Sleep Token The Summoning - The Decomposer Lounge Reaction and Production Breakdown

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[@KeyOfGeebz]

🔥Do you guys also notice the extended darkness of the track because of the "warm" approach to the mix? SO COOL🌊

[@Packager]

It sounded pretty bloody good to me, until the last five minutes of this track. I wouldn't consider myself an afficionado of current "metalcore" either (if this is what they were going for). I found the ending disappointing, because it was so... dissociative, for lack of a better word.

[@beepboop204]

post-rock or post-metal ..... erm postness... production of atmosphere, mood and feeling over standard rock/metal composition conventions. does that make sense outside of my autistic brain? 🙂

[@twall91]

Every second of this song is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. This is the most exciting track I’ve heard from a band in a looong time

[@bigrob966]

People were definitely tagging you for this song primarily due to the "gotcha" moment at the end. This song will go viral because it is in the mold of Jinjer's "Pisces." But I am glad you latched on to what really makes this song great. The sound is HUGE, it is ambient and ethereal and soulful. There are so many gorgeous moments without being overbearing. Good on ya Geebz for not taking the easy react "reaction"

[@TheJordane55]

@@bigrob966 how so? They are completely different. You’re generalizing two completely different styles of composy

[@Drake45100]

Compared to their last album, this mix is absolutely huge. I heard that they got a new producer on board, that guy definitley knows what he's doing.

[@CrzyWzrd4L]

It’s Carl Brown, same guy who produced a lot of late 90’s punk, As I Lay Dying’s “Awakened”, BFMV’s “Scream Aim Fire”, and even Indicud from Kid Cudi.

[@goodtimehotline69]

It’s actually Carl BOWN.

[@withershin]

@@goodtimehotline69 MALEVOLENCE - The Other Side is such a great mix. Bown is very talented. (I landed there weeks ago looking up RHCP peppers Otherside covers - Macklemore kills it but found this track too. Cheers!)

[@andrewalarcon818]

@@CrzyWzrd4Lwho the hell is Carl brown ?

[@B-rad37]

George lever is also a stellar producer

[@Farrell488]

Nobody ever expects that ending and I love to see people’s reaction to it cause it’s amazing

[@Void-Realm]

I'd love to see more Sleep Token on here. High Water or The Love You Want.

[@amsa928]

Yes please.

[@syther112]

Eurghhh High Water blows my head into orbit man, I LOVE that track.

[@jesseballans3734]

I feel High Water is hugely underrated, I love that song!

[@alexthompson7080]

The Love you want is amazing!!! Probably my favorite.

[@themissjessicapaige1]

High water is SUCH a beautiful song. I'd love to see him react to it

[@3rdAgeSoap]

I love how everyone's reaction to the ending is all the same, absolute surprise but vibing with it. If it were anyone but Sleep Token I don't know how well it could be pulled off.

[@fuelflownormal]

It’s kind of like Black Sabbath “Symptom of The Universe”

[@DaDoubleDee]

This song is a trip, genre mixing and mashing yet somehow keeps a certain vibe throughout

[@ColieBear18]

Yeah it feels like they found theit unique voice and it hits just right. I went back to past albums and they're still great but this is exceptional

[@juliagoatly5857]

This is the antithesis to their previous compositional form where their songs had a heavy djent low tune breakdown on the ending to several tracks and this ends with funk. Love it! They are full of surprises and never cease to amaze. I do love the linear songwriting structure which I guess is even more prevalent in tech metal & prog styles and it seems they have returned to that more traditional sound with this track. Their previous album was impressive and catchy nonetheless more mainstream sounding.

[@yvelt7al521]

As a sleep token fan, this song is such an evolution for them. The singer, Vessel, has done some screaming before, but it was less refined, and they haven't done many 'traditional' breakdowns before either. They also rarely do guitar solos, although there is one in their song Telomeres if I recall. The Funk elements are a wonderful edition and brings even more variety to their music. I'm so excited for more songs from them.

[@j_murdoch]

I can see why people suggested it on the VAST video. This is basically where that genre is in today's music landscape. This song has so many disparate sections, weird how they all come together. Great breakdown.

[@CryptoRva]

Absolute banger of a track. Never heard this band before

[@NastyNate18B]

You can see the drummer in him going crazy

[@themissjessicapaige1]

Requesting a reaction to aqua regia 💛💛 it's got a really jazzy vibe to it. As a long term sleep token fan, it warms my heart to see them blowing up like this!!

[@twistedpipes04]

I have NEVER heard a bad Sleep Token song. They're amazing. I was totally here to see your reaction to the funk they slammed in the end of it! This song is pure ear candy

[@TheJordane55]

They are masters of the ambiance. Great reaction ❤

[@Alphablight]

Could you imagine trying to build music around Vessel's unique voice? It's facinating

[@pierrehenri2297]

Never heard of them and straight to playlist- this tune is like the gift that keeps on giving! 🤘🏼🤙🏻

[@philliparmentrout347]

The pianist is also the lead singer Vessel. Worship

[@JLVCII]

6:12 Now if this wasn't the most spot on thing you could've said about this😂 Love that you can relate with the heavier and the more melodic sides of rock.

[@adamjoesph4038]

Sleep Token sound like they grew up listening to bring me the horizon and Ed sheeran equally, in the best way lol

[@josefgordon7712]

I’m a VERY recent Sleep Token fan and it is SUCH an amazing time to be here for this and Chokehold.

[@nickhaze2491]

Seeing this makes me want you to go back to some Loathe and their I Let it in and it Took Everything album. Lots of ambient and heavy tracks on that one with similar vibes to this song.

[@feffjoxworthy6112]

I just started listening to "I Let it in" this year and holy shit is it incredible. 100% back the idea of Geebz checking it out.

[@daavidmurphy3562]

Major ode to Dimebag/Pantera vibes during the solo.

[@travis3581]

This was a great review, and I think you nailed it with the crossover that this track hits between darkness and ambience "the people who love ambient power rock are now gonna get a big punch of metal into the formula" thanks for making awesome insightful music content

[@franciscocolin2008]

This song turned RHCP at the end 😂

[@krisbishop4364]

Thanks! Love your work!

[@monolithic7739]

I was waiting for you to get a hold of this 🤘🤘🤘 And the screaming isn't a new thing for Vessel, he just did it in their earlier stuff like "Gods" a lot more

[@twitchgiggles]

So you mention Vessel's screaming- there's a song they did called "Gods." It hits you in the face with heavy before throwing in a dramatic twist. I think you'd love it

[@azuoccu]

The funk at the end (which sounds like a Stevie Wonder in slow motion, amazing!) works as if it is proposing as a closing the original of which the first riff is a variation. If you listen to the first riff after the final funky bit, all the syncope make sense. This is a technique used in composition, you deconstruct a theme and propose it at the beginning, then use the original to close. They are also repeating the lyrics, to make it more obvious. Benjamin Britten used the technique in his Nocturnal. These guys really, really know what they are doing.

[@amsa928]

Love your breakdown and take on this song. Sleep token has a way of awakening something within, however way you wanna take it. They are special. Beyond compare. Cant wait for more reactions from you 😊

[@ConnorHammond]

Haha, you were on that high octane coffee for this one 😂🤟 Speaking of dark, ambient metal, I would LOVE for you to break down another Vola song, Alien Shivers or Ghosts. The song you've done by them is great, but they offer some stuff the turns me into an emotional wreck and would love you to experience more of it. Mahalo, brother 🙏

[@trfmusic902]

I’ve never heard this until now! Ive heard the other one “chokehold” and is so good!

[@allshallperish35]

The screams aren't new, just doesn't use them a lot. I will say he's improved a ton at screaming though, sounds a lot better than the screams he's done previously

[@xanthelinhs2143]

yeah, he's def changed his technique and approach too screaming here, its so much better then it used to be, the change in producer prob also plays a role.

[@allshallperish35]

@@xanthelinhs2143 I think people are speculating that Sam Carter from architects may have helped him too since they just toured together. I could see it

[@ralphskyperion1699]

Great reaction, thank you for covering this fantastic band. I saw Sleep Token last year, when they toured with Architects. Sleep Token were absolutely amazing (as of course were Architects!).

[@aaroncourier6452]

there were previously screams in "Gods" off of their 2019 "Sundowning" album, but gee(b)z this track is something else

[@sympathyforthedevil1553]

Sleep Token is life

[@lukebarnett8383]

Amazing new reaction Geebz! Thank you for sharing your passion and vibes to this epic track. Your final thoughts were actually so well out to me, the convergence of space, ambience, intervals of melody & harmony, amongst their raft of styles create fantastic music.

[@catherinereynolds9644]

Geebz, you know it came from the music! ☮️💜

[@lil_ezz120]

Honestly just found this song myself and thought you gotta hear this too I’m so glad you made ❤️

[@xoticmattr]

Your reactions are awesome man. Would love to see you react to Haken - Crystallised. A true masterpiece.

[@darrengee936]

this track is giving me between the buried and me vibes

[@MetalPX]

Really glad you did this one, love this band

[@DeleriumLS]

One of my favorite bands/groups! YES!

[@healeychantel]

Awww. I used to call my cat Geebz. I thought I was the only one who knew that word. Lol

[@Krishach]

Still Here. Sleep Token have some heavier moments, but this is definitely is in the upper dirty-guitar dirty-vocal factor. Also sorry; I have to request another Earthside - We Who Lament (feat. Keturah). I know you're not one to comment on the vocals, but I can't get my head around how they engineered these vocals. Its got a really smooth but clearly changing balance, as the mezzo-alto belter shows her chops. Its clearly in different tones and volumes, without attempts to hide it, but I would expect that to be jarring. Instead its smooth. They use vocal tones as fills, but lyrical harmony is very sparse. Its an opposing side to what I'm used to. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4Wqg3Wvjaedhsk Guitarist Jamie van Dyck mixed and mastered these, and there appear to be a lot of subtle adjustments. Insight needed!

[@dylonlord4784]

This song is incredible definitely one of my all time favorites and the best sleep tokens ever made and I've loved your break downs of music keep up the amazing work bud !

[@entrcpy]

I love some good syncopation and it’s great in this.! Glad you noticed she liked it. 🧡

[@BunkJunkinsJR]

I was waiting for this! I saw these guys at Bloodstock festival, they closed on Friday night. Amazing atmosphere at the end of the night!

[@yerbamate91]

nice mate! here in Argentina we say "lets drink some greens" 😏

[@stevemuzak8526]

New albums by : Sleep Token, Katatonia, Tesseract etc. 2023 won’t be that bad.

[@MJ-vd8bj]

Also Haken, Periphery, Ne Obliviscaris, The Ocean and The Contortionist. Hopefully Karnivool drop something too, that would be incredible!

[@DoYouKnowWhoKnew]

Aww man hoping for karnivool to drop something, still got all it takes on loop 😂

[@waleedawan5454]

Avenged Sevenfold also coming with their most weird album yet. It's going to be a Psychedelic one.

[@yhamez]

The clean vocals here aren’t quite my thing (almost sounds newish pop R&B), but the heavy stuff is killer. Growing on me

[@justinavery3903]

I didn't dig it a whole lot either but man, give their other albums a try. Vessel (the vocalist) is an absolutely incredible singer. He grows on you, the emotion he can pump into his voice is insane.

[@yhamez]

@@justinavery3903 I hear ya. I’ve actually probably listened to this song about 25 times since my comment, so clearly it has grown on me. I still cringe a little at some of the vocals, but I’ve grown to enjoy a lot of it. I’ve listened to asleep Token in the past - there’s even a few songs I’m fond of though I don’t listen to them with any regularity. This is probably their best song for me because of the minute or so of heavy/brutal sprinkled across the song. Heavy is the way to my heart haha

[@jamesc5801]

I hope you're right! I've alllways loved ambience, depth & space in my heavy music. Bring it all on I say! katatonia & the contortionist do this quite well.

[@Th3BadThing]

Geebz should absolutely do some more Katatonia, its been a while ;)

[@YourWaterBoii]

Another video, another banger! Always enjoy your breakdowns, man!

[@AttilatheThrilla]

They have an old song called “Gods” where he basically screams the entire track

[@maiqtheliar9432]

This song gave me major Thornhill vibes

[@johannjohann6523]

Really surprising some of the songs and bands you check out. It's cool getting someone outside of metal doing review that still has music background. Has anyone recommended Villagers of Ioannina City "Age of Aquarius" off the album "Age of Aquarius"? They are from Greece, and they use traditional Greek folk instruments (clarinet, bagpipes) to great effect in their music which is straight ahead Rock and Rock (not metal). The album came out 2020 right before covid, and I think it's the best rock album of 2020 (which I know there wasn't alot of competition that year). But I think they are a really good and even cool band. Very popular in Greece, and I think they have what it takes to break out of Greece be popular in Europe. They also have a Live in Athens dvd(again recorded right before Covid) and it is pretty damn good and the first song in the concert is Age of Aquarius. They are a relatively new band, together the last 5-6 years and Age of Aquarius is only their 2nd cd and sung in English (their 1st cd was sung in Greek). I find that American rock and roll is stagnant with cookie monster vocals, and I have had to branch out to find new quality bands. I spend more time listening to music, much more since I was a teen (now 50 - yeah I know), than watch tv and think I have developed a pretty good taste in music. Hope you agree. And even if you don't do a "review" I hope ya check them out for your own listening pleasure.Take care. Happy New Year.

[@kolasis4994]

@key of geebz you absolutely have to do a decomposer lounge over Lorna Shore''s pain remains trilogy. It's a very, ver,y fantastic piece of art. Absolute masterpiece.

[@Justin-td4bb]

You should try the band Car Bomb. Would be a great follow on to this.

[@RedBeardMortis]

Tbh, you're the only person I care to watch as far as this song's reaction goes lol

[@LordZepher]

I love this song

[@deliveryboy555]

Love you Geebz. Please keep doing you. Alriiiiight!

[@Dustinchugs]

Love this song so much. Also I think you're thinking of soundscapes!

[@Youshallbeeatenbyme]

You're one of the only music reaction channels I'm subbed to, and it feels great seeing you go over this absolutely fucking blast of an experience.

[@Bridgercraft]

Second time hearing this band (first was just a moment ago on Justin Hawkins channel) and I must say I'm intrigued. Getting real ISIS vibes in places, especially the atmospheric, ethereal parts.

[@christiangammons9934]

The guitarist uses an eight string and a 10-string Jackson guitar with emg909s in it and is tune to double drop e

[@gagadreams]

Just came across this song yesterday, pretty cool!

[@mr.sadghost8507]

WORSHIP!

[@chocolatecoveredgummybears]

9:00 ROFL great reaction

[@cameronl2084]

I’ve just found your channel. I have no idea what you’re talking about but I know exactly what you mean.

[@bobbyosborne2375]

The screams in this song make me want to run through a brick wall. The most PISSED OFF scream I've ever heard.

[@Dwendele]

Ambient just means the immediate surroundings. So it could be dark, ethereal, chaotic or whatever.

[@Ze_Davila]

respect for the mate 🧉

[@lastborn11]

Hello, where was this display of Musicianship & Production from Sleep Token before? I guess I’ve been officially Summoned …😊

[@massaj88]

Vessel (the singer) also plays the keyboard.

[@NotRKelly.]

Thank you Geebz

[@Zambad]

They've used screams as flavoring before and just the song Gods has more dominant screams, but this song feels like it's expanding on that area a lot more

[@B-rad37]

How about a slow burn of sleep token. A song of each ep one of the transition songs then one of each album would be 6 songs and you could see their whole evolution

[@mbrsart]

That chorus

[@DoublePdalJesusMetal]

Really like this band

[@Irishonfire]

I would love to see the singer feature with Polythia

[@danielsimpson1120]

For more heavy ambience might I recommend you try Klone - Yonder

[@ryken_]

man, that was very well said!

[@KayButtonJay]

Sounds kinda like Tool, APC, and djent mashed together

[@pudermcgavin4462]

Very tool beat

[@brandonfuller754]

I think vessel is a big fan of loathe.. he did a vocal cover of is it really you.. which got me into them and I love their work.. now I see he vessel pays homage

[@MiguelRamirez-cr7gh]

They are both Deftones influenced, I honestly think that’s why Vessel jumped on Is it really you, the homage was to Pink Maggit. The chorus in this one has Deftones written all over it

[@brandonfuller754]

@@MiguelRamirez-cr7gh agree 100 percent I see alot of similarities in multiple songs to diffrent artist.. like teleomeres seems HIM infuenced

[@chefericksalvage]

They are the new Deftones of this generation basically

[@MrSpeedyy1991]

How about reacting to orbit culture? North star of nija or behold are some of my favourite s from them

[@bakerbc15]

I LOVE your content

[@HarrellB_US]

Vore will blow anyone’s mind!!!!

[@MJ-vd8bj]

Also you need to react to In the Heavens Above by An Abstract Illusion, the best song of 2022

[@gavinlajuett8320]

Can you check out the new Darko US ep? It’s quite a lot heavier than what you normally review but I think you’d enjoy it.

[@Gary_M]

Please do another Beyond Creation song. I think you've only done one so far.

[@Azzabajam]

Please do, Wretched - exodus of autonomy

[@bostons_departed3631]

Very interesting. I thought originally the sound was lagging. Having two parents fluent in sign language and coincidentally then spending time around deaf people, I’ve learned to read lips pretty well. You are actually kind of difficult to lip read.

[@TheH.W.]

at last, you're getting into good music.... 😂

[@Lu1sY4brudy]

PLEASE REACT TO AQUA REGIA!

[@hapyharyhard0n581]

best reactions on youtube...

[@mattweisberg3950]

Sundowning = Ellie Goulding++HalcyonDays | This Place Will Be Your Tomb = Deftones++WhitePony | Take Me Back To Eden = Karnivool++SoundAwake+++++++

[@mattweisberg3950]

All of these albums, are in my top 10 of all time, btw... not to be reductionistic.

[@Apex-mh6lf]

hiya, great song

[@HellSpartanZ]

Every time Nik gets mentioned he gets more grey under his eyes 😅

[@dangr123]

Less of a song, more of a suite