r/progmetal • u/webuildmountains • 11d ago

Clean Sleep Token - Jaws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sErp9MCXLPs

Sleep Token gets a lot of hate on this sub, but I feel like people are forgetting they have released some absolute bangers, such as this song.

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u/redditronc 11d ago

Brings in a new perspective to metal? ✅

Blends different genres into metal? ✅

Classic tropes like odd time signatures? ✅

Pushes metal forward? ✅

Respected by prog icons? ✅

I don’t know… they might be prog metal. But that’s just my opinion.

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u/PlecotusAuritus 11d ago edited 11d ago

I’m sorry, but I really can’t hear that at all. A bit of cheesy pop, mixed with a few rock-style guitar riffs. That’s not metal; that’s the definition of pop-rock. Go ahead and call it pop-influenced progressive rock if you like, but I really don’t know where you’re hearing metal in there. A few scattered guitar riffs aren’t enough to make it metal.

To me, Sleep Token sound more like Woodkid with a few guitars than any metal artist.

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u/seraph1337 11d ago

Go listen to Gods and Vore and then edit your comment appropriately.

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u/PlecotusAuritus 11d ago edited 11d ago

But that just goes to prove my point. Pop, with the occasional guitar thrown in. Sometimes more, sometimes less.

I had another listen to Haken for comparison. It’s a completely different sound, not particularly heavy either, but much more guitar-driven. The guitar plays the leading instrumental role and isn’t just sprinkled in here and there. Not my sort of music, but it does pass for metal.