Fans are speculating that Sleep Token may drop a second new album this year, referencing the two houses used within the marketing, citing "hidden messages" within lyrics on Apple/Spotify, and instances of album playback showing 20 total tracks on some streaming interfaces.
Sleep Token dominate the US Top 50 Spotify Charts with the entirety of Even of Arcadia.
Even In Arcadia #5
Look To Windward #6
Dangerous #8
Caramel #11
Past Self #12
Emergence #15
Damocles #20
Provider #24
Gethsemane #28
Infinite Baths #43
Sleep Token take up 10 spots out of 50
I'm caught up on the person I tried to turn myself into for you
Someone who didn't mind the push-pull parlour games
Someone who wasn't always cryin' on the journey back
even in arcadia is a fucking masterpiece, i had no clue what to expect sound wise after the singles but look to windward already blew me the fuck away.
I've had Sleep Token's new album , 'Even In Arcadia', for over a day. Listened to it front to back 10 times and some songs like Winward, Gethsemane, and Infinite Baths, even more. I still feel like it's a perfect album. It's like going to a museum or art exhibit and having immediately getting that breathtaking, lump in your throat, 'standing in awe' at the beauty of the totality of the art. Each song is like an exhibit/work of art that I keep finding different strokes or intricate details of the sculpture that I've never noticed before that makes each song more precious and adds to the priceless value of the whole album.
It's art, so it's all subjective, but so musically brilliant that even the biggest haters have to objectively admit that the musicianship is a cut above 99% of most copy of copies that the spotify/tiktok-ification of the music scene. Copies of copies which have over saturated the market. I'm biased. I know I am. I've been a long time fan of Sleep Token. They are my favorite band of all time, but I'm also a musician who has played since 7years old and still play live to this day. I can step back and separate my love for a band and form a valid critique of music. When I do that with Sleep Token, I'm still blown away by them. The band is special. The music is special. The songs are special. Sleep Token's talent is special. Vessel's writing is special. ii's playing is beyond special. Sleep Token's sound is the future of music- love it or hate it. Basement dwelling discord mod gatekeepers of the metal will undoubtedly have something to say about Sleep Token not being "metal" at all, but its never been about metal. Sleep Token has never been about being held down to the box of one genre. It's always been about music. For music's sake.
So thankful to be alive to get to experience this moment in music history. Thank God for music.