt proper sadness to a song even once, even while listening to Lorna Shore's Pain Remains... but "Are you Really Okay?"... that hit me.

[willow gate]

i personally love fade outs, but thats just because seven by phinehas is a fade out and thats one of my favorite songs

[fiery wolf]

I've listened to Rain like 5-6 times and I swear to God I still don't know what that song is or what it sounds like. I don't know if I'm zoning out that hard or what. I just have no memory of it at all.

[obtuse sentinel]

Rain to me is the song that has me going crazy. Love it, cant get it out of my head and really reminds me of TPWBYT

[pale cedar]

It’s like Alkaline 2.0

[obtuse sentinel]

I know and I love it for that

[fathom gulch]

yup

[narrow schooner]

man

TMBTE is slowly becoming my most fav song

i really dont know if i like it more than the summoning

but man it is fucking close

[eager knoll]

'Euclid' is for some reason screaming 'Killswitch Engage' at me

I think there's something not too dissimilar to 'I can't be the only one' in that song

[narrow schooner]

fair

also i think at this point

Vessel has the sexiest voice i've ever heard

[eager knoll]

Apparently there's a couple of very obvious to Vessel's old band in this album xD

[golden jacinth]

same boat

i will never shut the fuck up about this album

[wary ore]

In all honesty, when I first heard his whispers in Ascensionism, I was like... 👀 ''

https://tenor.com/view/blushing-anime-girl-gif-24165765

[hasty zodiac]

"Diamonds in the trees, pentagrams in the night sky"

[fiery wolf]

Y'all wild

[narrow schooner]

true

[loud heart]

Ngl Sleep Token have intrigued me so much and from one album they've become one of my top 3 faves the lore omg......

https://tenor.com/view/markiplier-the-lore-game-theory-brain-explosion-gif-26749218

[fiery wolf]

I think this is gonna be my final tier list

1. Granite
2. Aqua Regia
3. The Summoning
4. Chokehold
5. Ascensionism
6. Are you really okay?
7. Euclid
8. DYWTYLM
9. The Apparition
10. Vore
11. Rain
12. Take Me Back to Eden

[narrow schooner]

wow

it def is a list LOL

[fiery wolf]

I feel like I don't know enough about music to give a valid reasoning for why I chose that order

[narrow schooner]

what

[fiery wolf]

huh

[narrow schooner]

is it not based on your enjoyment?

[fiery wolf]

Well yeah but other people were talking about different styles and such on why certain songs were ranked higher/lower

[narrow schooner]

every list is based on personal enjoyment

it isnt about the composition itself

[fiery wolf]

Bless

[loud heart]

I can't even make a list so fair play aha I just love them all so much

[golden jacinth]

vore at 10 and tmbte at 12 is criminal but i respect your decision

[fiery wolf]

tmbte is so slow for so long. My focus just ain't it for slow songs. Same with Rain. They're good, just not as good as the others.

Vore is really good. I have no complaints about it at all.

🥺 Ty for respecting my decision, I shall respect yours as well friendo

[golden jacinth]

that’s fair. everyone has different opinions, no need to be burned at the stake for it lmao

[fathom gulch]

might be controversial but

1. granite
2. tmbte
3. euclid
4. chokehold
5. rain
6. the summoning
7. aqua regia
8. ayrok?
9. the apparition
10. ascensionism
11. dywtylm
12. vore

dywtylm and vore are the only ones i didn't like enough to add to a playlist tho

[willow gate]

i recoiled from this list but to each their own lol

glad everybody can have completely different tierlist on the album

that means the album is diverse and good for different groups of people

[fiery wolf]

.-.

[river socket]

What did you not like about vore?

Granite first is very bold

Ascensionism third from last is also bold

[fathom gulch]

something about the screams at the beginning of vore rubs my brain in the wrong way, i like the rest of the song but i can't handle the beginning

[river socket]

I can understand what you might not like about ascensionism ans dywtylm though

[fathom gulch]

i like granite because i like it when songs catch me off guard and granite definitely does that

[river socket]

They're a bit fatiguing

[willow gate]

the screams at the start of vore is what makes it one of my favorite sleep token tracks

i love them

[river socket]

They're very sharp idk

[fathom gulch]

ascensionism doesn't deserve third from last because it truly is amazing but i had to put all the others above it just because they're somehow more amazing

[river socket]

Not sure how to explain

[willow gate]

its just not ur thing

which is fine but i like it alot

[fathom gulch]

for me it's ✨ sensory issues ✨

i want to like them but i can't because my brain is fucky

[river socket]

For me aqua regia and dywtylm are bottom

ayrok too

[fathom gulch]

that's fair, i absolutely love the piano in aqua regia but there isn't too much going on there

[river socket]

I just find them boring

[fathom gulch]

i really love the lyrics of ayrok

[river socket]

I do think dywtylm is garbage ngl

💀

[fathom gulch]

dywtylm is good imo but it's not great

[willow gate]

i already posted this but ill post it again

[fathom gulch]

it's just kinda there

[willow gate]

1. Ascensionism
2. Take me back to eden
3. The summoning
4. Vore
5. Chokehold
6. Granite
7. Rain
8. Euclid
9. The apparition
10. Are You Really Okay?
11. DYWTYLM
12. Aqua Regia

i love all of the tracks besides the last 2 at the bottom i could def live without them

[river socket]

Not bad

[fathom gulch]

fully respect that list even though i disagree with a lot of it

[willow gate]

ill be completely honest while not trying to be hateful but aqua regia is one of my least favorite songs of the year

so far

[river socket]

Least favorite out of bands you like i assume lok

lol

[fathom gulch]

it's definitely one of the most controversial releases so far

[willow gate]

well yeah lol

[fathom gulch]

from what i've heard the new spiritbox song was like that too

[river socket]

The void is ass imo

As a big spiritbox fan

[fathom gulch]

i liked it but i understand why people don't

[river socket]

It's boring af

[willow gate]

i did not enjoy the new spirit song at all and im a decent fan of spiritbox

im not a huge fan i dont have entire albums on my playlist but songs like holy roller FUCK

[river socket]

I don't have any playlists

[fathom gulch]

i think it has good ideas and i could see it working better in the context of an album

[river socket]

I hate playlists

[fathom gulch]

gonna be honest? holy roller is overrated

it's good don't get me wrong but i think it's repetitive

[river socket]

Holy roller is one of their least interesting tracks

Yeah

[fathom gulch]

how exactly do you listen to music?

[river socket]

Albums

Lol

[fathom gulch]

i see

i usually listen to playlists but also albums decently often

[river socket]

I like listening to music how it was meant to be listened to

Albums are structured in a way for a reason

It's a sonic journey

[willow gate]

its not that deep for me personally its just ''durrrr this go hard'' and its instantly on my playlist

im a smooth brain listener

[fathom gulch]

i listen to a lot of concept albums so i respect that but i also sometimes need to just have a bunch of faves on in the background so playlists

[willow gate]

i wonder where sleep token will take their sound next

or this could be their last album

[fathom gulch]

iirc it seems like this is the end of a trilogy so we'll see

[river socket]

I also download all my music so it's kinda like buying a record and listening to it except digital

My library only has stuff i know and like

Then i just listen to the albums

[willow gate]

interesting ig lol

kinda weird but you do you

[river socket]

Been doing this for years

[olive barn]

I feel like album listeners are a minority nowadays and it makes me sad

[old pasture]

I think my favorite of this album is Euclid.
Goooooood what a song

[fathom gulch]

euclid is so good

[old pasture]

And DYWTYLM is super underrated.
Sure definitely not their best song.
But what a vibe.
I get summer vibes listening to this song

[old pasture]

It’s the song that stood out for me the most.
Probably because of all the callbacks and the ending part which is basically TNDNBTG which is one of my favorites by them

[fathom gulch]

it stood out to me because it feels like the end to the trilogy

like i would argue the title track was the end of the album, but euclid was there to tie it back into sundowning and make a more rounded out experience if that makes sense

[old pasture]

Still wished that the title track had a clean cut, not a fade out 🥲
Still fantastic song

[fathom gulch]

i've chosen to ignore the ending of that song

[pale cedar]

Online: “sleep token isn’t a metal band”

iTunes metal charts:

[willow gate]

i dont get the hatred of fade outs

i quite like them

[narrow schooner]

i think it depends on what is being faded out on

[alpine dragon]

i love the heavy-outro-riff-fade-out thing but thats probably the meshuggah brain talking

[hasty zodiac]

My ranking:

1. Are You Really Okay?
2. Take Me Back To Eden
3. Ascensionism
4. Chokehold
5. Apparition
6. The Summoning
7. Rain
8. Vore
9. Euclid
10. Aqua Regia
11. Granite
12. DYWTYLM

[eager knoll]

After listening to the album all weekend, I think my tier list is probably gonna be:

1. Take Me Back to Eden
2. Ascensionism
3. Vore
4. Euclid
5. Are You Really Okay?
6. Rain
7. Chokehold
8. Granite
9. Aqua Regia
10. DYWTYLM
11. The Apparition
12. The Summoning

Honestly, out of the entire album The Summoning is the only song that really doesn't do much for me tbh.

[river socket]

1. the summoning
2. take me back to eden
3. chokehold
4. vore
5. ascensionism
6. granite
7. rain
8. the apparition
9. euclid
10. aqua regia
11. are you really okay
12. DYWTYLM

I didn't put too much thought into this list

but it's something like that

[digital prairie]

1. Take Me Back to Eden
2. The Apparition
   3.The Summoning
3. Chokehold
4. Rain
5. Ascensionjsm
6. Are you Really Okay
7. Aqua Regia
8. Vore
9. Granite
10. Euclid
11. DYWTYLM

[narrow schooner]

i like how for most people dywtylm is almost always at the bottom LOL

can't blame anyone tbh

[loud heart]

Chokehold has now become my my favourite song of all time and tmbte is in my top 5 I love this band so much and now I'm about to chill and listen to their other albums

[loud heart]

It's on my top 5 for the album......guess I'm weird 😂

[river socket]

The summoning in last is actually criminal

[eager knoll]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[fathom gulch]

i mean i have an unusually low ranking for the summoning but it's still in my top half

[night juniper]

I cant stop listening to the album

its so good

[ionic forum]

And I don't think it's ever because the song is bad or they don't like it, the other songs are just so damn good

[narrow schooner]

i dont like it

i can see the appeal but it isnt a song im gonna listen to often, if at all

[ionic forum]

I didn't at first but it grew on me

[eager knoll]

It's got you in a

[eager knoll]

honestly, I just don't vibe with it. lol

[olive barn]

Same or it would probably be at least in my top 7, I just can't make a list 'cause it's too damn hard, but DYWTYLM was my 2nd favourite single

[night juniper]

speaking of dywtylm

im switching dywtylm and are you really okay?

its grown on me, even tho that synth sound throughout the song thats isolated in the beginning hurts my ears for some reason

[chrome escarp]

after listening to the entire album cycle (sundowning, tpwbyt, tmbte) fully, i can say that sleep token may be one of my favourite bands ever

and this album is AOTY, no questions asked

[narrow schooner]

you never know

[eager knoll]

I finally figured out what the title track feels like.

It feels like a play with different acts, exit stage left, stage goes dark, and when it's lit again, the set is totally different and they're wearing different clothes and then it cuts again till it all comes together

[gusty swift]

it's like a mix of songs they've done before

[fiery wolf]

I don't hate DYWTYLM because it's one of the few songs I can play when listening to music with my wife. She's more into pop/kpop and doesn't mind the song. 🤷‍♀️ I'll take it

[gusty swift]

yeah i showed my mom this album and she saved the song lol

[fiery wolf]

It's a great way to bring new people into listening.

[eager knoll]

Surely Aqua Regia though?

[fiery wolf]

She wasn't a fan 😭

[eager knoll]

Straight to Jail

[fiery wolf]

|| She also said DYWTYLM sounded country || 👀

[eager knoll]

Maybe yeah

Fair assessment IMO 😛

[fiery wolf]

Good grief

I'll never tell her someone agreed with her

[eager knoll]

Well IMO the biggest problem is the accent 😛

With a change in accent country gets very close xD

[fiery wolf]

well, at least it's not like when Metallica tried country, amirite

[eager knoll]

Oooh yea-heah

[hasty zodiac]

Say what u want, but Nik's reaction to Take Me Back To Eden's breakdown is the funniest thing ever.

[old pasture]

I can’t make a list.
It’s too hard cause I really love all songs. Even the „weaker“ ones are absolutely amazing imo
And putting something on last spot doesn’t mean I hate it or doesn’t like it.

AHHHHH god damn

[old pasture]

I think the only song I can rank without hesitation:
My number 1 pick Euclid

Ok.. I tried to rank it..

1. Euclid
2. The Summoning
3. Ascensionism
4. Take Me Back To Eden
5. Chokehold
6. DYWTYLM
7. Vore
8. Are You Really Ok?
9. Aqua Regia
10. Granite
11. The Apparition
12. Rain

like i said. Even the weaker ones are fantastic

[willow gate]

i rate ur tierlist 7/10

:D

idk about rain though i really like that song

[acoustic ruin]

Rain

[old pasture]

I like it too.
If you ask me tomorrow, the list would look different

[willow gate]

Fair enough ive changed my list alot

i think no matter what dywtylm will always be 12th

for me

Not bad but pretty boring for me

[old pasture]

Understandable
But I really love that song

I have a soft spot for the album closers.
Blood Sport, Missing Limbs and now Euclid.
Perfect songs to end an album

[eager knoll]

For me I just put them in five brackets:

• Yeah: Chokehold, Granite, Apparition, Rain
• Good: Summoning, Vore, Euclid, Aqua Regia
• Decent: Are you really OK, Take Me Back To Eden
• Meh: Ascensionism
• No: DYWTYLM

[willow gate]

''Yeah'' lol

1. Ascensionism
2. Take me back to eden
3. The summoning
4. Vore
5. Chokehold
6. Granite
7. Rain
8. Euclid
9. The apparition
10. Are You Really Okay?
11. DYWTYLM
12. Aqua Regia

[eager knoll]

Think of it like 'Yeah' with Hetfield's enthusiasm

[willow gate]

ive posted that like 3 times now

lol

i like to see what people think of my list though

[acoustic ruin]

Ascensionism
Take Me Back To Eden
Rain
Euclid
Vore
Aqua Regia
The Apparition
The Summoning
Chokehold
Granite
AYROK
DYWTYLM

[willow gate]

however i changed my mind just put euclid over rain maybe granite aswell

thats a fairly outdated list

[eager knoll]

Everyone rates Ascensionism so highly. I personally feel like the song has a few ideas that weren't all tied up properly enough. Take Me Back To Eden is literally the same ideas but better IMO

[willow gate]

i like his high scream in the end alot

just wish it was a bit louder in the mix

[old pasture]

The fade out ranks the song a little lower.
I don’t hate them. But in this case I would’ve loved a clean cut.
But I already wrote that a few times 😂

[eager knoll]

I must say though, that 'DYWTYLM' reminds me of one of my favourite non-metal songs called 'Theera Ulaa', except that the latter has a lot more going for it

[obtuse sentinel]

Okay, let's ich see....

1. Rain
2. Vore
3. TMBTE
4. Chokehold
5. The Summoning
6. Ascenionism
7. The Apparition
8. Granite
9. Euclid
10. Are You Really Okay?
11. Aqua Regia
12. DYWTYLM

Struggled a bit to actually make a list but I feel like this represents it pretty good

[willow gate]

vore number 2

Respect

love that song

[hasty zodiac]

Moved up rain by one place, lidtened zo it a few more times

[obtuse sentinel]

Criminally underrated song

Hits way too close to home too

[willow gate]

i just love his screams

some people said they didnt like the screams but idk ig im in the minority

[obtuse sentinel]

Love it. It's always so haunting and fits so well into the soundscape

It just works

[hasty zodiac]

This is one of the hardest to rank albums for me, all are top tier except a few which are still very good.

[obtuse sentinel]

Feel that, my list is mostly based off of how stuck the song is in my head and how much it fucks me over emotionally because musically they're all very close together and close to peak

[hasty zodiac]

I simply put AYROK as no. 1 since it's the first song to make me feel properly emotional

[willow gate]

that song didnt hit as much at the start but the lyrics are fantastic

it grew on me alot

[snow crater]

1. the summoning
2. tmbte
3. vore
4. chokehold
5. rain
6. the aparition
7. ascenionism
   8.euclid
8. granite
9. aqua regia
10. are you really okay
11. DYWTYLM

[willow gate]

W list

[hasty zodiac]

Same... the only songs that I could maybe rank higher are ascensionism and title track

[narrow schooner]

god

the title track is slowly becoming my most fav on the album

[hasty zodiac]

I should do another full album listen and rank the songs ptoperly.

[acoustic ruin]

Honestly one of my favourite tracks from anything they’ve done

Also all the Aqua slander is crazy

[willow gate]

its easily my least favorite track from sleep token

[night juniper]

alright after listening to the album for the 5th time today, im switching rain to 4, above euclid

[acoustic ruin]

[fathom gulch]

baseless

aqua regia ducks and you cannot change my mind

i have chosen not to correct the typo there because i don't feel like it

[golden jacinth]

aqua regia:

[fathom gulch]

TRUE

[eager knoll]

1: Ascensionism
2: The summoning
3:Vore

4: Take me back to eden

5:DYWTYLM

6:Euclid

7:chokehold

8:rain

9: are you really ok?

10: the apparition

11: aqua regia

12: granite

honestly i like one through three and then everything else except granite all tying for 4th and granite being fifth

[fathom gulch]

what's with all the granite hate

[fiery wolf]

I love granite

[tardy nest]

granite is my third favourite

at least part of that is the album cover

dual wielding axe man my beloved

[willow gate]

granite is pretty good

[fathom gulch]

granite is fun to play for people when they're in my car

because it starts off and people say it kinda sounds like sad r+b with a little rock

and then That One Part hits

[robust relic]

1. Take me back to eden
2. The Summoning
3. The Apparition
4. Ascensionism
5. Vore
6. Aqua Regia
7. Chokehold
8. Granite
9. Are you really okay?
10. Rain
11. Euclid
12. DYWTYLM

[alpine dragon]

ok just listened to title track again and it slaps mostly

theres a couple minutes toward the end before the last heavy part i found kinda boring

[robust relic]

I don't think it's an amazing breakdown but I definitely like the black metal vibe it gives

Same way that vore is heavy, just that type of vocals with the ambience gives it a nice vibe to it

[alpine dragon]

vore has that groovy riff tho

new ranking:

1. the summoning/vore
3. ascensionism
4. take me back to eden
5. rain/the apparition
6. the rest of em

[willow gate]

W

nice

i basically agree but would replace the summoning with title track

thats the only thing id change

however i enjoy the song structure of the summoning

bit more normal in comparison

[robust relic]

True on that for sure

[wary ore]

By the way, do you know guys, if anyone already tried building a whole alphabet from the symbols used on the cover arts of the songs? 🤔

Like, I don't follow them much (yet), maybe it already exists.

[old pasture]

I think you can find it somewhere

[kindred cape]

Sleep token got number 2 on Spotify charts

For USA

Number 5 global

Number 2 in the uk

[loud heart]

Let's gooooo! 🤘

[left umbra]

where do u find that?

[wary ore]

Okay, can someone DM me the link to their Discord, pls? I cannot find it anywhere. 😅 Someone said the demo alphabet can be there somewhere.

[kindred cape]

Number 5 on iTunes

[exotic sun]

pls dont crucify me but vore is boring to me

[river socket]

You've been crucified.

[exotic sun]

noooooooooooooo

[wary ore]

[old pasture]

Anyone else has the song crucify me from BMTH in their head?😂

[fathom gulch]

FINALLY SOMEONE WITH THE CORRECT OPINION

[gusty swift]

listening to Ascensionism just made me cry out of joy.

[eager knoll]

Title track but worse xD

[proven glen]

Kinda säd that Vore is only song that i liked and many say it is the worst song :D

[harsh barn]

I hope they release an instrumental version

[eager knoll]

Anyone who doesn't put DYTWTKYKYNRTM at the end is incorrect, end of story 😛

[harsh barn]

DYWTYLM?

[gusty swift]

nah Ascensionism>TMBTE

[eager knoll]

I hope you live in a country with the constitutional freedom to be incorrect 😛

[alpine dragon]

vore is better than both of them

[eager knoll]

I really like the blackened vibescore feel of that song

[gusty swift]

both are better than vore

[alpine dragon]

crucify him

[eager knoll]

Waste

[obtuse sentinel]

would be surprised if they didnt, probs just gonna take a while

but on another note, I just wanna say that I think it´s kind of amazing how much discourse there is about the tracks. So often you´ll have an album release and everyone will only talk about how good one song is cough Currents cough Living in Tragedy cough still not even close to the best track cough

uhm, I mean yeah, this is fun. I love to see how many different rankings there are

[willow gate]

currents album for me is far more consistently good then this one but yeah i get your point

crazy how different peoples opinions are for this album

[obtuse sentinel]

I mean it´s to be expected from an album like this in a metal community. Some are more and others are less open to this soundscape and both are valid, what strikes me is how many people who all claim to love or at least like the album a lot rank it completely different from one another. Love to see it honestly

[obtuse sentinel]

If only it flowed better.... I like every song but it doesnt work as an album for me and while ST isnt the most well flowing album either, it works much better imo and for that alone it wins in my book

[willow gate]

it flows just fine for me i dont see any problems with it

that goes for both albums for me

but to each their own i guess

[fathom gulch]

this one definitely flows better than the currents one but both are great albums

and yeah. living in tragedy is great but absolutely not the best song on that album

even excluding the singles

[narrow schooner]

gone astray for me

probably

[fathom gulch]

gone astray and beyond this road are tied for my favorite

remember me is my actual favorite but that's also a single

[narrow schooner]

it's the fucking intro man

anime shit

it sounds so cool lol

[fathom gulch]

it's amazing, yeah

[gusty swift]

Beyond This Road, Over and Over>Living In Tragedy

[eager knoll]

Current's album was just 'modern metalcore take 36' though.

[obtuse sentinel]

a man with quality taste I see

[eager knoll]

Personally somehow I am still struggling to put Eden over Heavener

[fathom gulch]

i didn't ever get around to listening to heavener

[eager knoll]

Heavener... did something to me

[fathom gulch]

maybe i should do that

[narrow schooner]

you should

it's peak

[obtuse sentinel]

for me it´s not even a question. As much as I grow to love Eden more and more, Heavener is just in an entirely different realm

[willow gate]

i mean i think heavener is exactly that but they both did it in their own styles

[obtuse sentinel]

DO IT. DO IT NOW! I TELL YOU N O W!

[fathom gulch]

give me like

5 minutes

[eager knoll]

Currents was diluted Heavener in a way 😓 feel bad for saying that but if Heavener had not come out maybe I would've liked it

[willow gate]

thats a very odd take which i disagree with heavily but alright

lol

they are nothing alike

[eager knoll]

Username checks out xD

[fathom gulch]

you like currents? i couldn't have guessed

[eager knoll]

Adding water does that xD

[willow gate]

nah dont get me wrong heavener is fantastic probably gonna be my second place for albums

but they dont sound alike to me

not even a little bit

[eager knoll]

I think for me this year is

1. Heavener
2. Take me back to Eden
3. Periphery 5: Misha is a Djenty boi

[willow gate]

wax wings is godtier

[eager knoll]

Wax Wings waxed me

Although, While She Sleeps is in the studio making their album and based on the riffs Sean has posted on Insta reels so far, I'm ready to change that list later this year

[willow gate]

im not quite sure what my rankings are, they are changing alot but its atleast take me back to eden heavener or currents for AOTY

maybe something like silent planet will change that

or while she sleeps ig, had no clue they are working on a new album

no matter what i think sleep token is gonna be in top 3 lol

[eager knoll]

Same producer as Sleep Token too (whom they've had for 10 years now)

[gusty swift]

the tracklist of polaris' new album is out

[willow gate]

bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh really where? also its turning more into a general music discussion instead of sleep token we should prob move to general

[eager knoll]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CqkPrvYA92L

seanwss

My mum used to play 90s euphoric dance music a lot when I was a kid, can you tell…Comment 3 times if you want this to make it to a song.

Likes

19577

Instagram

[eager knoll]

General has more rules than in here apparently xD

[willow gate]

huh

[gusty swift]

not official but i trust this person

[willow gate]

ive seen glint around they seem trustworthy

thats dope as fuck

[old pasture]

I listend to Heavener.. and I felt nothing..
Wouldn’t even be in my top 5 AOTY

[willow gate]

it holds up fairly well in my opinion

enjoyable album

[gusty swift]

listen to it again and just appreciate the quality of the music

[fathom gulch]

so far i'd say it's good but currents was definitely better

[raven hedge]

This

[fathom gulch]

i'm just past halfway through and only like 2 songs have really been playlist material

unless the last 4 tracks have something absolutely wild i don't get the hype

[old pasture]

It’s not bad. Don’t get me wrong.
But there’s something that’s lacking..
Or don’t know how to describe it.
Cant even tell you why I don’t like it
It’s just.. yeah.. that album exists.
It’s definitely one the albums of all time

[fathom gulch]

the only song that actually sounds different from all the others is reverie so there's barely any variety

that's my main complaint

[willow gate]

thats my gripe with all 3 of my aotys

HOWEVER that doesnt take away the fact of how good they are

but nothing is perfect

[fathom gulch]

that's my gripe with 90% of modern metal albums

[river socket]

For me it's between sleep token, invent animate and haken

[fathom gulch]

i would definitely say that my aotys at the moment are sleep token, currents, and as everything unfolds

pierce the veil and nf are up there too

[acoustic ruin]

Current top 5 are Sleep Token, fromjoy, Periphery, JPEGMAFIA and Jesus Piece

[willow gate]

vore is becoming my favorite song

[alpine dragon]

i really need to listen to that unearth one

[eager knoll]

just not necessarily my forte

i’ll still listen to it its just not mything

[eager knoll]

me but ascensionism

[silk tundra]

Isn't there a theory of Vessel changing with the next project

Cause of the art for Euclid

[eager knoll]

Or - and it would be a power move - Vessel has attained salvation due to his worship and sleep token no longer exists

Leave on the highest of highs because why not

[gusty swift]

i actually thought that this album was going to be their last work

[silk tundra]

I think Sleep Token will continue to evolve and go more wierd considering they've had mask changes for every album (like Slipknot or Ghost)

[gusty swift]

i never paid attention to their masks lol

[silk tundra]

The markings on the other hoods/balaclavas of the band members have changed overtime and so has Vessel's

But iam having the theory of Vessel will be replaced by something

I mean they can do whatever now

[eager knoll]

Oli Sykes mysteriously quits BMTH as Sleep Token announces "Bowl", the replacement of Vessel

😀

[eager knoll]

Where are these artworks

[silk tundra]

I think they are on youtube theres different ones for each song

[eager knoll]

Not for me

[silk tundra]

from the merch store

Might be that all of the songs get an animated visalizer like the singles

and Euclid gets a music video

They don't want to waste all the hype yet only on the music video and rush the rest of the lore

I could post them separetly but like you can just google the song name each one has its own

[tardy nest]

i have all of them but the bottom left, which song is that from

[old pasture]

I think it was Are You Really Ok?

[alpine dragon]

dark souls lookin aah

[subtle jewel]

third row middle one is carrying Vessel's severed head💀

[acoustic ruin]

Yep lmao

[old pasture]

Especially the one from Chokehold looks like that Grafted Scion from Elden Ring

Don’t know if it was intentional

[exotic sun]

it is euclid

[old pasture]

My preorder finally arrived today🫶🏻

[tardy nest]

pee

[limber knoll]

lmao

[old pasture]

😂😂😂 Pee Token

[fathom gulch]

pee token

[loud heart]

Vore slaps don't care xD not the best from the album but it still slaps

[digital prairie]

Absolutely, TMBTE is also a phenomenal song

[river socket]

Fart token

[olive barn]

Amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOm3o_LT0NQ

[exotic sun]

parsnip

[golden jacinth]

okay please what is this parsnip talk about

no one will tell me

[exotic sun]

iirc it was a shitpost from the sleep token fb fan group

here it is lol

[golden jacinth]

V A S E L I N E

i screamed

bless i do not have fb lol

[exotic sun]

https://tenor.com/view/world-of-warships-battleship-uss-missouri-enel-gif-15986744

[exotic sun]

sleep token fans when they warship or idk something

btw, fantano gave the album a 2

i guess it wasn't hardcore so...

[golden jacinth]

WHEN THEY WARSHIP

i cannot

i choked on my water

[gusty swift]

warship pahahahagaha

[golden jacinth]

i heard i’m not even gonna watch the video. i’m just gonna get mad lmao

i feel like he gives shit ratings to albums that are massively loved to get clicks

but that’s just me

[willow gate]

im not aware of his content or who he is

but some people gotta accept that some people just dont like this type of music

[golden jacinth]

he’s a little shite head that does album review for a multitude of genres and is known for giving them low ratings

at least that’s my grasp on what he is

it’s perfectly fine to not like something, but he isn’t very respectful about it??? from the videos i’ve seen at least

[willow gate]

just checked out his reaction

hes very harsh but it appears he does not enjoy this type of music

overall he seems to be very much a hard critic but not somebody who just says they hate it for no reason

[alpine dragon]

he called tvsor and northlane's alien bad so i will never listen to him or care about his internet presence

[willow gate]

Oh he called ailen bad?

thats honestly painful to hear

that album is fantastic in every way

but its not gonna live in my head rent free like alot of people lol

[alpine dragon]

he like tweeted about how he hates djent guitar tone and the album is bad when it came out

i think he deleted it

[willow gate]

i was just judging him off the one video i saw

[alpine dragon]

ive never watched a single one of his videos but he sounds like an ass

[narrow schooner]

or

get this

opinions

he just doesn't like metalcore

[charred stratus]

He grew up with Converge and Botch

early early metalcore before it was even called Metalcore

He reviews requests as well and I'm assuming this album was very heavily requested

Probably wasn't gonna check it out otherwise

[eager knoll]

Honestly it's fine if people don't like something but from that video it seems like he made up his might about the vocals, instruments, and transitions all being bad to an extent that even if they were done differently he would've simply moved the goalposts and come up with some other excuses.

It's alright as an attitude to live by and at least in this case it gets him views and money, I suppose. But it's what it is.

[narrow schooner]

i didnt watch the review because i dont care to watch negative reviews on things i like

but im sure he has his reasons

again, opinions

[fathom gulch]

who are we talking about?

[narrow schooner]

anthony fantano

[fathom gulch]

i don't know who that is but based on this conversation i don't think i want to look him up

[night juniper]

id never heard of him before now and I just watched the video, it just made me laugh

[eager knoll]

I went expecting good critic review but in the end it was a bit of 'let's criticise everything and see what sticks' kind of video. Djent bad, R&B bad, vocals too dramatic, instrumentals bad, transitions inhuman... like basically apparently not a single minute of good music if you listen to that review.

[narrow schooner]

he just doesnt like it

[eager knoll]

There's a lot of music I don't like even one bit which I can still appreciate as being great. If you're reviewing music on YouTube I think you might do well being a bit more sensible, no? Maybe not.

[narrow schooner]

i mean

it's not about objectivity

you can dislike music and not have appreciation for it even if most people consider it great

[eager knoll]

In theory, but if you have a channel which extensively reviews music, that kind of attitude makes you a pointless watch

If you're just talking to your friends, maybe

[alpine dragon]

exactly

i think reviewing music is dumb in general just listen to what you like and dont shit on things for no reason

[narrow schooner]

reviewing =/= just shitting on things

[old pasture]

Reactions are reviews too.
And we like reactions 👀

[left umbra]

Nah reactions are poser cringe

[willow gate]

I think you are fairly bias here

there is a large amount of music i dislike and dont have much appreciation for

the youtuber in question is known for not liking this type of music

yet people are shocked when he gives it a bad review

[old pasture]

Not all.
And due to reactions I found a lot of great bands.
Like Sleep Token and Currents

[fathom gulch]

opinion: reactions, while they may be entertaining, are one of the lowest forms of content, and any channel that has reactions needs to have something else to go along with them

that's not to say they're not entertaining or worthwhile, just that the idea of a reaction channel without any other kind of content is inherently flawed

[narrow schooner]

i think it very much depends on the youtuber

i like nik's reactions

[left umbra]

P sure that guys was joking

fuck wrong alt

[narrow schooner]

yall remember jinx though? lmao

[fathom gulch]

i like reactions like nik's bc he also has valuable insight into the songs

but there are so many channels where it's basically just like "this song was good/bad" and nothing else

[narrow schooner]

right

[brisk needle]

tbf reactions are dying as a form of content hence why Nik's trying to get away from it

[eager knoll]

The bad review was not the problem at all - my main problem was how he seemed from my perspective to throw the kitchen sink at his review to try and get it to stick by naming everything he possibly could as some form of 'bad', which in a way allows him to move goalposts as he wishes. I don't even completely disagree with a couple of his points.

[eager knoll]

I'd say 'consolidating' really - everyone tried and most were shite, some still are enjoyable to watch and only those remain

[willow gate]

well that happens when you outright hate the genre of music

sleep token is creating

i understand your point

but i dont think it applies here

[eager knoll]

Well I suppose that is impossible for me to understand then. I don't like a lot of music and most 'genres', (where I come from genres are not nearly as solid), but I can't really hate anything outright... 🤔

[charred stratus]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CsuGZ9xt3bR/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

heavymusicawards

Heavy Music Awards 2023
Winner: Best UK Artist
Presented by MNRK Heavy

Sleep Token

Spinefarm Records

—

Instagram

[brisk needle]

who would've thought

[echo mason]

and no one was suprised

[night juniper]

my cassette just arrived and I only ordered it on thursday all the other good ones were sold out lol

[eager knoll]

i’m already pissed, i’ma find this mans ip adress

[eager knoll]

i agree here, i hate modern country, kpop and polka yet i don’t make up reasons for it being bad, i just don’t like it. Its not my forte

[eager knoll]

granite?

now from my point of view fantano was just pulling insults out of his ass to make the album look bad. Now there are a couple of things which i think he has a fair point on and some i can see a little bit, but sleep token is pioneering fusion metal at the moment, and they’re doing it well. And this album as a whole is exactly what we need with music right now aside from the lyrics but just a mix of things, like nik said music isn’ about the genre, its about people doing what they like and making sound the way they want to. You don’ have to like it but don’ shit on things because you don’t like it, it embarasses you and it just pisses people off.

[night juniper]

yep

[eager knoll]

nice

[wary sphinx]

FINALLY got to listen to the rest of this. TMBTE and Rain were just 11/10. Fantastic album.

[left umbra]

just saw an ad for sleep token on a train station lol

[golden jacinth]

title track is quickly becoming one of my favs on the album

[night juniper]

not my bf calling Sleep Token "awake coin"

i hate it here

[willow gate]

awake coin is the best thing i have ever heard in this entire discord

[night juniper]

im not telling him that it will boost his ego too much i cant give him that power

[willow gate]

tell him

he needs to understand he is not alone

[night juniper]

[golden jacinth]

what about conscious wares

[night juniper]

we're not doing this

[golden jacinth]

[night juniper]

i refuse to take part in this

[gusty swift]

warship

https://tenor.com/view/world-of-warships-battleship-uss-missouri-enel-gif-15986744

[golden jacinth]

lmao

[alpine dragon]

new crypto just dropped

[wary ore]

I am yelling at this joke xD xD xD This is too good

[woven scaffold]

Oh God pls don't let them find sleep token and make a fucking NFT out of it too

I'll fucking cry

[exotic sun]

so the "just run it back, give me 5 whole minutes" lyric in euclid was a reference from the title track

check 2:16 and 7:16 of TMBTE

[vague swift]

the fact that theres over 1500 messages in this thread just proves how good the album is

[wary ore]

https://tenor.com/view/glasses-two-glasses-remove-glasses-gif-4774518

[eager knoll]

awake coin? How about recumbent treasure

[night juniper]

what have i begun

[old pasture]

Maybe Awake Coin is the next chapter.
The next trilogy

[fathom gulch]

lethargic currency

[golden jacinth]

i am loving these

keep going everyone

[night juniper]

see now his ego is inflated

look what y'all did

[old pasture]

https://tenor.com/view/shame-go-t-game-of-thrones-walk-of-shame-shameful-gif-4949558

[willow gate]

comedic genius of our generation

[night juniper]

he wishes

[eager knoll]

i’m so proud of myself

[willow gate]

no need for him to wish

he is a comedian

[eager knoll]

rest symbol

doze emblem

siesta indication

power nap manifestation

[eager knoll]

zizz indication

doze badge

catnap coupon

beauty sleep voucher

forty winks recognition

drowse pledge

[alpine dragon]

BEAUTY SLEEP VOUCHER

bro im wheezing at this thread

[night juniper]

i regret everything

[alpine dragon]

u made ur bed and now u can exhaustedly purchase in it

[loud heart]

Kip sign (only one that you didn't cover 😂)

[fathom gulch]

zizz indication sounds like a nu metal band

[night juniper]

this is my 13th reason

[gusty swift]

Erstmal zu Penny 💀

[vague swift]

i dont think i will ever take their record label seriously

simply bc its called spinefarm

[eager knoll]

just dig you coffin so you can expire in it

[old pasture]

Calimeros verdient auf Platz 3

[harsh gust]

i really wanted to like this album, but vessel's clean make me want to slap him

[narrow schooner]

what

why

[harsh gust]

i really dont like how they sound, really breathy and almost pretentious imo, and i also dont like it's tone

i really like the djent/thall parts tho

i wish they put an instrumental version out

vore's beggining was really good to

[narrow schooner]

doesnt sound breathy

but pretentious?

bro is just singing lol

[harsh gust]

when i hear his voice it makes me think of someone looking down on everyone

[harsh gust]

they are really breathy wdym?

[narrow schooner]

i dont hear it whatsoever

[narrow schooner]

that's on you tbh

idk how someone's cleans can sound pretentious

[harsh gust]

yeah i know, sadly it's the only thing holding me back from liking the album

[gusty swift]

wtf hahahahahaha

[harsh gust]

lmao, i feel like everyone is gonna mock me for my opinions

[narrow schooner]

i mean

it's just a bizarre take

[gusty swift]

no it's just funny lol

[narrow schooner]

i have never heard someone criticize someone else's singing as "pretentious"

[harsh gust]

that's the only way i can explain it

i can explain it another way, but everyone is gonna hate me for this

[fathom gulch]

compared to what fauntano (i know i spelled that wrong i'm too lazy to look it up) was saying you're fine lol

[harsh gust]

some of the stuff he said, i totally agree with them

[fathom gulch]

i personally love vessel's cleans and don't really like his screams for autism reasons but i respect that

[harsh gust]

i prefer his screams to his cleans

[fathom gulch]

as much as i loved this album there will always be people who dislike it and i try not to care

[fathom gulch]

and i respect that!! i probably would too if sensory issues didn't get in the way

[harsh gust]

yeah i also respect the fact that you prefer his cleans

[olive barn]

I didn't like his voice at all until I heard The Summoning in January. I could acknowledge his talent but I just didn't like the sound of his voice, I don't really know why... I think maybe because he is so different from what I'm used to, but now that may be one of the reasons why he has become one of my favorite vocalists.

[harsh gust]

i do acknowledge that he is really talented, i just dont like the sound it has

those highs notes are really impressive!

[olive barn]

Yeah the high notes in The Summoning are exactly what changed my mind lol

[harsh gust]

i like them yeah, but the rest isnt my cup of tea

[olive barn]

If you haven't heard Missing Limbs from their 2nd album, I'd recommend checking it out, his voice is so damn pretty in it, that even I who usually don't like acoustic songs have absolutely fallen in love with that song

[harsh gust]

i might give it a listen then

[willow gate]

sometimes i like his cleans sometimes i dont depends on the song

for instance my favorite sleep token song is Atlantic but i hate his cleans in aqua regia

i cant really describe why

[olive barn]

The 2 previous albums have instrumental versions, probably the new album will have one at some point too

[harsh gust]

i really hope so

[willow gate]

gods instrumental is crazy good

from sundowning

his screams went from kinda bad to pretty damn good

[gusty swift]

i'm not the biggest fan of his screams tbh

they kinda remind me of a cat hiss lol

[river socket]

true

I got used to them

And don't mind them now

Cat hiss

That's a good description

[night juniper]

I personally adore his voice, I feel like he's got a pretty "unique" voice, at least in my experience. Tbh tho I'm just a complete and utter simp for ST now and they could do no wrong in my eyes

[willow gate]

im not entirely sure if the last part of your message is a good thing

lol

[alpine dragon]

fr im pretty sure thats still my fav st song

da gr00ve

[night juniper]

i think i also finalised my ranking, after playing the album at least twice daily since it released

Final Ranking:

1. Rain
2. TMBTE
3. The Summoning
4. Euclid
5. The Apparition
6. Granite
7. Chokehold
8. Ascensionism
9. Vore
10. DYWTYLM
11. AYRO?
12. Aqua Regia

[digital prairie]

I was so fucking pissed when he compared them to Imagine Dragons...

[pliant marten]

😂

[river socket]

he's a moron

[harsh gust]

i mean, there are some parts of truth in that imo, even though it's not completely right

[alpine dragon]

sleep token fans when someone doesnt like sleep token

jesus fucking christ

[narrow schooner]

yall need to chill lol

opinions exist

"erm but no he just said x"

yeah

opinions

[river socket]

I'm not crazy about sleep token, it's just that he basically never gives a good rating on anything metal

[alpine dragon]

wait are u talking about fantano

i thought u were talking about da butter

[narrow schooner]

not true

you can just so see his metal reviews playlist

personally i can see why someone doesnt like sleep token

[river socket]

yes

[river socket]

so can i, but his points made no sense

[narrow schooner]

so be it

no need to insult him

[river socket]

why not

i dont think calling some huge youtuber a moron is too big of an issue

[narrow schooner]

because it's dumb

bro just doesnt like sleep token

[river socket]

no need to insult my opinion

🤓

[narrow schooner]

?

[old pasture]

Stupid question but.. where does the :blessel: emoji come from?

[gusty swift]

the Sleep Token server

[fathom gulch]

there's a sleep token discord server???

[gusty swift]

yeah lol

[pale cedar]

https://twitter.com/sleep_token/status/1663627087754715142

They’re doing a fucking Wembley concert

Sleep Token (@Sleep_Token)

https://t.co/Xg4HYm8XOv

Likes

644

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Twitter · May 30, 2023, 7:23 PM

[night juniper]

STOP

ill cry

my bank will be EMPTIED

and its pretty empty as it is

[golden jacinth]

https://discord.gg/sleeptoken

join us

[wary ore]

https://tenor.com/view/macgruber-im-in-imin-gif-24174214

[night juniper]

wembley confirmed

[night juniper]

WORSHIP

[wary ore]

I envy y'all

[pliant marten]

enjoy the show man

[acoustic ruin]

🫡

[night juniper]

they sold out 10k tickets for the headline show in london within 10 mins.....they really be getting their spotlight

[river socket]

imagine dragons headass

[night juniper]

oh no fantano is that you?!

[obtuse sentinel]

Just read the tweet and couldnt really comprehend it for a second. That's insane, like holy shit

To think that a year ago they would probably struggle to sell out a ~400-500cap venue tour and see them now selling 10k tickets for one date within 10 minutes is insane

[night juniper]

i know im so proud of them

[obtuse sentinel]

Sleep Token x Shibori collab coming next week it seems

[river socket]

i live in a place where buying hoodies doesn't really make sense

you only wear them for like a month or two a year

fun fact: today it was like 50c

[narrow schooner]

ill wear them whenever tbh

[willow gate]

imagine dragons is good

fight me

[pliant marten]

https://twitter.com/FRONZ1LLA/status/1646198922354868246?s=20

Chris Fronzak (@FRONZ1LLA)

@NikNocturnal Imagine Dragon deez nuts on your face

Likes

352

Twitter · Apr 12, 2023, 5:09 PM

[narrow pewter]

Dammnn have fun my dude

[eager knoll]

Ok so hot take - after listening to this album very many times, I feel like this is probably at best tied for their second best album 🫣 There's something about the production and songwriting that has removed the raw human feel from many of the songs of the past two. Everything is musically too perfect.

Of course this would be to a significant extent remedied if they just made a live studio version... 😌

[whole harbor]

my new fav album

[gusty swift]

not really a hot take
i prefer TPWBYT too

[willow gate]

atlantic is prob my favorite by sleep token

or atleast top 3

[pale cedar]

Eden is definitely an album that is produced to sound commercially accessible instead of how tomb and sundowning have a sound that could be described as an “acquired taste”

Honestly it’s a change that works. They knew they’d pop off with this one so they catered it to most musical tastes in terms of sound

[gusty swift]

my 3 favorite Sleep Token songs are of TPWBYT

[golden jacinth]

I WILL TRAVEL FAR BEYOND THE PATH OF REASON, TAKE ME BACK TO EDEN TAKE ME BACK TO EDEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNN

sorry guys just had to get that out of my system real quick

[old pasture]

For me it’s (still the autumn leaves)
Sundowning > TMBTE > TPWBYT

Love all three albums dearly
And even though TPWBYT, especially Alkaline were my introduction to them, I still think Sundowning is the best of all of the three

[eager knoll]

Sundowning has this raw emotion that comes out through the vocals. It's not about 'mainstream' or not - it's about the humanity in the vocals. I think the only song with anything close to that in the new album is Vore.

[old pasture]

Sundowning is More “grounded” if you know what I mean.
I love TMBTE. It’s a fantastic album
But i think the more simple approach on Sundowning is better, for me

[acoustic ruin]

This

I found them with Hypnosis and all

[river socket]

https://youtu.be/3xcgWzUZdhs

youtube recomemnded me this cover

it's insane

[narrow pewter]

He’s got an amazing voice

[olive barn]

I finally listened to the instrumental versions of TPWBYT and Sundowning and I feel like I'm falling in love with their music all over again... Now I really really really wanna hear the instrumental version of TMBTE too

[old pasture]

So excited.
Going to see ST on Monday 😍😍
First time and hopefully not the last time

[obtuse sentinel]

good luck getting tickets in the future

[old pasture]

they were sold out in an instant.. glad i was able to get one

[robust relic]

They were sold out in my area, had to buy them 8x the regular price, but definitely worth it💀

[kindred cape]

That’s how I feel

I wanted to go but nope

Sold out in less then a hour

[obtuse sentinel]

wanted to get tickets for their cologne show, couldnt get them the second they went live because of work, 8 minutes after sales started and I wanted to get them, sold out....crazy shit.

I mean good for them, that´s great actually, but still kinda sucks

[woven scaffold]

He fucking cries at the end of blood sport

[obtuse sentinel]

I did a thing

Kinda surprised, presale was online for ~2 hours already and I still got my ticket

[old pasture]

I‘ll see them again in cologne
Was surprised too that i got tickets