Ever since they first emerged in 2016, Sleep Token have been an unknowable enigma and fast-rising sensation at the heart of contemporary metal. Ducking interviews almost entirely, the band have nonetheless built a mystique around a sense of theatricality and lore that refers to the entity Sleep, each song (and video) offering breadcrumbs on what it's all about. It's wielded incredible results: 2025 has seen them anointed as Download festival headliners for the first time, while latest album Even In Arcadia was a number one smash hit in numerous countries.
But, even putting aside their near-unprecedented success and metal's love for masks and theatricality (Slipknot, Ghost, GWAR...), Sleep Token's music is a fascinating mixture of soul, R&B, djent and tech metal elements that makes them unlike just about anybody else. Now with almost eight million monthly listeners on Spotify, we figured it high time to pick out the ten best Sleep Token songs - so far.
