Sleep Token, Download Festival 2025 REVIEW: Signs of Sleep Token’s presence have been prevalent throughout the lead-up to this momentous set at Donington Park. From tuffets of pink flowers sprouting from the sound towers surrounding the Apex Stage to the soft chimes rattling through the air throughout the day’s schedule, there have been plenty of hints of something mystical being afoot. Another sure sign has been the thousands of patrons wearing Sleep Token merchandise, sigils adorning chests in every direction you look. It’s this anticipation, this feverish pull, that the band have received over the last couple of years that has taken them from rock’s best-kept secret to genuinely being the biggest band in the world. And from the moment that the curtain falls and the confetti starts to flutter down during a gorgeous opening flurry of ‘Look To Windward’, it is clear, once again, exactly why they have earned this stature. From the crushing grit and hellish howls of ‘The Offering’ and ...