Today we celebrate the release of the collective’s second EP, TWO, back in 2017.
Calcutta was the first single released on May 5 2017. Nazareth followed as the second, on June 9 2017.
Jericho’s official audio was posted to YouTube on this day as well.
The label site redirects to their Bandcamp profile now but here is the page announcing the release from the illustrious Web Archive. The date does say July 20 2017 but the official date is listed on Bandcamp as July 21 2017.
If you have the time, this curator wholeheartedly advises you to read the reviews linked in the aforementioned Web Archive link. It is pleasing to see such praise for the collective.
The beloved drummer of the collective, II, posted on this day a drum cam of the song ‘Higher’. Thus ended their appearance at the 28th Full Force Festival in Gräfenhainichen, Germany on June 24 2023. This was a part of Sleep Token’s United Kingdom & Europe Summer Rituals tour in 2023. [IG]
This day, the collective updated their profile photo and their cover photo to reflect the release of the full audio of Levitate on their website. The full Sundowning album would not be released until November 22 2019.
Our illustrious drummer of Sleep Token, II, posted a drum cam segment of The Summoning from the collective’s recent ritual in Hamburg, Germany. This was filmed at Barclays Arena on June 20 2023 as part of their United Kingdom and Europe Summer Rituals tour in support of Slipknot during their tour, The End, So Far.
Sleep Token performed at the UK Tech-Metal Fest on the Winspear Stage for what is considered only their 8th ritual. At the end of this set was the live debut of Blood Sport, which would not have an official release until November 21 2019 when the album Sundowning was offered for consumption. Due to lack of sources, it is possible that Blood Sport was played previously but this is the first mention of the song the curator of this blog has found so far. Edit: Per advice from another archivist, Blood Sport was also played a month prior, at Download Fest 2018.
The setlist was as follows:
Thread the Needle
Calcutta
Fields of Elation
Jaws
Nazareth
Jericho
Blood Sport
According to several sources, the original band slated for that event had canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. The festival then advised there was a replacement act, a “worst kept secret”, as Distorted Sound Mag put it. There was hint of it on the collective’s website as well as on their Twitter.
The word “வழிபாடு” used with the July 8th date is Tamil, the world’s oldest spoken language, for “worship”.
For additional photos and saved screenshots of articles and websites reviewed for this curated moment in the collective’s history, please see the Archives drive folder here: 2018 UK Tech-Metal Fest
