Toronto’s internationally acclaimed TRAITRS return with their first new material since 2021’s Horses in the Abattoir, unveiling the seraphic new single Burn In Heaven. Released on September 26, 2025, the track heralds a new beginning, serving as the lead single from their forthcoming full-length album, Possessor. Earlier this year, the duo also revisited their past with a special vinyl edition of the fan-favorite “Thin Flesh”, paired with the long-unheard “Factory Father.” But “Burn In Heaven” marks the band’s first completely new song since Horses in the Abattoir, a milestone that underscores just how much their sound has grown more potent and unmistakably mature—proof that their time away from the studio has been anything but idle.
Burn In Heaven is soaring and elegiac, burning with fiery passion and solemn exaltation. The guitars churn along, augmenting the somber melody and dynamic vocals that are both solemn and yearning, evoking a sound that lies somewhere between Brett Anderson and Robert Smith, while delivering lyrics poised between anguish and grandeur. The result is a song that feels at once sacred and hedonistic—a dance party in a cathedral—where shadows move in step with light. Live or in studio, like the entirety of TRAITRS’ catalog, Burn In Heaven never loses its potency—its impact remains undiluted, a testament to the band’s ability to channel raw emotion into anthems that feel both intimate and vast.
The single’s artwork draws from cinema and theatre history, featuring a stark black-and-white still of Isabelle Adjani in her role in The House of Bernarda Alba. The choice is fitting: Adjani’s haunting gaze and the austere, shadow-drenched setting amplify the song’s tension between sanctity and suffering. Much like “Burn In Heaven” itself, the image feels both sacred and forbidden—an echo of gothic devotion and unquiet desire.
Order Burn In Heaven, backed with the B-side This Sick Kiss, on 7” and CD via Bandcamp.
And listen to “Burn In Heaven” on Spotify below:
To celebrate the release of their first completely new song in four years, “Burn In Heaven”, and build anticipation for Possessor, TRAITRS are embarking on an expansive international run that will carry them from Italy through France, Scandinavia, Germany, the Balkans, and all the way to Mexico City. The tour begins October 24th in Rome at Reload SpeakEasy and winds through over twenty cities—including Stockholm, Paris, Athens, Berlin, Vienna, Zagreb, Belgrade, Sofia, and Tbilisi—before culminating on November 28th at Circo Volador in Mexico City. With many dates already drawing capacity crowds, this run further cements TRAITRS’ reputation as one of the most vital forces in the global post-punk and darkwave movement.
Tour Dates:
- 24.10.2025 I-Rome, Reload SpeakEasy
- 25.10.2025 I-Parma, Circolo Arcistella
- 31.10.2025 F-Wasquehal (Lille), The Black Lab
- 01.11.2025 S-Stockholm, Reimersholme
- 02.11.2025 NL-Utrecht, De Helling (@ Momentum)
- 04.11.2025 F-Nantes (Rezé), Cold Crash
- 05.11.2025 F-Paris, La Java
- 07.11.2025 GR-Athens, Death Disco
- 08.11.2025 D-Munich, Feierwerk @ Katzenclub
- 09.11.2025 D-Stuttgart, Goldmarks (Debdepan)
- 11.11.2025 D-Hamburg, Hafenklang (Webdepan)
- 12.11.2025 D-Berlin, Slaughterhouse (Debdepan)
- 13.11.2025 D-Berlin, Slaughterhouse (Debdepan)
- 14.11.2025 D-Bochum, Matrix @ Cold Hearted Festival
- 15.11.2025 D-Dresden, Alter Schlachthof @ Cold Hearted Festival
- 16.11.2025 D-Mannheim, Dark Dance Treffen
- 18.11.2025 A-Vienna, Viper Room (The Devil & The Universe)
- 19.11.2025 A-Graz, PPC
- 20.11.2025 HR-Zagreb, Tvornica Culture
- 21.11.2025 SRB-Beograd, KC Grad
- 22.11.2025 BG-Sofia, Club Singles
- 23.11.2025 GE-Tbilisi, Junkyard
- 28.11.2025 Mexico City MX @ Circo Volador
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