TAKE ME BACK TO EDEN

This jaw-dropping endeavour is the third and final instalment in an enthralling trilogy and this band's magnum opus, ending a spellbinding musical journey and art project. Musically explorative, genuinely considered and expertly executed, vocally enriched with emotion and diversity, woven together with virtuosic drumming. A heady mix of artistry, modernism, timelessness, truth, fantasy, light, shade, heavy, soft, sadness, euphoria...simply put, the best album by a modern band in years. A masterpiece among the current music scene and in its own right unique and integral. Inherently vital music that reaches depths seldom achieved. From the sheer density of heavy hitters The Summoning & Vore to the linear pop of DYWTYLM to retro classic tones in Are You Really Okay? the music weaves and winds through genres within singular songs that could be calling cards from several different Artists yet they remain somehow coherent within the context of their own masterfully conceived story. Then come the unchartered (or oft unsuccessful) paths most bands wouldn't dare tread, sliding effortlessly in and out of R&B, electronic and synthwave with ease (check Granite and Aqua Regia), only to then present us with Rain & The Apparition, both of which could be highlight songs on any big hitting rock/metal band's best output....yet the crushingly epic album behemoths Ascensionism and title track TBMTE show that Sleep Token have so much creativity in their cannon they transcend individual hits, having crafted an altogether game-changing album. The band's mastermind 'Vessel' (who, rather amazingly, plays everything on this record other than the stunning drumming of 'II') has outdone himself. The usual 'skies the limit' quality of musicianship from sublime piano and gentle falsetto, to mind-blowing vocal intensity and instrumentation is evident in droves, only this time around the song writing and arrangements are from somewhere inspired to the point of otherworldly, laden with heartbreak and loss, exhilarating and devastating all at once, at times it's downright danceable, how they did it, the mind boggles. Those looking for a one-trick-pony ride will not find answers here. Those seeking the most unexpected and rewarding journey imaginable will discover liquid gold. The highest of all possible praises go to this artistic goliath of pain and pure beauty. Worship.