I listened to this album when I was out working in the garage with my dad and he never told me to "Turn that screaming shit off" so I'm calling this a win. Sleep Token transcends barriers.
Yeah, same with listening this in the car with my mom. Normally she tells me to turn it down cuz it's a bit too much for her, but with sleep token she literally called it beautiful. And my grandma cried when I showed her "Are you really okay?". This music is great, even for non metalheads.
@@dwkluka511 my parents are big into the usuals classic rock and I’ve been a metal head most of my life. I know for a fact they are gonna love this band and I’m so happy that they have bridged the gap. There is something for everyone with this band.
Ascensionism closes the ark. He conforms / ascends to her shallow expectations of him and in doing so he frees himself from the oceanic depths of his unrequited love for her. She was never capable of loving him for who he truly was.
The lyricism in these songs is incredible too. "No amount of self sought fury will bring back the glory of innocence" is such a beautiful line. These guys are playing on a different level than everyone else.
Absolutely. The lyrics are poetry thats what initially hooked me. I saw a tik tok with "My my your eyes like fire. I'm a winged insect, you're a funeral pyre" and my lit degree ass went HGHWAAAAAAT?!
Real talk, this is not a single bad song on this album, it’s absolutely incredible, no negative thing to say about it. The only thing that I can possibly think of is, I’ve listened to it 5 times and I wish I could listen to it again with brand new ears. Album of the decade for me
PLOT TWIST: Sleep Token is just a viral marketing campaign for a new arena combat mobile game featuring the characters from the videos. Weepy flat-faced insect thing is my go to.
@@Pun291 He's an unlockable character you can buy for 5,000 Sleep Tokens. You can either earn tokens by winning matches or you can just buy them in the in-game store. 500 Sleep Tokens for only $99.99!
I listened to it like 3 times when it first dropped (I work nights so I've gotta listen to something) it's amazing I was not ready for the song "Are You Really Okay" though that one broke me
And even better, near the end of the song, you can hear "The night belongs to YOU", paralleling the same song and completing the album trilogy. This band is so good
I truly feel like Euclid could be the perfect song. There isn't a single wasted note, lyric, riff, etc. Every single piece has to be there or the entire song falls apart. And the story it tells is both beautiful and gut-wrenching. And the way it reconnects with TNDNBTG is brilliant. 🙌
@@delaissezantoine1384 I'll say that DYWTYLM is definitely the weakest musically. It's literally like 5 chords for the whole song. BUT I'll also say that its lyrical content really encapsulates the album's theme as a whole. I'd also like to kinda walk back my prior statement after re-listening to Are You Really Okay? a few times. I've realized it's a strong song, I just don't relate to it as much as the others,
In my honest opinion, this might be one of the greatest albums I have ever heard. There are few albums that have touched my soul and this one has resonated with me on a spiritual level. It has transcended genres and broken barriers. They are barrier breakers.
The thing I find very interesting about ST is that every song on every album is someone’s favorite, some might not hit for others but each one is someone’s perfect song, idk other albums or bands like that
Great reaction Nik. Sleep Token's music is special and therapeutic for alot of people, Vessel's voice is unreal and his songwriting is poetic. My album of the year. Worship.
Is nobody going to mention that the first line of Chokehold is the refrain at the end of this track? Excellent callbacks on this album. The last track on this album (Euclid) is a callback to the first song on their first album (The Night Does Not Belong to God). Incredible writing! Worship 🙌
Another callback to chokehold (or maybe call forward in chokehold?) Is that at the instrumental opening of chokehold you can also hear birds like you can in this song. Very faint but I'm not the only one to notice this
You know this album is truly great when literally every song is getting HEAPS of praise from the fans! Literally every song on the album has at least one person in the comments saying it's their favorite!
The way this album tells the story of Adam and Eve while allowing for interpretation in all kinds of situations is soooooooooo good. Masterclass on how to write lyrics. Also, "APPROPRIATE REACTION TO BREAKDOWN OF THE YEAR!"
Sure, but anyone dumb enough to like this crap and then mate with someone else that dumb are definitely not producing grade-A human stock. Those babies are gonna struggle in the reading department in a few years.
Bro, I was high AF when I heard this for the first time the day after they released it. I shared it to fb and I was like, "THIS IS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL!!" I've recently discovered this band, and I'm just in love. So many amazing songs, and thwy absolutely make yiu feel some type of way. Matter of fact, they change shit up so often, one song takes you through a roller coaster of emotions, but it's SUCH a great ride. Love these guys.
No band is more deserving of the hype. Sleep token need to get bigger. I want this fucking album to win an award - even if our genre is underrepresented. I don't. Give. A. Damn. This is worthy. Worship it. I knew they were incredible from the first damn riff I heard in Hypnosis. Please. I want more. Where's the next album? I'm inpatient. I need more. I NEED IT.
Listening to this album is like being caress with a feather... that's also a brick, right in the face ... Of my heart Dude, being confused never felt so emotional AOTY for me so far
Sundowning got people's attention. This Place Will Be Your Tomb got them recognition. Take Me Back To Eden will make them MEGASTARS. This album front to back is just musical PERFECTION.
There's a theory that the Mandela Effect is a result of our dimension colliding with a parallel dimension and leaving everyone feeling "off" like Donne Darko. I think Sleep Token is bringing us back to proper alignment because this is perfection of the highest order. Ascension
Headed straight to the top of the AOTY contenders list for me. Not a single bad song on it, crossing so many borders. Love it. Are You Really Okay is a beautifull song as well
The album is even better than I expected. I've loved all the singles they put out, except one. I was expecting when the rest of the album dropped that we had already heard the best stuff. But the rest are all bangers. Ascensionism and Take Me Back to Eden are insanely good.
Found you for i found Sleep token and am now obsessed like a 12 year old is to T Swift Muzak.....have now found each new song to be the best song as I've consumed all their discography..... Your review was spot on and funny as hell ! Had me laughing my ass off at end...have now subscribed and will watch more very entertaining reviews dude thank you!👍
I recall reading a mythos that said Sleep was the Sibling of Death, and that Dreams were the real reality, and when you are awake that's the real dream. So we sort of pass between that reality and this purgatory and back again each day and night, we just cannot remember the differing sides. I cannot remember where I read such a thing, but it and this band have similarities. I only recently learned of them and I was an instant fan.
*HIT THE SUB BUTTON AND WORSHIP* ❤
Great Vid once again, but I do gotta ask because of the pure fire that is this album, will be getting more reactions from this album?
I did long ago.
The ONLY reaction I was waiting for 🥹🥹
worship
Wait wtf how was I not subbed ages ago... I have failed you my lord
I listened to this album when I was out working in the garage with my dad and he never told me to "Turn that screaming shit off" so I'm calling this a win. Sleep Token transcends barriers.
I cannot wait to blow my parents mind with this band when i go visit this summer, its gonna be a treat.
Yeah, same with listening this in the car with my mom. Normally she tells me to turn it down cuz it's a bit too much for her, but with sleep token she literally called it beautiful. And my grandma cried when I showed her "Are you really okay?". This music is great, even for non metalheads.
@@dwkluka511 my parents are big into the usuals classic rock and I’ve been a metal head most of my life. I know for a fact they are gonna love this band and I’m so happy that they have bridged the gap. There is something for everyone with this band.
My girlfriend patiently endures a lot of my musical tastes, but I have a feeling she'll genuinely enjoy at least some of this album.
Same here. I honestly think I could show most of sleep token to my grandparrents (who listen to polka btw) and they would be ok with it.
You know it's a good album when everyone has different favourites
you know it's a good album when people are arguing which song on it is one of the best songs ever made and all of them have valid points lol
right in the money.
baddiecore
I’m in my 6th favorite righ now, had changed a lot
that first drop with the “TAKE ME BACK TO EDEEEEENNNN” vocals in the background sends me to another spiritual plane I swear
May be a little controversial, but the first 3 minutes are the best
Ascensionism off of this album might be one of the best songs that I've ever heard
same
Personally like rain a little more but it's pretty dope
Well, agree
Same
Ascensionism closes the ark. He conforms / ascends to her shallow expectations of him and in doing so he frees himself from the oceanic depths of his unrequited love for her. She was never capable of loving him for who he truly was.
I love that guy in the chat being like "Worship in 3... 2... 1..." right before the breakdown 🤣
The lyricism in these songs is incredible too. "No amount of self sought fury will bring back the glory of innocence" is such a beautiful line. These guys are playing on a different level than everyone else.
My personal favorite is “I will travel far beyond the path of reason.” The amount of desperation in that line is juicy.
These ancients canopies are the key, Euclid !
Absolutely. The lyrics are poetry thats what initially hooked me. I saw a tik tok with "My my your eyes like fire. I'm a winged insect, you're a funeral pyre" and my lit degree ass went HGHWAAAAAAT?!
Real talk, this is not a single bad song on this album, it’s absolutely incredible, no negative thing to say about it. The only thing that I can possibly think of is, I’ve listened to it 5 times and I wish I could listen to it again with brand new ears. Album of the decade for me
Fifth time today,it keeps unlocking new emotions when I listen to it. Such a great album. It’s a love letter
Agreed on every point. Who could ever top this
Realer talk, this album will probably contend for multiple Grammys. It's unreal.
There really is not a single song on this album I can skip the whole whole album in its entirety is like an incredible novel
To me this album is always new everytime i hear it its just that good
PLOT TWIST: Sleep Token is just a viral marketing campaign for a new arena combat mobile game featuring the characters from the videos. Weepy flat-faced insect thing is my go to.
where does vessel fit into the lore ?
@@Pun291 He's an unlockable character you can buy for 5,000 Sleep Tokens. You can either earn tokens by winning matches or you can just buy them in the in-game store. 500 Sleep Tokens for only $99.99!
Are their new masks going to be dlc?
@Frost-dd4it that's gonna cost a lot of sleep tokens
They Captured lightning in a bottle with The summoning, and they've done it once again with this track. Worship!
Bitch this album is a whole thunderstorm's worth of lightning XD
No doubt this album is one of the best EVER. Jesus Christ it’s just so good all the way through.
Ascensionism too!
Holy balls this record is amazing
lol nah
I listened to the full album today. Straight fire from start to finish. They outdid themselves. WORSHIP.
I listened to it like 3 times when it first dropped (I work nights so I've gotta listen to something) it's amazing I was not ready for the song "Are You Really Okay" though that one broke me
WORSHIP.
Rain down on meee.... ooooohwhoaohoh, rain down on me
It's my AOTY.
Euclid is so awesome. The ending being the same part from “the night does not belong to god” is so awesome
Need to put a playlist of their trilogy together and just set it to repeat
It is. It’s a heart destroyer
Euclid was the first sleep token song I ever heard. Its only gotten better.
And even better, near the end of the song, you can hear "The night belongs to YOU", paralleling the same song and completing the album trilogy. This band is so good
I truly feel like Euclid could be the perfect song. There isn't a single wasted note, lyric, riff, etc. Every single piece has to be there or the entire song falls apart. And the story it tells is both beautiful and gut-wrenching. And the way it reconnects with TNDNBTG is brilliant. 🙌
*moments before disaster*
nik: this song is just so peaceful
Disaster? You mean level up
Released six singles, and saved the best ones for the album release in my opinion.
People were like „it can’t get any better, crazier or heavier“ but it did.
Yeah, I'd say that Are You Really Okay? is possibly the weakest song on the record but still a good song, but the others were pure fire.
@@Dondingo4they’re all >= 8/10, not all tens. But nothing less then a 8 either
@@Dondingo4 Nah DYWTYLM gotta be the weakest
@@delaissezantoine1384 I'll say that DYWTYLM is definitely the weakest musically. It's literally like 5 chords for the whole song. BUT I'll also say that its lyrical content really encapsulates the album's theme as a whole.
I'd also like to kinda walk back my prior statement after re-listening to Are You Really Okay? a few times. I've realized it's a strong song, I just don't relate to it as much as the others,
You know they had fun making this album
Lol it sounds lyrically to me like this was vessel’s hardest to make, some dark shit going on here and I feel so bad for him 😢. Worship anyway
You know they was just cryin in the studio bro
@@greenskripie7944 fr
For 7 minutes we were sitting in church having a good time then the HOLY WORSHIP SLAMS IN @ 7:18 SHOOTING US TO HEAVEN
I was reading this comment as it hit 7:18 hahaha fuck what a whirl.
In my honest opinion, this might be one of the greatest albums I have ever heard. There are few albums that have touched my soul and this one has resonated with me on a spiritual level. It has transcended genres and broken barriers. They are barrier breakers.
Euclid was the perfect ending.
7:18 Nik got so shocked he forgot to censor his words
The thing I find very interesting about ST is that every song on every album is someone’s favorite, some might not hit for others but each one is someone’s perfect song, idk other albums or bands like that
I haven't heard much praise for vore.
@@unai49999 nah dude vore fucken slaps hard prolly my 2nd fav song on the album
@@unai49999 idk man that one slaps for me
@unai49999 "are you in pain like I am?" That fuckin hits deep for me and it's just a banger regardless
@@unai49999 Vore is top-tier
Wasn't a fan of sleep token but after hearing this album I'm just in a loss for words, poetry and art in every level
The Apparition is my all time favorite song off the album. Followed by Rain. 😮💨
Rain is soooo good. Really gives me alkaline vibes as well
worship.
It’s ascensionism for me, then take me back to Eden. Worship
More love for Rain, yes!
The boys nailed the apparition it’s my favourite right now
You're like me
Nik : "How is this not stopping?"
Sleep Tokies : *proceeds to casually fade out*
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8:11 “I’ll worship whatever deity you want at this point. Jesus Christ!” Well, that’s one example 😂
He has a point 😂
0:41 Nik can’t actually see, but he was only able to read that message because Sleep Token gives him vision powers
Great reaction Nik. Sleep Token's music is special and therapeutic for alot of people, Vessel's voice is unreal and his songwriting is poetic. My album of the year. Worship.
All the band members are songwriters for ST, not just Vessel
@@Freezetyle I kinda wish we knew a bit about their songwriting process. I m so curious. Then again this would ruin the mystery
@@Freezetyle Only Vessel and II are credited writers and producers though?
I love the track that has a callback to "the night does not belong to God" for the OGs too. They've thought of everything
"Euclid"! That song and "Ascensionism" have callbacks to a previous Vessel project!
I knew those parts sounded familar!! I love when artists do that, it's like a little love letter to fans that binge their whole discography
@@thejuniorseas7683 Also "Like That" off This Place Will Become Your Tomb has a reference to Vessel's previous project too iirc
Is nobody going to mention that the first line of Chokehold is the refrain at the end of this track? Excellent callbacks on this album. The last track on this album (Euclid) is a callback to the first song on their first album (The Night Does Not Belong to God). Incredible writing! Worship 🙌
Let's not forget the callbacks to Vessel's previous project! IYKYK!!
Another callback to chokehold (or maybe call forward in chokehold?) Is that at the instrumental opening of chokehold you can also hear birds like you can in this song. Very faint but I'm not the only one to notice this
Nik mentions it at @6:53!
My favorite part about this reaction is Nik looking like he's about to cry during the fry scream at the end omgggg. I love it.
The whole album is breathtaking..
I’ve listened to it 8 times now and I’m not stopping
You are killing me with that mask 🤣 This is probably my favorite off the album. WORSHIP ❤
That “worship in 3 2 1..” comment couldn’t have popped up at a more perfect timing
You know this album is truly great when literally every song is getting HEAPS of praise from the fans! Literally every song on the album has at least one person in the comments saying it's their favorite!
How you know youve written a masterpiece. You can write a 7 minute song and it doesnt feel like youve sat there for 7 minutes at all
The way this album tells the story of Adam and Eve while allowing for interpretation in all kinds of situations is soooooooooo good. Masterclass on how to write lyrics.
Also, "APPROPRIATE REACTION TO BREAKDOWN OF THE YEAR!"
This entire album is a journey through worship train 🙏
This album will be responsible for babies being made 🤘🏾
Sure, but anyone dumb enough to like this crap and then mate with someone else that dumb are definitely not producing grade-A human stock.
Those babies are gonna struggle in the reading department in a few years.
I agree!!
If babies are made to this song, then things are gonna get REAL hardcore OnlyFans filming time at around...oh...7:13.
God their growth over the years has been incredible. Never have i heard an album where every single song is a banger
Bro, I was high AF when I heard this for the first time the day after they released it. I shared it to fb and I was like, "THIS IS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL!!"
I've recently discovered this band, and I'm just in love. So many amazing songs, and thwy absolutely make yiu feel some type of way. Matter of fact, they change shit up so often, one song takes you through a roller coaster of emotions, but it's SUCH a great ride.
Love these guys.
My jaw was literally to the floor when the ending happened. But this whole album is just a masterpiece
I swear, if Will Ramos doesn’t do a vocal cover of this song, I’m gonna die!!! 😩🤣
it needs to happen
He might pick 'Are You Really Okay?' or 'The Apparition' 🤣
Just sayin! 🤣🤘🏼
@@mentaltelepathy24 right!?!
@@AshishPrinz Either of those songs would be amazing!!! ❤️
He needs to do a full album cover lmao
No band is more deserving of the hype. Sleep token need to get bigger. I want this fucking album to win an award - even if our genre is underrepresented. I don't. Give. A. Damn. This is worthy. Worship it.
I knew they were incredible from the first damn riff I heard in Hypnosis. Please. I want more. Where's the next album? I'm inpatient. I need more. I NEED IT.
It's between this one and Euclid IMO, but the whole thing was an awesome listening experience.
Euclid is just so sweet
Euclid is a huge thank you to the fans
It’s not an album but an experience 🫶🏻🤌🏻
Euclid is definitely my fav, I dunno why but after I finished the album I had a strong desire to go listen to VOLA's inmazes album
Vola walked so Sleep Token could run
Ascensionism, The Apparition and Rain are AMAZING, and Euclid is a solid outro song I'd say.
The more I listen to this album the more it gives me Katatonia vibes. If these two did a headlining tour it would almost be a perfect marriage!
Bro I forgot about Katatonia... they do give me Katatonia Vibes especially Forsaken by Kat.
Listening to this album is like being caress with a feather... that's also a brick, right in the face ... Of my heart
Dude, being confused never felt so emotional
AOTY for me so far
If they ever have a US tour we must all wear dixie plates painted like this for the entire concert.
yesss
uh, mate, if you're not aware, they've done two. And they've got more coming up this winter
they had one for this summer but it sold out in a day
My, my, thos eyes like fire
I'm a winged insect, You're a funeral pyre.
Hands down the best writing I've ever seen.
this album has been on repeat since realese can't get enough.
WORSHIP THE SLEEP TOKEN!!! i love this album. Im obsessed with it. Ive waited 2 days for this reaction lol
Swear to god! I feel like I’ve been waiting on a homie to listen to it and tell me how awesome it is. AGREE WITH ME
@NikNocturnalTwitchClips
Sundowning got people's attention.
This Place Will Be Your Tomb got them recognition.
Take Me Back To Eden will make them MEGASTARS.
This album front to back is just musical PERFECTION.
I seriously cannot get enough of this song, or this album, or this band.
That ending both killed me and resurrected me 💀😇
easily one of my favorite albums to release this year
this album is a damn masterpiece.
This whole album from beginning to the end is a masterpiece!
There's a theory that the Mandela Effect is a result of our dimension colliding with a parallel dimension and leaving everyone feeling "off" like Donne Darko. I think Sleep Token is bringing us back to proper alignment because this is perfection of the highest order. Ascension
I’ve definitely been put into the correct timeline.
@@reidiculous4747 Berenstain Bears
I fell down the Sleep Token rabbit hole last week! So glad I did!
Its amazing how well structured the songs are. Worship forever!
bro this song never ever gets old when the breakdown comes its life changing
This whole album is brilliant
2:30 I swear this was reaction when I listened to it for the first time while walking in public
That mask lol
That was beautiful... And ended with a BANG! Nik's reaction at the end was priceless.
Yes 😂😂😂😂😂
This album is just amazing from beginning to end
Man every song is literally an epic. Proper poetry
Headed straight to the top of the AOTY contenders list for me. Not a single bad song on it, crossing so many borders. Love it. Are You Really Okay is a beautifull song as well
The album is even better than I expected. I've loved all the singles they put out, except one. I was expecting when the rest of the album dropped that we had already heard the best stuff. But the rest are all bangers. Ascensionism and Take Me Back to Eden are insanely good.
I will admit it. 46 year old, "tough as can be", highly accomplished, grown man here and this song made me tear up. Wow.
Really enjoy SleepToken as musicians, dont really care for the lore behind them but you cannot deny this shit is FIRE.
Imagine Vessel and the Sleepy bois chuckling at themselves when recording that last breakdown saying “wait till they hear this 🤡”
The "take me back to Sweeden" comments caught me down guarded 🤣
I love this entire album. Not one song is skippable for me. They all go hard in their own way.
Found you for i found Sleep token and am now obsessed like a 12 year old is to T Swift Muzak.....have now found each new song to be the best song as I've consumed all their discography.....
Your review was spot on and funny as hell ! Had me laughing my ass off at end...have now subscribed and will watch more very entertaining reviews dude thank you!👍
The end of this song really caught me off guard the first time. Soooooo good
This song is a fucking journey and the ending is so worth it god damn
I recall reading a mythos that said Sleep was the Sibling of Death, and that Dreams were the real reality, and when you are awake that's the real dream. So we sort of pass between that reality and this purgatory and back again each day and night, we just cannot remember the differing sides. I cannot remember where I read such a thing, but it and this band have similarities. I only recently learned of them and I was an instant fan.
I listened to the album on my birthday 21st of may and it felt like the best birthday gift ever. including this video. thanks Nic!!
Ascensionism is easily the best song on the album and quite possibly the best song I’ve heard over the last few years
This is the best reaction video of this song I’ve seen you’re funny as fuck man totally appropriate reaction to the end
This entire album was heavenly and indescribably amazing and soul stealing
Second favorite track from the album. Goosebumps every time I listen to it.
Rain is hands down one of the best songs I've heard this year. This entire album is a damn masterpiece.
This one gives me goosebumps EVERYTIME
this is the first sleep token song ive listened to and damn, that was beautiful
this album is so fucking beautiful in every way i love it so much 🔥🔥
this is a no skip album
That ending breathed new life into me. This band is something else
Nik is so good. I love his emotional reactions. Thank you for post this video.
oh i waited for this reaction from you for DAYS!!! Finally!!! :D
No, nik. The garden wasn't destroyed by this song, we were cast out for our betrayal. The garden never died, but our innocence did.
if you smash the summoning through the mirror you get this song apparently
I have been waiting for your reactions to this album! ❤
That was a great way to hear this song for the first time... I had not listened to it yet. I'll be right back I have to pick my face up off the floor.
This entire album is just a ride through the universe and then some. I love Sleep Token and your reactions brother man 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Take me back to eden, rain, the summoning, dark signs are my most played right now. Love these guys
this is my all time favourite track by them now
I have been stalking my notifications waiting for this video!! It did not disappoint lol!! I swear this band can do anything!
I will craft a mask like this and wear it at the sleep token concert at this year's summer breeze festival.
Nik, imma slide in your DMs in August.
Saw them live this week at Summer Breeze. Absolutely Mesmerizing to listen to live