Who are the Sleep Token, first in the UK charts

It is a surprise to see the Sleep Token At the top of the British sales rankings this week with their album “Even in Arcadia“? Maybe yes, their style is in fact so different from the expectations that are towards the rankings. No pop for this English band that feeds on a mysterious image, with their unknown identities and that the listener with an alternative and above all very varied metal style” is “speeching that makes it difficult to catalog the style of training in the end.

Born in 2016, Sleep Token (whose name dates back to an ancient divinity called Sleep) are made up of two mysterious (up to a certain point) entity: Vessell (Leo George Faulkner at the registry 1993) e II (Adam Pedder born in 1991), the first frontman author, guitarist, band pianist, the second drummer. In their live performances they are joined by a bassist (III Dave Bell) and another guitarist (IV Rhys Griffiths).

Certainly unique in the rock landscape, on public occasions they hide their appearance behind masks and wear stage costumes with sumptuous cloaks.

Their record debut dates back to 2016 with an EP of three songs entitled “One“, Followed the following year by”Two”. The debut album, “Sunday“, Dates back to 2019. The release of the album, in November 2019, was anticipated, since June of the same year, by the biseptic releases of the individual songs of the entire work. After the album the mysterious duo undertaken a tour in America together with the Polyphia and Lil Aaron as an opener of the Americans Issues.

Then, after the Covid emergency, in 2021 the duo released the second album “This Place Will Become Your Tomb“Which is well accepted both in terms of sales and criticism, increasing their consensus.

To anticipate the third album “Take me back to eden“, Released in 2023, the Sleep Token publish four singles one of which”The Summoning“, Lasting over six minutes, collects millions of streaming on the platforms becoming the first great success of the band. And it is thanks to this notoriety that the London group” burns “in a few minutes the tickets for the concert at the Wembley Arena of 16 December 2023.

Anticipated by the individual “Emergence”, “Caramel” and “Damocles” on 9 May this fourth album arrives “Even in Arcadia“Which also consecrates them on commercial and popular level.

“Even in Arcadia“It is a very varied album that ranges from razor of music with sudden accelerations, to more intense moments, from guitars played strong to sax interventions and sudden more delicate detachments marked by the piano or songs of great essentiality. A disk full of dynamics also within the same song. Sound changes also accompanied by the electronics that displace and make the band’s sound proposal very rich. Vessell It is in line with the musical proposal.

On the occasion of the arrival of their new record chapter, the group announced the return to the United States in autumn with the “Even in Arcadia Tour”, with stages in 17 cities. The Sleep Token will also participate in the Louder Than Life Festival in Kentuky on Friday 19 September.

In 2023 the Sleep Token were involved in an unfortunate episode relating to the sale of their tickets on the American tour of 2024. The fans of the English band complained that the coupons of the concerts were nowhere to be found because they are “raked” by electronic tank and bot.

Many of those who recorded themselves to have the presale codes of the tickets did not receive them at the promised time and some came into possession even with one day late, after the tickets were exhausted.

The tour of the tour, apologizing to the fans said: “Even if our intentions were good, to say it simply: we failed. Our e-mails and sales codes were sent in time but they were delivered late. And even if there are many reasons for this, there are no excuses. We have abandoned you and the band.” The Sleep tokens have been committed because secondary ticketing tickets were identified and deleted.

For this new American tour, the band has chosen to use the Face Value Exchange by Ticketmaster. If fans buy tickets for a show and cannot participate, they will have the opportunity to sell them to other fans on Ticketmaster at the original price paid. To ensure that the Face Value Exchange functions as expected, the Sleeps have required that all tickets are only furniture and cannot be transferred.

However, New York, Illinois, Colorado and Utah have approved state laws that impose the unlimited resellement of tickets and limit the possibility for artists to determine the methods of resale of their tickets. To adhere to local laws, tickets in these states will not be limited to resale, but Sleep token, like many other artists, encourage fans who cannot participate in selling their tickets at the original price paid on Ticketmaster.