Bruce Springsteen according to the pop-metal of the Sleep Token

By choosing the form of anonymity, the Sleep Token are One of the most enigmatic realities of the contemporary prog metal panorama. From the debut of 2016 they built, behind masks and pseudonyms, a dark and irresistible cult that mixes melancholy and theatricality. To guide them is Vessel, hidden and yet very recognizable voicewhich sings the identity split in a sound ritual made of heavy riffs, trap pulsations, emo openings and pop drifts. Taking often unusual directions and bringing their music to unexpected territoriesthe group has been able to surprise once again, this time on Philadelphia stage.

On stage at the Xfinity Mobile Arena, for a date of the Sleep Token tour in support of their recent fourth studio album “Even in Arcadia”, the Masked and anonymous singer of the British formation has decided to grant the public an unexpected out of the output. To introduce the song “Rain”, eighth piece in the lineup, Vessel remained alone on stageto play on keyboards and perform a “Dancing in the Dark” cover by Bruce Springsteen, offering a minimal version but with raw moments and in line with the group pop-metal.

So far the Sleep Token maybe They had never reinterpreted a song by Springsteen And they had never reread the hit from the classic album of the boss “Born in the USA”. The band, however, had already ventured into redoing songs by other artists, giving his touch to pieces like – among others – “Hey Ya!” Of the “Hallelujah” Outkast by Leonard Cohen, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” by Whitney Houston and “When the Party’s Over” by Billie Eilish.