Sleep Token

[Pagan Saviour]

I'd say both!

[Eoin McLove]

Sam Smith is exactly right. Overwraught emotional vomit.

[Skott Furys jizz rag]

I suppose it's a natural enough progression from all those djent bands. Good for them I guess but yeah not for me.

[son of the Morrigan]

Went to the youtube and tried to listen to them there, didn't get past 40 seconds of any song.
Wankus totalatarious, as I'd imagine the Romans would have called it, if they made up Latin words.

[Sworntothecans]

They seem to have come from nowhere, from second stage at Bloodstock to arenas in less than two years is incredible. I wondered if they're amazing at marketing or just have great contacts in the industry

Guaranfuckingteed

'tis the era of the industry plant after all!

[DJ Sniffles]

Why they blew up as big as they did is so confusing they're not doing anything new or exceptionally amazing their live shows seem alright at best and I think their songs are very boring. I don't think they deserve hate but there's so much more bands out there that deserve that kinda success and attention way more than them 🙃☘️

  

[Eoin McLove]

I think that their sound is so far outside of metal and only qualifies as tangential to metal because of the background chugga riffs. But they are polished to within and inch of their life and not too imposing which might make them palatable to people who would normally run a mile from heavy music. The body of the style, from the bits I listened to, seems to be more of an electronic,  dreamy,  darkish pop music. If you were brought up on X Factor nothing there would really challenge you. Kind of gives kids the sense of listening to something new and exciting without pushing them out of their comfort zone.

A mere brainfart, but maybe I'm on to something.

[son of the Morrigan]

Oh Christ, they have signature guitars and all.

[Pain Medicine]

Still haven't actually listened to them but yeah was amazed to see them announce 2 nights at the O2 in London and the new 23k capacity place in Manchester, as well as other arenas, has to be the fastest rise to festival headliner status in a generation.

[Dark Stranger]

I really don't understand it and can't understand their huge popularity, there's just no substance to the music.

Their image is absolutely fantastic though, I love how they look.

[Giggles]

I'd say it's the image that sells them, not the music.

[stearl]

Completely a case of style over substance.

Gave a listen to a good few tunes of theirs - to my ears the music is anaemic at best.

[The Great Cull]

I just don't get them at all but then maybe this is how Deep Purple fans and the likes felt when Thrash came along all those years ago.

[Pentagrimes]

I genuinely don't hear any metal of any kind in the music Ive heard by them at all. The only metal element from what I can make it the presentation/aesthetics.

[Mithrandir]

Bands like Sleep Token and Ghost have just realised it's so easy to market pop music to people as long as you have a spooky shtick and fans will think they're being counter culture, completely overlooking the fact that they're  consuming music that could be played by hipsters on the main stage at glastonbury in tweed suits and raybans and would probably turn their nose up at.