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renard-dartigue · 9 months
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A Guide to Sleep Token
This will be a post for new fans looking to learn some basic/surface level information about the band Sleep Token. 
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*Cracks typing knuckles*
So basically, Sleep Token is an “atl-prog-blackened shoegaze”(what it sounds like to me) band from Britain. People mostly associate them with heavy metal (myself included) But in reality, no one really knows what genre they are and I think the band likes it that way. 
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Lore / Terms to Know
Their lore goes that the lead singer had a dream where he encountered an elder God called "Sleep" (its actual name is impossible for the human tongue to speak) thus, he created the band to make music in worship to the God.
They call their songs "offerings", presumably to Sleep.
Concerts are called "rituals".
When you buy merchandise, you are "consuming" it.
The term "worship" is used by the band and fans as a form of acknowledgement.
The band has a total of 7 members and are known as "vessels". All are anonymous, using masks, body paint, and robes to hide themselves. It is said they do this because their music is more important than their identities.
Band Members
4 of them are at the front and are identified with Roman numerals:
I / Vessel
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(I) Also known as Vessel (V or Vess) is the lead singer/vocalist of the band and wears a sculpted mask with an exposed mouth. His mask changes based on the album. His vocal range is like no other, at one point singing like an angel before immediately shifting gear into a black metal scream.
II
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(II) is the drummer. A fantastic one at that. His solos are godly, very reminiscent of jazz or gospel. (I believe he started the band alongside Vessel) Check out “An Offering from II” on YouTube to see him go crazy.
Recently he did an interview with Drumeo on YouTube where he talks about his influences and does drum playthroughs of a few songs that demonstrate his drumming prowess.
III
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(III) is the bassist, or the "bassy boy" as many fans call him. He is quite the character on stage. His energy is unmatched. You'll often find him prancing on the right side of the stage or laying on his back trying to get Vessel's attention (and Vessel does)
IV
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(IV) is the guitarist, often has a covert/cool energy to him but he can be just as captivating as III. Over time he's developed a bit of a flirtatious side toward the crowd. Fuckboy energy(affectionate). He also provides sub vocals, raw screaming certain parts when Vessel is busy singing his heart out lol.
Vesselettes
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Then there are the 3 last members, the choir or vessellettes. They are the three cloaked figures in the back who provide sub-vocals/harmonies. They may not be too audible on certain recorded tracks, but live they sound absolutely heavenly, making songs go from amazing to spectacular!
Music
Song structure-wise, the best way I can call it is measured emotional chaos. Fans are still trying to decipher their meanings here and on Reddit. 
But what seems to be the theme is toxic relationships, unhealthy coping, romantic trauma, bitter sweat endings, and eventual closure. It's really gripping stuff I'll tell ya. You gotta hear it for yourself to really understand.
There is ALOT more but that's about a general rundown.
They have 2 EPs called "One" and "Two". These are the band's earliest work but they are still fantastic.
They've only got 3 albums out as of writing this. "Sundowning", "This Place Will Become Your Tomb", and "Take Me Back to Eden"(the one released this year)
Songs I recommend as a launch point:
Jaws
The Offering
Higher
Hypnosis
Alkaline
The Love You Want
The Summoning
My personal favorites :)
All of "One"
All of "Two"
Dark Signs
High Water
Ascensionism
Vore
Take Me Back to Eden
They also have Instagram for the band and their personas. But please avoid trying to uncover their identities, They wish to remain anonymous.
https://www.instagram.com/sleep_token/
https://www.instagram.com/ii_sleeptoken/
https://www.instagram.com/iii_sleeptoken/
https://www.instagram.com/iv_sleeptoken/
Hope you like these spooky goobers.
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Other fans are free to comment and/or reblog with additional information or fun facts I missed. 
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vamprlestat · 15 days
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vessel didn’t join bmth on stage cause there wouldn’t be enough room for his and oli’s big bosoms
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cr1ms0nesp3ra-ac3 · 29 days
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Oh boy, guess who's gonna participate that "Sleep Token Lyric" challenge. (Made by @a-s-levynn btw! Check em out!!)
So I will be choosing some lyrics of the songs that relates me the most. Trust me,
you'll see why.
Part 1: DAY O1
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The second lyric interests me so I gotta choose this..
Undercut for art!
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( That's my irl oc btw, hope you like it or not.. idc. )
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cutielando · 1 month
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so I just saw the sleep token themed smau you did and it gave me an idea: reader is the daughter of a big new wave rockstar from the 80s (like someone from INXS or Duran Duran), and she’s started dating a driver (Alex or Mick) and now there’s a whole generation of fans who are like ‘her dad is who??? in what band???’
I just thought it could be neat, seeing two of my special interests merge like that lmao god I love the eighties-
a/n: this is so cute !! 🥹 hope you like it!!!❤️
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y/n.rhodes Thank you mercedesamgf1 for having me!❤️ Such a fun weekend!!
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mercedesamgf1 It was a pleasure having you with us for the weekend!❤️
user1 UMMMM????
user2 since when does she go to races?
landonorris such a shame you didn’t wear the papaya shirt i gave you
y/n.rhodes next time, i promise !!!!
landonorris hmmm, okay. mclaren do your thing
mclaren On it! 🫡
lilymhe you’re gorgeous babe 😍😍
y/n.rhodes have you seen yourself???😭❤️
alex_albon please don’t flirt with my girlfriend
y/n.rhodes you can’t stop us now. she’s OUR girlfriend
lilymhe sorry babe
alex_albon ???
zendaya i miss you girl !!!
y/n.rhodes i miss you too !!!!
user3 she is such an icon
user4 we should be grateful to be living in the same era as her
user3 for realllll
user4 i wanna be her so badly😭😭
lewishamilton it was a pleasure meeting you🥂
y/n.rhodes likewise, Sir Hamilton 😮‍💨
lewishamilton i told you not to call me that
y/n.rhodes i must have not heard you, loud garage you see
mickschumacher had a lovely time!❤️
y/n.rhodes so did i❤️
iMessage
sir lewis
hey y/n
y/n
hello sir hamilton
sir lewis
😐woman
y/n
okay sorry sorry
what’s up
sir lewis
what’s the deal with you and Mick?
y/n
what do you mean?
sir lewis
all the flirting in the garage
the comments
what’s going on?
do you have a crush?😉😉😉
y/n
we’re just friends
nothing is going on
sir lewis
are you sure?😌😌
y/n
yes lol
sir lewis
i don’t believe you, but okayyyy
y/n🩵
lewis is onto us
mickie🩵
what?
how?
y/n🩵
unmmm
the comment?????
maybe because we flirted in the garage?
he’s convinced we have crushes on each other
mickie🩵
fuck
what do you want to do?
y/n🩵
i mean
we can just go with the flow
just show up together and that would be it
mickie🩵
are you sure?
we don’t have to
y/n🩵
it’s okay, i wanna
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mickschumacher great weekend, time to recharge
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mercedesamgf1 Hope you enjoy your time off ;)
mickschumacher thank you admin :))
georgerussell63 very nice pictures, mate
mickschumacher thank you, i have a talented photographer
georgerussell63 i'm sure you do ;)
estebanocon you went on holiday without me? :(
mickschumacher i had to :( i didn't have a choice
estebanocon you always have a choice
mickschumacher no, he doesn't - the missus
estebanocon sorry ma'am, i take it back
user1 Mick having a girlfriend was not on my bingo card for this year
user2 I need to know who his girlfriend is like YESTERDAY
user3 I might know who she is
user4 BESTIE???????? SPILL
user3 I might be completely wrong and off-track but I believe it might be Y/N Rhodes
user3 isn't she the girl who visited the garage a couple of weeks back?
user4 Yes. She's the daughter of Nick Rhodes, a member of the band Duran Duran
user5 MICK BAGGED A GIRL???
y/n.rhodes those are some very nice pictures, mr. schumacher
mickschumacher i have a very good photographer who took them for me
y/n.rhodes you'll have to introduce them to me, they seem very good at what they do
user5 I wanna be on vacation with him too :(((
user6 NOBODY MOVE, MICKIE HAS A GF
user7 this explains his impressive drive a couple of weeks back
lewishamilton interesting turn of events
mickschumacher i don't know what you're talking about
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y/n.rhodes i like the view tagged: mickschumacher
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lewishamilton I KNEW IT
y/n.rhodes nostradamus, congratulations
lewishamilton don't mock your seniors
mickschumacher 🩵
y/n.rhodes 🩵
mercedesamgf1 Thank you Y/N for being our lucky charm from here on out! 🩵
y/n.rhodes always a pleasure 🩵🩵
user1 MICK AND Y/N?????
user2 this took me completely by surprise
user3 I TOLD YOU GUYS I KNEW IT
estebanocon finally
mickschumacher :)
y/n.rhodes thank you for keeping quiet, estie bestie
estebanocon i told you not to call me that
y/n.rhodes sucks to suck
user4 Y/N seems like such a menace and I'm here for it
user5 mickschumacher did you meet Nick?
mickschumacher i did
user6 HOW WAS IT?????
mickschumacher intimidating, but we get along great
y/n.rhodes my dad loves him, he's a sucker for blondes
user7 DAMN Y/N
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slptkns · 1 year
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Can I have Poly sleep token x reader smut that has no one allowed to cum inside the reader but vessel and he gets so possessive over it once he cums he will already you somehow even wider to make sure it’s there and the others will look with him too jealous that they aren’t allowed to experience that and it just has vessel smirking his ass off (idk what came over me but yeah hope you enjoy lmao!)
OMG I TRIED TO ANSWER THIS YESTERDAY AND THE WHOLE ANSWER WAS FUCKING SENT TO THE SHADOW REALM SO I HAD TO REWRITE IT! I hope this answer is good though! I had so much fun writing this one!
Warnings: 18+ MINORS DNI! Nasty raunchy, porn with literally zero plot, unprotected sex
A/N: UNDER THE CUT BECAUSE IT'S INSTANTLY NASTY LMAO. I tried to make this as gender neutral as possible! Like it's not specific 'hole' wise LOL.
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Your eyes cut to Vessel and you paused. Vessel would always ask, and your answer was always the same. But, you felt comfort in knowing he always asked.
You were sprawled out on the bed, sticky from sweat and cum. Your breathing was ragged and your chest heaved. With eyes stuck on the slow moving ceiling fan you tried to calm your breathing.
“Think you’re up for another round?”
“Yes…” You nodded.
II almost went feral. His eyes widened and stepped forward, completely ignoring Vessel, who was sitting right beside you.
The four of them had a routine. After the foreplay, III and/or IV would get you first. They were softer, a little more gentle with you. While they all made sure you were comfortable in everything they did, III was the most careful with that. He was goofy and loved loving you. IV was soft in a more chilled out sort of way. He was taking his time with you and was slightly more serious than III.
II, on the other hand… He got excited very easily. II always got you second to last. The roughness was something you would look forward to. You liked the soft and sweet and slowness of III and IV, but II always hit different. He was definitely the most likely to throw you around and rail you until you were seeing stars. The balance was something you quite enjoyed.
Your eyes cut from Vessel and towards II. Vessel, smirking to himself, grabbed your hand for a moment, rubbing circles on the back of it with his thumb. And then II reached you and you were pulled up from the bed and flipped onto your stomach.
Vessel released your hand, and instead opted for rubbing your back. He was not going to leave your side. Not because he didn’t trust the others, he just had plans of his own.
Cheek against the mattress and ass in the air, you waited for II’s next move. II angled himself and easily pushed into you. A soft mewl escaped your lips and your fingers intertwined with the covers.
“Look at you…” Vessel purred in your ear, “Taking him so well.”
You bit your lip and let out another cry of pleasure. Vessel couldn’t help but give you a toothy smile, so proud of how well you were doing with all of them. Your eyes shut tight and Vessel’s fingers ghosted over your knuckles, that were absolutely turning colors from the grip on those sheets.
II kept a steady, rapid pace. One that wasn’t too fast, but definitely quicker than anyone else’s. The sound of skin hitting skin echoed through your room. All eyes were on you, everyone watched as II made you come undone for, what felt like, the umpteenth time that night.
It didn’t take much to really lose it. A soft mewl turned into you crying out for II as your entire body tensed and shook. You were so sensitive already, it did not take much to cum. Tears pricked your eyes and your breathing picked up again.
“Oh, my love~” Vessel sat up as he spoke, “You look so beautiful taking his cock. But you’ll look even better taking mine.”
II let out a growl, and his pace picked up, sloppy and fast. Vessel grabbed II’s forearm and gave him a look. It was enough to slow II down. He pulled out of you and pumped himself for a second, before releasing onto your back. A quiet moan came from II and you couldn’t help but smile a little bit.
The hold you had on them was something that could not be fucked with, ad you knew it..
And then, you remembered, it was finally Vessel’s turn. When they were all with you, Vessel always, always got you last.
“Are you ready, love?”
You only nodded at him. Vessel was slow to flip you back over on your back. You would definitely have a mess to clean up tomorrow… But you would worry about that tomorrow.
Vessel angled your hips upwards, and let you lie there on your back. You closed your eyes and steadied your breathing. When you reopened your eyes, II, III, and IV were standing closer, watching you and Vessel with intense eyes.
Vessel slowly pushed inside of you and when he pulled back out, your hips instinctively chased his. He smirked down at you and kept going.
Vessel was always a nice medium between II, II, and IV. They all loved and fucked you differently, and you loved them for that. Vessel was in control, even if you or the others felt they were, it seemed to be him every time. He was easily able to flip any situation, taking back any control he may have previously given to someone else.
“Look at me, love,” Vessel’s voice was low and gruff, “I want you to watch me.”
“Can’t even see your eyes-” You quipped back at him.
Vessel responded with a thrust and you moaned out, your eyes already having trouble staying on him. But, you obeyed as best you could.
Once again, there was just the sound of skin on skin. Your skin on fire from the stares of your boyfriends. Vessel leaned over you and began to groan. His noises were soft, quiet, and low, but fuck were they hot.
When he let out a soft whimper you could feel another orgasm coming. You cried out for Vessel, and your toes curled. One of his hands grabbed your thigh and he threw your leg over his waist. He kept going and you bucked your hips. Your back arched and you threw your head back.
Your thighs muscles clenched and you were wrapped around Vessel, keeping him deep inside of you. He moaned out words you couldn’t comprehend from seeing stars, and you felt him cum inside of you.
He fucked his cum into you and he smiled against your collarbone. When he finally moved, you were left on the bed and he crouched in front of you. You knew what was coming, but every time your body responded the same way.
Chills ran up your spine, hair standing on end, as Vessel’s hand landed on your thigh and pulled your legs apart. His cum was slightly running down your thigh and you peeked up at him. He was smirking at II, III, and IV.
He was saying something to them, but not aloud. They would keep some words between just the four of them, and by how Vessel was smiling something was being said. II, III,and IV looked at you and back at Vessel, their eyes dark and full of what you could only assume was jealousy. Jealousy from Vessel being the only one allowed to cum inside of you.
They never argued about it, not out loud at least. You were sure II, III, and IV would say something if it was that big of a deal. But at the moment? It caused jealousy and something to stir inside of them.
Vessel looked at you with a cheshire smile and you sat up, resting on your forearms, completely aware they were still staring at your lower half. You cocked a brow at him.
“They said you look so good with my cum dripping out of you.”
“They did not say that!” You fell back on the bed and laughed. “They did not fucking say that!”
Vessel pouted at you, “They may have said other things, but they did say that.”
“Okay. I’m too tired to argue. Would someone like to help me clean up?”
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My Hero Academia Ultra Impact - Shigaraki Tomura Voice Collection (ENG Translation)
I decided to go insane so here's a recording of his voice lines in MHAUI + my translations~! ❤️
Warning - I know very little japanese, so it's mostly me spending way too much time in translation software lmaoo. So, please correct me or feel free to add some context here!!
Receiving Gift - I will leave you to it./I'm gonna mark it as token of love (?? Off to a bad start here. I keep hearing "love" here. Is this projection?? Lmao. It amounts to something like the second one, but my translator apps also keep hearing "I'm gonna leave love behind"... Which is also interesting in a way but uh... *Confusion*)
Home Screen 1 - Aah, I hate it… I'm gonna destroy everything that annoys me.
Home Screen 2 - Maa, let's do our best together, okay?
Home Screen (Morning) 1 - You're energetic this early in the morning… I'm still sleepy…
Home Screen (Morning) 2 - Why are you so noisy? I'm not ready yet.
Home Screen (Afternoon) 1 - I'm getting on a roll now… Let's crush the society today.
Home Screen (Afternoon) 2 - Alright… Let's have some tea.
Home Screen (Evening) 1 - I'm seriously motivated... I'm talking about a game. A game.
Home Screen (Evening) 2 - Looks like the world is having fun. They let their guard down/They're so careless.
Home Screen (Night) 1 - The day is coming to an end and the goofy smiling heroes are yet to be destroyed. It's still not enough.
Home Screen (Night) 2 - Villains hide/live in the darkness. I'm starting to see why.
Home Screen (Late Night) 1 - Finally, a response… Someone who can get to work. (I'm pretty sure he literally says "Someone who can move" loool)
Home Screen (Late Night) 2 - Kurogiri, Toga- Hah? Already asleep? Are you little kids? (Not sure if he says Toga here tbh)
Home Screen (Early Morning) 1 - I'm sleepy… Aaah, so sleepy…
Home Screen (Early Morning) 2 - I'm going to sleep now. If you disturb me, I'm gonna destroy you too. (Though my translator also said "Go to bed now or I'm gonna destroy you too". Which, I gotta mention because it was too cute.)
Home Screen (Gift Box) - Look at that. Too good to waste.
Home Screen (Event) - An event? Want to destroy it to kill some time?
Battle Start Dialogue - Izuku Midoriya - At this rate, I feel like something is missing… (??? I have genuinely no clue what he's saying here. That's why I got, dunno.)
Battle Start Dialogue - Dabi - This guy is as rude as ever. So annoying.
Battle Start Dialogue - Himiko Toga - Toga, over there.
Battle Start Dialogue - All For One - Sensei, is it fine if I destroy those guys?
WAVE Progress - I'm feeling a bit better now.
Team Defeated in Battle - Ah… This time it's game over.
Sub-Character Entering Battle - Alright. Continue. (Context - as in, clicking "continue" in a game pause menu lol)
Level Up - Something's changed? I don't feel it.
Awaken - Plus... What is it again? (making fun of the phrase “Plus Ultra!” ~ thank you arakn0 !!)
Ability Board Completion - My brain is spinning round and round…
Login Bonus - Let's begin.
Maintenance - Why are you here? Go home.
Recruit Obtained - [Perdition] Tomura Shigaraki - Paranormal Liberation Front… Well, a name is just a decoration… Do as you like.
6-Month Anniversary Celebration Announcement - Nice. It's called a half-anniversary.
1st Anniversary Celebration Announcement - 1st anniversary… So, what shall we destroy first?
2nd Anniversary Celebration Announcement - It's been 2 years already… It's going well.
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sleepanonymous · 6 months
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Heya! I just got into Sleep Token and I'm enamored! Do you know of any links to posts or anything that talk about the characters and their personalities onstage? I'm having trouble differentiating between III and IV (I know II is the drummer) and I want to learn more about them!
Also, is it pronounced Two, Three, and Four, or Second, Third, and Fourth?
Hi and welcome! 😊 Glad to see a new fan of the band. For the sake of clarity, I'll answer your second question first. The Sleep Token lore technically dubs them all Vessel 1, Vessel 2, etc. so it's my understanding that fans started calling the other band members Two, Three, and Four, and used Roman numerals for their monikers.
TLDR: This Weblink has almost all of Sleep Token's lore, and This Video also has almost all of Sleep Token's lore. The easiest way to tell III and IV apart from each other is by their instruments and height. III plays bass and is taller than the rest of the band. IV plays guitar and is shorter than the rest of the band (except for II, he is the shortest of the four).
I'll be honest, I also had trouble differentiating between III and IV when I first got into the band. Up until very recently, they wore similar outfits, too, which made pictures difficult to tell them apart. You can always tell via the instrument they're holding (if it's visible). III is the bassist and IV is the guitarist. Another way to tell depends on which side of the stage they are standing on. 85% of the time III is stage right, in front of the choir (Vesselettes) and IV is stage left, in front of II's drum set. My favorite way to tell them apart (before it just became secondhand nature to know which was which) was if the musician had a bun under his mask or not. IV's hair is relatively concealed beneath his mask, but III has longer hair and puts it up into a bun to keep it all in place under his mask during rituals.
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The neck of III's bass is kind of in the way of the back of IV's head in the second photo, but here are two examples of the bun shape that III has. This is also a good way to tell them apart if they're standing next to each other, or, in this case, kissing. III is extremely tall and will always be taller than any other band member unless he's crouching or leaning over. If the two aren't standing near each other, you can always use Vessel as a measuring stick.
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The photo on the left probably isn't the best reference, but trust me, III is about 5 centimeters taller than Vessel, he's just leaning back. The photo on the right also probably isn't the best since Vessel and IV are both just dark shapes lol, but at least it's obvious that Vessel is taller than IV.
The band as a whole is anonymous so you might not find much in the way of personalities, even of their stage personas. If you're willing to read up on the Sleep lore itself, you can do that here (this is a link to boolintunes.com). Or, if you'd prefer to watch a friendly, lecture-style video, there is this one here on YouTube. Persona-wise the most concise I can give you is this:
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Vessel is very emotional. That is evident by the lyrics he writes, but doubly so when he is in front of an audience. He will cry, he will laugh, he will do silly dances, and he will hype up his bandmates. It's evident that he loves what he does, but he is also extremely humble about it. All of the love his fans give him he makes sure to give back 110% (the fact that he manages to do it without speaking is impressive in itself).
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II is a beast, like no joke. This man has got to have started playing drums before he could walk, I swear. He, like Vessel, obviously loves what he does, has a blast, and also gives zero fucks while doing it. He will sit at his drum set and kick out beats while drinking Red Bull and Diet Coke through his mask 🤣🤣 During moments in songs where there is little to no percussion he'll often stand up and react to the lyrics Vessel sings. He also comes to the front of the stage at the very end of rituals to hype up the crowd and hand out his used drumsticks and sometimes even a drum head.
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III is the most animated of the guys. I will often refer to him as the "main character" of Sleep Token because he is always front and center. This has also earned him the fandom nickname of Bassy Boi. I've seen him do everything from windmill headbang, to run in place, to high kick, to jumping up and down for 30+ seconds straight. He also has a knack for yelling at fans. There is a compilation video on YouTube here for reference. Also! Something I forgot to mention earlier in telling III and IV apart: III almost always has on his iconic checkered socks in the most recent shows.
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IV (at least the current IV) is probably the most reserved and collected on stage (fun fact, there were two other IVs in Sleep Token before our current IV, I wrote about that here), In earlier shows he played with the band, around 2021/2022, he used to be fairly shy. Sometimes IV would stand off to the very side of the stage and let Vessel and III have all the attention. Luckily he's seemed to get past his shyness and has become much more of a crowd pleaser. He'll often do things like serenade the crowd (a bit like II does, only a lot closer since there's no drum set in the way), get roped into Vessel's or III's chaotic stage antics, or, you know, tease pulling his mask off in front of an entire music festival crowd.
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Hey everyone! I decided I should probably start a master list of all the fan fiction that I've published so it's a little easier to find them. This Masterlist includes my fics for Powerwolf, Sleep Token, Modern Warfare, Ghost and My Hero Academia at the moment. As always requests are always open, or feel free to send me a message just to talk. Enjoy!
Powerwolf Fan Fiction Masterlist
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Not So Scary (Matthew Greywolf x GN! Reader FLUFF)
To The Moon and Back (Matthew Greywolf x Fem! Reader) FLUFF DRABBLE
A Weekend Away (Falk Maria Schlegel x Fem! Reader) FLUFF/SMUT
Intensity (Charles Greywolf x Fem! Reader SMUT)
Hopelessly In Love (Falk Maria Schlegel x Fem! Reader FLUFF) - (SMUT)
Little Devils (Falk Maria Schlegel x Fem! Reader) - FLUFF
Atone (Falk Maria Schlegel x Fem! Reader x Roel Van Helden) - SMUT
Pancakes For Dinner (Charles Greywolf x Fem! Reader) FLUFF
Ongoing Series...
Dances In The Moonlight (Falk x GN! Reader) - Part 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12
Band Of Sisters, Band of Thieves (Medieval Powerwolf x Fem!Princess!Reader) - Part 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6
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hugmekenobi · 8 months
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S2: The Bad Batch (11)
Chapter Eleven: Metamorphosis
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Gif by @dreamswithghosts
Hunter x femaleJedi!reader
Series Summary: Some time has passed since everything that happened at Kamino and you and the Batch are trying to figure out your place in the rapidly changing Imperial galaxy. And you're having to do all this whilst figuring out where your relationship with Hunter fits into it.
Chapter Summary: A final mission from Cid sees you encountering something that you never would've expected.
Masterlist for S1
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Genre: Friends (idiots) to Lovers (we're in the lovers stage now)
Chapter Warnings: Canon-typical violence, very light angst and feelings/protectiveness, Hemlock making an appearance
Word Count: 3.6K
Author's notes: Very much just sticking to the episode, with a couple little extra scene details but it'll be a more chill read for sure! Hope you still enjoy! Excited to begin work on Ch12 and please do let me know on this post if there is a preference cause sometimes I need a little creative help lol
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With you all having caught up on some sleep, it was time to get in touch with Cid and her reaction came as no surprise to any of you.
“Not sure what’s got you all twisted up in knots.”
“We were stranded on that planet, Cid. We needed you, and you left us.” Omega said hotly.
“You’re fine now, aren’t you? And you got your ship back.”
“Yeah, with no help from you.” Wrecker complained.
“Do you wanna mope or make money? Because I got a tip on a downed ship, which means cargo ripe for the taking. I’ll even give you 30% of the cut.”
You scoffed at the way she acted like she was giving you all a gift.
“That is our standard percentage.” Tech pointed out.
“All right. This one time, let’s say 35%.”
Wrecker thought that sounded okay but one glance at the rest of you told you that a better offer was expected.
“Okay, 40.” Cid said but again was met with hard stares. “Fine, 50% as a token of my goodwill, that you seem to have forgotten.” She added pointedly.
“Goodwill?” You repeated with a roll of your eyes.
Cid didn’t pay that any attention. “I’m sending you the intel now. Don’t come back unless you scavenge something valuable.”
“What makes you think we’d come back at all?” Hunter countered.
“Don’t test me, Bandana. Just get it done.” Cid snapped before she signed off.
Tech examined the intel on the datapad, “Severing ties with Cid could be problematic, considering what she knows about us. Perhaps we choose a diplomatic solution and complete this one last mission for her.” He suggested.
Hunter sat down and took the datapad from his brother. “Cid only sent coordinates. No ship transponder code or indication of what caused it to crash.”
“Limited intel. There’s a surprise.” You muttered as you stood beside Hunter’s seat.
“How hard could scavenging cargo be?” Omega offered.
“Omega, don’t ever lose that optimism.” You said affectionately before you heard a heavy breath leave Hunter’s lips and there it was again, that exhausted sigh. You placed a supportive hand on his shoulder.
--
Omega gasped from her room as the ship left hyperspace and entered the atmosphere, “There’s a village here.
“That would explain how the wreckage was reported so quickly.” Tech said in reply from his seat in front of the hall control panel. “The crashed vessel appears mostly intact. The cargo aboard should be in fair enough condition to transport.”
--
The ship landed and fully kitted up, you all left the ship, and searched for the vessel.
It didn’t take long to find.
“What kinda ship is this?” Wrecker asked as he studied the wreckage.
“Don’t know. No hull markings.” Hunter responded.
You shone your torch across it. Whatever had caused this ship to crash, it had made it crash hard. There were no signs of life and there was debris scattered all around the main crash site.
“Based on the severity of the impact and the lack of communication signals, the crew aboard most likely perished.” Tech said as he stared at his datapad.
Omega had climbed up to access the door. “We don’t know for sure. They could be trapped inside. Come on.”
“All this time with us, how has she kept this up?” You pondered as you made to follow her up.
“Couldn’t tell you.” Hunter agreed, a smile in his voice. He knew the rest of you had been hardened by war and had seen the very worst of people and it had left its mark. You all could find that hope when you really needed to, you wouldn’t have made it this far otherwise, but it didn’t come as easily as it used to, and he worried that that would start to show in Omega, but he was yet to see that. If she could keep that type of outlook and strength within her, then they’d have done something right.
--
The door whirred open, and Hunter and Omega shone their lights into the dark corridor, but it seemed to be clear.
Hunter led the way in.
--
The more you walked through the ship, the more uncomfortable you got. It was eerily silent and empty, yet you felt like you were just waiting for something to jump out from any number of the dark corners, leaving you with the sensation that you were intruding.
“Where is everyone?” Omega breathed.
Wrecker’s foot nudged something on the ground. “Oh, check it out.” He gasped eagerly as he picked it up. “High-volt electrostaff.”
You barely registered what he said, you were too busy examining the markings on the wall.
Tech followed your trail of light with his own. “Something unfortunate happened here.”
“Whatever did this wasn’t human.” You added.
“I will get the power restored and check data logs on the bridge.” Tech said.
“By yourself?” Omega whispered nervously.
“Yeah, I don’t know about that one, Tech.” You agreed.
“Your concern is not warranted. I will be fine.” Tech said dismissively.
“Famous last words of anyone whose wandered off into a creepy, dark space.” You muttered but your concern was obvious.
Tech simply shrugged. “I will rejoin you all momentarily.”
With a sigh, you split up and the four of you continued your exploration whilst Tech went to the bridge.
--
What the rest of you next discovered as you carried on exploring the ship was not what you were expecting. Your torch light shone on what appeared to be some sort of tank and you immediately noticed the abrupt change of temperature.
“Why is it so cold in here?” Wrecker asked.
“It’s some kind of lab.” Hunter deduced as he led the way around the room.
“This medical equipment is Kaminoan.” Omega said, her breath coming out as smoke.
“Huh. So, what’s it doing here?” Wrecker asked.
Omega looked down at a broken piece of equipment. “It’s their cloning technology but this configuration is different than anything I saw in Tipoca City.”
Hunter clicked his comm. “Tech, find anything on the bridge?”
--
“Not yet. Still rerouting the reserve power. Stand by. The grid should be restored momentarily.” Tech was then distracted by a loud clatter. He followed the sound to what he thought was the source which was a broken droid that was repeatedly saying ‘danger.’ “What happened? What attacked this ship?” He asked it but it simply stuttered ‘danger’ again powered down. It was then he heard the sound of something clanking above him again and he knew he needed to find his way back to the rest of you.
--
Wrecker examined and touched a gloopy like substance next to a section of scratched on the walls. He grunted in disgust. “These are reinforced walls. What were they keeping in here?”
There was a faint creaking sound echoing throughout the room and the hairs on the back of your neck stood up. “I don’t know, but it’s still on board.”
The sound of water dripping and something chittering about you all started to grow louder and it was then you caught sight of a creature you’d never seen before hanging upside down from the ceiling, saliva dripping form it’s jaws but there was also an electric spark coming from its mouth which reminded you of something, but you couldn’t remember what.
“Hunter, what is that?” Omega whispered.
“Back away slowly.” Hunter ordered quietly. He kept a protective arm out in front of Omega as he did so.
You all did as he said but suddenly a pipe burst and you all instinctively turned to look at it but when your attention went back to where the creature had been, you were horrified to see that it had jumped down from the ceiling and was now stalking towards you all.
You made to step out, but Hunter’s hand caught your wrist.
“You’re not going to try and connect with this.”
“Hunter-”
“This isn’t something that’s up for debate. It’s an order. You’re not going near it.” He said firmly as he pulled out his blaster.
“Hunter, this isn’t going to help.” You hissed as you reluctantly did as he said and drew your blaster.
“This thing destroyed this ship. I’m not taking any chances here.”
Wrecker attempted to stab it with the electrostaff but the creature simply snatched and swallowed it.
You, Hunter, and Wrecker let out a series of shots as the creature screeched and made to lunge for you. There wasn’t a fatal hit but luckily your actions seemed to be off putting enough as it retreated back up to the ceiling.
The four of you stayed on guard but it was then that the power came back on so at least that made seeing this thing an easier task.
Any relief at having actual light was short lived for a rattle behind you saw you all turn to see the animal again only this time it didn’t hesitate to charge at you all.
You- thanks to your Force abilities- were able to dive over it and Hunter reacted quickly enough to grab Omega and jump out of the way. Wrecker unfortunately got knocked to the side.
The four of you sent a round of blaster fire down the corridor after the creature but it was too fast and too slinky for any shot to find a weak point and it turned around the corridor out of sight.
“Tech, we’ve got a problem. Get off the ship. Now!” Hunter urged into his comm.
--
Tech was already running as he replied, “I suspect this is some type of research vessel.”
--
“We know!” You said as the four of you ran through the corridors whilst keeping an eye out for any sign of the creature.
“And whatever they were researching just got loose.” Omega added.
“And it’s headed your way.” Hunter informed him.
--
You all rounded the corner to be met with an incredibly bizarre sight: the creature appeared to be feeding off the electricity coming from one of the power outlets on the ship and the creature itself seemed to be using it as a way to… grow?
“Does that thing look different to you?” Wrecker asked nervously.
It did but again, something about this animal was striking some degree of familiarity in you and you were infuriated that you couldn’t think of how or why that was the case.
Tech had appeared on the opposite side of the corridor, but he came to an abrupt halt as he witnessed what this animal was doing. He was not deterred by the fact that now its attention was on him, in fact he liked that it gave him a brief moment to study it. “Fascinating.” He murmured to himself as he watched the electrical energy be absorbed by the animal.
The four of you weren’t prepared to let the creature get closer to him. You opened fire once more to distract it.
“Take cover.” Tech ordered you all as he pointed his blaster to one of the power outlets.
Wrecker picked up Omega and turned to shield her body with his own whilst Hunter did the same with you, minus the picking up part.
Tech fired the shot.
The explosion created a hole in the ship which gave the creature the chance to slip away.
You all followed it out but lost sight of it in the woods.
Tech lowered his visor and saw the fading heat signature of the animal. “The creature appears to be headed in the direction of the village.”
“We’re the ones who let it out. We have to neutralize it before it hurts anyone.” Hunter said.
“How? Our blasters our useless on it.” Wrecker countered.
“Given the fact that the crew was most likely eaten by the creature, I doubt it is currently hungry-” Tech said nonchalantly.
“It ate the crew?” Omega interrupted, backing into you with fear.
You laid a comforting hand on her shoulder. “How is that helping, Tech?” You scolded.
“It ate the crew.” Omega repeated breathlessly.
“Just stop.” You advised as you saw Tech getting ready to say something else.
“Access the lab files and find out what species we’re dealing with and how to stop it.” Hunter directed Tech.
“Mmm, I can help.” Omega offered, finding her courage again. “I know my way around Kaminoan tech.”
“Go.” Hunter said. “You two, with me.” Hunter ordered you and Wrecker and the three of you set off for the ship.
--
“Hunter, if we can’t take care of this thing before it hurts anyone, you need to let me at least try my way.” You said as you got into the co-pilot’s seat whilst he got the ship in the air.
“I know.” Hunter agreed. He regretted not letting you do it earlier, he’d let emotion be the ruling judgement in the heat of the moment. Balancing both his professional and personal relationship with you was something he was still finessing.
“See anything?” Wrecker called from the gun turret as he scanned the woods below.
You looked at the scopes. “Zero, two, five.”
Wrecker saw it then. It was moving fast. His shots couldn’t make a hit and it disappeared from view.
“Did you get it?” Hunter asked.
“No.” Wrecker grunted.
--
Tech had managed to infiltrate the lab’s files. “Look at this.” He said to Omega as he examined the information on his datapad. “These appear to be designs using the creature’s genetic material for modified armour plating. That must be why it was unaffected by our blaster fire.”
“Then how do we stop it?” Omega asked.
“Uncertain.” Tech unplugged and moved on to the next panel. “However, this confirms that the species feeds on energy, which propels its rapid growth.”
“You mean it’ll get even bigger?!”
Tech’s eyes widened as he stared at the information on the screen. “Yes. Much bigger.”
--
Your jaw dropped as you watched out the window as the ship past over the woods. The creature had reached a power plant and had drastically transformed and then it hit you. “Hey, I recognise it now!” You hadn’t been there the day Coruscant was attacked but you had seen the holonet reports and the images were pretty memorable.
“You recognise it?” Hunter repeated, stunned.
“I wasn’t there and I’m blanking on what it’s called but it attacked Coruscant a few years ago.” It was then that Tech’s voice came through the comms and confirmed what you were saying.
“Hunter, the creature is the same species that attacked Coruscant during the war. You must not let it get near the power grid or it will increase exponentially in size.”
Yeah, you were pretty clued into that now. “We were a bit late on that one, Tech.” You responded as the creature spotted your ship and let out a roar.
Hunter took evasive action but not before the creature’s tail collided with the side of the ship.
“Still want me to drop you off?” Hunter glanced at you as he righted the ship.
You grimaced. “Uh maybe not right now.” The animal was too aggressive now, too scared and felt to threatened. There would be no room for you to work your way into forming any kind of bond with it. If it really came down to it, you would go but it didn’t need to happen right away yet.
Hunter was quietly relieved although he knew that if things got too out of hand, you would be the only option they had left.
--
The best strategy you guys had come up with to protect the village was being the source of distraction. Wrecker continuously opened fire on it but it was having no effect.
“Stop it before it gets any larger.” Hunter said to Wrecker.
“I’m trying!” Wrecker shouted back.
You took a deep breath. “Hunter, you gotta put me in there.” It was the only other option you had.
Hunter’s jaw clenched but he nodded.
You moved towards the door but just as Hunter got the ship in position, the alarms went off. “We’ve got ships on our tail.” He swerved the ship out the way as they opened fire.
You stumbled backwards. “Where’d they come from?” You said as you righted yourself and Gonky before you went back to the cockpit. There was no chance of you getting down to the animal now.
“Hold on.” Hunter signalled as he kicked the ship into high gear.
“Tech, Omega, you’ve got Imperial inbound. Get out of there.” You said urgently into you comm.
--
Omega picked up her comm as she heard your voice. “On our way.” She replied before she looked to Tech who showed no signs of hustle as he stared at his datapad. “Tech, let’s go.”
“Not yet. I am not finished transferring all of the data.”
An explosion sounded outside, and the ship shook with the impact of it and the power went out.
“Come on.” Omega implored before she started to run.
Tech followed her but their way off the ship was tricky as it was starting to fall apart. The explosions continued to surround them. They managed to vacate it but not before a series of ships passed overhead and fired down at the wreckage.
Tech grabbed Omega and took cover from the resulting large explosion behind a larger piece of debris as the ship got completely destroyed.
--
You were too busy avoiding the other Imperial ships to see what exactly had been done to the creature, all you caught sight of was the power plant exploding. “They’re not killing it. They’re taking it.” You murmured as you saw the now unconscious creature being taken up into another Imperial ship. What could the Empire possibly want with something like that?
“Let’s not be next.” Hunter said, pulling you out of your thoughts.
“Hunter, they’re going to take that village.” You said quietly, unhappily, as you caught sight of some ships taking up position in front of the houses, but you knew that there was nothing you could do. You were outnumbered and Tech and Omega needed you guys to get them out.
“We can’t help them.” Hunter said regretfully. He wished they could, but they’d be no good to anyone if they were dead and if they didn’t get out of here soon, that’s how they would wind up and Tech and Omega needed out of there too.
--
Tech and Omega paused for breath and Tech tapped into his comm. “Hunter, we’re clear of the vessel and heading to the landing zone.”
“Copy that.” Hunter acknowledged and he got the ship in position. He didn’t let it land though, there were too many ships on their tail to do that. The best he could do was slow it down and open the main doors.
Tech leaped onto the stairs and grabbed Omega’s hand as she jumped up after him to get her secure. The two of them made their way into the ship and sat, with Tech making sure Omega’s safety support was down first before he did his own.
Hunter got the ship out of there and sent it into hyperspace.
--
“The crashed vessel was part of the Imperial cloning operation.” Tech informed the rest of you as he sat in front of one of the control panels in the ship corridor.
“The Empire cloned the Zillo Beast?” You echoed as you stood behind Tech’s chair and studied the information on the screen.
“Yes and no.” Tech responded. “The directive came straight from the Supreme Chancellor before he became Emperor.”
“What’s he want with it?” Wrecker asked.
“The creature’s genetic material has the potential to be weaponized in the hands of the right scientist.”
“Where were they taking the creature?” Hunter asked his brother.
“Unknown. The ship did not have a destination logged. Hunter, there is far more to this than we realised. From what I have gathered, I suspect the Empire did not destroy the cities on Kamino to end cloning.”
“They wanted to control it.” You said softly but there was a hint of anger in your voice.
“Indeed.” Tech said in agreement.
Hunter set off towards the cockpit but paused hallway and turned back to face Tech. “Send the data to Echo and Rex. See what they can find out.”
--
Daro
“Doctor. The creature has been recovered and is now safely secured below.”
“Good. And our other guest?”
“The shuttle is arriving now.”
The doctor set off towards the landing platform with a squad of troopers. “Did any of the villagers see the Zillo?” He asked the leader.
“Several. The locals have been detained and will be dealt with. However, one vessel escaped our assault. It was a military class shuttle.”
“Find out who it was.”
“Yes sir.”
The doctor watched on ahead as the shuttle landed. “Hello, Prime Minister.” He greeted the Kaminoan as he came off the ship. “Apologies. Former Prime Minister.”
“Why have I been brought here?”
“The cooperation of you chief scientist has not been forthcoming. Nale Se’s defiance is problematic.”
“It must be frustrating to have your resources but lack the expertise to achieve your goal. And if you fail to convince her, it won’t be long before you are in a cell like me.”
The doctor was not intimidated. “I fear you misunderstand your situation here. If you know of a way to persuade the scientist, now would be the time to mention it.”
“Indeed. In exchange for my freedom.”
“I’m listening.”
“There is a particular clone you must locate. A young girl. She is the key to controlling Nala Se.”
“How very interesting.” The doctor invited him to follow him inside. “It seems we have much to discuss.”
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murderofcrow · 3 months
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You know what, I'm sure not many will read it anyways, so I might as well post it lol. I'm not a skilled writer and English is not my native language but this is the little story I wrote about my bracelet dream. So if you happen to read it please don't judge my grammar too much. 😅
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Another restless night. Another night of wishing sleep would come easy but it never did. A loud sigh escaped my lips and I stood up in defeat. Contemplating what I should do, I sat down in my chair and turned on the desk light. I rummaged through one of the drawers and took out a small container with little colourful beads. Making little bracelets calms me down, even if I have to disassemble them later again, because I have nobody to share them with. It's nights like this, where the loneliness is really glaring.
I picked up my phone and turned on some music as background noise. The melody of Euclid started playing quietly and I smiled at the irony that shuffle had picked a song with the lyrics "the night belongs to you" while I had another sleepless night.
I looked at the colourful beads and thought how funny it would look if Vessel wore one of these and with that thought I fumbled through the beads with the letters and formed the sentence "You are so loved."
A sentence that has become important to me and so many others. A sentence so many needed and deserved to hear.
As the song ended I looked at my creation and jokingly said "Hey Sleep, would you take this little token and grant me one peaceful sleep tonight?"
As the words escaped my lips, I heard a quiet meow. Thinking I must've woken up my cat with this late night crafting session, I looked around expecting to see a grey striped cat in the doorway to my room but instead there was a black cat with strangely glowing eyes. Not the usual reflective cat eyes I was used to, that's for sure. The cat had something eerie about it but not necessarily in a threatening way.
"How did you get in?" I said curiously, standing up from the chair.
The cat meowed again and looked expectedly at me and then to the dark hallway. "Do you want me to follow you?"
The cat looked pleased and disappeared in the darkness. I scrambled to follow. I stepped out of the doorway and strangely enough I wasn't in the familiar surroundings of my hallway, but found myself in a dim entrance way of what looked like a big old church.
There was a quiet sad melody bouncing off the walls.
This must be a dream, I thought. But the cold stone floor felt strangely real under my bare feet.
The cat was waiting a few steps ahead looking expectedly back at me. I took a step forward and then another one. Yeah that was a church, no doubt. As my eyes grew accustomed to the dim light, I started to take in my surroundings. The stained glass, the benches and the altar on the platform at the front. No... there was no altar. In it's place stood a big piano that was illuminated by three candles. The candles were the only direct light source, except the bright moonlight shining through the stained glass.
There was a cloaked figure sitting in front of the piano. That must be where the sad melody came from.
The closer I got, the more I could make out. The figure was shaking. Were they crying?
The cat took a last glance making sure I was following and ran up to the cloaked figure and leapt onto the piano. The melody stopped and a hand reached out to stroke the cats dark fur.
Suddenly the cat revealed two extra sets of eyes and looked in my direction.
Caught off guard at this sight I stumbled and bumped into one of the benches. "What the hell?" It escaped me.
Alarmed by the ruckus, the cloaked figure jumped out of their seat and looked in my direction.
"Vessel?" I said, surprised to see the man whose voice I had just heard minutes ago through my phone speaker. No doubt the cloaked figure with the white mask hiding most of his face was Vessel.
He looked around between me and the cat and even though I couldn't see his face, I know he looked utterly confused too. He shot me one last look before his eyes settled on the cat and he asked "Is this your doing?"
The cat looked very pleased with itself and said in a strangely sounding voice "I thought you'd appreciate this offering more than me." The cat looked approvingly in my direction as I looked back, still confused. Offering? What offering? And then I remembered how I jokingly offered the colourful bracelet for a good night's sleep.
I looked down at my right hand that has been curled into a fist the whole time. And surely enough, as I opened it, there was the little bracelet I had made. Did I take it with me? I couldn't remember. Suddenly everything felt like a blur.
I looked up from my palm and looked at the cat. It nodded approvingly again.
As Vessel looked on in confusion I took some steps in his direction before I came to a halt in front of the steps of the platform he was standing on.
After a glance at the cat and something that felt like some careful consideration, Vessel made his way down the stairs and stopped on the last one infront of me.
He looked unsure, his lips pursed.
I carefully took his hands and placed the small bracelet into his palms. I paused a second. His hands were big and felt a bit rough to the touch. And yet they felt so warm and comforting. I shot him a little smile and gave his hands a soft little squeeze before I let go and took a step back.
Suddenly overwhelmed by emotion I bit on my lip trying to hold back those pesky tears that were creeping their way into my eyes.
Vessel looked at me and then at the little offering I had placed in his hands. He brought it closer to his mask to inspect it. Seemingly not able to decipher the text on the beads he went back the stairs and held the little bracelet closer to one of the candles. After a little moment of silence he looked up and I could see he was smiling. A little, barely visible but genuine smile. He quietly said "Thank you." And gestured for me to take a seat on one of the benches.
I sat down and suddenly felt overcome with tiredness.
Vessel had sat down in front of the piano again and started playing a melody. A sad one again but this one had an optimistic tone to it. Was it Euclid? My lids became heavy. I took a last glance at the scenery before my eyes. A big piano in a dim lit church. A cat curled up on top of it looking very pleased. A cloaked figure playing the piano and a colourful plastic bracelet decorating his wrist. What a silly sight I thought with a smile before I drifted away.
I woke up bent over my desk. My back made an ungodly sound as I stretched and let out a loud yawn. I can't believe I fell asleep like that. Despite my aching back, I felt strangely rested. I can't remember the last time I'd ever slept this good. I thought back at the strange dream I had about the cat, the church and Vessel. Strange I could even remember it, that rarely happens.
I looked around my messy desk. Where did I put it?
I looked under every single paper tower adorning my desk, under the scattered pens and pencils. It wasn't there. Did it fall down? I looked under my desk. The colourful little bracelet was nowhere to be found. Had I disassembled the bracelet again before I fell asleep and couldn't remember?
Mildly frustrated I looked down at my hands as if I could suddenly make it appear out of willpower and... there it was. Not in my hands but on my wrist. At the exact same place I've last seen it on the cloaked figure at the piano.
I carefully took it off and inspected it closely, just like Vessel had in my dream. It looked normal, like it should, with the exception of some dark specks that looked like smudged paint. On closer inspection I saw some similar dark smudges on my hands. Could it have been... but that's...
A meow made me jump mid thought. But instead of a strange black cat with six glowing eyes, there was my grey striped one looking curiously at me. I put the bracelet back on my wrist and picked up my cat. I smiled and whispered "Thank you, Vessel. You are so loved."
My cat meowed loudly and I laughed "Yes, you too are so loved."
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houseofache · 3 months
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You are fully feeding my sleep token fixation, thank you!
hahahah you're so welcome, my friend!! i'm glad i can provide something of substance here for you. if you'll allow me, i'd love to direct you to some other folks on here that i think you should check out if you're interested in any and all things regarding sleep token because there are a TON of other folks on here that have made phenomenal art, writing, and more of the boys!
off the top of my head these folks here can absolutely keep you fed as well lol:
@undekaying does a phenomenal variety of lyrical analysis, interpretation, lore digs, album discussions and so much more. kay is constantly making great points about the band and their body of work. outside of the boys, kay will gut punch you with the most creative and accurate descriptions of love, yearning, and its complexities— all said about as nonchalantly as someone telling you about the weather.
@moonchild-in-blue makes SUCH stupendous art of the boys (as well as art outside of sleep token— take a peek, im sure darya's art will move you as much as it moves me) and so many lovely crafts. apart from her creative writing which is absurdly good, she's also got a vast library of brilliant writing about sleep token's lyrics, lore, and thematic through lines that have boggled me.
want images, news, general fan discussion? @murderofcrow @ruinme-please, @fivewholeminutes, and @sleepytoken's got you covered. i swear to god they are the backbone of sleep token tumblr— if there's a gifset, a photo, or a video that you want to see of the boys, chances are these folks will have you covered and then some.
i know im forgetting an embarrassing amount of folks and for that i am so sorry ;_____; but if you're planning to stick around here, you'll surely run into a vast majority of us sleep token fans!
okay, that's all! thanks so much for the ask and for letting me YAP LOL!
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Hi ! hope you're having a great day/evening/night,
I had an idea for a smau with someone on the f1 grid (it can be anyone but I have a preference for either Oscar or Logan), so I'm a fan of the bands Ghost and Sleep Token, which is something so very different from f1 and I kept wondering what would happen if those fandom where to merge together, so the request basically is that the reader is in a band like ghost or sleep token and they're dating one of the guys on the grid, and so those 2 very different fandom meet,
so like how would they interact and all, or maybe there would be some people that are in both fandoms, idk
there's no pressure for you to make it if you have no idea of how to do it or if you simply don't want to <3
a/n: thank you so much for requesting!!❤️ i’m a little out of my element on this one so i apologize if it doesn’t end up exactly as you imagined it, but i hope you like it !!
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logansargeant very special night indeed 😮‍💨
user2 excuse me? LOGAN SARGEANT AT A SLEEP TOKEN CONCERT?
user3 their concerts seem so much fun :(((
user4 they are the best, the energy they being to every performance is like nothing i have ever seen before
user5 does anyone know who the members are?
user4 no, they’re completely anonymous. the only thing we could really say is that they have a girl and the rest of them are men but that’s kinda it 😅
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formula1gossippofficial New couple alert? 🚨 Logan Sargeant and Oscar Piastri were spotted attending a Sleep Token concert last night in Australia. The McLaren driver was seen getting cozy with an unknown woman the entire night and reports said they disappeared from the concert together in the late hours of the night. What do we think? ���
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user1 maybe we should let him live his life?
user2 i never thought i would hear Oscar Piastri and Sleep Token used in the same sentence 😅
sleepingdreaming i can confirm they were there, seemed to have had a lot of fun as well
user3 is it true that he was with a girl there?
sleepingdreaming yes, they seemed very close too. logan seemed to be more of a third wheel than anything else to be honest 😂
op81fan she must be very special to make Oscar go out and stay that late on a race weekend🤔🤔
user4 the fact that he never goes out before a race and now he did and was seen with a girl in public makes me think she is hella special 👀
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did you see the pictures?
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i did
i’m sorry, i should have known there were gonna be paparazzi all over town last night
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babe, i don’t mind
i wanna be seen with you
i just don’t want people to figure out i’m in the band or anything, it would ruin the whole anonymity thingy lol
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i’ll protect you❤️
i’ll make sure nobody figures it out
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in the meantime, wanna have some fun with the fans?😈
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what did you have in mind?
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yourusername impressive, right?
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yourusername some pretty special fellas roaming around the streets as well
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user1 OSCAR???????
user2 WHO IS THAT?????
logansargeant you're getting better at this
oscarpiastri i've been taking lessons to make sure i don't screw it up😃
yourusername damn ;)
oscarpiastri 😈
sleepingdreaming this fandom merge is wiiiiiild
user3 DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING WE DON'T???
sleepingdreaming maybeeeee...👀👀
user4 i never thought i would see Oscar being into rock
landonorris i don't believe that's you
oscarpiastri you can believe whatever you want
landonorris hmmm
yourusername you better believe it😮‍💨
landonorris you could spare me the details, thank you
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do you think we should tell them?
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do you want to tell everyone?
i completely understand if you’re not ready yet
it’s a lot of pressure being seen with me
the fans are crazy
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have you seen my fans, babe?😂
they are just like yours, if not worse sometimes
they just want to protect both of us
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so you want to make things official?
come to the paddock as my girlfriend?
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i think it's time we tell the world
it just sucks nobody in your world is really going to know who i am
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i thought your friends didn't know who you are?
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they have suspicions
i think that deep down, they know who we all are
but nobody says anything because we've built our image on being anonymous
it's like knowing but without saying it out loud, you know
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so your fans will know you're dating an F1 driver but mine won't know i'm dating the lead singer of Sleep Token?
yourname❤️
pretty much, yeah
oscar🐨❤️
so cool❤️
okay, i'll post a picture of us then
yourname❤️
be careful which pictures you post
i wanna look good :(
oscar🐨❤️
babe
you look good in every photo i have of you
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awwwwwww
i love you my koala bear🐨🐨❤️
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i love you too my rockstar girl❤️
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yourusername i didn’t think we would be able to pull it off either…
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yourusername we were literally introduced…
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melit0n · 6 months
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So...maybe I got a bit hyper focused on all the FX Sleep Token uses in their songs. Other than one that I already pointed out (Vore) having listened to a couple of other songs, I realised they do this a lot. Hope these make sense!
Part One includes: One, Two, Jaws and TWTYW (below the cut!)
Part Two -> Sundowning and This Place Will Become Your Tomb
Part Three -> Take Me Back To Eden
+ If I've missed something, feel free to add your own thoughts!
Note- some of these are FX, others are sound mixing and music bits I wanted to mention. Any song you don't see mentioned are songs that I couldn't find anything to pull out of them.
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Thread The Needle
- Throughout almost the whole song (cutting off at some points during the breakdown and chorus) there is a soft humming, that sticks to one note the entire time (which I believe is a B note? Don't quote me on that lol).
- At 2:04 to 2:30, and then reappearing at 3:46 to 4:06, there are notes that mimic a calm heartbeat. Which, considering the lyrics at this point are "We can spend the night in" and "Just look and where we're lying", it creates the image of lying with a lover, with your ear pressed against their chest. It makes the song feel personal, in my eyes. It also creates quite a distraught feeling when the heavy breakdowns follow immediately after.
When the Bough Breaks
- At about 5:40, a chord starts up that sounds like a muffled bell tolling, which, considering this song can be interpreted as how love, especially the toxic kind, can bring you pass the point of no return, with a willingness to be in pain for the relationship to continue, suggests an end to it all. A bad one.
- Just gonna slip in a quick compliment to Vessel's beautiful falsetto and head voice vocals in this one!
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Album Notes: To me, this whole album feels sleepy. Like, as a listener, I feel like I'm in that odd inbetween of awake and asleep. It's the same in Two, but much lesser so in their later albums. The songs use very minimal instruments; basically just sticking to synths and beats other than the breakdowns. And, speaking of breakdowns, they're kind of like the wake-up call to the song. You can live in blissful peace, lay in your lover's arms as you slowly fall asleep, gift compliments back and forth to eachother, but it all ends. Everything is nothing in the face of this ancient deity. I heard someone describe the Sleep Token albums as the five stages of grief, and I can definitely see that. Definitely denial.
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Calcutta
- From 0:00 to 0:20, there is a very hard to hear, high pitched clinking noise (I suggest putting on headphones if you wanna hear this one!), which almost sounds like the clinking of two glasses.
- From 5:25 to the end of the song, you can hear Vessel using his head voice! I thought it was an instrument at first, but it's just him having a lil' scream. I want to say it's a muffled whistle scream, but it's not croaky enough to be one from what I can hear, so I'll just say it's some vocalisations. What I can be sure of, is that he sounds like a Banshee and I live for it.
Nazareth
- At 2:38 to 3:10, a very simple beat comes in, along with a bunch of other muffled beats that bounce around if you have headphones on, which, having spoken to my friend, she says sounds a lot like a deeper pitched gunshot (which I said she's just pulling at strings, but I'll put it in either way) being mimicked by a drum beat. Considering the lyrics around this time, it's fitting.
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Album Notes: Similar with One, Two also uses the minimal amount instruments, other than the breakdowns, but they use backing vocals a bit more in this album, especially with Nazareth and certain parts of Jericho. To me, this one feels a lot more angry. Not towards a person, perhaps, but more so towards Vessel himself (which is mainly shown in the lyrics). If we're still rolling with that five stages of grief, then I can definitely see this as anger.
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Jaws (Single)
- The (what I think is distorted crash cymbal or just a cymbal) noises from 0:00 to 1:45 kind of sound like when you knash your teeth together.
- Just wanted to note the absolutely lovely lyric that is "Stand under the stained glass and, I will know it's you."
Personal Notes: One of the first songs that got me into Sleep Token, so, it holds a special place in my heart. Will never not swoon at "Show me those pretty white jaws, show me where the delicate stops".
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The Way That You Were (Single)
- There is (obviously) the organ the resonates throughout the entire song, which, in some chords, mimics the typical Church Wedding song (Here Comes the Bride). By association, when people thing of organs, they think of Church, and, therefore, Weddings and funerals. To me, it makes the song a whole double edged sword (especially with the lyrics being asking someone about their inner pain, how they can fix it etc.). In the end, did this end in joy, or death?
Personal Notes: By far my favourite single. Comfort song all the way. Despite it being my favourite, it will always hold a bit of an unsettling undertone for me.
Thank you for reading through all my thoughts and feelings, whoever you are. Remember, the night belongs to you; worship <3.
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jellybean181 · 10 months
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Meeting you / Vessel x Reader
Summary: Vessel notices you in the crowd at one of the bands concerts/worships.
Notes: This is my first time writing anything I apologize if it’s garbage lol. I hope to make this a multi-part story if it’s good.
Part 2
FLUFF
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“Oh my god, this concert is going to be so fun!”
Sophie and y/n crowded to the left side of the stage with the rest of anticipated fans.
You were nervous about public crowds, just finding out about Sleep Token a few months prior and falling in love with their music. Sophie wanted to attend there concert as soon as you felt comfortable enough.
Falling into the mystery of there identities and the poetry of there music set you into world wind of love and appreciation for the band.
“Sophie, do you think I really should of worn this white dress? I feel like I’m sticking out like a sore thumb.”
“Girl, you look beautiful! Don’t even fret.”
As the fans started cheering for Sleep Token as they came on stage to perform. You start to fiddle with the back of your dress to make sure your ass isn’t hanging out.
“Just relax, that dress is not super short it fits you perfectly.”
“Thank you, just nervous.” You smile shyly
You sway your hips with the music and start to enjoy the show.
Vessel start’s performing a few songs glancing your way a few times. What throws you off a bit is that you think he is staring at you a little longer then you think is normal but you brush it off.
Before he performs his next song he goes off stage a bit to one of the security guards to talk to them.
“What do you think is going on?” Sophie glanced at you with a confused look. “I’m not sure, but I hope everything is okay.” You respond concerned.
Vessel comes back on stage and starts performing your favourite song “Aqua Regia”. But then you notice a big security guy walking towards you and Sophie and you instantly start to get nervous.
You cross your arms around yourself to make yourself feel smaller as you make contact with the security guard.
“Vessel wants to see you backstage.”
“Me?!” Your eyes get bigger as you place your hand on your chest to indicate if you even heard him correctly and was in fact talking about you.
“Yes you, and your friend.” The security guard held his firm look while glancing at Sophie.
You look up to see Vessel performing, casually performing Aqua Regia and jumping around.
“Okay, I guess so” you say with a bit more shakiness in your voice then you would of liked.
As you and Sophie moved through the crowd with the security guard, you couldn’t help but look up to Vessel like you would be able to see the motive on his face through his mask. But all you could see is him staring back at you as he performed.
“You. Wait here.” The security guard stops and looks at Sophie.
“She can’t come with me?”
“I can’t go with her?”
“Vessel instructed me to only take you to meet him in his dressing room.”
Sophie and I glanced at each other like we could somehow telepathically have a conversation about this crazy and confusing experience.
“She will go.”
Your eyes bugged out again as your neck whipped back at your best friend in disbelief.
“Sophie! No! Are you freaking kidding me..!” You practically whisper yelled at her.
“Just go, it will be okay. I will be right here.” She said with a big shit eating grin.
“Miss, are you coming?”
You followed the security guard with the shuffling of your feet and the help of a little push from Sophie. Everything felt like you were living a dream, like this couldn’t possibly be happening.
As we reached the door, he opened it and ushered you inside to sit on the couch that was in the middle of the room with a coffee table.
“Make yourself comfortable, he will be in shortly”
He shut the door behind you and all you could hear was the rest of your favourite song finishing up as the band concluded the concert.
What felt like a lifetime and your heart beating a rapid pace, slight shiver to your form. You heard footsteps reach the door outside and the turn of the door handle. You thought you were holding your breath for a lifetime but was only a couple seconds of the door handle turning.
“Hello Sweetheart” Vessel smiles under his mask, showing off his pearly white teeth and hard muscle exterior.
“Hi.” You say shyly looking up at him like a deer in headlights.
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I know this isn't inherently an ask, but I just wanted to say that I recently joined Tumblr just for shits and giggles because, ya know, hellsite- it has its rep, and I figured 'fuck it, why not?' because I'm basically a walking Tumblr post and/or Pinterest cat meme, so like...
That's lowkey unrelated to what I'm wanting to say- just putting the recently joined part out there so maybe you'd understand the anonymous thing... (I talk... WAY too much and am too open a book, I'm so excited and justga hrvrjwvfhwbajfbr- I'm so sorry, bere ["bare"? "bear"? nvm] with me 😭😭)
Anywho, I really love both Sleep Token and Cult of The Lamb, and I've been seeing a few posts here and there of- I'm not sure what you'd call it exactly- those worlds colliding (obviously I follow tags for both consecutively; I would never have expected there to be POSTS FOR BOTH THOUGH???) and it makes me so insanely happy! Finding your page has just
God, it's made me so happy 😭😭 your art is so refreshing and mY GOD, the first piece I saw was your CoTL drawing referencing Atlantic, which is my favorite Sleep Token song (not including singles nor collabs) and from my favorite album (not including eps)- sorry rambling again- and just
AAAAAAAAA /pos
I'm not quite sure if I'm making any sense, I'm honestly just rambling hyperfixatedly (if you couldn't already tell), but now that I've written it all down (which was more or less to get it out of my system without actually hitting 'ask' and/or to thank you for and praise your work), I actually DO have a question:
When I first joined Tumblr, I really just... made a kind of miscellaneous, I guess profile? Blog? Or whatever. lol
I wasn't really planning on doing anything with it, but... seeing people like the things I like- I've never been a social media person. I don't use hardly any, minus, like, Pinterest and a few others, and even then, *I* don't post, so do those even count? But I just feel so inspired??? If that makes sense???
So
I'm thinking about making one dedicated to Sleep Token and CoTL, do you think I should??? I guess I should do it more for me than anyone else, but I'd just
like an outside perspective, ya know??
Thank you! Sorry for the rambling, but if you do answer, just know I GREATLY appreciate it 😭😭😭
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sorry meme response at first because thank u for the accolades! i'm glad you've enjoyed it. as for advice hell yeah i mean if it's something you like then go for it! i'm certainly not the only person drawing cotl/sleep token there's others who rock it!
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sleepanonymous · 6 months
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hello fellow worshipper ^^
so from most of II’s drum cams i’ve seen, you can barely hear Vessel’s vocals… like do you think that ever makes him sad? not being able to properly hear his pretty siren voice on stage? :(
ofc feel free to ignore, i’m just a curious dude :)
Heeey, thank you for the ask! And I’d never ignore you or anyone else (on purpose, but my object permanence is as bad as a newborn's, lol) 🖤🖤
So, I have two answers for you. My first answer is that, yes, II probably does feel some type of way about not hearing Vessel’s amazing live singing (or even the Vesselettes, or III and IV). It’s obvious he’s a fan of the music he writes with Vessel, and he gets really into it during certain songs like Atlantic, where pauses between the percussion parts exist. But if it makes you feel better, II absolutely loves what he does and fully kills it every time he goes on stage. I’m sure it’s a sacrifice he willingly makes.
My second answer is much more technical and would apply to any touring drummer/musician, not just Sleep Token, so I’m just gonna shove it under a cut to hide my nerdiness, lol (and also not to shatter anyone's illusion with how much planning and work goes into live performances).
What we hear in II’s live drum playthroughs and what II hears while playing is a lot different. Performing musicians wear unique earplugs/earphones called in-ear monitors (I’ll abbreviate them to IEMs). The IEMs have several purposes, mainly to protect musicians’ hearing and allow them to hear themselves and backtracks while performing over everything else during a concert (because concerts are loud, obviously lol). But the IEMs also enable the musicians to hear other things, like the stagehands/sound techs can speak to them, they’ll more often than not have a metronome going, and they may even have spoken cues like, “Verse Two in 4 3 2 1.”
I can guarantee that II has at least a metronome going during all of Sleep Token’s rituals. Since none of the band really speaks on stage (I don’t count III’s yelling), II also might have either Sam (his drum tech) or an automated voice telling him what song he’s playing next, along with a numbered countdown for the beginning of the song. II might even get in-the-moment verbal queues from Sam, or Sleep Token’s FOH, Thom.
This isn’t Sleep Token, but the video below is an excellent example of what I’m talking about. I don't expect everyone to watch the whole thing but it's great, tempo changes, count-ins, and everything. Flash warning, just in case.
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The two screenshots are from the same video and add a bit more information on what a musician might hear in their IEMs during live shows.
I might be alone here, but I really wish Sleep Token would release at least one of the live drum recordings with an in-ear mix like the video above. I’d nerd out so hard over hearing exactly what II or any of the other Eepy guys (especially Vessel during The Summoning, omg) are hearing live in their IEMs.
I know there are people who do mockups on YouTube of Popstar’s supposed IEM mixes and I swear if I had any musical knowledge or video editing skills it would be my self-proclaimed mission to put an in-ear mix into all of Sleep Token's live shows 😅😅
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