If you know the coil gaps, then you will already know that every album of their historic career is more than a simple sound: each of them is a richly structured soundtrack of a specific time and place. With Sleepless Empire, that place is dark, cinematographic and unmistakably faithful to the unique characteristics that have given to the Coil gaps such a famous voice in the annals of Heavy music.
Without the voice, guitars or battery, Sleepless Empire - the orchestral part - would be a cinematographic soundtrack. From the colossal refrain of the opening of the album The Siege to the perfidially catchy I Wish You Were Dead and to the inconsistent classicism of the Title Track of Sleepless Empire, there is no doubt about the safety of the last disc of the Gaps Coil, which also has its part of surprises. These are two apparitions of very special guests, such as Ash Costello, the Banshee of the New Years Day, in the epic in The Mean Time, and of an exaggerated contribution of the singer of the Lamb of God, Randy Blythe, in hosting the Shadow.
And if there is an extra gear in Sleepless Empire it is not just for vocal pollination. As Ferro explains, the key of the eternally youthful aura of the Coil gaps is their curiosity and the ability to respond creatively to new inspirations without losing sight of the qualities that make them what they are - and includes Sleep Token, Spiritbox, Bad Omens and Bring Me The Horizon as examples of other bands that are doing the same to keep the scene alive and their own sound. This independent spirit was fundamental to balance the artistic prerogatives of the Coil Glackery against the weight of expectations, and Iron is emphatic in describing how strange times have generated material that influenced the texts and heavy mood of Sleepless Empire.
The sound of the gaps coil is dark, reflects the society in which we live, is a portrait of our times. He testifies to the change of our society, the Empire of Asnnia, in which everyone is always on the phone, always scrolling, always doing something - from morning to evening, never stops. It is a philosophy that is reflected in every aspect of Sleepless Empire.
Sleepless Empire is available in Ltd. CD Digipak version, Ltd. Deluxe CD Box with symbolic oracle of dice, black LP + LP-Booklet, Ltd. Colored LP + LP-Booklet and digital album.