It's rare to witness a band change the course of a genre in real time. Yet we’ve watched Sleep Token rise from the shadows to selling out The O2, cracking the US Billboard charts, and dragging metal – and all its expectations – with them.
Of course, fame brings pressure. Sleep Token’s fourth studio album arrives not just on major label RCA and with even more hype, but with the added weight of scrutiny, especially from fans who saw 2023’s Take Me Back To Eden as their magnum opus. And yet, Even In Arcadia isn’t an album of anthems; it’s a patchwork woven from of introspection, tension and the anxiety of stardom, all stitched together while the spotlight burns. It presents something that’s more commercially aware, yet also more vitriolic, and far more intimate.
