#impericon

[joanwolfie]

When people treat you like they don’t care, believe them.

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[rightintheghoulies]

Shop Official Ghost Band Merch | Impericon

"Shop Official Ghost Band Merch | Impericon" https://www.impericon.com/collections/ghost

Got curious and they've actually got a good few things I haven't seen before- backpacks, a secondo lamp, Impera back patch, and also the vinyls and a couple of papa figures you can pre order!!

[rockweiler-again]

[musicmags]

[hailmary-photo]

Boston Manor at Impericon Fest Vienna.

[missgothicgirl666]

I can not wait to see these in Oct 😍🖤🤟🏻

[toxicmetalzine]

As I Lay Dying to headline Impericon

[sethabrikoos]

“The Surface” • October 13th Pre-Order & Stream “Might Love Myself” http://beartooth.ffm.to/surface

[transmechanicus]

Always a relief to get an >Obtain< email and see that the majority of things on there are basic logo art. Commune with me when there’s novel art and/or colorful designs Vessel, i don’t require these.

[vagueconfusion]

The Amount Of Sleep Token Merch I Own/Have Coming Is Quite Frankly Fucking Nuts Folks

[sociedadalterna]

Un día como hoy, perdimos a Trevor Strnad de The Black Dahlia Murder. Una de las figuras más influyentes del metal extremo. Gracias por tanto. #RIP 🖤💥

[cads-the-cat]

Sleep Token is being turned into a brand rather than a band and being commercialised to a point where it will harm them more than help them

An opinion on there being too much ST merch

Befofe starting this, i want to clear up a few things

I am aware that Vessel and ii probably have very little responsibility/say in this and it's the management/rca who is doing this

Yes, i am a fan and i support them. However, it is unhealthy and not good to blindly support every decision and action of your favourite artist, person etc without questioning them and holding them accountable

I know that earning money with music in times of streaming is hard/impossible but that does not justify those moves of tryihg to get as much money as possible out of them

This also applies to other bands, but the extent to which this aapplies to ST is extreme compared to others

We are one week into this year and there has already been a new merch drop. After 6 days. You know when the last one was? Less than a month ago. Same merch shop (US). The items? Some of them questionable (flannels??). The leather jacket? Insane (not in a good way). It looks okay but you could make one yourself and make it look way cooler and get it for less money as one of my tumblr moots said.

I remember last year up until July/August it kind of was a running joke in the fandom about the emails with obtain and how we're too broke to obtain, but now? This is not a joke anymore. Ever since last year we have gotten emails ALMOST EVERY MONTH, sometimes even several times a month about new merch releases.

Yes, there are different stores worldwide, but we live in a time of international shipping. And even for one store it's lots of releases. Plus then there's all the licensed products shops like Hot Topic, Impericon, EMP and whatever their local equivalents are, who also constantly release more merch.

What's even worse: a lot of those things are either a shitty quality (if i remember right, one of the hoodies or tshirts from the EU tour 2024 had the print peeling off after one wash) and/or really bland. Where is the cool art, the thing that makes these items special? I got a tshirt from the German Rituals 2023 with this sick artwork on it that i cherish more than anything. But compared to that most tour merch of the more recent tours has been nothing special.

Most of them just have the logo on it and it reminds me of any ither fashion brand. There's only so many jumpers and t-hsirts and sweatshirts with the logo that a person needs and the constant release of new but actually the same stuff is creating this insane overconsumption which harms fans' bank accounts and the environment and is straight up boring. There's nothing about them that makes them special and unique and cool. It feels like at this point it is a contest of how many ST logos can they plaster on an item before it looks ridiculous (on the leather jacket i counted at least four, three of them massive).

Which brings me to the next point. People just slap on a ST logo because the band is so hyped and to make money off it or get more clicks, even if it is only remotely related to them. I understand that in today's world you need to use buzzwords to make people pay attention, but with ST it has reached the most ridiculous level. The air of anticipation some magazines or brands build around some upcoming stuff with words like Worship and whatever, which everyone connects to ST, just to reveal a mid product or result is just horrible and will eventually make it less effective which can harm the band in the long run if they can't build up excitement for new releases as much as they could because everyone is 'burnt out' because it's been overused.

Overall, this insane amount of merch and using ST to sell anything or get clicks is not okay. The fan base is so dedicated and loyal and we deserve better than to be - for the lack of a better word - exploited like this just because we like and support an artist. Prices for everything have been rising for years and it's hard for a lot of us financially. We spend so much money on concerts already and then the ton of merch and everything on top is just too much. ST as a brand is used to exploit fans which is not how you should treat your fans (again want to emphasise that this is mostly on management and label, not Vessel)

You might think 'But you don't have to go to concerts or buy their merch'. That's right, you don't. But concerts are kind of the thing when you're a fan of a band, and you want to support your fave band abd wear merch and show that you like them. However, the merch and everything is limited and posed in a way that creates FOMO and everyone is always drilled to Consume and Obtain (yes that's how capitalism works and that is not good in this situation because it harms us fans so much.) I can't deny I've given in to this as well twice during the EU shows and i am now left with an underwhelming sweatshirt and a hat that i never really needed and probably wouldn't have bought if i hadn't been in this mindset so much.

'Oh but i want to support Vessel and the band.' Yes, merch does help out artists, especially in times of streaming. But how much do you think they make? Merch is using little to no lyrics or song related things that the band could earn money off due to copyright. And i don't know who owns the right to the logo (i did some research and found someone in management with three trademarks on something ST related but it never specified if that applies to just the name or the logo or the music or whatever - it was not Vessel though). Who knows how much is going to management and the label and how much the band actually earns. Right now it feels like the management and label want to make as much money possible from them for their own gain. As an alternative to support them, start buying their albums and vinyls so they earn more money off their songs.

So, what do i want? Obviously i don't want fans to stop buying merch because it does help artists to some degree. However, I want less merch releases, one or maximum two a year per merch store (so AUS, US and UK/EU). We can have a few simple designs with the logo on it, but i also want some cool pieces with art or something else that makes them special. I know artists are expensive and stuff, but that's why you make less items but higher quality. Make them available in larger quantities so that more people can buy them and they will still get their money. Plus you always have extra tour merch, which is another extra release. Make the merch special again and make it mean something to people instead of just being another logo like a fashion brand.

If they continue like this fans will eventually be unable to afford stuff, people will turn away from merch because they realise it's all the same, and the effect of using ST as a brand/connection simply to sell stuff will harm their reputation (it already is). Whoever is responsible for this merch insanity needs to put a stop to it. Please!

This is just my opinion. Disagree if you want to. Some things, especially the effects of the situation, are portrayed slightly exaggerated, but this is how it makes me feel and I truly believe this is not a great situation we're in right now with the merch.

(Not taking any responsibility for typos)

[theforbiddeneden]

SLEEP TOKEN SPEECHES, INTERLUDES, INTERVIEWS, MAGAZINES, ART & LORE (FANMADE)

LORE OF SLEEP TOKEN (FAN MADE):

PART I - SUNDOWING SIGILS - SLEEP TOKEN LORE - FAN MADE - ENG TRANSLATED TO PTBR

PART II - SUNDOWING SIGILS - SLEEP TOKEN LORE - FAN MADE - ENG TRANSLATED TO PTBR

INTERVIEWS:

Who and what the hell are Sleep Token? / Qual é a história por trás do Sleep Token?

An Offering From Drumeo | Sleep Token II

HQ:

[HQ] Sleep Token: Teeth of God 2024

MAGAZINES:

Kerrang Magazine 01/08/2018

Metal Hammer Magazine December 2023 Enter The World Of Sleep Token - Revista Metal Hammer Dezembro 2023 Entre no mundo do Sleep Token

Metal Hammer issue 388 May 2024 The 100 Songs that Changed the World

EDITORIAL SLEEP TOKEN PICTURES FOR MAGAZINES by ANDY FORD

INTERLUDES:

NORTH AMERICAN RITUALS TOUR (30/09/2023): INTERLÚDIOS

NORTH AMERICAN RITUALS TOUR (30/09/2023): INTERLÚDIOS -PART I

NORTH AMERICAN RITUALS TOUR (30/09/2023): INTERLÚDIOS -PART II

TEETH OF GOD US TOUR(30/04/2024): INTERLÚDIOS

SPEECHES:

FROM THE ROOM BELOW - LAFAYETTE - SLEEP TOKEN - 29/04/2022

SHORT VIDEOS:

THIS PLACE WILL BECOME YOUR TOMB - PREVIEWS

THE TEETH OF GOD TOUR 2024

Sleep Token - Short Videos - THE TEETH OF GOD TOUR

EUROPEAN TOUR 2024

SHOW FLYERS:

SLEEP TOKEN - FLYERS SHOWS

COINS LIMITED EDITIONS:

SLEEP TOKEN COINS - LIMITED EDITION

MASK EVOLUTION:

SLEEP TOKEN - MASKS

SLEEP TOKEN II, III & IV MASK BY LANI MASK

ARTS:

Take Me Back To Eden I BY LUKE PREECE

Take Me Back To Eden II BY LUKE PREECE

Snake Vessel by Alex Tillbrook

German Teeth of God Tour by Alex Tillbrook

Sleep Token Art by NEMESIS

SLEEP TOKEN T-SHIRT & HOODIES DESIGNS BY MARC HOLT

SLEEP TOKEN T-SHIRT & HOODIES DESIGNS BY CHRIS HARDY

SLEEP TOKEN T-SHIRT & HOODIES DESIGNS BY RACHEL

IMPERICON - SLEEP TOKEN - EUROPEAN TOUR 2024 - EVENT EXCLUSIVE MERCHANDISE

SLEEP TOKEN STATUE(ACTION FIGURE):

SLEEP TOKEN VESSEL LIMITED EDITION STATUE BY KNUCKLEBONZ

ALBUM COVER & LYRICS:

TAKE ME BACK TO EDEN

THIS PLACE WILL BECOME YOUR TOMB

SUNDOWNING

TWO

ONE

SINGLES - Hey Ya, Jaws, Is it Really You?

ALL ALBUM COVERS

ALPHABET:

Take Me Back To Eden - Alphabet symbols deciphered

RANDOM:

THE RESEMBLANCE OF TMBTE GOD AND THANATOS THE GOD OF DEATH/A SEMELHANÇA ENTRE O DEUS DE TMBTE E THANATOS O DEUS DA MORTE

Analysis of “Atlantic” by Sleep Token / Análise de “Atlantic” por Sleep Token

[viku123-st-art]

Silly little doodle I did a while back of the ST Impericon summer collection while I work on 3 WIPs all at once!! 🫠

I kinda want the towel??

[ridiculoussleeptokenmerch]

Item: Sleep Token - Black Heart - Bikinis

Bonus points: the pattern is not even related to the band. The only thing connecting the bikini to the band is that tag just slapped on the design. With no regard to the seams again, like with the cap.

Extra bonus points: the initial design was different. It had the sigil on it. What happened to that design, Impericon.

It was still atrocious, though.

[sethabrikoos]

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