Torus

Having started life as a one-man bedroom project by Alfie Glass, Torus’ lineup would soon be completed by bassist Harry Quinn in 2020 and, latterly, drummer Jack Orr in early 2022, the trio coalescing around a shared desire to create music that could bang heads while moving feet, despite their differing musical backgrounds and influences that touch on everything from desert rock, to psychedelic prog and punk. “We all come from different places, but have a shared vision for the music we want to write,” Orr nods. “The sound of Torus is one that we aim to take simple, catchy hooks with good songwriting at their heart, and then make them heavy,” Alfie Glass explains. “I think Torus is the best version and clearest realisation of that aim that we’ve ever achieved.”

Torus’s every move to date has been met with intrigue and acclaim – ahead of critically-lauded debut EP Sail, key tastemakers in the shape of Kerrang! and Classic Rock were championing their “brand of zero-bullshit hard rock” that delivers “gargantuan riffs and thick, monstrous grooves” in the vein of rock greats such as Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age and The Smashing Pumpkins.

- Sam Coare