For those of you following the UK scene over the past eighteen months, it can’t have escaped your notice that there is a new wave of noise crawling out of the rehearsal rooms and onto the world map. From the death metal of Venom Prison to the chaotic hardcore of Pupil Slicer, bands are ripping up the blueprints of their respective genre to create something truly special. One of these new wave bands is Heriot, who, courtesy of a fistful of singles, spent 2021 smashing their sound into the minds of anyone and everyone. Backed by the genre-smashing Church Road Records, Heriot’s sound is just fucking vile. Sitting somewhere between the hateful grind of Nails and the industrial hardcore assault of Code Orange, Profound Morality is an out-of-control metallic onslaught from the moment it releases...