SLEEP TOKEN - Nazareth live LEEDS FESTIVAL 2018

SLEEP TOKEN - Nazareth live LEEDS FESTIVAL 2018

[@UraharasWife]

Anyone saying bring back this version of vessel, be so fr rn, bro had to have been struggling back then

[@neptaina1447]

Thank you! Those comments bother me so much

[@TatiMarieee]

I just said this, why would anyone want him back in this state. He was seriously struggling with something heavy and trying to cope with his music, ie the “unhinged” and crying more than now Vessel. Poor baby needed a whole ass hug 🥺😭 I REPEAT…. WE DO NOT WANT THE OLD VERSION OF VESSEL. He actually smiles and laughs now, why would we want to take that away 😒

[@fromthesky1050]

the things some artists do to get to the top...

[@TatiMarieee]

@@fromthesky1050 to be fair, no one really knows what’s going on in anyone’s life, his included. We can all assume, myself included, but actions do speak volumes here. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@fromthesky1050]

@@TatiMarieee as someone who was approached by someone in the industry who had connections and wanted me to join them.. u have no idea the things some of these artists do...

[@ryanmcdougall152]

My man vessel is used to being under the influence of spirits, but not like this 😂😂😂

[@sylverscreamqueen]

Unhinged Vessel is something we need more of This performance is just kick ass

[@pepperisbaby]

I love how everyone is like this song is absolutely amazing (it is) and I'm over here like I can't get over that he is absolutely hammered

[@Nora-di9pw]

LOL so I searched for drunk vessel on YT because I saw a short clip of him licking IV and someone mentioned he was hammered. I honestly wouldn’t have noticed he was drunk in this video if no one had pointed it out 😂. The dude still sounds amazing.

[@anthonygrillo1643]

How does everyone know he’s hammered??😭 @pepperisbaby

[@pepperisbaby]

@@anthonygrillo1643 The way he moves, the way he misses notes I'm pretty sure this man isn't the right state of mind

[@TatiMarieee]

The first SECOND, the way he took that sip and just dropped the bottle, was a dead give away that he’s trashed. Then that first line to Nazareth along with wrapping the mic cord around iv… 😮‍💨 Who hurt him… He definitely was struggling with something and trying to cope through his music, which is why back then a lot of his behavior was unhinged and he cried a lot more 😭 Poor bby needed a hug.. 💜

[@spooktoken]

The fact that bassy was always the way he was i love him ❤ BUT THE DRUNK VESSEL IMMA CRY PROTECT HIM AT ALL COSTS 🥰

[@alibongo5250]

I just want to travel back in time to see one of these concerts

[@leandranbs]

who pulls vocals like that whilst obviously hammered?? he’s so precious

[@Nora-di9pw]

Just commented somewhere else on how amazing he still sounds despite being sloshed LOL. I was expecting an embarrassing karaoke rendition, but was pleasantly surprised 😂😂

[@leandranbs]

@@Nora-di9pw ikr!!

[@codymathes4450]

How do you know he’s drunk?

[@leandranbs]

@@codymathes4450 don’t know, it’s just a common assumption that goes around the fandom about this performance.. probably based on the first seconds when he drops the bottle and his movements in general, idk..

[@emolorin1070]

​@@codymathes4450 Combo of jerky movements that stop suddenly at the apex, the stumbling and unsteadiness you often see in really intoxicated people. For Vessel in particular his vocals are much less controlled than they usually are in live performances from the period - he even goes flat on a couple of sustained notes which is *so* uncommon for him. Truly it might not be that he's drunk at all; it could be another (harder) drug. But the unlabelled bottle full of ?spirits is something you see with a lot of functional alcoholics so I'd guess alcohol was involved somehow at least

[@jezoa]

When the instruments kicked in, love how he knelt towards II, as per Apple Music, II wrote this one. Pretty cool

[@Kira-qc4qi]

I just checked. You're right it does say he composed this. That's really fascinating. I would have thought Vessel was 100% solely responsible for all of the early music at the least. The lyrics are so different, and disturbing, in this one though. That might explain it. Still want to find out more

[@venomstellium]

So that’s actually something you’ll notice he does a lot towards the end of songs or right at the end - it’s the signifying moment of “offering” the song to Sleep. (per the lore, each song is a token/offering to the deity Sleep)

[@silentamarok7089]

He was so sloshed whats in that water bottle Ves?

[@thrashtoad6956]

Glad to see that iii hasn't changed hihi

[@mindhunter6606]

It’s awesome to see there old performances. See how much they’ve grown and changed there looks

[@sluttoru]

bring back the unhinged vessel

[@unbecoming9321]

It’s coming …

[@raylenlovesiv]

he was drunk here

[@Hydrasine1333]

He never left...

[@norahdenovan8658]

Oh my he is much less inhibited here, more relaxed. I’m in love with him anyway 🥰like everyone else

[@tallyhally13]

Vessel spitting the water at the end, oh my dude is wasted

[@stefanbento8267]

I love vessels and the old bands look. Looks way more sinister and uncanny imo.

[@sorashima]

As good as the new album is - there's something about those first 2 EPs that just hits so much deeper - like Vessel's wounds were so fresh then and the songs just have more RAW emotional power, unadorned by glossy recording techniques etc. I dunno, it's just the first 2 EPs, Jaws, and Sundowning are the pinnacle for me. PS it's cool to see these old vids when they used guitar amps on stage. Seeing III plugged in with a cable is funny - there's no way he'd survive being tethered via a cable like that these days with the amount of spinning and skittering about he does!

[@frostfang1]

Haha the only thing that could keep a leash on iii is being tethered to an amp

[@sorashima]

@@frostfang1 that or Vessel's mic cord wrapped around his throat. Those guys know how to play it up haha. It's all in jest but unfortunately some people are taking it way too seriously.

[@noisehub6397]

slendermen with amazing talent...im here for it!!!

[@williambostic3921]

This song is so serious for all of us we have been to this point in toxic relationships

[@froggie1]

I don't know why people are knocking the performance here. It matches the music and lyrical content. Don't get so hung up on who they are. WHAT they are as a unit and what they're becoming is so much more intriguing this way. I appreciate performance art for what it is. Keep the mystery.

[@BryceNewbold]

gear video please!

[@tracyraines1059]

1:35 vessel wrapping the mic cord around VI neck and then III acting like he's got a gun and acts like he's going shot himself. Then vessel just going crazy like he's fighting something they isn't there. So fucking intense and now I'm obsessed with finding other videos like this. And some of those funny videos to like is anyone can post a link to the video of vessel licking VI right before he starts singing Nazareth or the one where VI falls right in front of vessel and you can see and hear him giggle a lil I need that in life right now

[@the.edgyhippie]

im here right now for the same reasonnn

[@jacqrmr]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqWwkJx5aq6Ke7M - Sleep Token - Nazareth [LIVE @ DOWNLOAD 2018] - dan_nothing

[@jacqrmr]

audio quality is not thaaat good, but this was the show

[@rubybailey2352]

link PLEASE

[@SoLDMG]

“The lick” wasn’t this show, it was at Download 2018! I have it on repeat in my head. Such an oddly amazing moment

[@HollowNotEmpty]

was fortunate to be in the tent for this performance. absolutely phenomenal

[@mommachar6697]

This has soooooo many elements in it 🤘💃❤️ I've watched it 5 times to check out each individuals stage presence & the woman on the keyboard is right there with every beat 💓 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this video 🫶Worship

[@unbecoming9321]

I feel that punch at 3:56s every single damn time . Worship

[@jboone89]

Vessel is so wild in this one lmfao

[@raylenlovesiv]

he was drunk 😭

[@shckz9342]

@@raylenlovesiv how do you know haha

[@raylenlovesiv]

@@shckz9342 it's pretty easy to tell, looking at his body language, how he sounds etc but I'm pretty sure he mentioned it in an old written interview

[@shckz9342]

@@raylenlovesiv yh i was just wondering if someone actually seen him drinking on set, tbh vessel is the last artist id belive to get drunk on stage hahah

[@the.edgyhippie]

we need more crazy vessellll

[@m4rz585]

I missed their set tonight, but they are beyond incredible

[@blakesavage1776]

@3:03 camera man knows whats up

[@glassempires7782]

Blake Savage exactly!

[@ChAHG]

@@glassempires7782 where can we find what he's filming?

[@daviddavenport2372]

Yeah, it really made my day to see that dude banging his head to that beautiful riffage.

[@froggie1]

That camera man knows the good stuff.

[@lakasx1855]

Bro was soo smashed

[@ANOZYNEOWNED]

The way the pianist is moving while she play's is so darkly seductive...

[@themetald]

She is hella beautiful in underneath the mask too

[@ang3lecho3s]

@@themetaldwho is she

[@garryachmad6085]

​@@ang3lecho3sannina melissa

[@canran]

Amazing performance

[@justinpoff3907]

The more the “algorithm” pushes us to a normal reality, the more we need weird shit like this performance to remind us of the beauty of imperfect human expression.

[@seankirby3403]

iii has always been the wingman

[@the.edgyhippie]

Yup this bouta blow upppp , this view is to DIE for and THIS early???? youre so luckyyy

[@jordanbabcock]

Nobody's gonna comment on Vessel spewing at 4:19? 😂

[@gargin1633]

Spewing water, my favorite.

[@outkastkami6425]

Yea 😂😂😂

[@Nora-di9pw]

Omg just noticed this LOL

[@bonetoad]

Thank you for this video. Listening to this song on repeat from Singapore. The bridge gives me goosebumps every time.

[@gravematter824]

3:03 is the most epic shit ever

[@smh00777]

I just love him so much

[@neutralistmist]

fav song

[@codymathes4450]

3:02 absolute fire 🔥 🔥

[@domesticated_kat]

Worship 🥀

[@shadowfansonicx]

Bro what a mood fr 😭😭😭

[@auroramalloy_4]

❤

[@peace.tea.drinker4]

esperas voice is sooo beautiful “i won’t be missing you”

[@symanoy]

This is Annina Melissa

[@leandranbs]

at that point the Esperas hadn’t joined them yet

[@shabblabbat]

They’ve come so far but this is so epic

[@unbecoming9321]

I’ve never seen a lead singer use the drum beat … like he’s getting beat up and punched like Vessel . At 3:55s he is fighting for his life and I’m sooooo into it . Worship

[@adrianonazareth7676]

So you never seen Maynard James Keenan performing Lateralus

[@tracyraines1059]

​@@adrianonazareth7676 or jimmy or pushit

[@ndnd2023]

We probably banged on things before we had words and languages. Primal form of communication.

[@ndnd2023]

​@@adrianonazareth7676Truth. V's moves are very similar to 90's Maynard for sure. Without adopting the pagan iconography however.

[@adrianonazareth7676]

@@ndnd2023 that´s right!

[@Ed-cc7do]

It’s a long way from Aurora Jazz :)

[@fernandogiunta1532]

Even the camera man is enjoying this banger 💥

[@TheErazar]

Wow, that's the earlier i've seen them. Glad to see III is still the same

[@Smoof29]

I'm so upset I can't see them live coming up

[@SleepyHallow143]

Watching this in 2x makes it even more unhinged

[@halliegould6340]

I legit watched this in 2x after reading this and i cant breathe🤣🤣 it is SO unhinged 🫣💀

[@shivala]

Wow, this is...different. The song is a fast favorite of mine. And man, he is soaked. Well, I think Vessel would agree that the first two lines were painful to the ears, but by god Sleep did he pick it up by line 3 and 4, then almost flawless. Impressive. Anyone that can sing that well while being drunk as a skunk. Wow. But dont do that Vessel. You should not have been on stage, but backstage having a little nappy-nap. 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@randyfreshour5958]

Worship.

[@m4rz585]

🙏

[@killurambitions]

i keep rewatching this every day (yeah im weird like that ok, i just love his vocals in this, specifically 1:30 mirror)

[@msf8views_hd832]

I love Sleep Token and this song...but why does Vessel look like he is either drunk or high in this performance? 😂😅

[@tracyraines1059]

I think maybe he was having a mental breakdown or he was just feeling the music or maybe he was relieving what the song was about cuz it looked like he's kinda Fighting himself or whatever sleep was showing him at that moment. Idk but it's very captivating.

[@mrperson2804]

Probably was. Lots of musicians do drugs and this was at a festival

[@jaebleach8080]

Probably bc Vessel was drunk? That just makes this better imo

[@WyllowNorth]

I think it's several factors that are not necessarily linked to substance, tho still could be. This is 2018, they were just starting out, bro still does the same kind of weird dance, just more confidently now. Also I think that specific mask made it hard to see, so while trying to offer a performance where he's feeling the music and not just standing there, he had to be careful not to fall and loose his hood, which might affect the way he was moving on stage

[@brezengirl]

Compared to the latest concerts, Vessel behaves bizarre at this one, first he strangles IV in play, then stumbles across the stage like in pain or drunk and then takes a sip from his bottle and spits it out across the stage at 4:19.

[@lordsorceron]

W O R S H I P

[@KM-rz6hz]

My man was white boy wasted 🤣🤣

[@user-ji1if8qj6n]

wtf with the bass guitar. WHere are 2 strings :D

[@Tewty11]

3 string bass be like, WATS UP.

[@christiansmith1389]

It’s a 5-string

[@Tewty11]

@@christiansmith1389 it was, but check 0:38, literally 3 strings left, even 2 of the tuners are removed :D

[@Anarchy1777]

@@Tewty11 oh goodness WHY

[@50ULL355_music_gaming]

@@Anarchy1777 if i'm not mistaken he likes to pull the high strings and give it to fan.

[@50ULL355_music_gaming]

I need what he had in that water bottle.

[@lizs606]

Liquid courage

[@altbreeze]

was he drunk

[@ren8203]

Yep, apparently he drank to help calm his nerves

[@ophelia2112]

What did I just witness?

[@_PROPHETofCHAOS]

Art.

[@scrensaver_]

Two questions (if anyone is even still here lol) 1. Is that the same III we have now? 2. Why the hell does his bass have like three strings out of five on it??

[@vesselfirst]

I can tell you that, yes, he is the same one that we have now, III has never been changed. I don't know why he only has 3 strings on the bass, tho.

[@scrensaver_]

@@vesselfirst oh, okay, thank you!

[@raquelcipri]

Haha iii hasn't changed! 😂

[@hardypahardypa1]

Weird enough, my opinion is his posture and the ability to stand still, not fall when going in circles etc mean he is not drunk….Hammered singers fall on their ass lol. Plus his vocals tell me otherwise. But then again I could be very wrong hahahahaha

[@Nichalorious]

Something feral about those white mask.

[@the.edgyhippie]

2:30 are those female vocals??? it could possibly be a gender/pitch bender effect

[@alexasginsburg4361]

Yes, the pianist during this time was female

[@the.edgyhippie]

@@alexasginsburg4361 now that ive been seeing more and more old videos, im realizing that!! i wish i was around in 2018, i luckily found them with sundowning :)

[@gitsiemonster]

She sounds like Amy Lee weirdly enough

[@shadylady4097]

Back when Vessel wasn’t free-ballin’ every show for the girly pops to simp over. 🤣

[@ImMobile2014]

Not many can get away with blackface like sleep token. Pretty much them and Robert Downey Jr

[@matt926uk1]

i like the music but they look a bit stupid honestly

[@AH_Ah_51]

Why is that?

[@matt926uk1]

@@AH_Ah_51 I'm not a fan of their image, I don't think it adds anything to the music. I love their sound though.

[@AH_Ah_51]

@@matt926uk1 i can see why they are preety creepy. But u know thier image adds to their profit so... good for them

[@matt926uk1]

@@AH_Ah_51 that's it, it's all done for profit, a bit of a gimmick. Does it put a lot of people off them though?

[@daniellekropp]

they do look a bit silly its pretty funny

[@randyfreshour5958]

Worship.