Sleep Token Leader Vessel Names His Favorite '90s Album

Sleep Token leader Vessel named his favorite '90s album during the first interview he ever did back in 2017.

Sleep Token frontman Vessel has revealed his favorite '90s album in an early interview he did back in 2017.

Vessel and Sleep Token have only exploded in popularity over the last few years, so the interview, conducted by Metal Hammer, took place at a time when it still wasn't such a herculean task to maintain their anonymity. Since then, the members have only participated in a handful of other interviews, including a video special Loudwire did with Drumeo late last year.

The conversation between Vessel and Metal Hammer was for a '90s special that the publication was putting together at the time, and the frontman shared his favorite album from the decade.

“My favorite 90s album is Fantastic Planet by Failure," the vocalist stated. "It’s devastatingly bleak in a way that resonates into our deepest self.”

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Fantastic Planet was Failure's third studio album. It was released in August of 1996 and, though the song "Stuck on You" received some attention on radio and MTV, the album did not chart on the Billboard 200.

Sleep Token's Influences

Given how Sleep Token have largely avoided giving interviews over the years, we don't have a definitive set of influences to point to. However, II did share some of the drummers that have inspired him over the years during the aforementioned Drumeo interview from last December.

"I’ve always been a big Eric Moore fan and gospel drummers in general. But I’ve taken a lot of influence from Eric’s licks and they find their way into my playing," II said, also citing Joey Jordison, Mudvayne's Matt McDonaugh and Derek Roddy (Hate Eternal, Nile) as three heavier drummers that have impacted him.

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