建筑师为 Sleep Token 2023 年“下载”节的头条新闻欢呼：“他们绝对应该成为头条新闻”

目前，建筑师们已成为英国金属核音乐界的资深人士，他们在祖国音乐节上的头条新闻地位似乎已经稳固。

Architects have shared their thoughts on Sleep Token headlining Download Festival 2025.

建筑师们在 2025 年下载节上分享了他们对 Sleep Token 的想法。

The masked collective were announced as one of the three headliners for next year’s festival back in September, joining Green Day and Korn.

早在 9 月份，这个蒙面组合就被宣布为明年音乐节的三大主角之一，与 Green Day 和 Korn 一起。

Given that Sleep Token‘s rise took place on the back of viral online success in 2023, the longevity of the band is still a somewhat unproven commodity. As such, the recent announcement of their headlining spot proved to be somewhat controversial.

鉴于 Sleep Token 的崛起是在 2023 年网上病毒式传播成功的背景下发生的，该乐队的寿命仍然是一个尚未得到证实的商品。因此，最近宣布的头条新闻引起了一些争议。

Speaking to NME earlier this month, Download founder Andy Copping defended the booking, saying: “I think it’s important for the festival to bring new bands through to headline.

本月早些时候，Download 创始人安迪·科平 (Andy Copping) 在接受 NME 采访时为此次预订进行了辩护，他表示：“我认为让新乐队登上头条对于音乐节来说非常重要。

“Back in the day, I did it with Slipknot. I did it with Avenged Sevenfold and Biffy Clyro. In 2023 we did it with Bring Me The Horizon. Now, every one of those bands across the world is perceived as a festival headliner.

“以前，我用活结做到了这一点。我和《七重复仇》和比菲·克莱罗一起做过。 2023 年，我们通过《Bring Me The Horizo​​n》做到了这一点。现在，世界各地的每一支乐队都被视为音乐节的头条新闻。

“That’s what I felt this time with Sleep Token. It feels like we’re the first major festival that’s taken the bull by the horns and gone, ‘OK, it’s time. Its Sleep Token’s moment’. I know it’s going to be amazing for them, amazing for the festival and amazing for the fans.”

“这就是我这次使用睡眠令牌的感受。感觉就像我们是第一个不畏艰险的重大节日，然后就走了，‘好吧，是时候了。这是睡眠令牌的时刻”。我知道这对他们、对音乐节、对粉丝来说都将是令人惊奇的。”

Now Architects, who are set to play Download 2025 themselves, have also weighed in on the booking.

现在，准备亲自玩《Download 2025》的 Architects 也参与了预订。

“I’m very happy for Sleep Token, I’m very proud of them,” Architects frontman Sam Carter told NME.

“我为 Sleep Token 感到非常高兴，我为他们感到非常自豪，”Architects 主唱 Sam Carter 告诉 NME。

Drummer Dan Searle added: “My first reaction was ‘How much are they paying Green Day?’ I’ve had these conversations with friends who work at Live Nation – when are you going to give KoRn, Deftones and Limp Bizkit their shot at headlining? It’s 20 years late!

鼓手 Dan Searle 补充道：“我的第一反应是‘他们付给 Green Day 多少钱？’我和在 Live Nation 工作的朋友们进行过这样的对话——你们什么时候会给 KoRn、Deftones 和 Limp Bizkit 上头条的机会？已经晚了20年了！

“But Sleep Token absolutely should be headlining… I’ve said to those friends, ‘You would be idiots not to [book them].’ KoRn must be looking at it going, ‘Oh, we’re finally headlining Download, only took us 20 years! Who are Sleep Token? They’re already headlining it?!'”

“但是睡眠代币绝对应该成为头条新闻……我对那些朋友说过，‘如果不[预订]，你们就是白痴。’” KoRn 一定看着它，‘哦，我们终于成为了《下载》的头条新闻，我们只花了 20 年时间！睡眠令牌是谁？他们已经成为头条新闻了？！”

Carter continued: “We saw KoRn this summer in America, and they definitely feel re-energised.”

卡特继续说道：“今年夏天我们在美国看到了 KoRn，他们确实感到重新焕发了活力。”

Searle concluded: “That whole nu-metal thing is re-energised.”

塞尔总结道：“整个新金属重新焕发了活力。”

When asked if it was heartwarming to see their ‘friends’ in Sleep Token hitting such heights, Searle said: “We’re not actually that close, to be honest, they’re very quiet guys. I don’t know how they’re processing it.

当被问及看到他们在《睡眠令牌》中的“朋友”达到如此高度是否感到温暖时，塞尔说：“我们实际上并没有那么亲密，说实话，他们是非常安静的人。我不知道他们是如何处理的。

“I was speaking to a promoter, and he’s not seen a rise like it since Slipknot in the early ’00s. The fact that their biggest tune is a six-minute prog song [‘The Summoning’] is extraordinary in this day and age, when songs [apparently] need to be succinct and get the listener’s interests in the first 30 seconds.”

“我曾与一位发起人交谈，自 00 年代初的 Slipknot 以来，他还没有见过这样的增长。事实上，他们最大的曲调是一首六分钟的前卫歌曲 ['The Summoning']，这在当今时代是非同寻常的，因为歌曲 [显然] 需要简洁并在前 30 秒内引起听众的兴趣。”