This is an example of an act evolving through production and execution. The quality of sound and music from the previous albums to Take Me Back To Eden is a huge step up. Vessel’s voice is more pronounced and clear. He is as smooth as butter in a song like Aqua Regia and then fierce in Vore. A lot of skill behind that mask. As the album goes on it embraces more of the softer, smoother sound, especially in the second half where you hear almost a complete genre shift. From guitars to piano and saxophone, it all works. Sleep Token has finally made something completely atmospheric from beginning to end and you hear how it all connects. Take Me Back To Eden proves that if you give a chance to something out of the status quo, you will be rewarded with a sonic dream-like experience you’ll want to revisit. Eden sounds great and I’m all for going back. 9/10.
Sleep Token are a British rock band from London, England, formed in 2016. The group are an anonymous, masked collective led by a frontman using the moniker Vessel. They have been categorised under many different genres, including alternative metal, post-rock/metal, progressive metal and indie rock/pop.
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“Sleep Token are a British rock band from London, England, formed in 2016. The group are an anonymous, masked collective led by a frontman using the moniker Vessel. They have been categorised under many different genres, including alternative metal, post-rock/metal, progressive metal and indie rock/pop. In 2017, Sleep Token’s then-new label Basick Records published a description of the band which read, “A band that goes above and beyond simply writing and playing music, Sleep Token are said to be “the mortal representatives of the ancient deity known only as ‘Sleep’, led by the masked and cloaked figure appointed ‘Vessel’ … the master creator behind the music.” In the band’s only reported interview to date, with Metal Hammer at the time of their signing with Basick, frontman Vessel expanded on the lore of the band, stating that “We are here to serve Sleep and project His message.” When asked about Sleep, he stated that “He is everywhere, at all times. Vessel encountered Sleep in a dream, with promise of glory and magnificence if Vessel followed Him.”
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