{"title":"Sleep Token","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout Sleep Token\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSleep Token formed in London, England in 2016. The band performs with all members masked and anonymous, with the lead vocalist known only as Vessel. The mythology around the band involves Vessel as a worshipper of a fictional deity called Sleep, with all music framed as 'offerings' to this deity. The visual and conceptual identity has been widely cultural attention. Their 2023 album Take Me Back to Eden - featuring the viral single The Summoning - propelled the band to international commercial breakthrough, with TikTok and broader social media attention. They have continued releasing material with commitment to their anonymous performance identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSound and style\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSleep Token's sound combines progressive metal, alternative metal, post-metal, art metal, R\u0026amp;B influences, atmospheric metal, and contemporary metal with Vessel's distinctive vocal delivery (range from intimate falsetto to growled extreme phrasing), integration of R\u0026amp;B, contemporary pop, and electronic production approaches into progressive metal compositions, and lyrical content drawing on the Sleep deity mythology and contemporary atmospheric metal traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDiscography highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne EP (2016, Basick)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo EP (2017, Basick)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSundowning (2019, Basick)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis Place Will Become Your Tomb (2021, Spinefarm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake Me Back to Eden (2023, Spinefarm) - viral breakthrough\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFor collectors\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBasick Records and Spinefarm Records pressings of the Sleep Token catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and elaborate limited deluxe pressings, with collector demand following the 2023 viral breakthrough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere to start\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eListeners new to Sleep Token typically start with Take Me Back to Eden (2023) or This Place Will Become Your Tomb (2021). \u003cspan class=\"related-collections\"\u003eExplore more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/metal-vinyl-records\"\u003eMetal\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sleep-token-take-me-back-to-eden-cd","title":"Take Me Back to Eden CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the spectacular final chapter to the trilogy that started with Sleep Token's 2019 debut album. 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