Tracklist: 0:40 Chokehold 5:32 The Summoning 11:45 Granite 15:58 Aqua Regia 20:15 Vore 24:53 Ascensionism 33:00 Are you really okay? 38:13 The apparition 42:43 DYWTYLM 47:20 Rain 51:32 Take me back to Eden 1:00:09 Euclid More full album reactions please! It was an amazing experience
Think of this (and the previous two albums) as a Broadway show. Sundowning: Act 1 - we’re introduced to Vessel and Sleep. Sleep is “wooing” vessel to spend eternity in this world he/she has created specifically for Vessel. TPWBYT: Act 2 - Vessel has accepted to stay with Sleep, and journeys through the various possibilities for his eternity with Sleep Take me Back To Eden: Act 3 - Vessel sees a “door” for one option that is guarded (The Summoning), and has to convince Sleep to let him see it. Sleep says he cannot see in, unless this is for sure the option he chooses… so he does. What follows is (at first) a world full of love and warmth with a woman who seems familiar, but he grows very attached to. As the album progresses, Vessel gets flashes of who he once was, and begins having to face these demons that he had in real life, all while chasing this woman who feels familiar. It turns at “Are you really Ok.” He recognizes the woman from his real life relationship, watches her self-harm, and can’t fix her, despite an incredible love for her and wanting to. The apparition is her ghost after ultimately succumbing to her own self-harm. We start to learn that Vessel is a normal man, and he went through a traumatic event with the woman he loved. It was toxic, and she needed help (likely mental health concerns), and when she died, he spiraled, and created this world of Sleep and Vessel to fill the void that was now missing. TMBTE the track is him finally deconstructing what’s happening and tearing down Vessel, Sleep, the whole thing. Euclid is a rebirth. A re-awake ing from this depressive funk he has been in, after her death, and finally making peace, and moving on. A new version of himself. That’s my take anyway.
I love that ending, a meta-analysis of creating this art and pushing out this distraction from issues (real or metaphorical) and walking through into self actualization and moving on. That's fucking gold.
@@destroyerofdreams42069 hmm, that's interesting and fitting for essentially a horror band. I do wish this story would be made into a movie, it would probably bomb, but it would be one of those cult movies (pun) that is really emotionally relevant to society.
YES YES YES!!! Literally every reactor and their moms put this album review on their patreon, and the fact my favorite reactor put it on here for free just makes me so happy, thank you Alex 🥹❤
On Ascensionism, when Vessel says “digital demons make the dark feel heavenly,” there’s some 8-bit audio in the background on just that line. The detailllllls, bro!
Not only that, yesterday when I was listening I noticed in 2:06 in lyric "Gitches in the code, gaps in a strange dream" if you listen very carefully you hear when he says Glithes the sound actually glitches for like half second. Brutal detail.
@@brektu same here. I just wish that “I know” section appeared at least once more on the track. It’s such a cool flow that’s barely utilized, and I often have to rewind on each listen to get my fill of it
I agree, Rain has stuck with me the most since my first listen. It has the most structure out of most of the songs in the latter half of the album. When every other song is just going to and from different types of sounds, Rain felt like I could keep up with it the most and enjoy it on multiple listens. The heavy drops in it just hit for me as well.
Euclid was a very wonderful treat for the fans who have been around and have dived deep into the band. It has great call backs and felt like a thank you to the fans. It also seemed like a good bye to the Vessel we've gotten familiar with. It seems he will be moving on from the past and coming to terms with it.
I have cried multiple times listening to this. Never really experienced that with a new album. Feel like a Taylor swift fan. The artistry just hits me like no other music does.
@@nickjackson7131 I think @RafaeruC is referring to the entire passage from TNDNBTG: We tangle endlessly Like lovers entwined I know for the last time You will not be mine So give me the night, the night, the night
@@manta5890 For me at least, is a strange feeling, i listened to sundowning countless times since it release. When starts this section on Euclid is the feeling of closure, remind me of this journey, how the band grew up since it beginning and how i grew up too. So is these mix of emotions, nostalgic, a little sad because looks like a end of this chapter, but is a happy end after all.
I think a lot of metalcore bands get caught up in the odd time signatures and whatnot to display their talent, and they are talented. But I think they miss something in a songs simplicity. That's why I love sleep token and the way they write music. Basic time signatures but you don't get bored. And I say basic generally, they are definitely not a basic band lol
@@dragonballfanscantread2383 Notice how they said “For me” Did you just completely skim over that part or something? Metal really doesn’t need any more elitism dude.
For me, "The Apparition" and "The Rain" are the best songs on this album. As soon as I started listening to them, I immediately fell in love with them.
@@QuikSilver2190 Don't sleep on the summoning and chokehold. Really the whole fucking album is amazing. We can all agree that DYWTYLM is no one's favorite though
@@AlexanderPochertPiano you welcome! had the chance to see the live version with Ragnar Zolberg singing the high pitched vocal parts in 2017. Pure poetry.
At the beginning of Euclid he says "Just run it back, give me five whole minutes." It is a five minute fourteen second song. Pretty sure it is five minutes from that point.
@@asleep.3680 I mean i get why Vore wont hit for everyone, definitely more personal to me as it relates more to my overall taste in music. The shoegazey, black metal like influences in the song really set it apart from the rest on the album imo.
Not going to lie, you showing the meaning of the term "Aqua Regia" actually helped me better understand the song. Especially the "Gold rush, acid flux, saturate me I can't get enough" line. Also, I wouldn't call Vore a filler track. In fact, to me it seems like Sleep Token is so calculating in how they lay out their albums that every song is needed otherwise the overarching story just won't work. To me, Vore represents being consumed by emotion, and its placement between Aqua Regia and Ascensionism seems critical. In Aqua Regia, he's starting to express the hardships he's facing in his relationship, in Vore he's swallowed up by pain and wants nothing more than to be with his other, and then with Ascensionism he wants to go beyond the pain. Also (Part 2), I've heard DYWTYLM quite a few times now, and I've only now realized it's not about someone else loving him but about him loving himself, makes the song a lot deeper than it seemed.
The last song, Euclid, is almost written ENTIRELY by callbacks from previous songs, calling the writing for it genius would be a huge understatement. Once you know all the callbacks and references, it feels like the perfect ending to your favorite movie
@@kalewhite1922 as another fellow knower, I had been wondering if this was all for her for a while. This whole album just made it all fall into place now. What an incredible love letter and hopefully goodbye, for both their sakes.
Dude.......I don't cry very often.......but Are You Really Ok? Makes me sob. It's by far my favorite song and I'm sure I'm not the only one that gets absolutely obliterated and bawls like a baby when you hear it
I thought I was gonna be ok cuz I had listened to it a few times and knew what to expect.....but I watched this video at work and had to hide in the bathroom cuz I was almost ugly crying
The piano on Ascensionism is so haunting, and the weeping of the keys puts me in a dream like state. Only for the heavy breakdowns to pull you up like moving through the different stages of inception. It's pure genius and needs an award on that song alone!
You are spot on. The chaotic mix of genres are representing the chaotic mix of thoughts and emotions a human brain goes through in the process of forging relationships. I believe that this album was Vessel getting over a relationship that caused pain. That pain may have initially started by the other person but ultimately he realized the pain was from himself to himself. The interesting thing is that it concludes with him rising above only to start the familiar refrain from the Sundowning album which makes me think the cycle is starting over. Even he understands that it is much harder fight to maintain that growth as a person.
Can't stop listening to Sleep Token. Its incredible really! There's something about that just hooks you, its as if they are filling a musical void at this point in time
Vore is soooo good, that and Rain are two of my absolute favorites. Not fillers at all, they're so good and they're incredible live. Saw them at Louder than Life
This reaction was my first listen to this album, I'm also new to sleep token, and I was multi-tasking while watching, but when are you really OK came on I dropped everything and started bawling my eyes out lol How couldn't you?
You have to react to The Night Does Not Belong to God. That is the first song on their first album and that's what Euclid calls back to, ending the trilogy of albums.
I actually disagree with Vore and Rain being filler tracks. I get that they might not be to your liking, but for me this album is a totally cohesive piece of art. I do agree tho with you saying that DYWTYLM sounds uncomplete, it really needed some more beat or something to sound perfectly, but honestly, I don't care cause the lyrics are beautiful. I really love the whole album and I'm keeping it on the loop. Worship.
Chokehold and Take Me Back To Eden - the title track - JUST AMAZING TRACKS I really, really enjoyed the complete album, with the elements of pop, hip hop, rap and other genres of music that I don’t even listen to combined with Metal - feels really great! They really outdid themselves with this album!
This album and specifically "Are you really okay?" Have been devastating to me. Getting over a break up and this banger of an album dropped, it has been amazing. Its emotionally taxing but I can appreciate it's beauty at the same time.
It helps by hearing the words I actually want or wanted to say at the time. It's too damn heavy to just keep listening to, but I find myself coming back.
I feel you. In fact, for me is a bit different since I'm fixing what got broken but has been such a long painful journey. Now that a new chapter of the relationship is opening I'm floating between positive thoughts about the future and being scared as fuck. Sleep Token music is therapy for my suffering.
My favourite track on this album, Rain, is not "filler," Alex! 😭 Take it back! 😂 Big love. Enjoyed sitting down and jamming the album with you. I'm for sure certain that the band, or at least Vessel, went/go to church and performed there; there's so much Christian-sound in their songs and his singing style and a drummer reaction channel has also commented on some of the drummer's fills and style being associated with church band drummers too. 🤔
The whole album is filled with references to their older work. The final melody of Euclid is the melody of the opening song on their first record. That song is called The Night Does Not belong to God. The lyrics during that bit say "the night belongs to you". The melody before the breakdown in Take me Back is a slowed down version of the melody from the Offering. Lyrically there are references to all their others songs and the biggest Easter Eggs are the lyrical references to Vessel's past project. If you know you know. Also the "band" is two people. The drummer and Vessel. Vessel does everything but drums on the records.
Easily my most anticipated album of the year, this was the big one and it didn’t disappoint in anyway. The six songs they released are all very strong especially Vore, Chokehold, Granite and The Summoning but in my opinion they’re not even the best songs on the album as the six unreleased ones are just next level Sleep Token. I love them all but my top three are Probably the last three Rain, Take Me Back to Eden and Euclid but then Ascensionism, Are You Really Ok? and The Apparition are fantastic as well, I’ve heard this album 8 times now and can honestly say that I haven’t skipped one song. This is without a doubt my album of the year and a masterpiece. I agree with you about what TMBTE is about and the rest of the trilogy(you need to listen to Sundowning and This Place Will Become Your Tomb)Vessel recovering from a traumatic relationship but I feel that the girl was self harming(Are You Really Ok?) and eventually committed suicide leaving Vessel all alone lost in depression. I believe that he found peace when he was asleep so began to think about it as the ancient deity Sleep and in his way begun to worship it, in this album Vessel is finally getting his life back together, able to fight through the depression and ascend to a state where he can feel positive about himself and as a result become someone new. This is of course my opinion, I could be wrong but I feel that Sleep Tokens music is open to interpretation. Worship
@@Jrocka7xI like Aqua Regia but DYWTYLM even though it’s a pretty good song for me is the weakest on the album but it does a good job of being a bridge between the six new songs and a strong ending, it does link up well with the ending of The Apparition with the electronic elements.
If that's the case, then that colors the meaning to so many tracks--Blood Sport, Levitate, The Apparition, etc. Even makes sense of his wedding ring in The Love You Want, and the meaning of the video.
@@JakeStuder Bloodsport in particular seems to be a very personal song to Vessel, which explains the tears at the end of the live version he did by himself at Lafayette. The song and the video of ‘The Way That You Were’ seem to be about him remembering somebody that he has lost and of course the girl disappears at the end of the video as if she wasn’t really there. We’ll probably never know the truth but I feel that Vessel has been channeling his grief through his music and that explains why many of us feel such an emotional connection to the songs.
Personally I love every song on this album, and I don't think there is a single filler song. every single song on this album fills a purpose, and all of them are there for a reason, and it just creates a fully complete, incredible album, that I think will be album of the year for me.
I actually don't agree, though I can't give a truly accurate score for each song. On Vore, it's actually one of my favorites. I'm not sure why, but the way he sings the "I wanna go where nobody else will ever go" just hits hard for some reason. For me, at least. And, without a doubt, Ascensionism is my favorite on the whole album. Entirely for its ending. That ending makes me fucking FEEL. As always, thank you for this reviewing, you're a ton of fun to watch react to. Consider me subscribed.
I also think the same way., one of the best songs on the album imo. Also the end where u hear Are you in pain like I am thats fkn major goosebumps especialy if you are in mental pain . I cry almost every time i am hearin thhat....
I’m so glad you’ve done this. Front to back listens really adds emphasis on the whole story told. This has surpassed my favourite band even, and being the best album ive heard since Queen. Saw them live last month as well and it’s just as ethereal live as the almost dreamscape you enter with this album/trilogy.
It’s tough to rank them, but Euclid is at the top for me, especially after several listens. Probably the nostalgia factor, but it’s such a great ending.
This album is just the culmination of beauty that Sleep Token has been over the years. Unreal how each song can make you feel something so unique and different. Almost puts you in a trance and you come out feeling so refreshed. On my 6th listen and I hear and feel something different each time. Thanks for doing the entire album and just letting it play, Alex!
THIS!!!! Every song they put out is phenomenal in my opinion, and while I have my few standouts that I go to, that doesn't mean that you can't just throw the entire discography on and vibe the whole time
It’s a trilogy telling the same story, starting with sundowning and the last song Euclid directly calls back to the first song of sundowning “the night does not belong to god” the most perfect way to end it
I always liked Rain but it took a few listens to get me to love it. Now it's one of my favorites. But Ascensionism is holding strong at number one. Rain and The Apparition both beautifully demonstrate how incredible their drummer is. And knowing Vessel does everything but the drums makes it that much more impressive
I had my ears cleaned yesterday because of some major hearing problems, half an hour of absolute torture. In the end it was worth it, to clearly hear this gem of an album.
Bro no joke, Aqua Regia has coffee shop sounds in the song in the background, and it happenes right when he said coffee shop, without him realising. Listen to the song carefully when the piano solo happens
I absolotely love "Rain", it is the one I can't stop listening. I think the lyrics just hit home somehow. I can't name my favorite, cause this album is my favorite everything haha, but it's definitely a song I'd choose over and over.
Tbh, when I first heard DYWTYLM i felt underwhelmed, but since its release as a single, it honestly has grown immensely on me. I hope it does for you too.
For me, it was when I realised the whole song was him singing to himself in the mirror that the song just stuck a chord with me and I've loved it ever since.
I read it somewhere else to be fair and then listened back to the song and it all suddenly just clicked. The part at the end where he's singing "smile back at me please"..... Damn.
Nothing will beat this album for AOTY. If something does I'll be very happy, but this was perfection. Euclid was my favorite because it tied up everything with a perfect ribbon. You should definitely do this for their other albums, this was really fun.
Yes, this is actually a very important album that brings modern culture and niche culture together and can change both genres for a long time. But, because of the generic wash production on this album that plagues pop music, this album is gonna be held back from recognition and this album will sadly fly under the radar in overall cultural history. An actual tragedy.
Those lines in TMBTE always make me bow my head and just I don't know the words...the impact hits so hard. Especially the past year being so difficult personally, hearing the lines "somethings got its teeth in me and I'm about to bite back in anger"...like nothing has been able to describe the hell that was the last few years and those lines have finally put it in to view and it fucking hurts...
Take me back to Eden is the song I’m replaying the most. The entire album is amazing. When he does those Insanely high notes it sends chills through my entire body. Been repeating it since Friday, and for me that’s rare because I usually get bored of albums after a couple listens.
I was not ready for 'Are You Really Okay' I listened to it on my way home the night it came out and I wasn't just crying when that song came on I was full on sobbing I don't know why it hit me so hard but it did
DAMN STRAIGHT 9.0 FOR ASCENSIONISM!! When you changed it to an 8.7 I was like just wait! Just wait! As soon as that "you make me want to disappear" part kicked in I knew you were gonna change it again! Lmao great shit!
What I appreciate is that everything is about energy levels and emotion. You’re built up then it backs off and makes the slow, mellow and deeper songs resonate more as you’re so used to overstimulation that the stripped back sound focused you in. DYWTYLM and Are you really okay? Resonated CONSIDERABLY more listening as a whole album and I feel like the more you listen the more taxed you can feel emotionally and those songs only grow on you as you re-listen because of it.
I’m so glad to see you check out the entire album! I was hoping for one song at least but this is amazing. Haven’t watched it yet but I hope you enjoy it as much as I did
Sometimes it feels like he's talking about it subconscious state. Like DYWTYLM might not be another person but himself asking himself that question. Masterpiece and AOTY by far.
At first i thought the songs are about a really bad d abusive relationship..but im starting to think that it's about vessels depression. He might be talking to himself in these songs
Going to be one hell of an awesome gig. Making a trip over with a band I play drums for, and we put the trip back by a week just so we could go to the Melbourne gig.
I am so freaking floored that you did this. I love this style of reaction format when it comes to music, especially when it comes to sleep token. Would love for you to do the other 2 sleep token albums but i know that is a big project to take on so no pressure.
This album hits completely different when you are reading the lyrics in its entirety. If you are just listening to the music its great, but reading and understanding the lyrics while listening brings this album to a whole different level. Amazing
For me the reason why ST called this album its title is because of the sheer callbacks. Take Me Back to Eden, the song, had a lot of callbacks in itself (esp to Chokehold, with some lyrical reference). But the best and obvious callback in this album thus far is Euclid, and the album title is a perfect easter egg to that. Eden = beginning = callback to the first song off their first album, The Night Does Not Belong to God off Sundowning. Give it a listen and you'll get the reference ❤
This is the first video of yours I've seen, and I'm gunna go binge your channel now, because I LOVE everything you had to say. You have such a great energy ☺️
I’m really glad I found Sleep Token in 2020 before they released. TPWBYT and TMBTE. So I could enjoy the hype, anticipation, and discovery of each song, cus each song in their entire discography is so different from the next. Hearing Euclid for the first time, and especially how it ends fucken broke me. Like a long lost memory of when I found them and started really listening. I’m so happy how many fans this albums bringing in, they deserve everything. I still remember hearing them for the first time. Prime pandemic, pulling out of a Panera parking lot with an ex, I had my discover weekly playing and we were just chatting. There cover of Hey Ya by Outkast starts playing and we just stopped are conversation and were so moved by it. The whole rest of the car ride we were listening to the first album and all their singles. I became a die hard fan of there’s at that point. Music so powerful it stops every person in the room to have them listen it’s crazy. And yes they are incredible live. Saw them when they toured with Nothing More, definitely see them live if you can.
the last song recalls to the first album. Between the call backs in take me back to eden to this album and Euclid I just lost it. Also... the ancient canopies. My poor guy went through PAIN thanks for the full album reaction
Euclid is easily my favorite off the album. Been a fan of sleep token since 2019. The call backs to Sundowning and TPWBYT and even ONE. It feels like a tribute to the fans, and how you start the trilogy the same way you end it is just 🤌🤌 I cant think of a better way to end it. It almost feels like a send off for the current vessel, and sleep token will come back slightly different then they are now. 1000/10
I really enjoyed your interpretation of the album!! Euclid gave me chills!! Really enjoying this band and the level of artistry they bring to their music. It is phenomenal!! 💜
Thank you for making this video! As a long time Sleep Token fan I have to admit I was a little unsure about some of the tracks on first listen. I think I was so blown away by the tracks they released early that I wasn't prepared to listen to the album as a whole, my expectations were mismatched. But listening to the album again in it's entirety has given me newfound appreciation for the cohesion and the storytelling behind each song and the album as a whole. Thanks again!
I’m so glad you did a full listen to this album. Especially watching you react to granite, ascensionism and dywtylm. I knew I KNEW you will love granite. That is the one song I knew you had to check out. I love this album definitely an S tier album
Euclid was a mathematician that created Euclidean Geometry. In the lyrics it talks about parallels and symmetry and that's where the references come from. Vessel is very educated if you listen to his lyrics. He references math and science in almost every song. Aqua Regia is a chemical used to dissolve gold. Listen to Alkaline. His music is such an experience!
THANK YOU SO MUCH. You have quickly risen to the top of my favorite reactors and Sleep Token has became my favorite band since i heard Will Ramos's cover of Hypnosis a couple years bakc. This reaction wmtook me by suprise and i enjoyed every minute of it. I highly encourage you to react to some more songs (or whole albums) of Sleep Token. They dont have a bad song IMO and i will be here for it!
As someone who is very picky when it comes to music, I can say I have never liked all songs on an album from any band, even my favs, but this one changes that. WORSHIP
I'm also really picky about music and even resistant to listening to new stuff because of that reason. When I heard Sleep Token for the first time, I actually didn't like them at all. But the more I listened to them (cuz my boyfriend plays this album a lot) the more I started resonating with it. And now I binge all their discography constantly. Vessel just has this way of lassoing your soul with his lyrics. Even their worst songs are still absolute bangers.
Thanks for the album run through. Really enjoyed it! My favourite is the title track. Absolutely beautiful, but with that anger at the end. He did give the warning with the ‘I’m about to bite back in anger’, but it still surprised me!
@@dragonballfanscantread2383 I've listened to more than enough great music to be judging this one, and yes this one's a masterpiece, right up there among the best
This is why I love music so much. The way you interpreted this album was almost the same way I did. The only thing is, the way YOU interpreted this album is exactly what I’m going through now and have been for about a year now. The music people create will relate to others, and those people become the fans and supporters. It’s all about building a community, not being famous. These guys are incredibly talented and motivate me to keep making music. They’re doing what they were put on this planet to do and I’m so glad they found each other and and I’m ready for the next album!
Dude I've been watching your reactions since you first decided to dive into metal and react to it and man it makes me so happy to see people foray into new genres and see the beauty in all music and you really do and I appreciate your videos especially this full album reaction seeing you in real time as it's going on keep doing what you do brother.
I loved seeing your reaction to Ascencionism, like, dude wait for it, wait for it, there's moreee! xD I also completely agree with your overall analysis. I love that you check out vocals because lyrics are sooo important to me when I listen to music. there's nothing better than a conceptual album like this. I recommend you listen to Sundowning because it's the first album and this one here has a lot of throwbacks to that one! It will enhance the experience of listening to TMBTE! My favourite is currently Euclid, just because it gives this finale vibe, this feeling of having reached the end of a wonderful, exciting and horrifying journey and looking back on it with a smile and a tear in one eye. Favourite track differs from day to day though. Thanks for your videos!
Hey Alex…. Thank You! I wish you had started w Sundowning, then This Place Will Become Your Tomb, then Take Me back to Eden…. The story being told from “The Night Does Not Belong To God”- “Euclid” is amazing. Very Progressive, telling a story over those 3 albums, with almost every song having a counterpart song to go with it as well. 🖤 Worship! 🖤
I really love the way you talk about lyrics and your interpretation of them, its what sets you apart from a lot of music reviewers and its refreshing to get someone else's insight on what they think a song is trying to portray
There are many callbacks to their other previous songs in this album and specifically in euclid, which is showing that it marks the end of the trilogy of their 3 albums. The line "This night belongs to you," in euclid is referencing their first song called This Night Does Not Belong To God on their first album Sundowning and the whole verse beginning with "the whites of your eyes," is the 2nd verse of that song. Also, "This bough has broken through" is a callback to one of their first songs from their first EP titled 'One'. These are just a few of the references/callbacks in this album, and it's really quite fascinating how many there are.
The best way to describe Sleep Token is Advent Garde Metal. They have a lot of songs that are a mix of blackgaise/djent and R&B/Soul, on top of the experimentation they do where they throw in elements of other genres. "Vore" is mostly metal with prominent black metal vibes in it, while "The Summoning" has that funk outro where we thought a filthy breakdown would be. Songs like "Aqua Regia" and "Are You Really Okay?" differ the most from the rest of the songs on the album, as "Aqua Regia" is entirely R&B, while "Are You Really Okay?" sounds like something you'd hear off of a modern rock record. The consistency that keeps the band's sound together comes from the identity and overall vibe that Vessel 1 and Vessel 2 brings to their music. From the visuals/aesthetics, to the composition and writing of their songs. It's the kinda stuff that makes you go, "Yeah, that's Sleep Token alright." In the end, this is quite possibly my favorite album they've released so far. I got into Sleep Token when they released "This Place Will Be Your Tomb" and the albums before it didn't captivate me as much as it did. Take Me Back To Eden blows everything else they've done so far out of the water, while also making phenomenal callbacks to their previous works, which is why I love it so much. An incredible work of music. If I were to choose an album of the year, it would be this one.
Also, dude, the moment in Aqua Regia where you were talking about it being coffee shop music, there is literally a sample in the background of busy cafe sounds.. lol
Thank you sooooo much for making this free! I’ve enjoyed your reactions for a long time. This album is straight up a full 10/10 to me. In its entirety it is an absolute masterpiece.
i never comment on videos, but i loved this. i watched through the lyrics with you, even though i was a total fanboy, telling everyone i knew about them. this was a chill good listen without a bunch of stops, and you organically dropped some great commentary in there. this is why i like your channel. well done, thanks.
Can confirm regarding DYWTYLM. I had no idea at first why others didn't seem to resonate much with the track or like it while I immediately grew to love it, esp. on the 2nd and 3rd listen and your explanation here made it very clear to me again why all that might be the case/why I like it more. I can relate to it a ton, sadly. Here's to it getting better, I guess. Someday. Also, tyvm and great job with the whole album reaction, heck yeah :D But there are still some tracks from the older albums you should 100% check out :)
This album just…it just hits me. I’ve gone through a lot of the same stuff he talks about in his lyrics and it speaks to me on a similar level. I’ve also been on the other end of the spectrum so it speaks to me from the perspective of the significant other he speaks of. Because of this, here’s my ranking of the album: Chokehold (9.1) The Summoning (9.1) Granite (9.3) Aqua Regia (9.6) Vore (7.5) Ascensionism (9.1) Are You Really Okay? (10 - My new personal all-time favorite song) The Apparition (9.1) DYWTYLM (9.3) Rain (9.5) Take Me Back To Eden (9.9) Euclid (9.9) -- TOTAL (9.3) I have reasons for why i chose certain songs to be higher than others. This whole album is just fantastic. Thank you for seeing things the way i did. And most of all, thank you Sleep Token for giving us this masterpiece and showing the world that music is no longer stuck in a rut and genres are meant to be broken.
Album of the yr for me! So glad u did the full album reaction!! If you listen to their whole discography from sundowning to this place will become your tomb to take me back to eden u will notice so many call backs on this album, references to past songs. These 3 albums are a trilogy and this album brings it full circle. It's a beautifully done thing
The whole album was great! I'm relatively new to this band and I'm glad I've found him. What an amazing and soothing voice. This album for me imo, is definitely going to be on repeat.
Tracklist:
0:40 Chokehold
5:32 The Summoning
11:45 Granite
15:58 Aqua Regia
20:15 Vore
24:53 Ascensionism
33:00 Are you really okay?
38:13 The apparition
42:43 DYWTYLM
47:20 Rain
51:32 Take me back to Eden
1:00:09 Euclid
More full album reactions please! It was an amazing experience
@0:40 Chokehold
@@MetalMinion3 fixed it! Thanks 🤘🏻
Thank you 🤘🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻🤘🏻
thank you
I love rain..
Think of this (and the previous two albums) as a Broadway show.
Sundowning: Act 1 - we’re introduced to Vessel and Sleep. Sleep is “wooing” vessel to spend eternity in this world he/she has created specifically for Vessel.
TPWBYT: Act 2 - Vessel has accepted to stay with Sleep, and journeys through the various possibilities for his eternity with Sleep
Take me Back To Eden: Act 3 - Vessel sees a “door” for one option that is guarded (The Summoning), and has to convince Sleep to let him see it. Sleep says he cannot see in, unless this is for sure the option he chooses… so he does.
What follows is (at first) a world full of love and warmth with a woman who seems familiar, but he grows very attached to.
As the album progresses, Vessel gets flashes of who he once was, and begins having to face these demons that he had in real life, all while chasing this woman who feels familiar.
It turns at “Are you really Ok.” He recognizes the woman from his real life relationship, watches her self-harm, and can’t fix her, despite an incredible love for her and wanting to.
The apparition is her ghost after ultimately succumbing to her own self-harm.
We start to learn that Vessel is a normal man, and he went through a traumatic event with the woman he loved. It was toxic, and she needed help (likely mental health concerns), and when she died, he spiraled, and created this world of Sleep and Vessel to fill the void that was now missing.
TMBTE the track is him finally deconstructing what’s happening and tearing down Vessel, Sleep, the whole thing.
Euclid is a rebirth. A re-awake ing from this depressive funk he has been in, after her death, and finally making peace, and moving on. A new version of himself.
That’s my take anyway.
This is a really great take
The more I listen to the title track, the more I'm convinced that the singer has to have read Paradise Lost.
I love that ending, a meta-analysis of creating this art and pushing out this distraction from issues (real or metaphorical) and walking through into self actualization and moving on. That's fucking gold.
@@Remedy462but notice that it ends with the night does not belong to god which implies that the cycle repeats again
@@destroyerofdreams42069 hmm, that's interesting and fitting for essentially a horror band. I do wish this story would be made into a movie, it would probably bomb, but it would be one of those cult movies (pun) that is really emotionally relevant to society.
YES YES YES!!! Literally every reactor and their moms put this album review on their patreon, and the fact my favorite reactor put it on here for free just makes me so happy, thank you Alex 🥹❤
This tbh!☝🏼
I got you 😂❤
@@AlexHefner love you man 🥹❤
@@AlexHefner Your a Legend 👏👏🐐🐐🐐
"Rachelle Reacts" also ^^
1 more sub for Alex, though : )
On Ascensionism, when Vessel says “digital demons make the dark feel heavenly,” there’s some 8-bit audio in the background on just that line. The detailllllls, bro!
Not only that, yesterday when I was listening I noticed in 2:06 in lyric "Gitches in the code, gaps in a strange dream" if you listen very carefully you hear when he says Glithes the sound actually glitches for like half second. Brutal detail.
@@vikttor_6495 I was about to comment about that lol
The effect on the digital demons line is called a bit-crusher, which was put on his vocals. SO GOOD! Worship
@@vikttor_6495dude, you’re awesome for noticing that, holy shit
Rain has to be my favorite track on the album. The chorus just resonates with me so well
Was starting to think nobody else shared our love for rain XD
@@brektu same here. I just wish that “I know” section appeared at least once more on the track. It’s such a cool flow that’s barely utilized, and I often have to rewind on each listen to get my fill of it
I agree, Rain has stuck with me the most since my first listen. It has the most structure out of most of the songs in the latter half of the album. When every other song is just going to and from different types of sounds, Rain felt like I could keep up with it the most and enjoy it on multiple listens. The heavy drops in it just hit for me as well.
@@lmaono1356 100%, along with the main chorus when he starts singing, "and just like the rain..."
i literally dreamt of the melody several years ago
Euclid was a very wonderful treat for the fans who have been around and have dived deep into the band. It has great call backs and felt like a thank you to the fans. It also seemed like a good bye to the Vessel we've gotten familiar with. It seems he will be moving on from the past and coming to terms with it.
Yes, yes, yes. Couldn't agree more. Taken as a Trilogy these albums are a work of genius. Lost for words.
@@deetsitmeisterjd I love the EPs as well. My hoodie in my PFP is the design of ONE.
@@deetsitmeisterjd There is a "When the Bough Breaks" callback in Euclid that I loved.
WORSHIP! the night does not belong to god
@@averkinswing7891 it belongs to you.
every time I listen do Euclid and the "the night does not belong to god" riff begin, I can not hold my tears. Is so powerful.
the night belongs to You
I have cried multiple times listening to this. Never really experienced that with a new album. Feel like a Taylor swift fan. The artistry just hits me like no other music does.
@@nickjackson7131 I think @RafaeruC is referring to the entire passage from TNDNBTG:
We tangle endlessly
Like lovers entwined
I know for the last time
You will not be mine
So give me the night, the night, the night
can you explain me the reason plis?
@@manta5890 For me at least, is a strange feeling, i listened to sundowning countless times since it release. When starts this section on Euclid is the feeling of closure, remind me of this journey, how the band grew up since it beginning and how i grew up too. So is these mix of emotions, nostalgic, a little sad because looks like a end of this chapter, but is a happy end after all.
ii is an absolute unit and genius of a drummer.
So fricken good
I think a lot of metalcore bands get caught up in the odd time signatures and whatnot to display their talent, and they are talented. But I think they miss something in a songs simplicity. That's why I love sleep token and the way they write music. Basic time signatures but you don't get bored. And I say basic generally, they are definitely not a basic band lol
Agreed. I think his best showing was on Tomb though, the drums on that album are unbelievably good
3 drummer awards for 2023 just from Drumeo amongst A LOT of esteemed drummers. Well deserved
this is AOTY for me by far. Absolute genius production and so emotional. I dont know how long this album will stay on repeat for me
"AOTY"
pmsl
Rest in pieces my Spotify Wrapped honestly it's gonna be a TMBTE sweep I know it
@@dragonballfanscantread2383
Notice how they said
“For me”
Did you just completely skim over that part or something? Metal really doesn’t need any more elitism dude.
@@BlaZe-pl4ym
Yeah and I like Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 but that doesn't make it a great movie.
Metal thrives off elitism.
WORD!!
For me, "The Apparition" and "The Rain" are the best songs on this album. As soon as I started listening to them, I immediately fell in love with them.
Yeah The Apparition and Rain are my favourites from the album too
I love "Ascensionism", "The Apparition", "Rain", and "Take Me Back to Eden". Could listen to all 4 on endless repeat.
@@QuikSilver2190 Don't sleep on the summoning and chokehold. Really the whole fucking album is amazing. We can all agree that DYWTYLM is no one's favorite though
@@thenuppy not the favorite but def a good song
For me, it's still the autumn leaves
Honestly think that Euclid is by far the best album closer I have ever heard and Take Me Back To Eden is an absolutely flawless title track.
you should listen and read the lyrics of Beyond The Pale by Pain of Salvation ;)
Agreed on both counts. Euclid was so big, both in sound and scope, that when it ended it felt like a loss somehow. It leaves you wanting more.
Thanks Aggio Taggio, Beyond the Pale also came to my mind 🙂
@@AlexanderPochertPiano you welcome! had the chance to see the live version with Ragnar Zolberg singing the high pitched vocal parts in 2017. Pure poetry.
@@aggiotaggio4119 Wow! Would have loved to see the same.
At the beginning of Euclid he says "Just run it back, give me five whole minutes." It is a five minute fourteen second song. Pretty sure it is five minutes from that point.
Thank God. I’ve been waiting for someone I like to do the whole album. You sir, get to go on the big TV. 😮😂
Vore definitely does NOT sound like an album filler at all. One of the best songs on the album.
Agreed! I was very disappointed Alex didnt like it, but everyone has their opinions
agree, I was suprise that it was kinda blackgaze and the emotion behind those scream was goddamm
@@asleep.3680 I mean i get why Vore wont hit for everyone, definitely more personal to me as it relates more to my overall taste in music. The shoegazey, black metal like influences in the song really set it apart from the rest on the album imo.
Well I kinda felt like that too when I first heard it. But it did grew a lot in me with a couple more listens
Agree, not for everyone but definetly a 10
Not going to lie, you showing the meaning of the term "Aqua Regia" actually helped me better understand the song. Especially the "Gold rush, acid flux, saturate me I can't get enough" line.
Also, I wouldn't call Vore a filler track. In fact, to me it seems like Sleep Token is so calculating in how they lay out their albums that every song is needed otherwise the overarching story just won't work. To me, Vore represents being consumed by emotion, and its placement between Aqua Regia and Ascensionism seems critical. In Aqua Regia, he's starting to express the hardships he's facing in his relationship, in Vore he's swallowed up by pain and wants nothing more than to be with his other, and then with Ascensionism he wants to go beyond the pain.
Also (Part 2), I've heard DYWTYLM quite a few times now, and I've only now realized it's not about someone else loving him but about him loving himself, makes the song a lot deeper than it seemed.
I actually wondered if DYWTYLM was about him loving himself, good to know!
The last song, Euclid, is almost written ENTIRELY by callbacks from previous songs, calling the writing for it genius would be a huge understatement.
Once you know all the callbacks and references, it feels like the perfect ending to your favorite movie
The canopies references was a genius one
@@gustavurzka a fellow knower ;)
@Kale White combined with 'blacklit paradise' from Ascensionism too 🤌
@@gustavurzka YES.... I wen't all VESSEL?!!!!!!
@@kalewhite1922 as another fellow knower, I had been wondering if this was all for her for a while. This whole album just made it all fall into place now. What an incredible love letter and hopefully goodbye, for both their sakes.
Dude.......I don't cry very often.......but Are You Really Ok? Makes me sob. It's by far my favorite song and I'm sure I'm not the only one that gets absolutely obliterated and bawls like a baby when you hear it
SAME!!!! 🖤
I thought I was gonna be ok cuz I had listened to it a few times and knew what to expect.....but I watched this video at work and had to hide in the bathroom cuz I was almost ugly crying
same🖤
@@joshua_5683 hey
Yyyyep
The piano on Ascensionism is so haunting, and the weeping of the keys puts me in a dream like state. Only for the heavy breakdowns to pull you up like moving through the different stages of inception. It's pure genius and needs an award on that song alone!
bro they are INCREDIBLE live, and they have the best crowd I've experienced thus far. literally everyone sings along to everything, it was amazing.
So like a metal version of zach bryan and his fans (me) lol nobody missed a beat when I went to his concert
Ive never been to a concert where everyone didn't sing along the whole time??
I cannot wait, I have tickets to see them in December!!!!
You definitely should go back and do two full-album reviews for Sundowning and This Place Will Become Your Tomb. You will love them.
I second this!!
PLEASE ❤️
You are spot on. The chaotic mix of genres are representing the chaotic mix of thoughts and emotions a human brain goes through in the process of forging relationships. I believe that this album was Vessel getting over a relationship that caused pain. That pain may have initially started by the other person but ultimately he realized the pain was from himself to himself. The interesting thing is that it concludes with him rising above only to start the familiar refrain from the Sundowning album which makes me think the cycle is starting over. Even he understands that it is much harder fight to maintain that growth as a person.
Can't stop listening to Sleep Token. Its incredible really! There's something about that just hooks you, its as if they are filling a musical void at this point in time
Perfect commentary bro, that's exactly it.
Same here.
Definitely filling a void. A much needed service to humanity right now.
Vessel's vocals cutting straight to the soul doesn't hurt either. His voice is mesmerizing.
Personally I put Vore as one of the top songs in this album, to me the anger and desperation in the melody and vocal SOOO delicioius
The changing of ratings throughout Ascensionism was literally my exact reaction in the car when I heard the album for the first time 😂
AOTY, no contest. Rare is the album I can listen to from beginning to end and enjoy every second.
Yal guys sleeping on Apparition. Thats a 10/10 song for me. Litterally so good man.
The ending of Euclid makes me bawl like a baby every damn time.
It definitely makes me feel feelings.
Same. I get all choked up at autumn leaves and tears start rolling at the night belongs to you. Just incredible.
Vore is soooo good, that and Rain are two of my absolute favorites. Not fillers at all, they're so good and they're incredible live. Saw them at Louder than Life
Anyone else get goosebumps and teary eyed with "Are You Really Ok?"
I keep crying everytime I listen to it.
Yes. Best song on the album besides maybe the summoning.
Hits too close to home. Brilliant song
This reaction was my first listen to this album, I'm also new to sleep token, and I was multi-tasking while watching, but when are you really OK came on I dropped everything and started bawling my eyes out lol
How couldn't you?
It hits close to home for me. The whole album is a masterpiece, though. WORSHIP
You have to react to The Night Does Not Belong to God. That is the first song on their first album and that's what Euclid calls back to, ending the trilogy of albums.
I actually disagree with Vore and Rain being filler tracks. I get that they might not be to your liking, but for me this album is a totally cohesive piece of art. I do agree tho with you saying that DYWTYLM sounds uncomplete, it really needed some more beat or something to sound perfectly, but honestly, I don't care cause the lyrics are beautiful. I really love the whole album and I'm keeping it on the loop. Worship.
Sounds like we gotta do album reactions to the first 2 albums
Chokehold and Take Me Back To Eden - the title track - JUST AMAZING TRACKS
I really, really enjoyed the complete album, with the elements of pop, hip hop, rap and other genres of music that I don’t even listen to combined with Metal - feels really great!
They really outdid themselves with this album!
This album and specifically "Are you really okay?" Have been devastating to me. Getting over a break up and this banger of an album dropped, it has been amazing. Its emotionally taxing but I can appreciate it's beauty at the same time.
I listened to it last Friday morning and I'm still obsessed and recovering from how heavy "are you okay" hits
My last break up was 3 years ago but that album instantly put me back into it, but in a good way strangely :D
It helps by hearing the words I actually want or wanted to say at the time. It's too damn heavy to just keep listening to, but I find myself coming back.
I feel you. In fact, for me is a bit different since I'm fixing what got broken but has been such a long painful journey. Now that a new chapter of the relationship is opening I'm floating between positive thoughts about the future and being scared as fuck. Sleep Token music is therapy for my suffering.
I just got separated from my wife an we been together for 9 years a been married 5 years
My favourite track on this album, Rain, is not "filler," Alex! 😭 Take it back! 😂 Big love. Enjoyed sitting down and jamming the album with you.
I'm for sure certain that the band, or at least Vessel, went/go to church and performed there; there's so much Christian-sound in their songs and his singing style and a drummer reaction channel has also commented on some of the drummer's fills and style being associated with church band drummers too. 🤔
its not its so good
Rain is one of my favorites!
You're right, the Rain song is great too! Catchy, it goes slowly at first and then it takes off. awesome! Great song
Rain is one of my favorite songs on the album It is definitely not filler
The whole album is filled with references to their older work. The final melody of Euclid is the melody of the opening song on their first record. That song is called The Night Does Not belong to God. The lyrics during that bit say "the night belongs to you". The melody before the breakdown in Take me Back is a slowed down version of the melody from the Offering. Lyrically there are references to all their others songs and the biggest Easter Eggs are the lyrical references to Vessel's past project. If you know you know.
Also the "band" is two people. The drummer and Vessel. Vessel does everything but drums on the records.
Do you mean Vessel and the drummer are the only ones to write the music? Because the guitarist and bassist DO exist...
@@joey_heroicyes that’s what he means. Bassist and drummer are only live members
@@joey_heroic Vessel and II are the only ones to write the music
Ya ya ya ya we know Euclid has a part of that song in it i need to hear about it 50 more times.
Fairly certain III is now part of the “official band” now. They at least have their own social media.
Easily my most anticipated album of the year, this was the big one and it didn’t disappoint in anyway. The six songs they released are all very strong especially Vore, Chokehold, Granite and The Summoning but in my opinion they’re not even the best songs on the album as the six unreleased ones are just next level Sleep Token. I love them all but my top three are Probably the last three Rain, Take Me Back to Eden and Euclid but then Ascensionism, Are You Really Ok? and The Apparition are fantastic as well, I’ve heard this album 8 times now and can honestly say that I haven’t skipped one song.
This is without a doubt my album of the year and a masterpiece.
I agree with you about what TMBTE is about and the rest of the trilogy(you need to listen to Sundowning and This Place Will Become Your Tomb)Vessel recovering from a traumatic relationship but I feel that the girl was self harming(Are You Really Ok?) and eventually committed suicide leaving Vessel all alone lost in depression. I believe that he found peace when he was asleep so began to think about it as the ancient deity Sleep and in his way begun to worship it, in this album Vessel is finally getting his life back together, able to fight through the depression and ascend to a state where he can feel positive about himself and as a result become someone new. This is of course my opinion, I could be wrong but I feel that Sleep Tokens music is open to interpretation. Worship
I like how you said especially, then named all but two. lol
@@Jrocka7xI like Aqua Regia but DYWTYLM even though it’s a pretty good song for me is the weakest on the album but it does a good job of being a bridge between the six new songs and a strong ending, it does link up well with the ending of The Apparition with the electronic elements.
If that's the case, then that colors the meaning to so many tracks--Blood Sport, Levitate, The Apparition, etc. Even makes sense of his wedding ring in The Love You Want, and the meaning of the video.
@@JakeStuder Bloodsport in particular seems to be a very personal song to Vessel, which explains the tears at the end of the live version he did by himself at Lafayette. The song and the video of ‘The Way That You Were’ seem to be about him remembering somebody that he has lost and of course the girl disappears at the end of the video as if she wasn’t really there. We’ll probably never know the truth but I feel that Vessel has been channeling his grief through his music and that explains why many of us feel such an emotional connection to the songs.
Personally I love every song on this album, and I don't think there is a single filler song. every single song on this album fills a purpose, and all of them are there for a reason, and it just creates a fully complete, incredible album, that I think will be album of the year for me.
I actually don't agree, though I can't give a truly accurate score for each song. On Vore, it's actually one of my favorites. I'm not sure why, but the way he sings the "I wanna go where nobody else will ever go" just hits hard for some reason. For me, at least. And, without a doubt, Ascensionism is my favorite on the whole album. Entirely for its ending. That ending makes me fucking FEEL. As always, thank you for this reviewing, you're a ton of fun to watch react to. Consider me subscribed.
I also think the same way., one of the best songs on the album imo. Also the end where u hear Are you in pain like I am thats fkn major goosebumps especialy if you are in mental pain . I cry almost every time i am hearin thhat....
I’m so glad you’ve done this. Front to back listens really adds emphasis on the whole story told. This has surpassed my favourite band even, and being the best album ive heard since Queen.
Saw them live last month as well and it’s just as ethereal live as the almost dreamscape you enter with this album/trilogy.
It’s tough to rank them, but Euclid is at the top for me, especially after several listens. Probably the nostalgia factor, but it’s such a great ending.
This entire album is in fact a movie…a movie for the ears and imagination. Pure magic!
This album is just the culmination of beauty that Sleep Token has been over the years. Unreal how each song can make you feel something so unique and different. Almost puts you in a trance and you come out feeling so refreshed. On my 6th listen and I hear and feel something different each time. Thanks for doing the entire album and just letting it play, Alex!
the apparition was my favorite in the entire album, but with sleep token u can't really have a favorite song coz they're all so damn amazing!
love that one too but you're right, it's so hard to pick favorites haha
THIS!!!! Every song they put out is phenomenal in my opinion, and while I have my few standouts that I go to, that doesn't mean that you can't just throw the entire discography on and vibe the whole time
It’s a trilogy telling the same story, starting with sundowning and the last song Euclid directly calls back to the first song of sundowning “the night does not belong to god” the most perfect way to end it
Now we need a Sundowning album reaction! Sundowning starts with that melody, and TMBTE ends with that melody. Love it
I always liked Rain but it took a few listens to get me to love it. Now it's one of my favorites. But Ascensionism is holding strong at number one. Rain and The Apparition both beautifully demonstrate how incredible their drummer is. And knowing Vessel does everything but the drums makes it that much more impressive
I had my ears cleaned yesterday because of some major hearing problems, half an hour of absolute torture.
In the end it was worth it, to clearly hear this gem of an album.
Lmao I went t Urgent care last Wednesday cuz my left ear was full of a mikeNikes worth of wax. Freaking worth it
Bro no joke, Aqua Regia has coffee shop sounds in the song in the background, and it happenes right when he said coffee shop, without him realising.
Listen to the song carefully when the piano solo happens
I absolotely love "Rain", it is the one I can't stop listening. I think the lyrics just hit home somehow. I can't name my favorite, cause this album is my favorite everything haha, but it's definitely a song I'd choose over and over.
Tbh, when I first heard DYWTYLM i felt underwhelmed, but since its release as a single, it honestly has grown immensely on me. I hope it does for you too.
For me, it was when I realised the whole song was him singing to himself in the mirror that the song just stuck a chord with me and I've loved it ever since.
@Baldwinhausen what?! Never thought of it in that way.. will definitely need to give it another listen since it was my last favorite on the album
I read it somewhere else to be fair and then listened back to the song and it all suddenly just clicked. The part at the end where he's singing "smile back at me please"..... Damn.
without a doubt the most low effort and low quality song they've put out. does not belong in the album at all
@@radoslav2913 I mean we can all be wrong sometimes
Nothing will beat this album for AOTY. If something does I'll be very happy, but this was perfection. Euclid was my favorite because it tied up everything with a perfect ribbon. You should definitely do this for their other albums, this was really fun.
Yes, this is actually a very important album that brings modern culture and niche culture together and can change both genres for a long time. But, because of the generic wash production on this album that plagues pop music, this album is gonna be held back from recognition and this album will sadly fly under the radar in overall cultural history. An actual tragedy.
BRO!! Your smiles during Chokehold say everything! Then the stank face during The Summoning! 😂 Love ya!!
So many references and allusions to the previous albums makes this the perfect culmination to a spectacularly creative and bold trilogy. WORSHIP!
57:04 I love that the most impactful part of the entire album was not lost on you. That line and the two lines before it hit straight to the heart.
Those lines in TMBTE always make me bow my head and just I don't know the words...the impact hits so hard. Especially the past year being so difficult personally, hearing the lines "somethings got its teeth in me and I'm about to bite back in anger"...like nothing has been able to describe the hell that was the last few years and those lines have finally put it in to view and it fucking hurts...
@@alyssaj6579God, yeah. This comment is exactly it. I love you
Take me back to Eden is the song I’m replaying the most. The entire album is amazing. When he does those
Insanely high notes it sends chills through my entire body.
Been repeating it since Friday, and for me that’s rare because I usually get bored of albums after a couple listens.
Agree bro
I was not ready for 'Are You Really Okay' I listened to it on my way home the night it came out and I wasn't just crying when that song came on I was full on sobbing I don't know why it hit me so hard but it did
Same thing happened to me. You’re not alone.
DAMN STRAIGHT 9.0 FOR ASCENSIONISM!! When you changed it to an 8.7 I was like just wait! Just wait! As soon as that "you make me want to disappear" part kicked in I knew you were gonna change it again! Lmao great shit!
What I appreciate is that everything is about energy levels and emotion. You’re built up then it backs off and makes the slow, mellow and deeper songs resonate more as you’re so used to overstimulation that the stripped back sound focused you in.
DYWTYLM and Are you really okay? Resonated CONSIDERABLY more listening as a whole album and I feel like the more you listen the more taxed you can feel emotionally and those songs only grow on you as you re-listen because of it.
I couldn’t agree more. Present either of the tracks in isolation and I’d be like “meh”. But in context of the album, 😱😓
I’m so glad to see you check out the entire album! I was hoping for one song at least but this is amazing. Haven’t watched it yet but I hope you enjoy it as much as I did
Was waiting for a reaction to one of the songs, so glad you surprised us with the full album! More album reactions please please please !!
Sometimes it feels like he's talking about it subconscious state. Like DYWTYLM might not be another person but himself asking himself that question. Masterpiece and AOTY by far.
At first i thought the songs are about a really bad d abusive relationship..but im starting to think that it's about vessels depression. He might be talking to himself in these songs
DYWTYLM is Vessel talking to himself in a mirror, and the reflection asking questions in response.
This band is so good it’s scary! I have never enjoyed so much of any album ever. They are definitely my number 1 band now. Bravo
I love this WHOLE album. Discovered them recently and have been smashing out ALL their stuff and seeing them in April when they come to Aus!
I bought the tickets when I saw sleep token. BMTH is just a bonus hahaha
Going to be one hell of an awesome gig. Making a trip over with a band I play drums for, and we put the trip back by a week just so we could go to the Melbourne gig.
@@ethanwells8852 THIS MONTH!!!!!!
I am so freaking floored that you did this. I love this style of reaction format when it comes to music, especially when it comes to sleep token. Would love for you to do the other 2 sleep token albums but i know that is a big project to take on so no pressure.
I’m glad I got to watch your full video!
Love this record and my album of the year so far
This album hits completely different when you are reading the lyrics in its entirety. If you are just listening to the music its great, but reading and understanding the lyrics while listening brings this album to a whole different level. Amazing
For me the reason why ST called this album its title is because of the sheer callbacks. Take Me Back to Eden, the song, had a lot of callbacks in itself (esp to Chokehold, with some lyrical reference). But the best and obvious callback in this album thus far is Euclid, and the album title is a perfect easter egg to that. Eden = beginning = callback to the first song off their first album, The Night Does Not Belong to God off Sundowning. Give it a listen and you'll get the reference ❤
This is the first video of yours I've seen, and I'm gunna go binge your channel now, because I LOVE everything you had to say.
You have such a great energy ☺️
I’m really glad I found Sleep Token in 2020 before they released. TPWBYT and TMBTE. So I could enjoy the hype, anticipation, and discovery of each song, cus each song in their entire discography is so different from the next. Hearing Euclid for the first time, and especially how it ends fucken broke me. Like a long lost memory of when I found them and started really listening. I’m so happy how many fans this albums bringing in, they deserve everything.
I still remember hearing them for the first time. Prime pandemic, pulling out of a Panera parking lot with an ex, I had my discover weekly playing and we were just chatting. There cover of Hey Ya by Outkast starts playing and we just stopped are conversation and were so moved by it. The whole rest of the car ride we were listening to the first album and all their singles. I became a die hard fan of there’s at that point. Music so powerful it stops every person in the room to have them listen it’s crazy.
And yes they are incredible live. Saw them when they toured with Nothing More, definitely see them live if you can.
the last song recalls to the first album. Between the call backs in take me back to eden to this album and Euclid I just lost it. Also... the ancient canopies. My poor guy went through PAIN
thanks for the full album reaction
Euclid is easily my favorite off the album. Been a fan of sleep token since 2019. The call backs to Sundowning and TPWBYT and even ONE. It feels like a tribute to the fans, and how you start the trilogy the same way you end it is just 🤌🤌 I cant think of a better way to end it. It almost feels like a send off for the current vessel, and sleep token will come back slightly different then they are now. 1000/10
I really enjoyed your interpretation of the album!! Euclid gave me chills!! Really enjoying this band and the level of artistry they bring to their music. It is phenomenal!! 💜
Super long train back from work... Perfect video to watch!! Love the reactions!
Thank you for making this video! As a long time Sleep Token fan I have to admit I was a little unsure about some of the tracks on first listen. I think I was so blown away by the tracks they released early that I wasn't prepared to listen to the album as a whole, my expectations were mismatched. But listening to the album again in it's entirety has given me newfound appreciation for the cohesion and the storytelling behind each song and the album as a whole. Thanks again!
I’m so glad you did a full listen to this album. Especially watching you react to granite, ascensionism and dywtylm. I knew I KNEW you will love granite. That is the one song I knew you had to check out. I love this album definitely an S tier album
Euclid was a mathematician that created Euclidean Geometry. In the lyrics it talks about parallels and symmetry and that's where the references come from. Vessel is very educated if you listen to his lyrics. He references math and science in almost every song. Aqua Regia is a chemical used to dissolve gold. Listen to Alkaline. His music is such an experience!
THANK YOU SO MUCH. You have quickly risen to the top of my favorite reactors and Sleep Token has became my favorite band since i heard Will Ramos's cover of Hypnosis a couple years bakc. This reaction wmtook me by suprise and i enjoyed every minute of it. I highly encourage you to react to some more songs (or whole albums) of Sleep Token. They dont have a bad song IMO and i will be here for it!
Been waiting to see you drop a reaction from this album it is so amazing
Vore is such a sad song especially when you connect the dots with Are You Really Okay, The Apparition, The Summoning, and Take Me Back To Eden
As someone who is very picky when it comes to music, I can say I have never liked all songs on an album from any band, even my favs, but this one changes that. WORSHIP
I'm also really picky about music and even resistant to listening to new stuff because of that reason. When I heard Sleep Token for the first time, I actually didn't like them at all. But the more I listened to them (cuz my boyfriend plays this album a lot) the more I started resonating with it. And now I binge all their discography constantly. Vessel just has this way of lassoing your soul with his lyrics. Even their worst songs are still absolute bangers.
@@bigschmill294 Yess I agree completely!
Thanks for the album run through. Really enjoyed it! My favourite is the title track. Absolutely beautiful, but with that anger at the end. He did give the warning with the ‘I’m about to bite back in anger’, but it still surprised me!
The second verse of
“the night does not belong to God” to close out the album was genius and makes me cry every time
This album is a masterpiece. Definitely want to get it on CD.
Masterpiece?
lol no
@@dragonballfanscantread2383 oh yes it is
@@parthshandilya9421
Yeah no, listen to more music if you think this.
@@dragonballfanscantread2383 I've listened to more than enough great music to be judging this one, and yes this one's a masterpiece, right up there among the best
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Clearly not.
This is riffless garbage with atmosphere for the sake of atmosphere.
This is why I love music so much. The way you interpreted this album was almost the same way I did. The only thing is, the way YOU interpreted this album is exactly what I’m going through now and have been for about a year now. The music people create will relate to others, and those people become the fans and supporters. It’s all about building a community, not being famous. These guys are incredibly talented and motivate me to keep making music. They’re doing what they were put on this planet to do and I’m so glad they found each other and and I’m ready for the next album!
Dude I've been watching your reactions since you first decided to dive into metal and react to it and man it makes me so happy to see people foray into new genres and see the beauty in all music and you really do and I appreciate your videos especially this full album reaction seeing you in real time as it's going on keep doing what you do brother.
I loved seeing your reaction to Ascencionism, like, dude wait for it, wait for it, there's moreee! xD I also completely agree with your overall analysis. I love that you check out vocals because lyrics are sooo important to me when I listen to music. there's nothing better than a conceptual album like this. I recommend you listen to Sundowning because it's the first album and this one here has a lot of throwbacks to that one! It will enhance the experience of listening to TMBTE!
My favourite is currently Euclid, just because it gives this finale vibe, this feeling of having reached the end of a wonderful, exciting and horrifying journey and looking back on it with a smile and a tear in one eye. Favourite track differs from day to day though.
Thanks for your videos!
Hey Alex…. Thank You! I wish you had started w Sundowning, then This Place Will Become Your Tomb, then Take Me back to Eden…. The story being told from “The Night Does Not Belong To God”- “Euclid” is amazing. Very Progressive, telling a story over those 3 albums, with almost every song having a counterpart song to go with it as well. 🖤 Worship! 🖤
I really love the way you talk about lyrics and your interpretation of them, its what sets you apart from a lot of music reviewers and its refreshing to get someone else's insight on what they think a song is trying to portray
There are many callbacks to their other previous songs in this album and specifically in euclid, which is showing that it marks the end of the trilogy of their 3 albums. The line "This night belongs to you," in euclid is referencing their first song called This Night Does Not Belong To God on their first album Sundowning and the whole verse beginning with "the whites of your eyes," is the 2nd verse of that song. Also, "This bough has broken through" is a callback to one of their first songs from their first EP titled 'One'. These are just a few of the references/callbacks in this album, and it's really quite fascinating how many there are.
The best way to describe Sleep Token is Advent Garde Metal. They have a lot of songs that are a mix of blackgaise/djent and R&B/Soul, on top of the experimentation they do where they throw in elements of other genres. "Vore" is mostly metal with prominent black metal vibes in it, while "The Summoning" has that funk outro where we thought a filthy breakdown would be. Songs like "Aqua Regia" and "Are You Really Okay?" differ the most from the rest of the songs on the album, as "Aqua Regia" is entirely R&B, while "Are You Really Okay?" sounds like something you'd hear off of a modern rock record. The consistency that keeps the band's sound together comes from the identity and overall vibe that Vessel 1 and Vessel 2 brings to their music. From the visuals/aesthetics, to the composition and writing of their songs. It's the kinda stuff that makes you go, "Yeah, that's Sleep Token alright."
In the end, this is quite possibly my favorite album they've released so far. I got into Sleep Token when they released "This Place Will Be Your Tomb" and the albums before it didn't captivate me as much as it did. Take Me Back To Eden blows everything else they've done so far out of the water, while also making phenomenal callbacks to their previous works, which is why I love it so much. An incredible work of music. If I were to choose an album of the year, it would be this one.
I've always described them as nihilistic pop music with elements of r'n'b and metal.
My favorite song either has to be ascensionism or take me back to eden they’re just so powerful!
The chorus of TMBTE has me in a chokehold (pun intended) and Euclid makes me weep uncontrollably at "The night belongs to you"
Also, dude, the moment in Aqua Regia where you were talking about it being coffee shop music, there is literally a sample in the background of busy cafe sounds.. lol
Thank you sooooo much for making this free! I’ve enjoyed your reactions for a long time. This album is straight up a full 10/10 to me. In its entirety it is an absolute masterpiece.
i never comment on videos, but i loved this. i watched through the lyrics with you, even though i was a total fanboy, telling everyone i knew about them. this was a chill good listen without a bunch of stops, and you organically dropped some great commentary in there. this is why i like your channel. well done, thanks.
Can confirm regarding DYWTYLM. I had no idea at first why others didn't seem to resonate much with the track or like it while I immediately grew to love it, esp. on the 2nd and 3rd listen and your explanation here made it very clear to me again why all that might be the case/why I like it more. I can relate to it a ton, sadly. Here's to it getting better, I guess. Someday.
Also, tyvm and great job with the whole album reaction, heck yeah :D But there are still some tracks from the older albums you should 100% check out :)
This album just…it just hits me. I’ve gone through a lot of the same stuff he talks about in his lyrics and it speaks to me on a similar level. I’ve also been on the other end of the spectrum so it speaks to me from the perspective of the significant other he speaks of. Because of this, here’s my ranking of the album:
Chokehold (9.1)
The Summoning (9.1)
Granite (9.3)
Aqua Regia (9.6)
Vore (7.5)
Ascensionism (9.1)
Are You Really Okay? (10 - My new personal all-time favorite song)
The Apparition (9.1)
DYWTYLM (9.3)
Rain (9.5)
Take Me Back To Eden (9.9)
Euclid (9.9)
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TOTAL (9.3)
I have reasons for why i chose certain songs to be higher than others. This whole album is just fantastic. Thank you for seeing things the way i did. And most of all, thank you Sleep Token for giving us this masterpiece and showing the world that music is no longer stuck in a rut and genres are meant to be broken.
Album of the yr for me! So glad u did the full album reaction!! If you listen to their whole discography from sundowning to this place will become your tomb to take me back to eden u will notice so many call backs on this album, references to past songs. These 3 albums are a trilogy and this album brings it full circle. It's a beautifully done thing
The whole album was great! I'm relatively new to this band and I'm glad I've found him. What an amazing and soothing voice.
This album for me imo, is definitely going to be on repeat.
Been hanging for your reaction to this masterpiece of an album!