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While She Sleeps
Photo: Andreas Lawen, Fotandi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

While She Sleeps

Popularity today
15
Belgium 17 · the Netherlands 12 · Worldwide 11 · on a scale of 100
Score back then at Rock Werchter 2025
19
Belgium 19 · Netherlands 18 · Worldwide 22 · level C

The historical score shows how big an act was at the time of that edition, on a scale of 100 against the biggest acts of all editions. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›

Chances for 2027

Probability estimates remain estimates and are not an official announcement.

No rumours, no inside knowledge. Tap Why? for the reasons.

(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetno shows planned around the festivalprofile fits this festival less
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetno shows planned around the festival
(Nearly) impossible
If this act plays this festival: 14 points (D), now 10 of 10 acts
Why?
few indications of a booking yetno shows planned around the festivalplayed here two years ago, and returning that soon is rare
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetno shows planned around the festival
Figures
Spotify listeners
749.047
Deezer 93.509 · streams per day –
Last.fm listeners
353.568
rank 2460 in Belgium · rank 2256 in the Netherlands
Instagram followers
290.262
@whileshesleeps · updated on 04/11/2026
Search interest
41
Belgium 41 · the Netherlands 34 · Worldwide 37 · rank on a scale of 100
Wikipedia, 12 months
40.046
EN 37.204 · NL 282 · FR 2.560

metal, punk & hardcoremetalcoremelodic hardcorehardcoremelodic metalcoreProgressive

Career

Line-ups
Pukkelpop 2022, Rock Werchter 2025
Active since
2006
Albums
  • Self Hell 2024
  • Sleeps Society 2021
  • So What? 2019
  • You Are We 2017
  • Brainwashed 2015
Concerts per year
  • 2026 0
  • 2025 49
  • 2024 80
  • 2023 47
  • 2022 62
  • 2021 20
  • 2019 90
  • 2018 24
  • 2017 98
  • 2016 86
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.

Stature

Discogs
  • 2,996 times in a collection
  • 787 on a wishlist
  • 11 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection
  • Split 2009 · 4
  • The North Stands For Nothing 2010 · 125
  • This Is The Six 2012 · 580
  • Four Walls 2014 · 244
  • Brainwashed 2015 · 8
  • You Are We 2017 · 560
  • Hurricane 2017 · 152
  • So What? 2019 · 371
  • Sleeps Society 2021 · 691
  • Self Hell 2024 · 257
All 11 releases
  • Split 2009 · 4
  • The North Stands For Nothing 2010 · 125
  • This Is The Six 2012 · 580
  • Death Toll 2013 · 4
  • Four Walls 2014 · 244
  • Brainwashed 2015 · 8
  • Hurricane 2017 · 152
  • You Are We 2017 · 560
  • So What? 2019 · 371
  • Sleeps Society 2021 · 691
  • Self Hell 2024 · 257

Today

Radio
Last 30 days
Kerrang! Radio40,9 per week
Since we track the station
BBC Radio 1170,1 per weeksince Nov 2023
Studio Brussel70,0 per weeksince Nov 2023
Kerrang! Radio40,8 per weeksince Oct 2026
Similar to
Architects, Landmvrks, The Plot In You, Imminence, Bleed From Within, We Came As Romans

Records

Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI), and how many Discogs members own the record. Data provided by Discogs.

AlbumYearBelgian album chartDutch album chartGold/platinumDiscogs collections
Self Hell2024–––257
Sleeps Society2021#131 (1 wk)––691
So What?2019#130 (1 wk)––371
You Are We2017#31 (3 wk)––560
Brainwashed2015–––8
This Is the Six2012–––580

Discogs: 2,996 times in a collection. 787 times on a wishlist.

How popular is While She Sleeps compared with other countries?

Bigger in Germany than you would expect.

Germany×3,0
United Kingdom×2,6
Poland×2,2
France×1,9
Belgium×1,7
Spain×1,7
Italy×1,1
Netherlands×1,0
Zweden×1,0
Denmark×0,9

Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.

Best-known songs (Deezer)

A Line in the Dust
The Darkest Place I've Ever Been
op Deezer
Silence Speaks
You Are We
op Deezer
TO THE FLOWERS
SELF HELL
op Deezer

Per edition, historical

Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.

EditionScoreLevelRankExceptionalBelgiumNetherlandsWorldSources
Pukkelpop 202217C55 / 13789161717Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature
Rock Werchter 202519C46 / 9261191822Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature

Reviews and reports

Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.

EditionTitelBronDateSoort
Rock Werchter 2025Rock Werchter 2025 (Festivaldag 1): Fonteinen van de eeuwige jeugdDansende Beren04/07/2025dagverslag
Pukkelpop 2022Pukkelpop 2022 (Festivaldag 2): Wispelturige mengelmoesDansende Beren20/08/2022dagverslag

Over the years

◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.

Festivals and own concerts

Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.

Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.

Songs per station, last 18 months
StationCountryMost played
Kerrang! RadioUnited KingdomSilence Speaks 2 · Fakers Plague 1 · Anti-social 1
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