睡眠代幣可能是一代人中最大的金屬樂隊。他們也是最毫無意義的

睡眠代幣可能是一代人中最大的金屬樂隊。自從他們突破2023專輯以來，請帶我回到伊甸園

Sleep Token might be the biggest metal band in a generation. Since their breakthrough 2023 album, Take Me Back to Eden, the masked, anonymous UK quartet has rocketed from midsize clubs to headlining major rock festivals. They have twice as many Spotify monthly listeners as Tool, a good enough antecedent for Sleep Token’s melodic and progressive sound. Their fall 2025 arena tour sold out in mere days. On May 9, they released their fourth album and first for RCA, Even in Arcadia, which is projected to land at No. 1 on the Billboard 200—a near-unprecedented feat for a band with metalcore origins.

睡眠代幣可能是一代人中最大的金屬樂隊。自從他們突破2023專輯以來，帶我回到伊甸園（Eden），蒙面的匿名英國四重奏從中型俱樂部旋轉到頭條新聞。他們的每月聽眾是工具的兩倍，這是一個足夠好的先決條件，用於睡眠令牌的旋律和漸進式的聲音。他們的2025年秋季競技場之旅在短短幾天之內就賣光了。 5月9日，他們發行了第四張專輯和第一張專輯，即使在阿卡迪亞（Arcadia），預計將在Billboard 200上排名第一，這是一個近乎前所未有的壯舉，是一支具有Metalcore Origins的樂隊。

But Even in Arcadia is a metal album made by musicians who appear petrified of metal’s fundamental pleasures—screams, breakdowns, violence, riffs, exhilaration, exaltation. Instead, Sleep Token’s major-label debut mostly offers sanitized pop-rap with all the sexed-up verve of Droopy the dog. Their bumbling composite of generic pop and trendy metalcore is both schmaltzy and dull: a vacant wasteland where joy, excitement, and intrigue—sensations that all good metal and pop should evoke—go to die.

但是，即使在Arcadia，也是一張由音樂家製作的金屬專輯，這些專輯看起來像金屬的基本樂趣 - 冰淇淋，崩潰，暴力，即興，即興，振奮，振奮，誇大其詞。取而代之的是，Sleep代幣的主要標籤首次亮相主要提供消毒的流行說唱，並帶有所有性愛的狗。他們對通用流行音樂和時尚金屬核的繁瑣的複合既是schmaltzy又是沉悶的：一個空置的荒原，歡樂，興奮和陰謀 - 所有優質的金屬和流行音樂都應該引起人們的態度 - 死亡。

Much of Sleep Token’s confoundingly broad appeal hinges on their shtick. Their singer-songwriter, mononymously known as Vessel, hasn’t given an interview since 2018, refuses to speak onstage, and keeps his face painted black and covered by his mask. The band begins every Instagram caption with “behold,” refers to its singles as “offerings,” and calls live shows “rituals.” To many, this makes Sleep Token a magical enigma. To me, this is dumb as hell.

大部分睡眠代幣的令人困惑的吸引力都取決於他們的shtick。自2018年以來，他們的歌手兼詞曲作者單詞被稱為船隻，他拒絕在舞台上講話，並保持他的臉被黑色塗成黑色並被面具覆蓋。樂隊以“ beold”開始每個Instagram字幕，稱其為“產品”，並將現場表演“儀式”稱為“儀式”。對許多人來說，這使得smale token成為神奇的謎。對我來說，這很愚蠢。

Previous Sleep Token albums were more firmly grounded in djent, a style of rhythmic metal characterized by polymetric chugs played on down-tuned eight-string guitars. Djent was pioneered at the turn of the century by Swedish extreme-metal scientists Meshuggah, then exploded in popularity worldwide in the early 2010s. Sleep Token aren’t so much innovating the form as they are plundering and prettifying artifacts from djent’s creative peak in 2013. Even in Arcadia’s sporadic metal sections can be traced back to Northlane’s cryptic post-metal djent, Issues’s rap-infused nu-djent, and After the Burial’s brutally groovy prog-djent. The difference is that Sleep Token’s approach is sleeker, softer, and more overtly commercial—an embodiment of the way the once-progressive sub-style has become, well, djentified for mass consumption in the 2020s.

以前的睡眠代幣專輯更牢固地紮根於Djent，這種節奏的金屬風格是在淡淡的八弦吉他上播放的多粒子。 Djent在本世紀初被瑞典極端金屬科學家Meshuggah開創，然後在2010年代初在全球範圍內爆炸。 Sleep Token aren't so much innovating the form as they are plundering and prettifying artifacts from djent's creative peak in 2013. Even in Arcadia's sporadic metal sections can be traced back to Northlane's cryptic post-metal djent, Issues's rap-infused nu-djent, and After the Burial's brutally groovy prog-djent.不同之處在於，Sleep Stoken的方法更加時尚，更柔軟，更明顯，這是對曾經促進的子型的實施例的實施例。

Pick any one of their arena-metal predecessors, and Sleep Token’s output rings hollow by comparison. At least Linkin Park, as irredeemably corny as they became, could translate genuine pathos with undeniable shout-alongs like “Numb” and “In the End.” At least Slipknot’s biggest radio staples retained the band’s tortured disposition. Even Metallica’s most commercial gambits, Load and Reload, had songs that fucking rocked. Sleep Token never let themselves rock on Even in Arcadia. Sex and violence are only ever suggested, never displayed. The metal elements are so superficial, forced, and uninspired that they recall a college student doing volunteer work solely to pad their resume.

相比之下，請選擇其任何競技場金屬的前任，並選擇“睡眠代幣”的輸出環空心。至少Linkin Park像他們變得不可估量的情況下一樣，可以用“ Numb”和“最終”等不可否認的喊叫聲轉化真正的悲傷。至少Slipknot的最大廣播主食保留了樂隊折磨的性格。即使是Metallica最多的商業手槍，負載和重新加載，也有搖擺不定的歌曲。睡眠代幣甚至在阿卡迪亞也永遠不會讓自己搖滾。性和暴力只有建議，從未表現出來。金屬元素是如此膚淺，強迫和啟發，以至於他們回想起一名大學生從事志願者工作的工作，只是為了削減履歷。