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In Sleep Token’s ongoing takeover of 2025, the band make Even In Arcadia a different and unique album compared to 2023’s Take Me Back To Eden. While a song like “Caramel” shows off the struggle of dealing with fame while trying to stay anonymous and hide in the limelight, the closing tracks “Gethsemane” and “Infinite Baths” are meant to destroy you as a human. The electronic elements are ramped in quantity but still subtle. It’s never overbearing or overtakes Vessel’s vocals or II’s incredible drumming. The fourth wall is not broken in Arcadia, it’s demolished. Sleep Token don’t hold back on their exposure and what they are dealing with now, but they explained in the best way possible. The heavy moments, when they do hit, are thunderous. The piano and keyboard arrangements are great as well. This album will not be as heavy as some people want, but with Sleep Token it’s hard to know what to expect. If genre fusion is the future of metal, then Sleep Token made their Emergence as the front runner.
“Even in Arcadia is the fourth studio album by anonymous English progressive metal band Sleep Token. It was released on 9 May 2025 by RCA Records. The album garnered significant media attention amid an unorthodox marketing campaign that has included a weatherman at WRAL in North Carolina providing hints to release dates and album singles.” (Wikipedia)
