DEREK BREMNER
“VESSEL SEEMS TO BE HAVING ASLIGHT GIGGLE”
Many weird things happened to Sleep Token on the way to becoming 2023’s most talked-about new band, from their TikTok-assisted elevation to ‘metal’s sexiest band’ (courtesy of the bass drop in The Summoning), to the sight of guitarist IV hamming it up in a cowboy hat onstage at a gig in Dallas, Texas, to the fact that they sold out their Wembley Arena show in just 10 minutes.