Sundowning

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Coordinates were also scattered across the band’s merch, including the Parhelion hoodie (35.716 N, 122.7167 W – Davison Seamount, where, during a 2019 expedition, researchers discovered a whale fall at 10,623 feet below the surface) and the intro screen from band’s performance at the 2021 Heavy Music Awards (48.52.6 S, 123.23.6 W – Point Nemo, the furthest point from civilization, and thus the most remote location earth. In effect, it is a different kind of cemetery or tomb – “ Space junk started being dumped here in about 1971 and ever since it’s been the prime location for crash landing space junk.”) Hypnosis” is closely related to “ The Offering”, both lyrically and sonically, reinterpreting the melody motif from the end and beginning with a similar guitar riff to the breakdown. The lyrical parallels are undeniable: It begins with the aforementioned The Night Does Not Belong To God, a song that’s as strange and sparse as it is spellbinding. With little more than a ringing digital tone and a muscular, crooning voice, the band conjure a dense mood that hangs heavy with longing, before bantamweight drumming and Deftones-like guitars inject a jolt of power. The song’s lasting impression is one of immense feeling, and it’s this rich atmosphere that cloaks almost the entirety of Sundowning. but it is welcome! I will take talented noises where I can find them! Do more of that thing please! wookubus (21 June 2019). "Sleep Token Sign With Spinefarm, Debut "The Night Does Not Belong To God" ". Theprp.com . Retrieved 5 March 2023.

Sundowning (Deluxe) by Sleep Token on Apple Music ‎Sundowning (Deluxe) by Sleep Token on Apple Music

In promoting TPWBYT, each song was assigned a depth, beginning at 914m and increasing by 910m with each song. Each of these related to particular nautical features, such as: Decent, but rough in a lot of areas After hearing the singles for Sleep Tokens upcoming album and loving every single one of them, especially The Summoning, I was drawn to the rest of their discography to see if I could find more like their new stuff. That brought me to their first album, Sundowning.wookubus (21 June 2020). "Sleep Token Release Deluxe Edition Of "Sundowning" With Whitney Houston & Billie Eilish Covers". Theprp.com . Retrieved 5 March 2023. Dagaz — ᛞ. Association: awakening. Dagaz signals that a person’s well-being will increase significantly, and life will be filled with joy and happiness. The rune is harbinger of positive change, concerning not only the material aspect of life, but also the spiritual, high. It portends an imminent improvement meeting with real love, which one can interpret as Sleep. Iconography, particularly in the form of sigils, has always played an important part in conveying Sleep Token’s message. The sigils for the individual Sundowning singles were written with binds made from a combination of Futhark runes, alchemical symbols, and Ar Goetia runes. The band’s logo, from the original to the iconic one we see today, can be deconstructed into individual runes of Elder Futhark, the oldest extant runic alphabet. In spirit, Scandinavian runes were not merely grammatical morphemes but representations of a deeper, sacred meaning. Bind runes are additive, so it’s impossible to definitively state its constituents, but to me it seems that four runes make up the visualised band name: dagaz – ᛞ, tiwaz – ᛏ, uruz – ᚢ and eihwaz – ᛇ, as well as a fifth which seems to represent Vessel or Sleep in some way (the masks of the other band members bear seven prongs rather than five). All this said, it’s important to consider that finding relevant meaning in the signs will always involve a degree of confirmation bias; perhaps the band and Nemesis Design simply thought they looked cool. Well, it's a band 90% driven by their singer's rather unique voice. The songs spend vary between metal-esque dirges, electro-indie pop, and piano ballads in about equal amounts. As with the closer to their sophomore album, “ Blood Sport” is as honest and melancholic as Sleep Token get. To me, it feels like some time has passed. The passion has faded, on both ends of the spectrum. The characters seek to reignite that passion, whatever the cost, because otherwise the relationship seems to be rapidly approaching its expiration date. They reassure each other they still care, that they are still each other’s ‘weapon of choosing’, and that they are still divinely intertwined. At the height of their passion in “Alkaline”, their unification is referred to in terms of chemical reactions (“ Let’s talk about chemistry, ’cause I’m dying to melt through to the heart of her molecules, ’til the particles part like holy water”) yet now the particles have stopped fusing.

Sundowning - Album by Sleep Token - Apple Music ‎Sundowning - Album by Sleep Token - Apple Music

At times, it’s captivating. The Offering provides gasping melodrama, while Dark Signs projects EDM lightness onto evil chugs. The extremely minimal Drag Me Under, meanwhile, doesn’t even sound human. The band’s lyrics also go a long way in helping to construct this ethereal world, as they collide images of divinity with flashes of what seems to be their own lives. And while convention may have taught us that emotions mean more when pinned to a personality or some real-life flesh, the facelessness of these private sermons can make them feel shared and empathetic, or perhaps like being inside a confession booth.Weaver, James (13 December 2019). "Distorted Sound's Albums of the Year 2019". Distorted Sound . Retrieved 5 March 2023. Admittedly, save for Gods – the record’s only true out-and-out metalcore song – the continuous nature of this dark mood entwined with the group’s slow-burning, listless pace does begin to drag across Sundowner’s 50-minute runtime. But there are moments here to truly savour, and ideas and experiences that feel unique. The band have shown they can create vast episodes that exist primarily within their ancient universe, while also feeling very vulnerable and human at their core. That alone should be reason enough to hope that Sleep Token’s secretive allure stays intact for a long time to come. a b Shepherd, Tom (22 November 2019). "Album Review: Sleep Token – Sundowning". Kerrang! . Retrieved 5 March 2023.