DEAFHEAVEN rips hearts with grand new single “Heathen”

Blackgaze gods Deafheaven dropped “Heathen,” the second single from their upcoming sixth album, Lonely People With Power, set to hit shelves on March 28. The record promises a dozen tracks, with “Heathen” nestled on Side B between “The Garden Route” and “Amethyst.” Its release lands a month after “Magnolia,” the first taste of this new chapter, and the shift between the two is stark. Where “Magnolia” roared with blackened fury, “Heathen” drifts into something softer, more elusive—clean vocals and gentle guitar lines that tease an impending rupture of screams and blast beats, only to pull back into a fleeting calm