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- Опубліковано 21 тра 2023
- Discussing Sleep Token's new album "Take Me Back To Eden"
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That’s opening “oooh ah” 😂
Nik Nocturnal this gonna make music pretty much music LOVE IT 🤘🏻💯🔥
Way ahead of ya, I've already been WORSHIPING everyday for a while now so no need to smash the like button 😂
Was hoping for a full review of this album. Great to hear you enjoyed this one. Definitely one of the best experiences for an album I've gone through. Hoping you make the full how to sleep token song.
WORSHIP!
You should check new Blessthefall
“Life is dark. Life is bright. Life is ugly. Life is beautiful. Don’t get lost in genres, they’ll only disorientate you. Music is for everyone.” Vessel in 2017, perfect quote
100%
Someone pin this
But black metal ist kreig
Is that an actual quote? ..he spoke?
@@cgollimusicit was their only interview and it was online, not in person
"Are you really okay" is like a good friend or parent genuinely caring about how you feel and you should stop pretending and just let it out. It's so beautiful!
Dude, this song kicked me right in my emotional balls.
Honestly and it’s relatable too…
The lyrics are really the highlight…such a gut punch when you realize what it’s about because the song sounds so upbeat at first.
Yeah man..i love that song, since first listen! It's for sure one of my Favs on the album!
I think this song has been what I’ve listened to most! I’m a metal fan but AYRO? is one of the most emotional, gut wrenching songs of loving someone with mental illness and SH over ever heard. It fucking hits me in the stomach every time
Glad Nik is giving the apparition some love, also one of my fave songs, people seemed disappointed as it wasn't as innovative as the other sings on the album but it was just a straight up banger imo
"How dare you just give us a banger, we want WEIRD bangers"
It's one of my favorites of the album.
One of my favorite chourus I've heard all year!
My fav from the album
Just was dreaming with my ex and I coming back together, then woke up at 3 a.m and just started thinking about this song, maaaan, sleep token have great lyrics
Dude, my ADHD brain freaking LOVES genre fusions. Genres get samey and boring really fast for me, so I love hearing genres getting smashed together in new and interesting ways. Sleep Token have been scratching that itch for me as I've been getting back into metal.
Same same same. Gimme all the genres.
Me toooooo adhd ganb
Oh wow, i wonder if thats why im such of fan of the Jonny Craig ers of Emarosa and DGD, the heavy post hardcore mixed with his RnB/pop vocals have always scratched my ADHD brain just right
The way Euclid completes the trinity, while being a closer had me frozen beneath my own chills. "The Night Does Not Belong To God. The Night Belongs To You."
this broke me when i made the connection. what a masterpiece
I wish I could listen to it for the first time over and over again...
Trinity of what?
@@DadCore666 Their Albums.
@@PrinxeBlackfyre oh. Figured he meant a trinity of 3 songs.
Invent Animate’s Heavener and Sleep Token’s Take Me Back to Eden are by far my albums of the year. It’d be incredible to see a tour with both of those bands.
FUCK YES! Without A Whisper made me go listen to Invent Animate and comb through their discography. It took me a while because I couldn’t stop listening to Heavener. Couldn’t agree more, I don’t see how it can get better than these 2 albums! Worship 🖤
False meridian is incredible
The death we seek is also amazing
My #1 and #2 albums of the year currently
Bury tomorrows new shit is killer also
"It's 50 shades of grey with masks and breakdowns" Easily one of the funniest and best lines in a UA-cam review EVER!
I didn't think Sleep Token would be my thing, but I freaking love them now. So many cool elements. Binge-worthy for sure.
"are you really okay?" is by far my favorite song on the album, i understand people don't putting it on their top ones but it just hit me like a train. first time i heard vessel singing "please don't hurt yourself again" i cried for like 10 minutes straight and put the song on repeat and literally listened to it a hundred more times. it's just so beautiful and touches me on a personal level. love this song very much. probably my favorite of them tbh, along with blood sport (i think you can tell the type of music i prefer lol)
I love that this song comes after a super heavy track. It’s so jarring…which is exactly what it should be. We should never be sensitized to a human being suffering so much that their best recourse is to end their own lives and rob themselves of possibility.
This. As someone who has been on both sides of self deletion, this song hit uncomfortably close to home. I love it ❤ especially the end as you state and the line where he sings "I want to help you but I don't know how" break me
it's my favourite too! I've been listening to it on loop for days
I just cringed at it. It’s so overdramatic and dumb.
Thanks for this comment. As someone who dated a person who self harmed for 4 years, this song ruined me, and its sincerely my favorite on the album. People without trauma just don't get it.
I love that you're a fellow apparition lover. It is severely underrated
Apparition is a monster of a track tho
Best song
It's one of my favorites off of the album.
exactly man,,,
Apparition is easily one of the best songs on the album it's great to see others actually like it lol
Apparition and Rain is my favorite tracks off the album. I have those on repeat since they released it.
Those are also my favorites off the new album lol. Nik had me thinking rain had a totally different meaning than I thought.
So rain down on me 💃 oooohhh, rain down on me 💃
@@nofox97 And I know, I know the way that it goes
You get what you give, you reap what you sow
And I can see you in my fate
And I know, I know I am what I am
The mouth of the wolf, the eyes of the lamb.
My favorite part
Rain is so… so…. So…. Good
same!!
It's important to remember moments like these, where a band realizes its full potential and lives up to a level of hype very few ever have.
The Apparition and Rain has the best hook in this album for me, I started listen to them on loop more than Alkaline now
Rain is super tomb-y, its like a mashup of Alkaline and Hypnosis
Exactly the same two for me 🙌🏻
The Apparition is my favorite. That song is too crazy. I hope they play it live when I see them next month. 10/10 album.
i smiled when I saw your profile pic, lp
Rain is my favorite right now, when the guitars drop in is insanely groovy
Glad to see a fellow rain enjoyer
Rain is my favorite rn too, the second time the chorus comes around is just SO good.
Literally was enjoying rain playing in my head: "and just like the rain" on loop. Possibly overlooked.
Twitter says that song is about squirting
I have not heard a lot of hype for The Apparition. I go feral when that big “why are you never real?” hits. Even my sister, who mostly listens to pop music, loved that song. I’m glad to see people give that song the love it deserves
Nice review, im personally in love with Ascencionism that track hits on the feels and i don't care if it lasts 7 minutes.
100%. Ascensionism is my fav of the new tracks. But hey, all tracks are full on fire
Yeah man this part in the end "You make me wish I could disappear" - That always hits fucking hard dude. Its definetly my favorite track too
As a metal fan but also a massive stoner rock lover, the comments on long song lengths made me laugh. I'm oddly normalized to 10+ minute songs and actually feel normal music is too short now.
This album is a wonderful mix of everything that brings many groups together!
As someone who loves both prog and doom, I’m so used to the average song length being like 8-10+ minutes so I feel ya haha.
Any stoner rock recommendations?
@@alexandermiller866 I use stoner rock loosely, as I love doom and psychedelic rock and generally lump it all together, but I'll list a few within that range to check out if you're interested;
- Samsara Blues Experiment
- King Buffalo
- Truckfighters
- Colour Haze
- All Them Witches
- Elder
- Acid King
- Radio Moscow
- Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
- 1000Mods
It's a mixed bag but lots of good tunes from any of those bands.
@@alexandermiller866may be a less popular band amongst metal heads but arctic monkeys - the jewellers hands is amazing
Reckon those guys would shit themselves if they threw on some Dream Theater then if they're thinking 6 or 7 minutes is a long song 😂
I loved Are You Really Okay, it hit home for me personally because I've lost a few friends to self harm accidents and suicide. Everything about it is amazing, and it's one of my favorite Sleep Token songs ever
Yeah, the song doesn't hit as hard if you haven't experienced that. Which most people haven't.
this is my all time favourite sleep token song. for the exact same reason. I never knew I needed a song like this until they dropped this.
My daughter turns 15 today. Beautiful. Artistic. Sweet. Just absolutely lovely. She is in a good place now, but a year or so ago, it was dark. Found her self harming, sad all the time. Getting bullied. It was way rough. This is her song. She's ok.
same unfortunately, beautifully dark i guess you could call it
1000% agree.
Are You Really Ok? Is one of my favourites on the album. I have a bad history and ongoing problem with self harm and it makes me cry every time I listen to it honestly. Such a beautiful song
You know being confused as fuck with what Vore is about until Are You Really Okay is listen too really connects the dots.
Right here with you buddy. Spent my night in hospital getting stitches a couple of days ago. This song sits pretty heavy with me too
Granite hit me like a brick in the face, i had to pull over to cry meaning of that song and as someone who got out of 6 year toxic (that i was naive and blind) relationship. It just 😢 but literally my favorite track next to aqua regia😅😅
Dayim ! Aqua Regia has such a unique sound combining jazzy and loungy melodies ! Really love this one !
I spent 12 hours listening to this album on repeat on my birthday yesterday. This is the best album I've ever heard and damn was this a great birthday present
This album is so good. As a fan of Sleep Token since their first EP it’s so amazing seeing them getting so much recognition now, they deserve all of it. Every song on this record is such a banger definitely my AOTY along with Heavener by Invent Animate
I found them at jaws i believe and they could barely hit 50k views haha. Its so crazy!! I honestly thought sundowning would be the big break
@@coreyw5981 same! It’s crazy seeing how successful that they’ve become
Yup, long time ST fan, i am so happy that they blew up. Its well deserved. I hope this inspires newer bands to do their thing and i hope we get more music like this and a larger scene.
This is an album where everyone seems to get something completely different from it. My personal favorite is granite, but i love the whole album.
About "Are you really okay". I think this track is absolute masterpiece and deserves more recognition. This is an actuall ballad on a heavy album, something that is so rare these days. Not overcomplicated tearjeker, but just a piece of simple music with lyrics and climate that just sting right into the heart. Its also genius to put this between really heavy songs, so there is some kind of harmony and balance in this album, that makes it even more pleasent to listen as a whole. Like someone thought "hey, lets put this simple, soothing track right here, but make it dark enough so the tension of whole album will not stay behind". Amazing, just amazing...
When the entire community, from fans to contemporaries of the artist, can look at an album and go "Yeah, that's gonna change everything," it says a lot about the impact.
As someone who has been going through tough times lately, Are You Really Okay has been my favourite track of the album.
I really, really loved the album a lot. They really outdid themselves with this album.
One thing I would say is that they should’ve kept Vore, Aqua Regia, and Chokehold to be released with the album, and not earlier, as they released like half of the album before the release date…
I'd agree but they did this with Sundowning as well, seems to be their thing
I disagree with the last point. The world is evolving into a single focused place. Be glad that bands still do 12 song albums
@@paraweld9838
Sundowning was released one song at a time, each precisely 2 weeks apart. It was kind of a gimmick for that album, they weren't what you would call "singles".
finally, someone giving The Apparition some love!
It’s such a good track!
Everyone is loosing their minds for Ascensionism, which yes is probably a 10/10 song, but so too is The Apparition!
Ive said this a thousand times and I'll say it again, a 11/10 album for me.
I haven't experienced a musical journey like I have with this album. I can't say I've ever heard a band blend generes like this in a song let alone an album as flawlessly like this.
The emotions and story telling is insane. I love EVERY song on this album, and Are You Really Ok? just destroys me. TMBTE floored me, Euclid made me emotional, introspective and hopeful truly giving a new perspective on their whole sonic journey. I could go on and on.
I truly found it ground breaking and I feel will set the tone for metal core in the future.
It reminded me of when I heard the green day American idiot album for the first time, never heard 7 or 8 min songs that were ballads that was so pivotal in the rock scene.
I'll never forget how earth shattering it was hearing "Jimmy died today, he blew his brains out into the bay" for the first time. I get chills just thinking about that moment.
@@ThatOGOne great call back
I gotta say Periphery IV and Periphery V are amazing albums as well. More on the Djent side though but they have piano/orchestral/lots of EDM elements as well.
Sleep Token has set the bar and left a legacy to evolve modern music and I think I can speak for all of us when I say I’m excited to see how music becomes more United because of Sleep Token
No way this is a serious comment... right?
@@WhackCalZone why wouldn’t it be?
@Hami07 From a search on just this album, it appears to be getting very polerised reviews. Sitting at 2.82/5 on RYM, 3.3/5 on Sputnik. The album doesn't appear to be converting people to their music any better than their last albums. Plus Loathe was getting more buzz for a similar sound.
@@WhackCalZonetbf the majority of the people who actively comment on those sites are elitist degenerates
I was completely blindsided by this album in the best way possible! The vocals are absolutely amazing, looooove the riffs and the heaviness overall but provides an EXCELLENT balance of the softer parts while not overdoing it on either side, FANTASTIC production too. Solid 9/10. Easily my Metal AOTY for me right now
It’s got so much jazz and blues in it.
And the vocals are phenomenal using a bass voice that transitions to falsetto effortlessly. Transitioning from chest to hear voice it’s just is flawless.
I really love heavy shit and tend to stay away from experimental stuff, but Sleep Tokens new music is absolute fire.
This album made me feel every emotion
It is my album of the year so far. Euclid gets me in the feels every time I listen to it
"7 minutes is basically an EP" Hahahaha that was great
And I absolutely agree about The Apparition, it's one of their best songs, it's fantastic
This is the first time that modern metal has fused well with multiple other genres in a long time and not sound corny as hell. Incredible album for music. Not just metal
I have to agree apparition and maybe chokehold are my 2 favorites. They are the perfect blends of what they were experimenting with but the core of the songs being on different sides of the spectrums really fun album to listen too and hopefully they only get better from here
So, I went and gave this entire album a listen. Never heard of them before. Oh My God. I wasn't really sure what to expect. The clips in this video don't do them justice. You can explain this band to someone, but you have to listen to understand what they really are. This is the most interesting band I've discovered in a really long time. Thanks for putting them out there. Other than saying I love the music and they are incredible I really don't know what else to say. I'm completely blown away, and I'd guess this is many peoples response to hearing them for the first time. Really really love "Are you really ok?". There are other songs that are musically more interesting on that album, but that one really resonated with me.
AOTY easy. I am absolutely obsessed with this album right now, as well as this band. I knew I was going to love this album when it finally got released based on the singles, but I did not expect it to become one of my favorite albums ever, period. Every single track is great. Dissecting the entire tracklist has only grown my affection towards it more and more and more. The production is immaculate, the vocals are delivered with such emotive intent, the R&B sections are silky smooth, the metalcore breakdowns are spine-crushing and face-melting, the softer parts are gorgeous, and the lyrics... my God, I can't even pick which ones are my favorites, they're all so poetic. There is a deeper, darker theme to this album that I don't want to speculate too much on, but to say they've outdone the rest of their material so far is an understatement. I adore this record. It is the sexiest thing I have heard in a while. My favorite tracks, if I had to narrow it down, are The Summoning, Ascensionism, Take Me Back to Eden, and Granite.
Worship.
Take Me Back To Eden was my first full exposure to Sleep Token in terms of albums, and I was not disappointed. I've listened to the album multiple times since release, and it's been such a beautiful experience since first listen. My first actual exposure to ST was the Chokehold single, and I really think it was the best band exposure I've ever experienced in my life so far, and I'm looking forward to future Sleep Token projects while looking back to their previous releases, especially their last two in the trilogy.
Also, Nik, I love your shit, dude, funny af.
More of this please Nik. Thoroughly enjoyed this
Beautifully put at that last bit there Nik.
Worship. 🤘🙏❤️
Been listening to Sleep Token for a few years right now, when they weren't even in half as popular as they are now. And I loved them so much. Now, they became so popular and I reeeally don't wanna be that guy, but sometimes I miss the time when they were "my own little secret". Now if you say you listen to Sleep Token it doesn't impress anyone cause everyone knows them. And of course it's nothing bad with this, I'm really happy they get the recognition they deserved and will continue to support them in the future. But Sleep Token are a special band, covered with mistery and some kind of sanctum around their lore and personalities, and I'm just worried that the new massive fandom will destroy it. Because people like to uncover everything. Let's all hope the band won't lose anything due to these reasons and keep being as awesome as they always were ❤
I'm always happy to see Nik show ST some love.
I was actually a bit surprised to hear what tracks were his favorites.
In any case, the album is a beautiful masterpiece, I'm very proud of the boys
I absolutely love Euclid and it’s connection back to Sundowning!
It's so interesting seeing everyone's different takes on the record and seeing everyone connecting to the songs in different ways. The Apparition is definitely one of the less memorable ones for me personally, but I've seen so many people have it as their favourite track. I respect it. My favourites are Ascensionism and Euclid.
The back end of the album had me fully hooked in this. The singles were great but everything from ascensionism onwards is an absolute masterclass in song writing. Album of the year for me. Euclid and the title track are my favourites
Worship.
Ascenionism atm one of my fave Sleep Token song from their entire discography, surprised Nik swiped over it so quick.
My opinion might chance with repeat on repeat on repeat playthtoughs of the album.
WORSHIP.
Totally agree, WORSHIP
I find it funny that Sleep Token were announced at the bottom of the lineup at a festival in my country back when they had 300k monthly listeners and now they are up there with the headliners on posters.
I feel like every sleep token album just instantly becomes my new favorite album as soon as I hear them
The singles definitely didn’t prepare me for Vessel with the flow and spitting some bars
Yeah that was unexpected lit ! My eyes almost fell out when I heard that😮😂
I can’t believe how much I love this album. My favourite of the record seems to change with every listen. Unreal.
We are Waiting for the full version of How To Sleep Token
Been a fan of ST since the Sundowning era of 2019. I got to say, I think this is their most consistent and highest quality work to date. I know they’re not everyone’s cup of tea, but coming from someone who listens to a variety of metal sub genres, it genuinely feels like they’re pushing the metal genre forward into the 2020s.
Love this review of the album from you Nik! This is something I think you should do much more it’s entertaining hearing your opinion while keeping your humor in it, diving into each song but also keeping it a review that’s not super stretched out. Looking forward to more album reviews from you. WORSHIP 🤘
got tickets for September in Dallas. Gonna be awesome.
Are you really okay was one of my favorite songs. Song broke the life out of me. It was really beautiful.
This is one of the best album reviews I have ever heard. Or read. Thank you, Nik.
Glad someone else appreciates The Apparition as much as I do! Definitely my favorite on the album, but people haven’t been giving it it’s due!
Love your stuff and I Don’t know why but you’re videos make me feel less lonely ✨🖤
I love your analysis of the album overall and the commentary on the potential impact it’s going to have regarding genre fusion and possibly bridging the gaps between the endless subdivisions of metal music. It’s absolutely insane and brilliant that it’s essentially all being done in anonymity with the Stranger Things meets American Horror Story/Slipknot hybrid of the identity of Vessel and the band.
Absolutely got Led Zepp vibes from Are You Really Okay? Spot on.
I only heard like a small bit of The Summoning on one of your tik tok ylyl vids and looked for it and I love...sleep token so much. Thank you for introducing me to this band. I love them so much ❤❤
Dude I’m glad you have the apparition the love it deserves!! It bangs!! My absolute fav
Still have the entire album on repeat it's STILL SO GOOD
The ending of ascensionism just throws me for a loop, y'know the nice piano melodies and then some nice lil guitar riffs and then some ole YOU MAKE ME WISH I COULD DISAPPEEEEAAAAARRRRRRR, NOOOO
I was moving out of my dorm for the summer the day the album dropped so I listened to the whole thing on my drive home (about two and a half hours so I had plenty of time). About a quarter of the way through Are You Really Okay I broke down crying. It's such a simple song but so gut wrenching when it hits close to home, and it did for me. The whole album was emotional and I'm glad to have listened to it. Rain is probably one of my favorites rn from the album songs, followed by Vore and The Summoning from the singles. Ascensionism and TMBTE are both so good too when I got time to listen to them full.
I want a Sleep Token & Hozier tour 🙌🏼
TMBTE is the final song on the album, Euclid is the epilogue that bridges this album and sundowning
Agreed, Euclid ends by morphing into Night, the opener of sundowning, basically looping the 3 albums, its kinda cool
I like this fantano style metal album review stuff i would love if you keep doing it!
I hope that what you said is true about the future of music and genre blending. I haven't listened to other bands in years because they are so hellbent on putting out an album of a certain genre and you get an entire album of songs that sound the same. I never get sick of listening to Sleep Token. Vessel is a mastermind and takes it a step further by executing the vision flawlessly.
Euclid is my favorite off the whole album. It's going to help me through some dark times that's for sure.
Straight up, good vid. 🤙🏻
Every time I see long songs from an artist I love I get very happy because I hear them for longer
All round a brilliant album and very easy to listen to it from start to end! So many good tracks!!
You really are really one of the most entertaining creators imo
Amazing review. basically no spoiler and a seriously useful consideration at the end.
Please, Nik, fix the reflection/echo/reverbs in that room.
Best,
My favorite is definetly Ascensionism, but the rest of the album is also absolutely great
Ascensionism definitely stands out a lot too. Especially at the end of that hugeee melodic chorus. Haven't heard stuff like that since Loathe 2020
The album to end all genres. The album of the albums. Best music ive ever heard in my life!!
so I felt the same way about are you really okay? but the lyrics 😮💨😮💨😮💨 they've made me cry several times now
Finally
I've waited for this vid for so long
3:37 it’s true, no hate on the song before the apparition but I skip it sometimes to just get to the apparition (after I already listened to the album in order plenty of times)…it’s not a bad song but it’s in the way of getting to the apparition immediately sometimes
Euclid is my favourite. What a beautiful song.. hit me right in the feels
ascensionism is the best song on the album.
I can’t remember where I saw it, but I remember reading somewhere about either George Lever or Vessel saying that sleep token was going to take place in chapters. This is the closure of the first trinity in my opinion. If you look at it as well, it’s the story of a relationship; the ending of Euclid looping back into the beginning of TNDNBTG shows how a relationship cycle starts unto itself again. Idk, just my thoughts about the lore!!
Sleep Token's music is awesome. Love them 🖤
I think this was a well put together album. It flows together really nicely and after going thru it half a dozen times it’s definitely one of my favorite albums ever
I agree.. the apparition is my favorite song on eden. I keep repeating it
Honestly all tracks absolutely BANG. Apparition goes so hard
It's great to see Rain getting some love🙏
As someone who listens to a lot of different genres to me some of the songs on this album are just sheer perfection. The mix is just perfect.
More than that the lyrics and the way it all flows together just makes you feel something, that is what music should be all about.
Two sleep token songs is basically a full disturbed album length lol
I wasn't sure about sleep token but now I can't get enough of them. This band is very unique and the haunting sounds they put out I am completely obsessed with the music right now
"Are You Really Okay" made me teary eyed in a way no song has since Snuff by Slipknot.
Some times I start to wonder if the word "metal" lost its meaning somewhere, and people began to use it to call whatever they want with some guitar riffs 😅
I saw them live around 4 years ago, became a fan and honestly im so proud at how far they've come and that they've become popular
I live in Germany and working there in an Supermarket. Yesterday i was Like 😱, because they are playing Sleep Token in the Radio, which is especially for the Supermarket.
Thank you for the review
As a person who loves and listens to all genres of music, Sleep Token was such a breath of fresh air when I discovered them in 2019. Seeing them rise in popularity this year was such an experience! Really like this review of the album, very spot on!🤘 They are definitely changing the rules of music genres.