Sludge Sunday at The Gryphon
Headfirst Editor's Pick

"And on the seventh day, God created sludge, and it was gooooood. So like all good Christians, you’ll be down the Gryphon, toasting downtuned creation with Opium Lord’s Candlelight blackened doom, local post-metal overlords Urzah + Molch’s folk horror freak metal. Epic rot FFO: Conjurer, Neurosis, Indian, Cult of Luna, Beggar, Body Void."

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Doors at 3pm - £12 ADV/£15 OTD.

A gig on Sunday 7th December. The event starts at 15:30.


The final filth of the year and a chance for Road To Masochist to celebrate and you to join us in doing so. SLUDGE SUNDAYS have been fantastic in 2025 and it's been truly awesome to see how well they have been supported and for all the great feedback. They must be good because people are already copying the idea....but SLUDGE SUNDAY will forever be the OG and that is thanks to the great bands who have played, and also thanks to you all. This final one features the might sludge/blackened hardcore of OPIUM LORD who have been peddling their filthy wares for over a decade now. Also appearing are MOLCH who will bring their usual psychedelic barrow-full of dark genres, URZAH, who don't have to travel far (thank god) because the weight they carry is unspeakable, BOA RESA who boast two bass players and a slipstream of smashed up faces, and HURSAN who have a track called Boot Polish Tongue so, for that alone, you must be present. The final SLUDGE SUNDAY of the year is at The Gryphon, Bristol on December 7th. Doors 15.00. PAY WHAT YOU CAN ACCEPT NO IMITATIONS. ROLL ON 2026.

Entry requirements: 18+

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