Lifted from the upcoming album BLOOD OF YOUR EMPIRE, PRESIDENT’s new single “dark heaven” sees them grapple with how something meant to unite people has instead been used time and again to justify division, violence and power.

Words by Felix Bartlett | 03 Aug, 2026

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President have shared the newest cut from their debut album, BLOOD OF YOUR EMPIRE, in the form of “dark heaven.”

“dark heaven is a reflection on the contradictions of faith, and how something intended to unite humanity has so often been used to justify division, violence, and power,” the band explain. “It’s about the way greed can wear the mask of righteousness. It isn’t an attack on belief itself, it’s about searching for something real beneath the noise, and asking what remains when certainty begins to crumble.”

The music video takes things somewhere unexpected too, with the band bringing fans into a church to capture their unfiltered reactions upon hearing the song for the very first time. Check it out below.

BLOOD OF YOUR EMPIRE is out September 4 via Atlantic Records, and also features the singles “Angel Wings,” “DOOM LOOP,” “Mercy” and “Dionysus.”

President will also hit the road later this year, with support from Vianova and Dreamwake.

Catch President on tour later this year with Vianova and Dreamwake at the following:

PRESIDENT UK and Europe tour

November

1 Stockholm, Sweden – Slaktkyrkan
2 Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
3 Copenhagen, Denmark – Amager Bio
5 Berlin, Germany – Kesselhaus
6 Hamburg, Germany – Docks
7 Cologne, Germany – Live Music Hall
14 Paris, France – Elysee Monmartre
16 Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique
18 Cardiff, UK – Depot
19 Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy
21 Manchester, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse
23 Birmingham, UK – O2 Academy
24 London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton