HERIOT Reveal New Single, 'Commander of Pain'

The UK's most exciting new heavy band, HERIOT, have released their new single 'Commander of Pain'.

Debbie Gough (vocals/guitar) comments: "'Commander of Pain' is an ode to 90's death metal. This is a song born of the inspiration we’ve gained from playing live alongside many different genres of metal bands. We wanted to write a track paying tribute to our favourite aspects of heavy music.'"

Stream here: https://heriot.lnk.to/CommanderOfPain-Single

Watch the video BELOW!

'Commander of Pain' was produced by Erik Bickerstaffe (Loathe) and mixed and mastered by Randy LeBoeuf (Kublai Khan, Loathe, Gideon, The Acacia Strain).

HERIOT are currently touring North America for the first time, supporting Trivium, with Jinjer. Early 2026 sees the quartet supporting SikTh at two special UK shows, as the progressive metal pioneers celebrate the 20th anniversary of Death Of A Dead Day.

All HERIOT dates below:

2025:

10-Nov Warren, OH Packard Music Hall 

11-Nov Buffalo, NY Buffalo RiverWorks 

12-Nov Lancaster, PA Freedom Hall 

14-Nov Gary, IN Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana 

15-Nov Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom 

16-Nov Cincinnati, OH The Andrew J Brady Music Center 

18-Nov Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room at Old National Centre 

19-Nov Waukee, IA Vibrant Music Hall 

20-Nov Minneapolis, MN Uptown Theater (no Jinjer) 

22-Nov Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre 

24-Nov Edmonton, AB Midway Music Hall 

25-Nov Calgary, AB Grey Eagle Event Centre 

26-Nov Missoula, MT The Wilma 

28-Nov Spokane, WA The Podium 

29-Nov Garden City, ID Revolution Concert House 

1-Dec Salt Lake City, UT The Union Event Center (no Jinjer) 

3-Dec Riverside, CA Riverside Municipal Auditorium 

5-Dec Albuquerque, NM Revel 

6-Dec Oklahoma City, OK The Criterion 

7-Dec Fayetteville, AR JJ's Live 

9-Dec Springfield, MO Shrine Mosque 

10-Dec Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater 

12-Dec New Orleans, LA The Fillmore New Orleans 

13-Dec Dothan, AL The Plant 

14-Dec Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live

Tickets are available via: trivium.org.

2026:

26-Feb Manchester, UK Academy 2 

28-Feb London, UK O2 Forum Kentish Town

Tickets are available via: myticket.co.uk/artists/sikth

HERIOT's first tour across the ocean sees the young UK quartet continue their ascendancy following the smash success of their incredible debut album Devoured by the Mouth of Hell (Century Media, 2024).

Stream and purchase Devoured by the Mouth of Hell here: https://heriot.lnk.to/DevouredByTheMouthOfHell

Devoured by the Mouth of Hell was recorded and produced by HERIOT's Jake Packer with Josh Middleton (Sylosis, Architects) and mixed and mastered by GRAMMY Award-winning Will Putney (END, Fit For An Autopsy, Better Lovers), with additional engineering by Justin Hill (SikTh, Betraying the Martyrs).

NME, Kerrang! and Upset magazine cover stars, Devoured by the Mouth of Hell was been critically acclaimed worldwide as the breakthrough metal album of the year. Celebrating the release, HERIOT performed an intimate album release show in Bristol, which instantly sold out. Following the album release, HERIOT toured the UK and across Europe supporting Fit For An Autopsy and Sylosis, alongside Darkest Hour.

In April of this year HERIOT celebrated Devoured by the Mouth of Hell with a UK headline tour across five sold-out dates, including a show at London's iconic The Underworld.

HERIOT's debut album continues their ascendancy as the pre-eminent new force in the UK heavy scene. The album follows 'Siege Lord' and late 2023's 'Soul Chasm', the first two glimpses of new material following their signing with Century Media and support shows with Architects in summer of 2023.

HERIOT's debut EP Profound Morality (2022, Church Road Records) catapulted the quartet into the global spotlight, with praise worldwide and a debut, sold-out, headline tour across the UK. The band have since supported Lamb Of God, Thy Art Is Murder, Rolo Tomassi, and performed to packed tents at Download Festival, 2000trees, Wacken Open Air, Bloodstock, Mystic Festival and many more, gathering a legion of fans in the process. They since followed Profound Morality with the ferocious standalone single 'Demure' (February 2023, Church Road Records).

Fully-focused and with a razor-sharp edge, the awe-inspiring double-vocal attack of Jake Packer and Debbie Gough is all-conquering; the titanic support of Erhan Alman (guitar) and Julian Gage (drums) rock-solid.

HERIOT have deservedly been grabbing attention with all four pairs of hands, weaponising metallic sludge and hardcore, unholy levels of distortion, speed and gut-punching talent. Elements of Nails, Knocked Loose, Code Orange, and Vein.fm combine and collide to exhilarating effect, creating a sound that is truly groundbreaking, fully worthy of the notice the band are achieving.

In their short recent history HERIOT have caught the attention of NME, Pitchfork, The Guardian, Metal Hammer UK, Rock Sound, Brooklyn Vegan, Kerrang!, Revolver, and Knotfest, among many others, heralding the quartet as "one of the most promising young bands in modern metalcore", and "probably the best new metal band in Britain".