Do you remember how it felt each time you looked at me, the way you hated what you see?
One day, I wasn’t being productive at all, scrolling through Instagram Reels and stumbled on this band. At first I thought, “Why did Sleep Token sound different?” but then I looked again and the band is called Sleep Theory, and right after I saw that, the chorus of “Fallout” hit. And boy, it hit freaking hard.
Took a bit of digging, and Sleep Theory is a new up and coming band from Memphis, TN with influences in rock, metal, r&b, and pop. From what I can hear, most of the rock sounds like a lot of early 2000’s rock like Linkin Park, and Evanescence, and the metal has some inspirations from Avenged Sevenfold and loving this mix. Superb!
The band comprises vocalist Cullen Moore, guitarist Landen Terry, bassist Paolo Vergara, and drummer Ben Pruitt. “Another Way,” the band’s debut single, has amassed over 1.5 million streams across all platforms and is as promising of a start as a young band could ask for. While we all patiently wait for the release of their debut album, now is a great chance to see an up-and-coming band at the beginning of their ascent.
This band’s been amazing. I am currently listening to their discography and all their songs are hard-hitting, jaw-dropping hits. Their music videos took me into an early 2000’s rock vibe with demolishing buildings, band being inside of those buildings and with heavy guitars and heavy tones in the back, especially with their Fallout music video, I thought it was In The End by Linkin Park, and even I am expecting one of their songs to match this other song.
And let’s talk about their live sets. Their live sets are amazing. I love how Cullen, Landen, and Paolo have their own vocal signature that is unique to their songs, not just backup vocals but 3 different main vocalists that have their own parts to the song, that without it, it sounds lacking. They made a great job on that and I am looking forward to new material. In this particular live set, I was bawling when they played a cover of Bye Bye Bye by NSYNC – a heavier version that is on par with those already existing but not bad. Respect.