Since this highlight video is longer than usual, here are some timestamps: 0:00 - 2:11 Revisiting "Chokehold", "The Summoning", and "Granite" 2:11 - 3:24 "Aqua Regia" Thought 3:24 - 3:44 Picking Up Something New 3:44 - 4:28 Another "Aqua Regia" Thought 4:28 - 5:51 Thought on Sleep Token Releasing 6 Single 5:51 - 7:11 Revisiting "Vore" and First Time Listening To "Ascensionism" 7:11 - 8:37 Thoughts on "Ascensionism" 8:37 - 9:36 Finishing off "Ascensionism" 9:36 - 10:47 Showing My Brother "Ascensionism" 10:47 - 14:34 Reacting to "Are You Really Okay?", "The Apparition", Revisiting "DYWTYLM", "Rain", "Take Me Back to Eden", and "Euclid" 14:34 - 20:33 My Thoughts
THIS is their best album. There, I said it. They surpassed themselves with this. The amount of genres mixed in to it is just wild. The ambition and audacity to change up the metal scene is incredible. I had high hopes but good god. On first listen I was floored. An amazing achievement in not just metal but in music in general. Excuse me while I dive in again.
I’ve come back to watch this reaction multiple times over the past few days, your reaction to ascentionism is priceless😂 loved seeing the excitement of you experiencing each track
I don't think it's the best album of the year but definitely it's the most interesting far I've heard. At first listen it's complicated to process all the info that it got. Anyways is a good album i really enjoy and that's the important, I'm going to still listening to this album a little bit more to get aquiented in totally. Good react, ✨ For now my top tracks non singles are. Rain Are You Really Ok? The Apparition
You hit the nail on the head with some of what you said I am totally eclectic with my musical tastes and Sleep Token melded so many of my varying preferences into one cohesive project that transcends genres and expectations . It is phenomenal Tha Apparition is actually my favorite of the new songs ....it's just such a vibe Ascensionism is just a force to be reckoned with and is mind blowing and jaw dropping Title track and Euclid especially back to back just reduced me to tears Just flawless. Enjoyed your reaction and watching you getting your brother in on the vibe He was digging it
Are you really ok? is on my top 3 of the album. I overlooked the first time because I was to hyped to finish the whole album. But then in the second listen that song just brought me to tears, is simpler than other songs, but that makes it brilliant and sad, lyrics destroy you.
Yeah ive been losing my shit repeatedly over this album all day. Also, Are You Really Okay? Is my fav off the album, the lyrics hit very close to home, and that guitar riff was so beautiful.
I think it's good they released many singles of the album: 1st, that's a fat album, and diving into it when you know just one or two (or three) songs can be an overwhelming ratio, so that's a smart tactic to guarantee many more people diving into the rest of the album. 2nd, there were enough other singles on the album for the album's release to be impactful as an album. 3rd, more and longer hype-build-up. But idk that's just me. Awesome reactions bro, and you're sexy as fuck.
good points but i think it was worth it for one point alone: the callback reference to Chokehold in Take Me back... OMG, after having Chokehold out long enough for that opening line to sink into our minds... hearing that show up was so cool, along with other references that pop up in those last songs, really adds a cinematic culmination & finality to it all
Are You Really Ok is my favorite on this album lol it just hit me emotionally - but that's the beauty of Sleep Token! AOTY for me for sure and it just might have taken the spot for my favorite album of all time
This is wayyyy above their last album no doubt. They really put such a range of genres in here and so many songs had twists and turns that surprised me and I love that
Did you notice in "Ascensionism" the lyric: "I can offer you a blacklit paradise" hearkening back to Blacklit Canopy? I'm pretty sure he was madly in love with the girl from the duo and ALL of his lyrics are about her. Sad, haunting, and beautiful. I know the trope of the deity "sleep" but if you listen to the lyrics they're very directed towards someone, and he's obviously crushed by this person. You'd have to be familiar with the catalogue to really get it. Amazing, amazing art. Vessel is a straight up poet. Leitmotif at all? Its beautiful and I love it. Worship.
Was expecting more but tbf, it's on par with any other ST album for me. I'll pick a couple songs for playlists and a few others might still grow on me. But I can already tell that this is definitely not going to top Heavener.
this album was just not for me, the pop parts are super generic and the metal parts all sound exactly the same as each other, how I would put it is that it sounds like metal imagine dragons
Since this highlight video is longer than usual, here are some timestamps:
0:00 - 2:11 Revisiting "Chokehold", "The Summoning", and "Granite"
2:11 - 3:24 "Aqua Regia" Thought
3:24 - 3:44 Picking Up Something New
3:44 - 4:28 Another "Aqua Regia" Thought
4:28 - 5:51 Thought on Sleep Token Releasing 6 Single
5:51 - 7:11 Revisiting "Vore" and First Time Listening To "Ascensionism"
7:11 - 8:37 Thoughts on "Ascensionism"
8:37 - 9:36 Finishing off "Ascensionism"
9:36 - 10:47 Showing My Brother "Ascensionism"
10:47 - 14:34 Reacting to "Are You Really Okay?", "The Apparition", Revisiting "DYWTYLM", "Rain", "Take Me Back to Eden", and "Euclid"
14:34 - 20:33 My Thoughts
THIS is their best album. There, I said it. They surpassed themselves with this. The amount of genres mixed in to it is just wild. The ambition and audacity to change up the metal scene is incredible. I had high hopes but good god. On first listen I was floored. An amazing achievement in not just metal but in music in general. Excuse me while I dive in again.
The beat switch in ascensionism is one of the best beat switches I've ever heard
You definitely weren't overreacting. Accessionissm had me like that if not worse lol. Phenomenal album! Worship.
Ughhh that song. It's wayyyy to good
Literally could not sleep last night listening to this on repeat and pouring over each song
Omg same here and I had to get up for work this morning. I am dead. But it was WORTH
I got 4 hours of sleep last night cuz I couldnt stop. Worth it. Worship
You must have a faulty token.
(Don’t throw tomatoes at me)
I’ve come back to watch this reaction multiple times over the past few days, your reaction to ascentionism is priceless😂 loved seeing the excitement of you experiencing each track
holy shit! the numbers on your sleep token videos are insane! Congrats man!
I don't think it's the best album of the year but definitely it's the most interesting far I've heard.
At first listen it's complicated to process all the info that it got.
Anyways is a good album i really enjoy and that's the important, I'm going to still listening to this album a little bit more to get aquiented in totally.
Good react, ✨
For now my top tracks non singles are.
Rain
Are You Really Ok?
The Apparition
Definitely were not overreacting Ascensionism is probably my absolute favorite song on the album
Love how you brought your brother in 😂 looks like a little version of you too
You hit the nail on the head with some of what you said
I am totally eclectic with my musical tastes and Sleep Token melded so many of my varying preferences into one cohesive project that transcends genres and expectations .
It is phenomenal
Tha Apparition is actually my favorite of the new songs ....it's just such a vibe
Ascensionism is just a force to be reckoned with and is mind blowing and jaw dropping
Title track and Euclid especially back to back just reduced me to tears
Just flawless.
Enjoyed your reaction and watching you getting your brother in on the vibe
He was digging it
Love your reactions. Same as mine. when i first heard ascensionism i was like this is my favorite song untill i heard take me back to eden
9:13 my man had a full-on orgasm. Its okay so did I when I heard it in the car for the first time today.
Seriously so many layers - great album & musical journey!
Are you really ok? is on my top 3 of the album. I overlooked the first time because I was to hyped to finish the whole album. But then in the second listen that song just brought me to tears, is simpler than other songs, but that makes it brilliant and sad, lyrics destroy you.
Yeah ive been losing my shit repeatedly over this album all day.
Also, Are You Really Okay? Is my fav off the album, the lyrics hit very close to home, and that guitar riff was so beautiful.
You are not alone. That song gut punched me in a way no other song has ever done before.
It's just awesome music, screw the labels, love the music. Just wow.
Man your videos have really improved lately. Also Ascensionism completely blew me away too, probably the best song of 2023 so far.
I think it's good they released many singles of the album:
1st, that's a fat album, and diving into it when you know just one or two (or three) songs can be an overwhelming ratio, so that's a smart tactic to guarantee many more people diving into the rest of the album.
2nd, there were enough other singles on the album for the album's release to be impactful as an album.
3rd, more and longer hype-build-up.
But idk that's just me.
Awesome reactions bro, and you're sexy as fuck.
good points but i think it was worth it for one point alone: the callback reference to Chokehold in Take Me back... OMG, after having Chokehold out long enough for that opening line to sink into our minds... hearing that show up was so cool, along with other references that pop up in those last songs, really adds a cinematic culmination & finality to it all
Are You Really Ok is my favorite on this album lol it just hit me emotionally - but that's the beauty of Sleep Token! AOTY for me for sure and it just might have taken the spot for my favorite album of all time
I really like that 1:27 mark in rain so damn much
I barely slept last night when i saw this come up and this morning immediately bought the FLAC version online!
Apparition, Rain, TMBTE, Euclid... my god this album is a masterpiece. Worship, y'all
I think we were all completely speechless when Ascensionism played for the first time. This is my personal AOTY and perhaps of the decade.
Agreed.
Your videos make me so happy dude
What experience right? Hahaha
That’s it resubbing to Patreon
This is wayyyy above their last album no doubt. They really put such a range of genres in here and so many songs had twists and turns that surprised me and I love that
I made the exact same face when I heard Ascensionism for the first time. Jaw was literally on the floor. 😅
The apparition is a insane track
This album is illegally good. It's not even fair for any other release ever by any band
Did you notice in "Ascensionism" the lyric: "I can offer you a blacklit paradise" hearkening back to Blacklit Canopy? I'm pretty sure he was madly in love with the girl from the duo and ALL of his lyrics are about her. Sad, haunting, and beautiful. I know the trope of the deity "sleep" but if you listen to the lyrics they're very directed towards someone, and he's obviously crushed by this person. You'd have to be familiar with the catalogue to really get it. Amazing, amazing art. Vessel is a straight up poet. Leitmotif at all? Its beautiful and I love it. Worship.
never heard that theory before, that would be really sick
@@TheNamesFathom not to mention in Euclid: "These ancient canopies"
Was expecting more but tbf, it's on par with any other ST album for me. I'll pick a couple songs for playlists and a few others might still grow on me. But I can already tell that this is definitely not going to top Heavener.
Yup
casually steals bogdanhxc's reaction layout and thought we wouldn't notice. Slimy
this album was just not for me, the pop parts are super generic and the metal parts all sound exactly the same as each other, how I would put it is that it sounds like metal imagine dragons