Tracklist: 0:40 Chokehold 5:32 The Summoning 11:45 Granite 15:58 Aqua Regia 20:15 Vore 24:53 Ascensionism 33:00 Are you really okay? 38:13 The apparition 42:43 DYWTYLM 47:20 Rain 51:32 Take me back to Eden 1:00:09 Euclid More full album reactions please! It was an amazing experience

Think of this (and the previous two albums) as a Broadway show. Sundowning: Act 1 - we’re introduced to Vessel and Sleep. Sleep is “wooing” vessel to spend eternity in this world he/she has created specifically for Vessel. TPWBYT: Act 2 - Vessel has accepted to stay with Sleep, and journeys through the various possibilities for his eternity with Sleep Take me Back To Eden: Act 3 - Vessel sees a “door” for one option that is guarded (The Summoning), and has to convince Sleep to let him see it. Sleep says he cannot see in, unless this is for sure the option he chooses… so he does. What follows is (at first) a world full of love and warmth with a woman who seems familiar, but he grows very attached to. As the album progresses, Vessel gets flashes of who he once was, and begins having to face these demons that he had in real life, all while chasing this woman who feels familiar. It turns at “Are you really Ok.” He recognizes the woman from his real life relationship, watches her self-harm, and can’t fix her, despite an incredible love for her and wanting to. The apparition is her ghost after ultimately succumbing to her own self-harm. We start to learn that Vessel is a normal man, and he went through a traumatic event with the woman he loved. It was toxic, and she needed help (likely mental health concerns), and when she died, he spiraled, and created this world of Sleep and Vessel to fill the void that was now missing. TMBTE the track is him finally deconstructing what’s happening and tearing down Vessel, Sleep, the whole thing. Euclid is a rebirth. A re-awake ing from this depressive funk he has been in, after her death, and finally making peace, and moving on. A new version of himself. That’s my take anyway.

Rain has to be my favorite track on the album. The chorus just resonates with me so well

every time I listen do Euclid and the "the night does not belong to god" riff begin, I can not hold my tears. Is so powerful.

ii is an absolute unit and genius of a drummer.

On Ascensionism, when Vessel says “digital demons make the dark feel heavenly,” there’s some 8-bit audio in the background on just that line. The detailllllls, bro!

YES YES YES!!! Literally every reactor and their moms put this album review on their patreon, and the fact my favorite reactor put it on here for free just makes me so happy, thank you Alex 🥹❤

Euclid was a very wonderful treat for the fans who have been around and have dived deep into the band. It has great call backs and felt like a thank you to the fans. It also seemed like a good bye to the Vessel we've gotten familiar with. It seems he will be moving on from the past and coming to terms with it.

At the beginning of Euclid he says "Just run it back, give me five whole minutes." It is a five minute fourteen second song. Pretty sure it is five minutes from that point.

this is AOTY for me by far. Absolute genius production and so emotional. I dont know how long this album will stay on repeat for me

For me, "The Apparition" and "The Rain" are the best songs on this album. As soon as I started listening to them, I immediately fell in love with them.

Thank God. I’ve been waiting for someone I like to do the whole album. You sir, get to go on the big TV. 😮😂

The piano on Ascensionism is so haunting, and the weeping of the keys puts me in a dream like state. Only for the heavy breakdowns to pull you up like moving through the different stages of inception. It's pure genius and needs an award on that song alone!

Honestly think that Euclid is by far the best album closer I have ever heard and Take Me Back To Eden is an absolutely flawless title track.

You are spot on. The chaotic mix of genres are representing the chaotic mix of thoughts and emotions a human brain goes through in the process of forging relationships. I believe that this album was Vessel getting over a relationship that caused pain. That pain may have initially started by the other person but ultimately he realized the pain was from himself to himself. The interesting thing is that it concludes with him rising above only to start the familiar refrain from the Sundowning album which makes me think the cycle is starting over. Even he understands that it is much harder fight to maintain that growth as a person.

bro they are INCREDIBLE live, and they have the best crowd I've experienced thus far. literally everyone sings along to everything, it was amazing.

Dude.......I don't cry very often.......but Are You Really Ok? Makes me sob. It's by far my favorite song and I'm sure I'm not the only one that gets absolutely obliterated and bawls like a baby when you hear it

The ending of Euclid makes me bawl like a baby every damn time.

Sounds like we gotta do album reactions to the first 2 albums

The changing of ratings throughout Ascensionism was literally my exact reaction in the car when I heard the album for the first time 😂

Not going to lie, you showing the meaning of the term "Aqua Regia" actually helped me better understand the song. Especially the "Gold rush, acid flux, saturate me I can't get enough" line. Also, I wouldn't call Vore a filler track. In fact, to me it seems like Sleep Token is so calculating in how they lay out their albums that every song is needed otherwise the overarching story just won't work. To me, Vore represents being consumed by emotion, and its placement between Aqua Regia and Ascensionism seems critical. In Aqua Regia, he's starting to express the hardships he's facing in his relationship, in Vore he's swallowed up by pain and wants nothing more than to be with his other, and then with Ascensionism he wants to go beyond the pain. Also (Part 2), I've heard DYWTYLM quite a few times now, and I've only now realized it's not about someone else loving him but about him loving himself, makes the song a lot deeper than it seemed.

You have to react to The Night Does Not Belong to God. That is the first song on their first album and that's what Euclid calls back to, ending the trilogy of albums.

Vore is soooo good, that and Rain are two of my absolute favorites. Not fillers at all, they're so good and they're incredible live. Saw them at Louder than Life

The last song, Euclid, is almost written ENTIRELY by callbacks from previous songs, calling the writing for it genius would be a huge understatement. Once you know all the callbacks and references, it feels like the perfect ending to your favorite movie

Vore definitely does NOT sound like an album filler at all. One of the best songs on the album.

Can't stop listening to Sleep Token. Its incredible really! There's something about that just hooks you, its as if they are filling a musical void at this point in time

Personally I put Vore as one of the top songs in this album, to me the anger and desperation in the melody and vocal SOOO delicioius

Yal guys sleeping on Apparition. Thats a 10/10 song for me. Litterally so good man.

AOTY, no contest. Rare is the album I can listen to from beginning to end and enjoy every second.

I’m so glad you’ve done this. Front to back listens really adds emphasis on the whole story told. This has surpassed my favourite band even, and being the best album ive heard since Queen. Saw them live last month as well and it’s just as ethereal live as the almost dreamscape you enter with this album/trilogy.

This album is just the culmination of beauty that Sleep Token has been over the years. Unreal how each song can make you feel something so unique and different. Almost puts you in a trance and you come out feeling so refreshed. On my 6th listen and I hear and feel something different each time. Thanks for doing the entire album and just letting it play, Alex!

This entire album is in fact a movie…a movie for the ears and imagination. Pure magic!

Chokehold and Take Me Back To Eden - the title track - JUST AMAZING TRACKS I really, really enjoyed the complete album, with the elements of pop, hip hop, rap and other genres of music that I don’t even listen to combined with Metal - feels really great! They really outdid themselves with this album!

Anyone else get goosebumps and teary eyed with "Are You Really Ok?"

Personally I love every song on this album, and I don't think there is a single filler song. every single song on this album fills a purpose, and all of them are there for a reason, and it just creates a fully complete, incredible album, that I think will be album of the year for me.

I actually disagree with Vore and Rain being filler tracks. I get that they might not be to your liking, but for me this album is a totally cohesive piece of art. I do agree tho with you saying that DYWTYLM sounds uncomplete, it really needed some more beat or something to sound perfectly, but honestly, I don't care cause the lyrics are beautiful. I really love the whole album and I'm keeping it on the loop. Worship.

You definitely should go back and do two full-album reviews for Sundowning and This Place Will Become Your Tomb. You will love them.

Easily my most anticipated album of the year, this was the big one and it didn’t disappoint in anyway. The six songs they released are all very strong especially Vore, Chokehold, Granite and The Summoning but in my opinion they’re not even the best songs on the album as the six unreleased ones are just next level Sleep Token. I love them all but my top three are Probably the last three Rain, Take Me Back to Eden and Euclid but then Ascensionism, Are You Really Ok? and The Apparition are fantastic as well, I’ve heard this album 8 times now and can honestly say that I haven’t skipped one song. This is without a doubt my album of the year and a masterpiece. I agree with you about what TMBTE is about and the rest of the trilogy(you need to listen to Sundowning and This Place Will Become Your Tomb)Vessel recovering from a traumatic relationship but I feel that the girl was self harming(Are You Really Ok?) and eventually committed suicide leaving Vessel all alone lost in depression. I believe that he found peace when he was asleep so began to think about it as the ancient deity Sleep and in his way begun to worship it, in this album Vessel is finally getting his life back together, able to fight through the depression and ascend to a state where he can feel positive about himself and as a result become someone new. This is of course my opinion, I could be wrong but I feel that Sleep Tokens music is open to interpretation. Worship

It’s tough to rank them, but Euclid is at the top for me, especially after several listens. Probably the nostalgia factor, but it’s such a great ending.

Bro no joke, Aqua Regia has coffee shop sounds in the song in the background, and it happenes right when he said coffee shop, without him realising. Listen to the song carefully when the piano solo happens

It’s a trilogy telling the same story, starting with sundowning and the last song Euclid directly calls back to the first song of sundowning “the night does not belong to god” the most perfect way to end it

BRO!! Your smiles during Chokehold say everything! Then the stank face during The Summoning! 😂 Love ya!!

This album hits completely different when you are reading the lyrics in its entirety. If you are just listening to the music its great, but reading and understanding the lyrics while listening brings this album to a whole different level. Amazing

the apparition was my favorite in the entire album, but with sleep token u can't really have a favorite song coz they're all so damn amazing!

This album and specifically "Are you really okay?" Have been devastating to me. Getting over a break up and this banger of an album dropped, it has been amazing. Its emotionally taxing but I can appreciate it's beauty at the same time.

I absolotely love "Rain", it is the one I can't stop listening. I think the lyrics just hit home somehow. I can't name my favorite, cause this album is my favorite everything haha, but it's definitely a song I'd choose over and over.

I’m really glad I found Sleep Token in 2020 before they released. TPWBYT and TMBTE. So I could enjoy the hype, anticipation, and discovery of each song, cus each song in their entire discography is so different from the next. Hearing Euclid for the first time, and especially how it ends fucken broke me. Like a long lost memory of when I found them and started really listening. I’m so happy how many fans this albums bringing in, they deserve everything. I still remember hearing them for the first time. Prime pandemic, pulling out of a Panera parking lot with an ex, I had my discover weekly playing and we were just chatting. There cover of Hey Ya by Outkast starts playing and we just stopped are conversation and were so moved by it. The whole rest of the car ride we were listening to the first album and all their singles. I became a die hard fan of there’s at that point. Music so powerful it stops every person in the room to have them listen it’s crazy. And yes they are incredible live. Saw them when they toured with Nothing More, definitely see them live if you can.

I’m so glad to see you check out the entire album! I was hoping for one song at least but this is amazing. Haven’t watched it yet but I hope you enjoy it as much as I did

I always liked Rain but it took a few listens to get me to love it. Now it's one of my favorites. But Ascensionism is holding strong at number one. Rain and The Apparition both beautifully demonstrate how incredible their drummer is. And knowing Vessel does everything but the drums makes it that much more impressive

I was not ready for 'Are You Really Okay' I listened to it on my way home the night it came out and I wasn't just crying when that song came on I was full on sobbing I don't know why it hit me so hard but it did

So many references and allusions to the previous albums makes this the perfect culmination to a spectacularly creative and bold trilogy. WORSHIP!

Take me back to Eden is the song I’m replaying the most. The entire album is amazing. When he does those Insanely high notes it sends chills through my entire body. Been repeating it since Friday, and for me that’s rare because I usually get bored of albums after a couple listens.

My favorite song either has to be ascensionism or take me back to eden they’re just so powerful!

For me the reason why ST called this album its title is because of the sheer callbacks. Take Me Back to Eden, the song, had a lot of callbacks in itself (esp to Chokehold, with some lyrical reference). But the best and obvious callback in this album thus far is Euclid, and the album title is a perfect easter egg to that. Eden = beginning = callback to the first song off their first album, The Night Does Not Belong to God off Sundowning. Give it a listen and you'll get the reference ❤

This album is a masterpiece. Definitely want to get it on CD.

The whole album is filled with references to their older work. The final melody of Euclid is the melody of the opening song on their first record. That song is called The Night Does Not belong to God. The lyrics during that bit say "the night belongs to you". The melody before the breakdown in Take me Back is a slowed down version of the melody from the Offering. Lyrically there are references to all their others songs and the biggest Easter Eggs are the lyrical references to Vessel's past project. If you know you know. Also the "band" is two people. The drummer and Vessel. Vessel does everything but drums on the records.

I actually don't agree, though I can't give a truly accurate score for each song. On Vore, it's actually one of my favorites. I'm not sure why, but the way he sings the "I wanna go where nobody else will ever go" just hits hard for some reason. For me, at least. And, without a doubt, Ascensionism is my favorite on the whole album. Entirely for its ending. That ending makes me fucking FEEL. As always, thank you for this reviewing, you're a ton of fun to watch react to. Consider me subscribed.

I love this WHOLE album. Discovered them recently and have been smashing out ALL their stuff and seeing them in April when they come to Aus!

Now we need a Sundowning album reaction! Sundowning starts with that melody, and TMBTE ends with that melody. Love it

Also, dude, the moment in Aqua Regia where you were talking about it being coffee shop music, there is literally a sample in the background of busy cafe sounds.. lol

I am so freaking floored that you did this. I love this style of reaction format when it comes to music, especially when it comes to sleep token. Would love for you to do the other 2 sleep token albums but i know that is a big project to take on so no pressure.

Was waiting for a reaction to one of the songs, so glad you surprised us with the full album! More album reactions please please please !!

Nothing will beat this album for AOTY. If something does I'll be very happy, but this was perfection. Euclid was my favorite because it tied up everything with a perfect ribbon. You should definitely do this for their other albums, this was really fun.

This is why I love music so much. The way you interpreted this album was almost the same way I did. The only thing is, the way YOU interpreted this album is exactly what I’m going through now and have been for about a year now. The music people create will relate to others, and those people become the fans and supporters. It’s all about building a community, not being famous. These guys are incredibly talented and motivate me to keep making music. They’re doing what they were put on this planet to do and I’m so glad they found each other and and I’m ready for the next album!

Hey Alex…. Thank You! I wish you had started w Sundowning, then This Place Will Become Your Tomb, then Take Me back to Eden…. The story being told from “The Night Does Not Belong To God”- “Euclid” is amazing. Very Progressive, telling a story over those 3 albums, with almost every song having a counterpart song to go with it as well. 🖤 Worship! 🖤

I’m so glad you did a full listen to this album. Especially watching you react to granite, ascensionism and dywtylm. I knew I KNEW you will love granite. That is the one song I knew you had to check out. I love this album definitely an S tier album

There are many callbacks to their other previous songs in this album and specifically in euclid, which is showing that it marks the end of the trilogy of their 3 albums. The line "This night belongs to you," in euclid is referencing their first song called This Night Does Not Belong To God on their first album Sundowning and the whole verse beginning with "the whites of your eyes," is the 2nd verse of that song. Also, "This bough has broken through" is a callback to one of their first songs from their first EP titled 'One'. These are just a few of the references/callbacks in this album, and it's really quite fascinating how many there are.

Vore is such a sad song especially when you connect the dots with Are You Really Okay, The Apparition, The Summoning, and Take Me Back To Eden

This album was a hell of a journey. I look forward to listening to this in the dark on shrooms!

the last song recalls to the first album. Between the call backs in take me back to eden to this album and Euclid I just lost it. Also... the ancient canopies. My poor guy went through PAIN thanks for the full album reaction

My favourite track on this album, Rain, is not "filler," Alex! 😭 Take it back! 😂 Big love. Enjoyed sitting down and jamming the album with you. I'm for sure certain that the band, or at least Vessel, went/go to church and performed there; there's so much Christian-sound in their songs and his singing style and a drummer reaction channel has also commented on some of the drummer's fills and style being associated with church band drummers too. 🤔

I really enjoyed your interpretation of the album!! Euclid gave me chills!! Really enjoying this band and the level of artistry they bring to their music. It is phenomenal!! 💜

THANK YOU SO MUCH. You have quickly risen to the top of my favorite reactors and Sleep Token has became my favorite band since i heard Will Ramos's cover of Hypnosis a couple years bakc. This reaction wmtook me by suprise and i enjoyed every minute of it. I highly encourage you to react to some more songs (or whole albums) of Sleep Token. They dont have a bad song IMO and i will be here for it!

Been waiting to see you drop a reaction from this album it is so amazing

I had my ears cleaned yesterday because of some major hearing problems, half an hour of absolute torture. In the end it was worth it, to clearly hear this gem of an album.

What I appreciate is that everything is about energy levels and emotion. You’re built up then it backs off and makes the slow, mellow and deeper songs resonate more as you’re so used to overstimulation that the stripped back sound focused you in. DYWTYLM and Are you really okay? Resonated CONSIDERABLY more listening as a whole album and I feel like the more you listen the more taxed you can feel emotionally and those songs only grow on you as you re-listen because of it.

I’m glad I got to watch your full video! Love this record and my album of the year so far

This band is so good it’s scary! I have never enjoyed so much of any album ever. They are definitely my number 1 band now. Bravo

I really love the way you talk about lyrics and your interpretation of them, its what sets you apart from a lot of music reviewers and its refreshing to get someone else's insight on what they think a song is trying to portray

TMBTE and Euclid are full of Easter eggs from their previous albums. Real fan service

This is the first video of yours I've seen, and I'm gunna go binge your channel now, because I LOVE everything you had to say. You have such a great energy ☺️

Super long train back from work... Perfect video to watch!! Love the reactions!

DAMN STRAIGHT 9.0 FOR ASCENSIONISM!! When you changed it to an 8.7 I was like just wait! Just wait! As soon as that "you make me want to disappear" part kicked in I knew you were gonna change it again! Lmao great shit!

Easy album of the year. Perfect from beginning to end. WORSHIP

Euclid is easily my favorite off the album. Been a fan of sleep token since 2019. The call backs to Sundowning and TPWBYT and even ONE. It feels like a tribute to the fans, and how you start the trilogy the same way you end it is just 🤌🤌 I cant think of a better way to end it. It almost feels like a send off for the current vessel, and sleep token will come back slightly different then they are now. 1000/10

I loved seeing your reaction to Ascencionism, like, dude wait for it, wait for it, there's moreee! xD I also completely agree with your overall analysis. I love that you check out vocals because lyrics are sooo important to me when I listen to music. there's nothing better than a conceptual album like this. I recommend you listen to Sundowning because it's the first album and this one here has a lot of throwbacks to that one! It will enhance the experience of listening to TMBTE! My favourite is currently Euclid, just because it gives this finale vibe, this feeling of having reached the end of a wonderful, exciting and horrifying journey and looking back on it with a smile and a tear in one eye. Favourite track differs from day to day though. Thanks for your videos!

This album hit so fucking hard for me man, I enjoyed this reaction. Well done. The song "take me back to eden" hits me like a ton of bricks. Letting go of someone you care about deeply yet you know they're toxic for you? Rough.

The feeling of desperation delivered in the breakdown at the end of Take Me Back to Eden is so damn good.

Can confirm regarding DYWTYLM. I had no idea at first why others didn't seem to resonate much with the track or like it while I immediately grew to love it, esp. on the 2nd and 3rd listen and your explanation here made it very clear to me again why all that might be the case/why I like it more. I can relate to it a ton, sadly. Here's to it getting better, I guess. Someday. Also, tyvm and great job with the whole album reaction, heck yeah :D But there are still some tracks from the older albums you should 100% check out :)

Thank you for making this video! As a long time Sleep Token fan I have to admit I was a little unsure about some of the tracks on first listen. I think I was so blown away by the tracks they released early that I wasn't prepared to listen to the album as a whole, my expectations were mismatched. But listening to the album again in it's entirety has given me newfound appreciation for the cohesion and the storytelling behind each song and the album as a whole. Thanks again!

Great video! Ascensionism is my favorite by far (:

Sometimes it feels like he's talking about it subconscious state. Like DYWTYLM might not be another person but himself asking himself that question. Masterpiece and AOTY by far.

The whole album was great! I'm relatively new to this band and I'm glad I've found him. What an amazing and soothing voice. This album for me imo, is definitely going to be on repeat.

This album just…it just hits me. I’ve gone through a lot of the same stuff he talks about in his lyrics and it speaks to me on a similar level. I’ve also been on the other end of the spectrum so it speaks to me from the perspective of the significant other he speaks of. Because of this, here’s my ranking of the album: Chokehold (9.1) The Summoning (9.1) Granite (9.3) Aqua Regia (9.6) Vore (7.5) Ascensionism (9.1) Are You Really Okay? (10 - My new personal all-time favorite song) The Apparition (9.1) DYWTYLM (9.3) Rain (9.5) Take Me Back To Eden (9.9) Euclid (9.9) -- TOTAL (9.3) I have reasons for why i chose certain songs to be higher than others. This whole album is just fantastic. Thank you for seeing things the way i did. And most of all, thank you Sleep Token for giving us this masterpiece and showing the world that music is no longer stuck in a rut and genres are meant to be broken.

Album of the yr for me! So glad u did the full album reaction!! If you listen to their whole discography from sundowning to this place will become your tomb to take me back to eden u will notice so many call backs on this album, references to past songs. These 3 albums are a trilogy and this album brings it full circle. It's a beautifully done thing

Tbh, when I first heard DYWTYLM i felt underwhelmed, but since its release as a single, it honestly has grown immensely on me. I hope it does for you too.

IYKYK........."I can offer you a blacklit paradise" "Like ancient canopies"

I’ve been listening to them since sundowning came out, and it’s always so, so cool to hear not only what they’re coming up with next, but the callbacks to their past songs. It’s always soooo well done

Euclid had me bawling my eyes out.

The best way to describe Sleep Token is Advent Garde Metal. They have a lot of songs that are a mix of blackgaise/djent and R&B/Soul, on top of the experimentation they do where they throw in elements of other genres. "Vore" is mostly metal with prominent black metal vibes in it, while "The Summoning" has that funk outro where we thought a filthy breakdown would be. Songs like "Aqua Regia" and "Are You Really Okay?" differ the most from the rest of the songs on the album, as "Aqua Regia" is entirely R&B, while "Are You Really Okay?" sounds like something you'd hear off of a modern rock record. The consistency that keeps the band's sound together comes from the identity and overall vibe that Vessel 1 and Vessel 2 brings to their music. From the visuals/aesthetics, to the composition and writing of their songs. It's the kinda stuff that makes you go, "Yeah, that's Sleep Token alright." In the end, this is quite possibly my favorite album they've released so far. I got into Sleep Token when they released "This Place Will Be Your Tomb" and the albums before it didn't captivate me as much as it did. Take Me Back To Eden blows everything else they've done so far out of the water, while also making phenomenal callbacks to their previous works, which is why I love it so much. An incredible work of music. If I were to choose an album of the year, it would be this one.