Amy Lee Names Sleep Token as Band That ‘Gets Your Brain Tingling’

You can add Evanescence’s Amy Lee to the rising listing of fellow musicians expressing their love for what Sleep Token has carried out musically.

There’s little question that Sleep Token’s Take Me Back to Eden has been probably the most buzzed about albums of 2023, with 4 of their songs sitting contained in the Spotify Viral Top 50 at one level earlier within the yr. Meanwhile, fellow musicians such as Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, Lorna Shore’s Will Ramos, Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy, Korn’s Brian “Head” Welch and Slipknot’s Corey Taylor amongst these professing their love for the band. Now you may add Lee to the Sleep Token converts.

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What Evanescence’s Amy Lee Had to Say About Sleep Token

Speaking with Revolver, Lee beamed, “I love Sleep Token. I’m blown away.”

“How do they do it? How do they go so many different directions and call it one song?,” she questioned, earlier than noting, “It took me three listens of [“The Summoning”] to realize that when they do that whole psychedelic section at the end, that it’s actually the same chorus as it was before, only in a completely different way. And I love it even more for that. I thought they just went a whole new direction and wrote a new part, and then I was like, “Wait that is the identical… however in no way.”

The compliments continued, with the Evanescence singer stating, “I find it irresistible. I feel as a musician, music like that will get your mind tingling. It’s thrilling. It’s like, wow, something’s attainable. It’s inspiring. I like them so much.”

When asked about the band’s notable presentation, with singer Vessel appearing masked and the group doing their best to keep their identities private from the public eye, Lee added, “I feel it is wonderful. I feel an excessive amount of lately the main focus is on every part however the music with lots of the mainstream. And for me, if there’s not the music then what are we doing? That’s what that is presupposed to be about. I find it irresistible. I feel it is superior. It’s inventive. It’s actually cool.”

More Sleep Token Love

Sleep Token have also garnered the attention of the music media, including us at Loudwire as the band has been singled out already as having one of the best albums and best songs of 2023.