Back in stock: Progressive Rock

Review: Returning with their follow up to 2023's major breakout third album Take Me Back To Eden, London's mysterious, masked prog-metal mystics Sleep Token make their boldest statement yet with Even In Arcadia. Known for their brazen genre-fluidity that melds elements of djent, metalcore and post-rock with even further leftfield elements of post-classical, hip-hop, trap and indie-pop, the band led by the enigmatic Vessel have seen a massive expansion in popularity since the release of their previous full-length. Headlining Download 2025 before embarking on their first US Arena Tour, this latest endeavour maximises their sonic abandon and expands upon their own blueprint in the process with the lead single 'Emergence' beginning life as a piano ballad before morphing into ambi-trap groove metal anthemics before finally fading into a lush, jazzy saxophone and piano finish. Set to be one of the highest selling/streaming/controversial/debated/discussed metal-centric releases of the year, Sleep Token appear set to take on the world with their newfound fame and fearless disregard for sonic boundaries or metal elitism.