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Even in Arcadia is the fourth studio album by anonymous English rock band Sleep Token. The album was released on 9 May 2025 through RCA Records, to CD, LP, digital download, and streaming formats. The album was produced by Carl Brown and features writing credits from Sleep Token member Vessel. It was promoted by the release of three preceding singles; "Emergence" on 13 March 2025, "Caramel" on 4 April 2025, and "Damocles" on 25 April 2025. In the United Kingdom, the tracks peaked on the Official Charts Company's Official Singles Chart at respective numbers 17, 10, and 25, while on the Billboard Hot 100, they were positioned at numbers 57, 34, and 47. "Emergence" became their first charted track onto either of the two charts, while "Caramel" became their first top-10 entry on the Official Singles Chart.
Even in Arcadia was a commercial success upon release. The album opened with 127,000 first-week sales, making it the band's biggest sales week to date. It debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, not only becoming their leader the chart, but also their first top-10 entry. In the United Kingdom, it led on the Official Charts Company's Official Albums Chart. Much of Even in Arcadia's success is due, predominantly, to streaming audience; the album marked the most successful first-week streaming debut of all time for a hard rock album. Even in Arcadia was generally well received by critics, many of which praised Sleep Token's ability to implement differentiating genres and styles to develop "unused genre territory"; in an alternate vein, the album was criticized by some for being "almost offensively boring", and several critics placed it on year-end lists among the worst albums of 2025.
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