Hi everyone! Thank you so much for watching! As I mention in the video, this is my first stab at doing a story of/deep dive into a band's career, so I appreciate any constructive feedback. Along with that, if there are any other bands you love and/or would like me to do another video for, sound off below. The next one is already in the works. 😉
I haven’t been this down bad and invested in a band since I was like 14. I feel like I’m healing my inner child cause now I actually have time & money to see and support an artist through their rise to fame as much as they deserve.
The London show where Vessel lost his voice brought me to tears. The guy is bouncing around passionately the crowd literally screaming like a true ritual of worship. Thats art
Makes me worry he's not screaming right though. Maybe he was just sick but if you don't train to scream properly it can damage your vocal cords. If you are properly trained you can scream for hours with no damage or negative effects.
I just want this known for all the video gamers here. I was at the teeth of god tour...specifically in asheville. VESSEL PLAYED THE HALO THEME ON PIANO
What the fans did at Wembley was, I think, one of the best things that can happen to a band.Namely, to give back the love and solidarity that the band normally gives to the fans.And I can only confirm this from the concerts I've been to. Sleep Token fans are some of the most open and friendly fans ever.
I still get goosebumps hearing thousands of voices to sing in unison to help Vessel perform. I wish i was there coz id also pour my every heart and soul singing in behalf of him and for him. Then he hit us with bloodsport at the last part. Id be crying in the floor. God, I love this Band so bad...
Sleep token have become my favourite band of all time, i have listened ALOT of different kind of music of my 35 year of life. And they are just something REALLY special with their music, and how deeply they can connect me with music
Thank you for putting this together. Sleep Token is my new favorite band of all time for 2 or 3 years now (sorry TOOL). It’s nice to get some better insight to their origin story.
fair play !! any old heads hating need to wake up and see the struggle and the absolute push back the band did. Love or hate the music they did wonders for bands after them.
I got to go to the Teeth of God tour in Colorado and to hear them live is.... Otherworldly. I highly. HIGHLY. Recommend it. Also thank you for a timeline! So well done.
This is just so amazing, thank you so much for putting this together!! I've started listening to them a year ago around october and it has changed my mind completely. Indeed we never rest from trying to decypher the lore/the meanings of the lyrics but that is what makes them ethereal and majestic. So proud to see how far the boys have come and excited to see where they will go❤️ worship 🙏
@@inappodcast I think I worshipped too much. I got most of their merch and tattoo of their logo on my left shoulder. One thing looking back on the video, which would've been a good talking point, is their merch and marketing of it. They make such a good quality merch and they are not afraid to market it.
@@FlochsTopGuytried looking up his other works/features with piano etc but couldn't find much. Just wanted to hear his Influence in other artists working behind the scenes. (heard someone say he ghost wrote and did keys for other people but he might've been spoofing or BS'ing)
I made my dream come true.....traveling from Estonia to Belgium (sorry London's airports are too far from city LOL) just to see Sleep Token live. I'm 39 yo man who lost hope in new music (you know the grass was greener in the past thing) but I fell in love with them and I can say...they are my FAVOURITE band.
Love this video and appreciate the research! Just wanted to mention the difference between your mic volume and the video clips is almost a jumpscare 😄 Made listening at a normal volume a little tough. Thank you for the great content!
Thanks for the kind words, and for the constructive feedback! The audio levels seemed fine to me during editing - maybe I got a little lost in it after hearing it back so many times - but I'll definitely be taking it onboard to take extra care for future videos. 😊
Not your average band but a phenomenon, a consciousness cuz of the way they connect with so many people from all ages. They do the right thing at the right time in their music.. it goes deep, really deep emotionally ❤️❤️ worship More than well deserved headline slot btw on Download fest 2025 🙏🏻
Very interesting, my son is a follower of ST and is going to see them in concert soon. I am an old rocker who has seen just about everything from Desmond Decker, Alice Cooper to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds but Sleep Token seem to be an advancement of the fascinating and illusiory goth subculture. Good stuff.
I do find it absolutely fascinating watching this Mandela effect happen in front of my eyes. Tom Quigley is the person who formed and conceptualised Sleep Token. He was a marketing guy who worked across North America with companies like Disney. He is originally from England. He formed the band after hearing Leo's band Blacklit Canopy online and becoming fixated with his voice. There is an ENTIRE community of people - namely the UK Tech Metal Fest audience and crew who all know this is true. It was an Artery Global agent called Angelo Padolfi who usurped Tom has the manager/agent of ST, and turned Leo against Tom, during a period when Tom was having a mental health crisis. Literally hundreds of people know that what I'm saying is true, too. Simon Garrod the owner of UK Tech Fest and his entire team couldn't possibly deny these facts. Some tellings of the story nerf it down to "the band parted ways with their manager and now he's bitter." I think that Leo was manipulated and turned against his friend and co-founder. Tom Quigley heard Leo's voice, and made it his life's mission to make sure the world heard it too. It worked. The masks, the name, the aesthetic, the anonymity, the lyrical themes, are Tom's handy work. I very vividly remember working in the press area at UKTM fest and peering out the window to see Quigley dressing someone up like Vessel to take press shots. That person was David Ball - now more commonly known as III. Someone's gonna try and tell me I'm crazy or I'm lying, but I know it's true, and as stated, hundreds of others know it's true. The entire staff of The Monolith know, Basick Records know it's true, Artery Global know it's true. What the music industry did to Tom Quigley is frankly unforgivable. I'm very grateful that ST's music really isn't my thing because if it was I'd have some serious moral conflictions about whether I could listen to it in good conscience or not.
Мы молим Sleep Token о том, что бы они наконец посетили Россию. Наше русское комьюнити, обожает эту группу, её музыку и её участников. Надеюсь, однажды наша скромная мечта осуществиться и ребята посетят нашу холодную и суровую родину
I found this video very informative... After Sleep Token have just been announced as headlining Download 2025, I don't know much about them so was curious to find out more. Thanks for making the video ☺
Glad you liked the video, and I appreciate the feedback on the mic volume too. It seemed okay with me during the edit, but it's something I'll definitely take into extra consideration in future videos. 😊
You are going to love it! They are absolutely going to exceed your expectations. I was in Amsterdam 2 days ago. It was the best I have ever seen and heard and I have been to a lot of concerts/ festivals. Have fun!
Not sure why they are “in metal.” They sing soft ballads. Vessel is a great lyricist and amazing at melodies. The rifts are good too, but certainly not metal.
They have a lot of metal traits weaving throughout a lot of their material, along with their aesthetics, but they certainly weave a lot of different styles and sounds.
The 2 second audio bites during the transitions are infuriatingly jarring. III's birth certificate was never obtained, clearly you bately scraped the surface whilat researching. Also, not a podcast. Podcast format is long form with no cuts, not a guy editing his spare room project.
Sad to see that a member of the ST community is so close-minded to other genres. Especially considering ST themselves don’t confine themselves to a single genre. I’m willing to bet if ST put out a blue grass album you’d be first in line for the preorder 🤷🏻
Hi everyone! Thank you so much for watching! As I mention in the video, this is my first stab at doing a story of/deep dive into a band's career, so I appreciate any constructive feedback.
Along with that, if there are any other bands you love and/or would like me to do another video for, sound off below. The next one is already in the works. 😉
Bring me the horizon
I am just so happy that I am living in an era where Sleep Token exists.
I haven’t been this down bad and invested in a band since I was like 14. I feel like I’m healing my inner child cause now I actually have time & money to see and support an artist through their rise to fame as much as they deserve.
The London show where Vessel lost his voice brought me to tears. The guy is bouncing around passionately the crowd literally screaming like a true ritual of worship. Thats art
Makes me worry he's not screaming right though. Maybe he was just sick but if you don't train to scream properly it can damage your vocal cords. If you are properly trained you can scream for hours with no damage or negative effects.
I just want this known for all the video gamers here. I was at the teeth of god tour...specifically in asheville. VESSEL PLAYED THE HALO THEME ON PIANO
That sounds amazing!
I was there !!! Wish I'd been on the floor,but still epic❤
@utube.190 kinda the same but I also liked the theatrical feeling ya know?
@@xxnovatitanxx326 Agree,honestly didn't even feel real
Nice 👌
What the fans did at Wembley was, I think, one of the best things that can happen to a band.Namely, to give back the love and solidarity that the band normally gives to the fans.And I can only confirm this from the concerts I've been to. Sleep Token fans are some of the most open and friendly fans ever.
What the fans did was absolutely amazing and beautiful. I wish more fan bases were as wonderful as this one.
I still get goosebumps hearing thousands of voices to sing in unison to help Vessel perform. I wish i was there coz id also pour my every heart and soul singing in behalf of him and for him. Then he hit us with bloodsport at the last part. Id be crying in the floor.
God, I love this Band so bad...
Sleep token have become my favourite band of all time, i have listened ALOT of different kind of music of my 35 year of life. And they are just something REALLY special with their music, and how deeply they can connect me with music
This! 🖤
Totally feel ya. Not gonna lie, it took me few years but since last year's Take Me Back album everything clicked and my fave band now! 😍😍
Absolutely agree - I'm 68 and I get lost in their music every day - Worship🖤🤍❤
Thank you for putting this together. Sleep Token is my new favorite band of all time for 2 or 3 years now (sorry TOOL).
It’s nice to get some better insight to their origin story.
Thanks so much, glad to hear you enjoyed the video and got something out of it.
fair play !! any old heads hating need to wake up and see the struggle and the absolute push back the band did. Love or hate the music they did wonders for bands after them.
I got to go to the Teeth of God tour in Colorado and to hear them live is.... Otherworldly. I highly. HIGHLY. Recommend it. Also thank you for a timeline! So well done.
Thanks for covering them, worship!
WORSHIP
This is just so amazing, thank you so much for putting this together!! I've started listening to them a year ago around october and it has changed my mind completely. Indeed we never rest from trying to decypher the lore/the meanings of the lyrics but that is what makes them ethereal and majestic. So proud to see how far the boys have come and excited to see where they will go❤️ worship 🙏
Thanks so much for checking out the video and for the kind words. Glad to hear you liked it!
Worship
WORSHIP
@@inappodcast I think I worshipped too much. I got most of their merch and tattoo of their logo on my left shoulder. One thing looking back on the video, which would've been a good talking point, is their merch and marketing of it. They make such a good quality merch and they are not afraid to market it.
Some people know the true names of the members but we still keep it to our selves
Exactly! I'm not making that decision for people, so kept it out.
It's a secret I'll take to my grave.
im one of those people. I'll follow the man behind Vessel to the ends of the earth no matter what he does.
The lead singer and drummer are exceptional writers. Their lyrics move me to tears....
@@FlochsTopGuytried looking up his other works/features with piano etc but couldn't find much. Just wanted to hear his Influence in other artists working behind the scenes. (heard someone say he ghost wrote and did keys for other people but he might've been spoofing or BS'ing)
I made my dream come true.....traveling from Estonia to Belgium (sorry London's airports are too far from city LOL) just to see Sleep Token live. I'm 39 yo man who lost hope in new music (you know the grass was greener in the past thing) but I fell in love with them and I can say...they are my FAVOURITE band.
Love this video and appreciate the research! Just wanted to mention the difference between your mic volume and the video clips is almost a jumpscare 😄 Made listening at a normal volume a little tough. Thank you for the great content!
Thanks for the kind words, and for the constructive feedback! The audio levels seemed fine to me during editing - maybe I got a little lost in it after hearing it back so many times - but I'll definitely be taking it onboard to take extra care for future videos. 😊
Not your average band but a phenomenon, a consciousness cuz of the way they connect with so many people from all ages. They do the right thing at the right time in their music.. it goes deep, really deep emotionally ❤️❤️ worship
More than well deserved headline slot btw on Download fest 2025 🙏🏻
Thank you for putting this history together. Excellent job!
Thanks so much, happy to hear you enjoyed it!
Very well researched and excellently presented! Great job. Stay safe 🤘 ✌️
Thanks so much! I appreciate it.
32:56 great video didn't realize they toured so much in the early days
Great video Zach I learned somethings I didn’t know from this feels a privilege to be at the early shows and see the band grow 🙂🖤
Thanks pal, glad to hear you enjoyed it!
I found Ascensionisn on my own, then listened to the album. Found out a friend of mine was listening to them also and have loved them ever since
Thank you for your job! I spent great time listening to you! Keep going
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Can’t wait to watch this over lunch, as a treat☺️
Wahoo! I hope you enjoy!
There's something incredibly poetic about Vessel becoming a Conductor to the crowd.
Thank you so much for your deep dive! this was really interesting and entertaining!!!
What a great video! Thank you for everything you've put in researching, putting it together and presenting it. Excellent work!
Thanks so much, happy to hear you enjoyed it.
Very interesting, my son is a follower of ST and is going to see them in concert soon. I am an old rocker who has seen just about everything from Desmond Decker, Alice Cooper to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds but Sleep Token seem to be an advancement of the fascinating and illusiory goth subculture. Good stuff.
Cool video! Really enjoyed learning more about them
Really in depth research and info 🙌🏻 cheers dude
Thanks so much, glad to hear you enjoyed it. 😊
This was a great video. Thank you!
Thanks so much, glad to hear you enjoyed it.
Loved the video! Really interesting getting a bit of the band’s origins
Good video. Big fan of Sleep Token.
Feedback: Give credit to whom you got the videos pls just by adding their YT account on their video clips.
I am a new fan of Sleep Token within the last 2 weeks and I really enjoyed your video! Thank you!
Thanks so much. Welcome to the Sleep Token fandom.
This was a really great video :) thank you
Thank you, glad you liked it!
Thank You ! I really enjoyed this video and subbed for more.
ah, thanks for the insight into Holding Absence's song Purge with a phenomenal piano player we all love.
I do find it absolutely fascinating watching this Mandela effect happen in front of my eyes. Tom Quigley is the person who formed and conceptualised Sleep Token. He was a marketing guy who worked across North America with companies like Disney. He is originally from England. He formed the band after hearing Leo's band Blacklit Canopy online and becoming fixated with his voice.
There is an ENTIRE community of people - namely the UK Tech Metal Fest audience and crew who all know this is true. It was an Artery Global agent called Angelo Padolfi who usurped Tom has the manager/agent of ST, and turned Leo against Tom, during a period when Tom was having a mental health crisis. Literally hundreds of people know that what I'm saying is true, too. Simon Garrod the owner of UK Tech Fest and his entire team couldn't possibly deny these facts.
Some tellings of the story nerf it down to "the band parted ways with their manager and now he's bitter." I think that Leo was manipulated and turned against his friend and co-founder. Tom Quigley heard Leo's voice, and made it his life's mission to make sure the world heard it too. It worked.
The masks, the name, the aesthetic, the anonymity, the lyrical themes, are Tom's handy work.
I very vividly remember working in the press area at UKTM fest and peering out the window to see Quigley dressing someone up like Vessel to take press shots. That person was David Ball - now more commonly known as III.
Someone's gonna try and tell me I'm crazy or I'm lying, but I know it's true, and as stated, hundreds of others know it's true. The entire staff of The Monolith know, Basick Records know it's true, Artery Global know it's true. What the music industry did to Tom Quigley is frankly unforgivable. I'm very grateful that ST's music really isn't my thing because if it was I'd have some serious moral conflictions about whether I could listen to it in good conscience or not.
Мы молим Sleep Token о том, что бы они наконец посетили Россию. Наше русское комьюнити, обожает эту группу, её музыку и её участников. Надеюсь, однажды наша скромная мечта осуществиться и ребята посетят нашу холодную и суровую родину
I found this video very informative... After Sleep Token have just been announced as headlining Download 2025, I don't know much about them so was curious to find out more. Thanks for making the video ☺
Well done. Great detail. Only thing was your mic was quieter than the edits other than that really good 👍🏻
Glad you liked the video, and I appreciate the feedback on the mic volume too. It seemed okay with me during the edit, but it's something I'll definitely take into extra consideration in future videos. 😊
I will see them in just 3 days time in Hamburg...... cant wait.
You are going to love it! They are absolutely going to exceed your expectations. I was in Amsterdam 2 days ago. It was the best I have ever seen and heard and I have been to a lot of concerts/ festivals. Have fun!
Awesome video! Just subscribed and looking forward to more of these history of bands videos. Keep up the great work! 👏
Thank you so much, glad to have you join the ride. 😊
The switch from talking to the jarring increase in volume for the music for the year change is really hard on the ears
I prefer not to know who they are. I knew the members of Kiss long before they unmasked and I wish I never knew. LOL
I know the story but I appreciate a different look at them.
Thanks, glad to hear you appreciate it.
this was yesterday and I'm happy :)
Glad to hear you enjoyed it, thank you.
Fantastic video!!! Worship
Thank you so much, glad to hear you enjoyed it. WORSHIP
The Estate of Darth Nihilus wants those N.I.L. royalities.
Fantastic Band !
Download festival 2025 Saturday headliners. That's huge. Can't wait to see them later this month and Download Festival
And Rock am Ring in Germany. One of 3 headliners on Sunday.
@lakka1148 I'd love to go there
21:28 tiktok really launched this band into the stratosphere
Can someone please tell me the name of the songs 1:28 - 1:36?
1:28 is Summoning
1:36 is (I think) The Night Does Not Belong To God
No, I was wrong. 1:36 is the end of Euclid
@@maddadbricks thanks! do you know the one right after the summoning ?
If you're talking about the transition clips, the snippets are 'The Summoning', 'The Offering', 'Vore', 'Alkaline' and 'Euclid'.
Now Sleep Token are headlining at Download 2025.
This guy is the same guy who burnt his mouth on a coffee because he liked it " before its cool"
I love this band but i dont think sleep tokens genre is Metal. After hearing all of their music i can say they kinda pop & rock.
They definitely have a lot of metal traits weaving throughout a lot of their material, but they mix a lot of stuff in there.
Brow!!! Great content, just please!!! Learn to manage the volumes of your videos!!! Your voice is really low and the music soooo loud.
Not sure why they are “in metal.” They sing soft ballads. Vessel is a great lyricist and amazing at melodies. The rifts are good too, but certainly not metal.
They have a lot of metal traits weaving throughout a lot of their material, along with their aesthetics, but they certainly weave a lot of different styles and sounds.
If you divulge the identities of Sleep Token you are a terrible fan and you’ve ruined it.
RUclips made Jake Paul famous. Stop pretending .. I'd rather hear Poison the well any day of the week
This band sucks!
The 2 second audio bites during the transitions are infuriatingly jarring. III's birth certificate was never obtained, clearly you bately scraped the surface whilat researching. Also, not a podcast. Podcast format is long form with no cuts, not a guy editing his spare room project.
I appreciate the constructive criticism and feedback, but your idea of what a podcast is or isn't is incorrect. Sorry.
Meow!!!
Thumbs down for including that god awful blue grass at the end
Sad to see that a member of the ST community is so close-minded to other genres. Especially considering ST themselves don’t confine themselves to a single genre.
I’m willing to bet if ST put out a blue grass album you’d be first in line for the preorder 🤷🏻
That's a shame to hear. Thank you for watching though. 😊
poor emo kids make lackluster prog goth dirges
I know who they are... But I'm not telling.
Well... They're as anon as Slipknot at this point 😅
I haven't seen something as pretentious as this band ever before.
They're not for everyone
I’m stuck between Sleep Token being really cool music and lore to them being the most influential band of the last 35 years.
I hope the situation with III was properly solved
From what I understand, I believe it is all resolved.