Breakout four-piece Sleep Theory — vocalist Cullen Moore, guitarist Daniel Pruitt, bassist Paolo Vergara, and drummer Ben Pruitt — had a meteoric 2025.
They released their debut album, Afterglow, produced by David Cowell and mixed by Zakk Cervini (Bring Me The Horizon, Bad Omens, Architects), last spring. The album, described by Revolver as an “exciting mix of metalcore, pop and R&B,” is their first full-length for Epitaph Records and has accumulated over 515 million global streams to date. The band, lauded as “one of the most compelling new acts in heavy music” by Kerrang!, then embarked on its first-ever headline tour in the summer, most dates of which were sold out, in addition to packing crowds at every festival stage they performed on. They also appeared on the covers of Rock Sound, Kerrang!, Revolver, and Outburn, and continued to turn heads.
Check out the video for ‘Words Are Worthless’ from Afterglow.
The song is a violin-enhanced power ballad like only Sleep Theory could craft. The video, which features the band in performance mode, boasts a goth noir vibe. Follow along and watch the video below.
Sleep Theory combine energetic hard rock and metalcore, alongside the powerhouse vocalist Cullen Moore. Praised by Jelly Roll and David Draiman, they’ve toured with Shinedown, Falling In Reverse, and Beartooth. In under two years, they became the fifth most-played artist on Active Rock radio. Afterglow and the Paper Hearts EP merge heavy rock with pop and R&B, producing anthemic bangers and emotional ballads. Saluted by Revolver, Loudwire, and Amazon Music as an Artist to Watch in 2025, they’ve become one of heavy music’s biggest breakouts. With Afterglow, the quartet proves ready to ascend to the next level. Sleep Theory deliver the dynamic, heavy bounce and massive vocal hooks that the rock world desperately needs. Moore is a powerhouse singer who outmatches nearly all his peers, recalling the most classic and timeless pop, R&B, and rock ‘n’ roll vocalists of the last several decades. Sleep Theory push themselves creatively at every turn, catapulting the genre to new sonic heights.
Sleep Theory
Afterglow
TRACK LISTING:
Static
Hourglass
III
Fallout
Stuck In My Head
Gravity
Afterglow
Numb
Parasite
Just A Mistake
Paralyzed
Words Are Worthless
SLEEP THEORY ONLINE:
https://www.facebook.com/sleeptheoryband/
https://www.tiktok.com/@sleeptheory.band
https://www.instagram.com/sleeptheoryofficial
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSydB_KMpwqlfGZL7C5X-6g
