KoRn have mentioned that Sleep Token “shut everyone up” with their headline set at Obtain Competition.
The nameless and acclaimed metallic band closed out the competition on Saturday (June 14), with a large two-hour set, which marked their first headline slot at a significant competition.
Upon the announcement of the line-up, some followers had been sceptical of their place on the invoice. Now, fellow headliners KoRn have since had their say on the band’s efficiency, with members Brian “Head” Welch and James “Munky” Shaffer saying that it was ok to “shut everyone up.”
In an interview with BBC Radio 1’s Rock Present With Daniel P Carter on Monday (June 16), Head mentioned, “I like it as a result of all these folks – I don’t know what number of – however I heard chatter about folks like, ‘Sleep Token headlining?’ Some folks had been saying they’re so younger to have the ability to headline so fast. They usually got here with that stage? Shut everyone up. They went larger than a Slipknot stage, man.”
Munky added, “Additionally, the brand new file [‘Even in Arcadia’] is unbelievable. So it’s not solely just like the stage, yeah you are able to do that each one day lengthy, however they bought the songs to again it up.”
On the finish of final 12 months, competition organiser Andy Copping spoke to NME in a brand new interview and opened up in regards to the significance of making a platform for brand new and rising expertise like Sleep Token. “I’ve at all times wished to do this, and you’ll see it in how we’ve been creating the opposite phases just like the Dogtooth stage and the Avalanche,” he mentioned.
“For us, it’s about giving bands the chance to develop. We’ve bought the platform and we need to be sending a message to these guys like ‘Come and play. We imagine in you and also you’ve bought a terrific alternative right here.’ Fortunately, for essentially the most half, these bands do step up and so they do ship.”
The band launched their new album ‘Even In Arcadia’ earlier this 12 months. In a glowing five-star overview of the file, Rishi Shah wrote for NME: “‘Even In Arcadia’ shatters any strain of expectation into oblivion, constructing on the bravery of its predecessor, sonically, whereas its lyrics reveal essentially the most uncovered model of Vessel we’ve seen but. From Eden to Arcadia – and past – let the worship proceed.”
In different information, in July, Sleep Token’s drummer II will seem at Black Sabbath’s final-ever live performance in Birmingham. The charity present – other than Sabbath and II – will embrace performances from the likes of Metallica, Slayer, Mastodon and plenty of extra.
Elsewhere, Kali Uchis accused Sleep Token of “gimmicks” and utilizing “blackface” of their chart placement row.
