The Sleeping is an American post-hardcore band from Long Island, New York, United States, initially active from 2003 to 2012 before announcing their permanent reunion in 2023.
Their music has been featured in video games including Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam for the Wii, Madden NFL 07, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock ("Don't Hold Back"), Guitar Hero: World Tour ("Bomb the World"), and FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage ("Listen Close").
The demo sold over 1000 copies and included the songs Through Airwaves, Until The Night, and early versions of Sunday Matinee (Reel to Real) and One Flight One Flame.
The album included the songs "Loud & Clear" and "Don’t Hold Back," serving as the band's first two professionally filmed music videos.
In 2006, the band made their national TV debut on Cartoon Network’s programming block Fridays performing their song Heart Beatz.
In 2008, the band announced that founding guitarist Cameron Keym would be stepping down with Paul Cadena replacing him and Christopher Evans being added as a keyboardist.
On October 15, they played at Eisenhower Park with Crosby, Stills & Nash along with Ryan Star, Francis Dunnery, Barefoot Truth, Jaik Miller Band, Katy Pfaffl, Melissa Reyes, Life, Arlon Bennett, and others in support of Barack Obama.
They also announced tour dates with Silverstein, Poison the Well, Oceana, Hollywood Undead, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Escape the Fate, Atreyu, Mest, and Madina Lake.
They made a video, Directed by "The Chain Gang" (Erick Sasso and Brian Wendelken), for the song "You'll Be A Corpse Before Your Time" with the footage.