[PART 3] Sleep Token - This Place Will Become Your Tomb | Full Album Reaction

[@xdeliverancex1152]

I have listened to nothing BUT this band for 6 months. It's ridiculous.

[@StuckInTheQuantumPattern]

Same!

[@Skarakis.1]

Same for a year

[@NeilD1]

Snap

[@LouiseBaxter-ld7ok]

Same

[@glazedgazes]

I’ve been going for a year as well

[@earthscorcher]

Telomeres are the little caps at the end of our chromosomes that they think are what lead to us aging as they unravel. They tell the story of our existence - from birth to death.

[@earthscorcher]

I also think Telomeres is the perfect marriage of Deftones and 311. Definitely shows Vessel and II's major infuences!

[@butsid]

Too bad they don't play that song at the shows

[@earthscorcher]

@@butsid it's too bad they don't play a lot of songs 🥲 I do wish they changed up the setlist a bit more often. I want High Water debuted live before I die.

[@peterallen900]

telomeres is 100% on my wedding playlist

[@MadailinBurnhope]

Descending is a low-key favourite

[@almightyvock]

telomeres is such an underrated track I love that song

[@Jordlenny]

Lots of people suggesting Jaws their covers are right but I don't think their live cover of Hallelujah can be skipped, they've only done it once and I think its a must watch as somebody obsessed with Vesels Vocals.

[@ashlenamusic]

I’ll check it out!

[@nicornkernels4863]

The transition from Missing Limbs to Chokehold is so clean that I usually don't notice I'm already on the next album. 🤌🤌🤌 So good.

[@ashlenamusic]

Wow so true

[@gerardomorales4078]

Ugh ... Missing Limbs cracks my soul. Those lyrics.

[@ISnipeSA]

Telomeres hit different 😢😢😢

[@LanceM-rt5gq]

You do your reactions right! Totally love your care and consideration of the music to comment ratio. So I’ve been on Sleep Token for a year straight. I’m always finding hidden nuances in the music as well as understanding the story arch. I realized the other day that this trilogy is more than meets the eye. Let me explain. So Sundowning is inspired by the sky/ heavens ie: levitate, gods, night does not belong to god, dark signs with many references lyrically to the sky or heavens. This place will become your tomb is inspired by water/ ocean ie: Atlantic, descending, high water, Alkaline,telomeres many references to water, harbor, submerged. Finally you have TMBTE that is inspired by land/ Eden ie: granite, Aqua Regia (Gold element) take me back to Eden, Euclid with references to elements,stone, paths, and highways. My point, when you combine the 3 albums it makes Earth our home. 🤯 this band is pure genius and have completely captivated those who are lucky enough to experience them. Can’t wait for you to hear them live. I saw them last October and it was the concert of my life! Worship 💙

[@ashlenamusic]

Dude that is so cool thanks so much for sharing!!! Damn! That’s epic

[@earthscorcher]

Last thing, because the end of Missing Limbs confuses the hell out of people. To me it sounds like a UK ambulance distorted through water, and it gets closer as he's pulled toward the surface. There's speculation that they were in a bad car crash (possibly into the Atlantic Ocean). If you've ever seen Over the Garden Wall, this album feels like that for me - an event that begins the story and the rest of it is them working through their problems while in limbo between life and death. I also have suspicions they lost a child during the accident, which is why Atlantic says "crumble like a temple built from future daughters." Accompanies the "you'll never bear the weight of two."

[@eliahdayton3448]

Not to mention the car references in both Dark Signs and Granite. It seems like this may have been a momentous and scarring event for vessel.

[@earthscorcher]

@@eliahdayton3448 if you look at the scars on the outside of his left arm, they look like they are from a textbook compound fracture. And don't forget the "if my fate is a bad collision" in Euclid. Pretty straightforward to me 🥲

[@domnvlst5031]

If this is true, that would be soul crushing

[@5447princess]

@@earthscorcher I always assumed the scars on his left arm were self harm. Because they were so even

[@violacesario4389]

Amongst all of the other recommendations you have already been given, From the Room Below at the LaFayette in 2022 is a live show of just Vessel playing piano & guitar, plus his backup singers. There are several fan videos of the individual songs on YT, and The Metal Kitty has compiled the full ritual in 2 videos. It includes the cover of Hallelujah. IMO, a couple of the songs, including Missing Limbs, are even more beautiful on this stage than on the record.

[@jwh97]

Jaws, The Way That You Were and the Hey Ya and Is It Really You covers are the last ST songs you've not heard!

[@ashlenamusic]

Will do those!

[@KaleEmAll]

The way I view the end of the album is that hopefulness of a budding relationship, the longing and the desire, only to be met with indifference from the other. Descending is the frustration, Telomeres is the hope, High Water is the attempt to accept that she will never reciprocate his love only to fail ("I can't hold myself together"), and finally Missing Limbs is the lamentation of that rejection (and possibly that she has another, given the "it still makes my blood run thin to remember what you are to him" line).

[@noahjakob1746]

This album is my favorite of all time. The back half of this album is in my opinion the best group of songs ever, bar none

[@El_Gordo_Chechy]

Definitely need to listen to "Jaws", "The Way That You Were", "Is It Really You?" (Cover) and "Hey Ya" (Cover) This are songs that aren't in any album. Maybe you can do a video reacting to them at once 😅

[@SaturnWanted80]

We need this!

[@ashlenamusic]

Sure!!

[@mkennedy319]

Every time "Is it really you" comes on i HAVE to repeat it several times.

[@tanasmom1969]

@@mkennedy319 Somehow I didn't know about that song till a month ago and now I can't stop listening to it. ❤

[@richardlovell2732]

Ironic given that it's not their song, but imo vessels best vocal performance is on Is It Really You? So good.

[@tjh5716]

I have been in a sleep token haze for 5 years and a Ren haze for the last year.

[@saranaturegirl123]

Loving your reactions. Every time I hear a song, it's like I've experienced it for the first time .... its mad. Totally obsessed!

[@joyjoyz778]

Descending is my favorite here theres something about that song that puts me in like a trance state 😂 i just space out and vibe lol

[@LouiseBaxter-ld7ok]

Love all your reactions just consumed by this amazing band like so many of us. Pure genius

[@TheAsphyx666]

I adore this band, there's not a single Song I don't love. But for some reason, "High Water" gets me like no other.

[@glazedgazes]

The synth selection is absolutely delicious in High Water.

[@HaleThePanda]

Love your reactions to Sleep Token! I really appreciate that you go through song by song and look into the lyrics and meaning! With High Water, I do find it interesting that people have taken the lyrics "I know you still bear the weight of your own existence and you'll never bear the weight of two" as a meaning of unable to bear children. When I initially listened to those lyrics, I took it as meaning the object of the song is dealing with their own issues, mental health, and demons and isn't able to take on or be present for another person, and that being the reason why the relationship between the narrator and the other person won't work. Nevertheless, I love seeing and hearing how others interpret lyrics and you do beautifully! Keep doing what you're doing! ❤

[@ashlenamusic]

I love hearing your thoughts too! Everyone interprets songs differently! I just love the conversation xx thanks so much for watching!

[@StuckInTheQuantumPattern]

That's how I took it too.

[@NUGGAJAUT]

I have watched all your ST reactions so far and have enjoyed every one immensely. Having Sundowning taken down is a massive shame as it, along with the others is a great watch. Re-living my own original emotions/reaction to their songs through someone else's experience is honestly addictive as hell and as I continue to chase the ST reaction dragon as it were, I rate yours right up there. I'm curious if you're going to do all the other "offerings" from II as you did The Summoning, I'm of course referring too Hypnosis and Alkaline as well as the masterclass he did on Drumeo itself? What I found particularly awesome about these, is that as his vocab on the kit increased over the years the way he plays all the songs across the offerings, differs massively when compared to the recorded tracks on the albums. Would be awesome to see you lose your shit over those as well, lol.

[@davidriddick82]

YES!! Part Three Lets Goooo!! Missing limbs is my kryptonite, I cry like a bitch cuz it hits in so many deep ways but it’s so beautiful, glad you enjoyed this I have to say I am so jealous that you’re getting to see Sleep Token. However I’m beyond excited for you, and I know you will go WILD and be jamming out with them. CANT WAIT TO SEE YOUR REACTION TO THE II Drumeo Special of 1 hour of drumming, please don’t make us wait long 🙏🏻

[@ashlenamusic]

Haha I won’t

[@matttyler8331]

Telomeres reminds me of the Deftones song Sextape. That's always been one of my favorite Deftones songs so I fell in love with Telomeres on first listen. I know II mentioned he was influenced by Abe Cunningham so it feels like a safe assumption Vessel was influenced by Deftones too. Would love to know if they were referencing Sextape at all with this song.

[@evaj2556]

Another great reaction Ashlena 👍 I've been following ST pretty much from when they first started and a fun fact: Distraction, High Water, Teleomeres and Descending have never been played live (well not to my knowledge at least and I've watched a fair few ST gigs here in the UK) Same with Gods, Are you really okay, The Apparition and Euclid. Such a damm shame, as these tracks are absolute BANGERS. I'm praying they include some of these in their upcoming tour. I would LOVE to hear these live!!! ❤❤❤

[@ashlenamusic]

I would kill for Euclid live

[@evaj2556]

@@ashlenamusic I want all of them!!.. but if they ever start with The Night Does Not Belong To God and end the set with Euclid...I will lose my S**t and ascend for sure!! 😆😭

[@ashlenamusic]

@evaj2556 😂😂😂😂

[@heatherbennett4512]

​@ashlenamusic they finally played Euclid live ❤ it was beautiful 😭😭 I was there the first night they sang it too.

[@heatherbennett4512]

​@@evaj2556😂 well they did this tour in America, you should've made a bet on that one.

[@brianalmeida1964]

"You are still a perfect reminder of what All of these scars on my arms are for" It may just be a coincidence, but Vessel does appear to have 3 horizontal scars on his left forearm! "And you'll never bear the weight of two" Could mean either being his support or as you said never bear a child. Could tie into the lyric in Atlantic about "future daughters"! I have really enjoyed your reactions to all things Sleep Token, and I look forward to your reactions to Jaws and The Way That You Were, and the covers of Hey Ya, and Hallelujah. Stay safe 🤘 ✌️

[@ashlenamusic]

They’re coming soon! Thanks so much for watching!

[@codypieper728]

Loved your reactions of ST! One of the best I've seen, you pick up on a lot of musical and lyrical nuance that a lot of first listeners don't, including myself.

[@ashlenamusic]

Thank you so much!!

[@nnunghi]

thank you for your reaction to this album❤ as i wrote under the previous videos, this album really has a special place in my heart. Vessel knows what he's doing. Sleep Token has a few more singles, and I highly recommend listening to them: "Jaws", "Is It Really You?" (cover), "Hey Ya" (cover) and "The Way That You Were".

[@ashlenamusic]

Will do!

[@KM-rz6hz]

Love your reactions! Telomeres is my personal favorite. You really need to check out their live stuff and Blood Sport From the Room Below. Would love to see you react to II’s full drum through on Drumeo!

[@tanasmom1969]

You definitely need to listen to "Jaws". It's one of my favorites. It's so good. It actually had to grow on me. I look back now and I'm like...why did I not 100% love it from day 1? The answer is...Vessel is such a genius, it must have gone right over my head the first couple of times. LOL. Also, The videos for "Fall for Me" and "Alkaline" are amazing. You should watch those even if you watch them on your own. ❤

[@ashlenamusic]

I'll check it out!

[@Siendorf]

Yes please do jaws. The way that you were. Also someone commented already the cover of is it really you?

[@ashlenamusic]

Sure!

[@thulsey022]

I always feel this is a one way relationship and "I know you bear the weight of your on existence but you'll never bear the weight of two" refers to that in a relationship we must bear the weight of each other in a selfish toxic relationship one is only capable of caring about themselves while the other is buried by carrying the weight of two.

[@ashlenamusic]

Ahh I like that interpretation

[@StarStuffGal321]

Loved it! Enjoyed your journey!!!

[@ashlenamusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@glazedgazes]

3/3 🎉

[@ashlenamusic]

You’re too kind

[@janishoshi]

Descending is a whole vibe omg! Did you do a concert vlog? curious :D

[@ashlenamusic]

Sleep Token Concert Vlog & Giveaway! - Massey Hall - Toronto - May 28th 2024 kzbin.info/www/bejne/foDagKWli7OHpKM

[@Kira-qc4qi]

Unfortunately the scars on his arms are not tattoos. Along with the possible self deletion attempt alluded to in Atlantic, Vessel has some quite serious inner demons he's been battling for a long time. As gorgeous as the music on Tomb is, I hope for Vessel, the human behind the mask, that we never hear another album like it. At least lyrically. It's pure pain.

[@ashlenamusic]

I’ve never seen him so I didn’t know 😳

[@yeeboi9129]

Love your channel :D

[@ashlenamusic]

Thank you so much!

[@motorpsycholj]

You are correct about "bear the weight of two" about her not wanting a child with him.

[@ashlenamusic]

I think so too!

[@calmingchannelbillbistak]

The freaking hold Sleep Token has on my soul is unbearable. I don't want anything else, and it is ok. The versatility of Vessel's vocal range, instrument mastery, post-production mastery, lyrical genius, and compositional style are just UNMATCHED.

[@DRock70]

“Jaws” Definitely a Must listen 🎧 to!!!

[@ashlenamusic]

That’s next! Will do it for next week

[@hannahfindley7739]

He does have actual scars on his arm :( theres a video of Missing Limbs live, where its just vessel playing guitar and singing, and its filmed close enough that you can clearly see them.

[@TheAsphyx666]

He's clearly a very sensitive soul using musical expression as therapy, and more power to him.

[@glazedgazes]

@@TheAsphyx666 exactly

[@ashlenamusic]

I had no clue!

[@thulsey022]

My favorite sleep token album. There is not a song i will skip...Ive said it before it's their Empire Strikes Back...and the last four songs are absolutely perfect. With High Water/Atlantic/Telomeres being my favorites on the album.

[@mattthompson5908]

They actually just signed to RCA which is part of Sony.

[@glazedgazes]

Tbh, I always skip missing limbs. It’s a fine song, but High Water is the real sign off. Missing Limbs sounds like a bonus track, to me. Initially, I was not sure about Vessel’s voice. I love R&B and soul, so it wasn’t the voice itself, but in context with the music. So I went to the instrumental of this album and when I heard High Water and Alkaline as instrumentals, I was 100% sold. This is not a request or suggestion for the channel, but Chelsea Wolfe just released an album and it’s dark, moody, and she’s got a killer voice.

[@larrycable1827]

Love your reactions. But your journey is not yet over. There is about another albums worth of tracks for you to hear and react to. Shelter(from the room below recordings) Hey Ya (cover of the Outcast song) I wanna dance with somebody ( Whitney Hugebum cover) When the partys over ( Billie Eilish cover) Is it really you(Loathe cover) Jaws single The way that you were single And of course the Bloodsport version (from the room below). Then there is what came before 2016 and back to his beginnings. Disclaimer: some research may be needed as I'm not allowed to tell you any of the specifics.

[@ashlenamusic]

I’ve done the deluxe tracks from sundowning they’re on my channel! The rest I’ll do for sure!

[@BimmyJaywalker]

❤🖤❤️🖤❤️

[@jamesschultz8260]

Now go listen to the singles Jaws, Hey Ya(Outcast cover), The Way that you Were…

[@ashlenamusic]

Will do

[@jamesschultz8260]

Awesome! Would love to see your reaction!!

[@ashlenamusic]

@jamesschultz8260 this week for sure!

[@oldmanjimh3165]

All good but agree ending of last song a bit weird.

[@ashlenamusic]

Right? I think higher water would of been a killer ending