The Sleep Token Situation… 

I still STRONGLY believe that Vessel might be my 67 year old Hispanic father. Holding out hope.

"She hates masked bands" is DC super villain levels of motivation.

As a person who never looked into who Sleep Token actually were and really got into the lore aspect, that would crush me if they unmasked because some messed up fans decided to be felons and just dox band members’ addresses, like how screwed up in the head do you have to be to think that’s okay… granted I’ll still listen to the band, but these people have genuinely crossed the line in terms of respecting these guys’ rights to privacy and I hope the band goes after whoever did this

I'm comfy in my "I don't need to see their faces or know their names" corner. I love a good gimmick and I love it when bands commit to it. I do hope they won't unmask, but mostly I hope they'll figure out a way around this and keep producing amazing music 💜

Why can’t people just enjoy music and not be fucking weirdos. Ppl need to get outside and make some friends

Sleep Token could be my Barber and I'd still listen to them.

I was today years old when I realized I don't know what anybody in Slipknot besides Corey Taylor looks like.

If I made a conscious decision to remain anonymous and separate my art from my personal life, someone going out of their way to ruin that would be a nightmare for me.

So apparently this was all done by a single crazy fanatic on an obscure messageboard. I think many need to remember this wasn’t an entire fanbase, but ONE PERSON had the power to cause this much chaos. Still Completely wild.

It’s one thing for fans to say “yeah III is actually John Cena”. This thing is crazy.

Doxxing is a crime *And Sssniperwolf took this personally*

I refuse to perceive who they are under the mask unless they take off their masks in front of my own eyes. I do not see it. I respect them too much for that shit

This is why we can't have nice things..

On top of clearing their Instagram and having their bio “Nothing Lasts Forever” Blacklit Canopy uploaded a live song after 9 years of not having posted anything and they sing “Nothing is Infinite”

I’m sure many of us have thought ourselves as crazy at one point in their lives…and then I see stuff like this and it really makes me feel so much better about my mental state 😂

Firmly in the "don't care who they are under the mask" camp. These guys are passionate, skilled, and wildly clever and thats all I need to know. Their music speaks for them.

"I don't even know where my own birth certificate is..." well there's an easy fix for that, just start a masked band

It would make sense from their lore if they unmask. Their last album of the trilogy has been released, their last song of their last album has the mask ripped off, and its a send off song to their entire trilogy.

I worked at a big bank a few years back and we had a bunch of large profile celebrities and politicians etc as customers. As a customer service rep as long as we knew their name we could access all of their info, address, ID, phone numbers etc. There were obviously strict rules and laws around it, but it would just take one obsessive fan working in the right place to doxx someone easily. I knew a few people who just used to just look up famous people for fun to see if they came up in our system, the boss asked about it and they stopped but realistically there was nothing stopping them just posting it all online if they wanted to

My guess about the social media situation is that theyre probably entering a new "era" of music especially with all the new masks and outfits recently. "Nothing lasts forever" and the tweet linking the ascensionism mv could maybe mean they're ascending to a new phase? Either way I just hope these parasocial "fans" go outside and touch an entire forest lmfao

yes iii used to stream and it was awesome watching him play COD knowing who he was but also not saying shit along with other ppl to just sty humble and enjoy it and not ruining it for everyone. I also used to follow ii's personal insta til ppl ruined that too....... its now private

5:02 That was me listening to the song Drugs going, "This guy sounds a lot like the lead singer of Slipknot." having never listened to Stone Sour

And sucks to hear about them being doxxed Also please check out NOTHING MORE’s new single, I think Nik would like their high energy and hard hitting breakdowns

2 is the new drummer of Slipknot

Missing the point of the “you ruined it for us” it was more about the band retracting their social media and possibly causing them to second guess tours and the timeline of releasing new material.

Regarding them fully getting rid of their masks, I don't think they'll do it. Tl;dr - the mystery is what pulls people in and makes the band stand out. 1. The whole narrative point of Sleep Token is shedding personal identity and creating for the sake of art and for the glory of Sleep. Getting rid of the masks would basically mean they would also get rid of their entire narrative, which is part of the allure. Idk if you know of Heilung, but it's comparable to if Heilung started performing in just casual clothes, completely invalidates the main point of the performance. 2. The masks (especially Vessel's mask) are super iconic. Without them they would become just another band, slotting nicely between Loathe or Bad Omens with some spice added. 3. There's still many people who respect Vessel's wish for their identities to not be publicly distributed. As much as we love to hate on metal news outlets, even they have been pretty good about not spreading the information which (as Nik says) is already out there. I think it's really cool that after a year of Sleep Token's immense popularity most of the fans and community can still be respectful and not make a huge deal out of revealing their identities. I do not know their names and I don't intend to, it makes the narrative experience of listening to the band's music so much more special to me.

If you know where to look… vessel actually puts clues in his lyrics as to who he is.

5:50 The best part of the video 🤣 I'm dying of laughter

That tour dropped conveniently right after all this drama 😂

It’s still confuses me how do you even have access to a birth certificate that fast?

Something a bit strange, "Nothing lasts forever" showed up on a poster and shirt for sale on the Sleep Token store a month or 2 before Eden was announced and was in the same style as the new artwork. It was up for only a couple of hours and taken down, never to be seen again. I thought maybe it was the original name of the album but it was changed? Always some weird stuff with these guys, love it :D

Been a fan of ST since 2020. dont give a shit about the lore or who they are, the music fucking rocks. more music please. the people trying to destroy something beautiful are horrible human beings and should be prosecuted. let it fucking be. yes, i know who they are. dont give a shit.

The big reason of why the members are masked outside of the sleep god narrative is because all 4 members are already famous people from different backgrounds who came together to make this band what it is.

How do people thirst this hard over people with no faces.

I agree with Tank's take on this. I think that it is a rumor that got blown out of proportion. From what he says, there is no proof whatsoever that this actually happened

for those wondering the instagram of iii is back and they just anounced a new tour

The amount of people that thought they were breaking up because of the instagram wipe was straight up C H I L D I S H

To think I felt bad for finding out who the drummer is lol This is another level.

*insert scene where spiderman loses his mask on a train and a kid picks it back up and says we won’t tell anyone, mister*

I wouldnt say 7-8 years is a fast rise to fame. Theyve been grinding for a while now 💪

There's still no confirmation that they actually posted the birth certificate or home addresses. Just threats that they had the info and were going to release it.

“May have just ruined Sleep Token for everyone” 5:38 WTF? It’s not III’s fault he has a damn birth certificate

You just can't win in the world we live in. People will hate them for being masked and people will hate them if they decide to take them off.

To be honest no ones gonna enjoy them any less if we know who they are and stuff. Its still messed up though.

Love me some Sleep Token, it sucks to hear about the creeps stalking them and doxxing them along with the birth certificate stuff... It's just weird and unfortunate coming from the cultish fans or whatever they are 😅 I'm not that tied into it.

I used to tell ppl slipknot was actually mighty mighty bosstones

Did anyone see the vocalist old band "backlit canopy" just uploaded a song couple days ago?

Unmasking would really make people believe that doxing is the go to option when they want to unmaske a band or a member of a band. I think this would only make things worst in the future

It's so fvcked, think about it! I can't even get ahold of my own birth certificate without taking my photo ID and social security card to the county clerk's office and then paying for it 🙄🙄🙄

Sleep Token ending now would be like when Refused dropped 'The Shape of Punk to Come' and then that was it. So there is a precedent for it. Not saying that's what they do, but a HUGE band did it then.

She probably hates that show the masked singer

The thing with slipknot is that 3 of the 9 members were in bands outside of slipknot, then for Vol.3 the all did interviews unmasked for the dvd. It was a gradual process for them

Dude I had no clue who they were and I waslooking stuff in Pinterest for a proyect, then my curiosity came in and wanted to check some of their pictures live and looked that up and literally got a pin of they whithout their masks and doing regular stuff. It's depressing that people break things appart for the rest.

Fans that did that are why we can’t have nice things.

imagine Vessel unmasking himself and then it turns out it was Brendon Urie all along

knosis logo on the background gots me

I don't get the sleep token thing. I checked out a couple songs and they just aren't for me. Putting their personal info out there is jacked though.

I have to make a stupid correction because i find it funny, not only prime number members arent gone, but the ratio of prime members from the full band to the current ones on instagram is the same. 2 is a prime, and 1 isnt for math reasons

i don't wanna know who sleep token is under the mask. i don't want the importance of the masks and anonymity to be ruined.

Nothing lasts forever is probably the new album they’re coming out with.

Imagine they fake unmask Vessel at the show just to show some random doodoo while the actual Vessel chilling at backstage and singing from there

2:19 sleep token is a jazz band confirmed

I also have no idea where my own birth certificate is 😂😂

What if the bass player kept it so secret he didn't even know he was the bass player. Like in Fignt Club how he didn't know he was Tyler Durden 😮

sleep token is k-pop of metal

lmao i listened to them and was like " dude there just a male evanescence"

They are playing here in Dallas on my birthday 👀👀

They’re the kind of band your annoying coworker forces you to listen to and watches your face making sure you like it

Man they have come too far to go unmasked due to someone that ruined what they wished to keep private. You cant bend the knee to someone who cheap-shotted you. I wish them the best. Messed up.

No address was leaked. No birth certificate was leaked. She said she bought them. That’s it.

Nick! Yes at least at one time a few months ago, iii was following you on twitch. I saw it during a live twitch.

Nothing was leaked. If it actually was, there would be screenshots of it EVERYWHERE!

I'm shocked they're stopping at ABQ of all cities on this tour I'm hyped. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 I get tickets

The vocalist of Sleep Token is James Marriot in a mask

i never knew about this band until i started watch you which has been for about a month..

I've been a fan of vessel since he went by a different name, I know his real name and everything and that changes nothing. His old music is just as unique and appealing as Sleep Token.

This is why we can’t have nice things!

accurate take ty for bringing sanity into this situation

How does leaking a birth certificate change anything? Like I get the address but birth certificate doesn’t really show anything that we don’t know. You could look up the sleep token members and get their names before this.

WHAT IS RAIN ABOUT?

Another 101% viewership chart video! Let's go!

...imagine thinking anonymity/privacy still exists in 2023...

1:49 - Every Time I Die (Distress Rehearsal) moment*

unmasking tour would be wild, everyone wants to see that ritual when they unmask for latest new single in live

2:17 “only 2 and 4” “prime numbers are gone”

does anyone talk about mushroom head? lol I still havent really seen their faces

Damn. First SSSniperwolf to JJJacksfilms, and now Sleep Token? Why is this still happening?

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes: on both sides

so are they the guys from Imagine Dragons or not?

I just enjoy the music don't really give a shit about a musicians personal life, then again I'm over 30 now at some point you don't go crazy about artists anymore.

Dude, when you’re able: you gotta check out a band called Lost Souls. Their debut song “Childhood Died” a beautifully soul crushing and haunting tune for a galaxy far, far away.

Nik: "Why would someone do this???" Also Nik: "because RAIN IS ABOUT FEMALE EJACULATION!!!!"

It can be really easy to find out a bunch of stuff on someone online. Some people say way too much and overshare... It's scary! But birth certificates...

Me learning there's a Sleep Token situation based on this video's title

When kpop fans start to feel less crazy to Sleep Token fans, that's a bad sign.

Wasn't drama in metal until all the "core" bands came along. FACTS

Love your vids Nik!

I chuckle every. single. time. Someone uses the level advance thingys from skyrim. Every. Time. Lol

as a sleeptoken fan, i just cant imagine how painful it must feel to see your own fans do this shit to you. like if i was a band, it would absolutely crush me if this is what my fans did to US. like theyre wearing a mask for a reason, sure they all made music before the band BUT as fans, you should respect the decision to now remain anon. thats how respect works , and if you are a fan, you should understand that and abide by that. like, if someone tells me they prefer to go by the name Bob but they used to go by robert, im not going to go out of my way to only call them robert also i dont think that person who said it ruined the band meant like "oh man now i know who they are" i think they meant they ruined the band for everyone as in they may not act the same anymore because of the breach in trust

Song suggestion : "Childhood Died" - Lost Souls (Star Wars fans will understand lol)