SATURDAY // PX3 STAGE // 11:00-11:30

No conversations discussing who are amongst the heaviest of the heaviest of UK metal acts can be complete without mentioning Bristol based sludge trio TORPOR. Over the past ten years this colossal band have been obliterating stages across the UK and mainland Europe, leaving behind an impressive discography along the way. 

TORPOR’s latest full length album Abscission was met with overwhelming critical praise upon its release back in September 2023. A fine tapestry of sludge metal, lumbering doom riffs, forward thinking post-rock dynamics, cerebral drone passages, ambient textures and stark spoken poetry – Abscission saw TORPOR distilling all their greatest strengths and influences into their tightest and leanest set of songs to date. Recorded by long time collaborative producer Wayne Adams (whose credits include Wallowing, Green Lung, Possessor and more) out in a very remote studio in the Welsh hillsides, Abscission captures a certain kind of isolation, confronting one’s deepest fears and desires through total solitude.

Just a couple of months back, TORPOR performed two heroic sets at experimental music haven Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands. This year the trio have also supported Body Void, as well as playing lauded sets at Doomlines and CvltFest. Most Saturday mornings would never begin with something so consuming, confrontational and harrowing as the sound of TORPOR’s live show, but daring early revellers will truly have an experience to behold and treasure over at the PX3 Stage.

FFO: Amenra, Sumac, Big|Brave, The Body, Thou, Primitive Man.

“TORPOR’s post-metal is an angular take with a penchant for minimal arrangements and maximum impact.”
~ Angry Metal Guy

“TORPOR retain their place as one of the most oppressively heavy bands on the global scene. A monument to the power the genre holds.”
~ Distorted Sound

“TORPOR know how to craft huge monolithic structures that contain whole tapestries to wander through. A journey into bleak aural horror.”
~ Wonderbox Metal

Photos: Lauren Mason (1) // Sleepbomb (2) // Vogon Laundromat (3) // Tanya Byrne (4)
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