After years of being asked to talk about Sleep Token, I finally made an in-depth video essay about their rapid rise of popularity, some of the accusations against them, my own personal opinions and some of the philosophy behind this band and their success. What are your thoughts of Sleep Token?! Do you enjoy them or not, and what are your thoughts of the new record?! Be sure to let me know down below, and drop a like/subscribe/comment if you enjoyed--helps out a ton! Cheers, rock on, stay heavy and have a wonderful rest of your day or night depending on when you see this video!!!!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 Want to check out the new album for yourself? Here's a link! kzitem.info/news/bejne/jouLuYmoq2irrKQ
@MrJoshDrums0490
Жыл бұрын
I love Sleep Token personally, mostly due not to their “genre blend” or whatever else, I personally adore their story telling and songwriting. I understand how people hate, as you said they are not reinventing the wheel, but breaking it apart individually, they are very skilled musicians (as a drummer, I’m honestly swayed by II’s precise beats and fills). To me obviously they’re not the first genre bending band, however they are making it somewhat “accessible” for people outside of metal. This is an awesome review and quite honest. I’m invested in Sleep Token personally. Worship 🙏🏻
@alexddragame
Жыл бұрын
I don't get much out of the band personally, they are like mix of generic djent and generic rnb but they aren't impressive in either, but hey, that's ok if people like them and think they're interesting, doesn't hurt me :)
@Saucymanwastaken
Жыл бұрын
Honestly I agree w ya, i am 50/50 in all of this tho because their blend while interesting feels very… off. Odd comparison but comparing to Zeal & Ardor their blend feels much more fleshed out and focused comparing to Sleep Token’s material, not to mention production wise I just sense less soul imo. They are a great gateway band as you said but i’d would suggest Zeal & Ardor as another for fans of them. The music is accessible, and its great that now that metal has been more flexible than ever to have these bands to create music that while metal still very accessible for newcomers that aren’t usually fans of the genre. They are overrated but its like in the middle on how badly or greatly overrated they are. Ok music for fresh meat. Still better than anything Ronnie made :le_trol:
@tracyraines1059
Жыл бұрын
They aren't trying to be evil they just want to be anonymous so they can fully express themselves maybe vessel isn't able to perform without that
@killerchristian567
Жыл бұрын
I thought they were good before they exploded. I don't mind that they got popular as long as the music is good. I can also say that most of the hate is not really of any worry of mine as not everyone is gonna like everything for some reason or another. Further, it's a fact at this point that fans of anything ruin everything, so the best thing to do is to ignore the fans and just enjoy the music. I just like the music I like and that's good enough for me, simply put
@Pasta221
Жыл бұрын
As someone who loves metal, but also loves singing, I understand why they are popular. Their sound is interesting, the production is great, songwriting is good, but for me the vocals are whats interesting. And the soundscapes. They deserve to be popular because they are just that good. Everything doesn't have to be constantly djents and harsh vocals to be good metal! Sorry not sorry 🎉
@terryfrogley7788
Жыл бұрын
Its not that they are doing anything different their just doing it better probably the best way to look at it
@Brutal_Cabrera
Жыл бұрын
I love sleep token and TMBTE. I really do think they can explode in more in popularity in the future. It depends If they can write more accessible songs. Granite is probably the best song to show any non metal person to get them into our genre. Trust me I have shown people that song who NEVER listened to rock/metal before and they love it.
@wheelsofmercury
Жыл бұрын
I have been a fan of that band since their EP days back in 2017/18. To my ears, they have brought a different flair to the R'n'B/pop/metal/rock fusions that groups like Issues, Incredible' Me and Myka Relocate operated in before them. It was only a matter of time before they blew up in popularity like they've been doing as of lately. It's been really cool to see!
@Jwet1100
Жыл бұрын
They’re not for everyone. Music taste is purely subjective. I personally like sleep token but i can completely understand why a metal purist would dislike them. Me being not a purist its for someone like me i guess. They knew their market and they do what they fee and that’s all that matters. Not understanding a band means you move on and appreciate thats others can like them. Im no fan of plenty of bands and im just happy others can enjoy them while I can not.
@peepturner8325
Жыл бұрын
Poser
@Jwet1100
Жыл бұрын
@@peepturner8325 Have fun being a hater. I like the most heaviest of metal bands and some that show more on the emotive side. Gatekeeping is really pointless these days.
@peepturner8325
Жыл бұрын
@@Jwet1100 thank you, it feels great to shit on posers like you. Also I didn’t know disturbed was the heaviest music out there
@UJJYY
Жыл бұрын
@@Jwet1100 Don't have to be a purist to dislike something.
@treadonthis5277
11 ай бұрын
I didnt even know who the hell they were till @bout @ week @go!!!lol!!!
@voxextremos22
Жыл бұрын
I find them pretentious and the fanbase is obnoxious. They are good musicians but the music is meh. Not amazing but not terrible
@zinAab79
Жыл бұрын
Is fun how many grown up "true" metalheads say metal is dead and cry to the skies for new popular bands with new fresh sounds to come and save the genre and introduce younger people into it again. So their wish was granted with cool bands that to it flawlessly like Sleep token, Bad omens and Spiritbox but they cry because "noooo how can this be possible that's not metal!!! old = good tiktok = bad!!!"
@peepturner8325
Жыл бұрын
My poser detector is going off the charts
@theseanie9958
Жыл бұрын
im just not a fan of r&b, and sleep token is basically 80%+ r&b now
@Count_Deangeli
Жыл бұрын
I guess, I'm too old for this - I've no idea why Sleep Token exploded and couldn't go through the whole album
@Untoldanimations
Жыл бұрын
Yes. Yes they are
@xangrycatmanx5104
Жыл бұрын
Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Despite pulling influences from a lot of genres outside of metal, Sleep Token pulls the most surface-level elements of all those genres into music that feels both generic, and a mess simultaneously. So yes, they are overrated. And bad.
@tracyraines1059
Жыл бұрын
Short answer hell no
@ThatOneGuy7550
Жыл бұрын
someone not drinking the kool-aid, finally
@tracyraines1059
Жыл бұрын
Wow I really don't understand how anyone can say sleep token is only surface level anything cuz they are the complete opposite of that they hit emotions in people that are so deep and on a level I guess some people don't quite understand cuz they obviously don't have feelings or have probably never been hurt so deeply so they just don't understand how healing thier music is to us
@xangrycatmanx5104
Жыл бұрын
@@tracyraines1059 Because to me, it's just pop music wearing black clothes. And as a metal fan, I'm quite frankly insulted by that implication. Not to mention that their lore is just the origin story of Mormonism and their entire gimmick surrounding that are corny and reeks of pretentiousness (making it seem like a lot deeper than they actually are). It's some of the most soulless and cynical music I've heard since Bad Omens and goes against everything that metal music has stood for to me. But if you like it, by all means, like it. Love it, even. It clearly has its fans, even if I'm not one.
@tracyraines1059
Жыл бұрын
@@xangrycatmanx5104so what bands is it that you think aren't like that. And you know maybe if you stop out of your gatekeeper ways and like something other than just metal you might actually find meaning in it but I can see that you a clearly a person that just likes one thing and nothing else. I bet you are a very routine type person. In other words you don't like variety or a lil spice in your life once in a while.
@ThatOneGuy7550
Жыл бұрын
Sleep Token sounds like if Imagine Dragons tried to cover Meshuggah and failed disastrously, overhyped and somehow extremely sterile lmao
@tracyraines1059
Жыл бұрын
Yea if you're a dull person that doesn't like a lil variety and great story telling with the most beautiful vocals that have a range most people only could dream about.
@ThatOneGuy7550
Жыл бұрын
@@tracyraines1059 There are other bands who do this style but better / more competently; TesseracT, VOLA, Thornhill and Caligula's Horse all come to mind. Besides that, so what? Good vocal performances are ruined by the awful production and incoherent arrangements from this band, the total lack of originality and how sterile and overproduced everything sounds doesn't help. Issues did this exact sound back in 2012 and yall are acting like Sleep Token is something inherently new / groundbreaking. Nah you're just into the same nu metal-core slop that every other band since the early 2000s has tried and abadoned. Listen to other bands for a change and get out of your comfort zone instead of this scene garbage.
@Untoldanimations
Жыл бұрын
@@tracyraines1059it sounds like there’s always a lump of snot stuck in his throat how is the vocals nice to listen to
@tracyraines1059
Жыл бұрын
@@ThatOneGuy7550 well I guess that explains why so many people love them and why they are selling out every concert huh... I listen to a lil bit of everything thank you I always have never been one to just stick with one type of music if a song or band make me feel something then I don't give a fuck about what genre or who it is if it's good it's good. And to me sleep token is one of my all time faves bands and I think vessel and the rest of the band are absolutely incredible in everything they do. Maybe you should not be so jealous cuz you know you'll never be able to be any where near as good or successful as they are. Lol
@ThatOneGuy7550
Жыл бұрын
@@tracyraines1059 Criticism =/= jealousy. The fact that you believe this tells me how inbred you are. Please have an ounche of intelligence that isn't tied to whatever TikTok shit you've been swallowing
@tracyraines1059
Жыл бұрын
No not at all they are amazing
@mylerwilson4879
Жыл бұрын
If you’re not a metal head and haven’t heard different genres being fused together that much
@lostnumber08
8 ай бұрын
As far as experimental rock & metal bands go, they are perfectly average. If you've never herd experimental music before, they are mind blowing. But if you listen to a lot of music, they are pretty mediocre.
@jakeblueheart6040
Жыл бұрын
Nup they’re gay
@peepturner8325
Жыл бұрын
I would like this video, but I can’t keep my eyes off that goofy ahh hairdo. I would appreciate it if you fixed the hair in your future videos. Thank you
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