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.
Today, they share 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 ON TOUR:
HEADLINE TOUR WITH THE PRETTY WILD:
2/6 — Bristol, UK — O2 Academy (SOLD OUT)
2/8 — Glasgow, UK — SWG3 Galvanizers (SOLD OUT)
2/9 — Manchester, UK — O2 Ritz (SOLD OUT)
2/11 — Birmingham, UK — O2 Institute (SOLD OUT)
2/12 — London, UK — O2 Forum Kentish Town (SOLD OUT)
2/14 — Amsterdam, NL — Melkweg OZ (SOLD OUT)
2/15 — Paris, FR — La Machine du Moulin Rouge
2/16 — Antwerp, BE — Zappa
2/18 — Hamburg, DE — Uebel & Gefährlich (SOLD OUT)
2/19 — Berlin, DE — Hole 44 (SOLD OUT)
2/21 — Warsaw, PL — Hydrozagadka (SOLD OUT)
2/22 — Prague, CZ — Futurum Music Bar
2/23 — Vienna, AT — Flex
2/25 — Milan, IT — Slaughter Club
2/26 — Zurich, CH — Dynamo
2/27 — Munich, DE — Technikum (SOLD OUT)
3/1 — Cologne, DE — Carlswerk Victoria (SOLD OUT)
WITH THREE DAYS GRACE + I PREVAIL:
3/5 — Milwaukee, WI — HOG Fest @ Fiserv Forum
3/6 — Minneapolis, MN — 93X Twin City Takeover @ Target Center
3/12 — Belmont, NY — Loud Island @ UBS Arena
3/13 — Baltimore, MD — 98 Rock Spring Thing @ CFG Bank Arena
3/18 — St. Augustine, FL — Planet Band Camp @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre
3/20 — Clearwater, FL — 98ROCKFEST @ The BayCare Sound
3/21 — Orlando, FL — JRR’s Earthday Birthday @ Central Florida Fairgrounds
U.S. FESTIVALS:
4/25 — Las Vegas, NV — Sick New World
7/18 — Mansfield, OH — Inkcarceration
7/19 — Tinley Park, IL — Summer of ’99 & Beyond Festival
10/24 — Fort Worth, TX — Sick New World
EUROPEAN SUMMER FESITVALS:
6/9 — Rome, IT — Rock in Roma (w/ The Offspring, A Day To Remember)
6/10–14 — Leicestershire, UK — Download Festival
6/18 — Dessel, BE — Graspop Metal Meeting
6/19 — Landgraaf, NL — Pinkpop
6/26 — Münster, DE — Vainstream Rockfest
6/27 — Leipzig, DE — Impericon Festival
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.
