DISTANT – Release New Single “The Shallow Gaze (feat. Darius Tehrani)” From “Into Despair”

DISTANT – Release New Single “The Shallow Gaze (feat. Darius Tehrani)” From “Into Despair” – WATCH HERE 

Today marks another single and video drop from the busy Dutch/Slovakian deathcore outfit DISTANT. “The Shallow Gaze (feat. Darius Tehrani)” oscillates between downtuned heaviness and bouncy hardcore grooves. For this video they teamed up with producers Jachym Belcher and Klara Galle.

The band shares about the song: “When vulnerability becomes a competition, even honesty starts to feel like a weapon. “The Shallow Gaze” featuring Darius Tehrani of Spite dives into the paranoia and self-doubt that come with living through trauma while constantly questioning who can truly be trusted.

The track confronts impostor syndrome and the exhausting need to validate your own suffering in environments where trauma dumping has become a form of one-upmanship. Instead of creating connection, every confession becomes another opportunity to compare scars, measure pain, and prove who has suffered more.

With its confrontational intensity and deeply personal subject matter, “The Shallow Gaze” captures the psychological toll of constantly questioning the intentions of those around you—and the realization that sometimes, the hardest person to trust is yourself.”

It is the next single taken from the upcoming album, “Into Despair”, that will be released on November 6th, 2026. Click here for preorders: https://DistantBand.lnk.to/IntoDespair_AlbumPR
The album is available in the following formats:
Standard CD Jewelcase
grey LP
Ltd. iridescent pearl dawn LP (limited to 300) available from DISTANT
EcoMix Blue LP (US version)
Digital album

“Into Despair” is DISTANT’s most personal and emotional work to date, exploring real-life struggles, loss, and the shared grief that connects humanity. The album dives deep into the darker corners of human experience while finding solace in collective understanding.

DISTANT elaborate: “Driven by raw honesty and pure emotion, ‘Into Despair’ is an album born from personal battles and lived experiences. Every song carries pieces of each member’s own journey, with moments of pain, reflection, and resilience woven into a deeply intimate body of work. More than just a collection of songs, ‘Into Despair’ is a cathartic expression of vulnerability and a reminder that even in our darkest moments, grief is something we all share. It stands as the band’s most heartfelt and authentic statement yet, transforming personal suffering into something universally resonant.”

DISTANT are keeping things busy and their grim, ultra-heavy deathcore on the road. November and December sees them headlining in the US with support from Heavy//Hitter, Torn Open and Katywentmissing.

DISTANT
Heavy//Hitter, Torn Open, Katywentmissing.
Mon Nov 16 Dallas, TX – Texas Tea Room
Tue Nov 17 Houston, TX – Secret Group
Wed Nov 18 San Antonio, TX – Vibes
Fri Nov 20 Mesa, AZ – The Rosetta Room
Sat Nov 21 Anaheim, CA – Parish at House of Blues
Sun Nov 22 Sacramento, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
Tue Nov 24 Portland, OR – Dante’s
Wed Nov 25 Seattle, WA – El Corazon
Fri Nov 27 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
Sat Nov 28 Denver, CO – Marquis
Sun Nov 29 Kansas City, MO – The Rino
Mon Nov 30 Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge
Tue Dec 01 Indianapolis, IN – Hoosier Dome
Wed Dec 02 Detroit, MI The – Catacombs @ Sanctuary
Fri Dec 04 Cleveland, OH – Mahall’s
Sat Dec 05 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups
Mon Dec 07 Rochester, NY – Montage Music Hall
Tue Dec 08 Worcester, MA – Palladium
Wed Dec 09 Brooklyn, NY – The Meadows
Thu Dec 10 New Kensington, PA – Preserving Underground (Main)
Fri Dec 11 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
Sat Dec 12 Philadelphia, PA – Ukie Club
Mon Dec 14 Nashville, TN – The ’58
Tue Dec 15 Greenville, SC – The Radio Room
Wed Dec 16 Jacksonville, FL – The Albatross
Thu Dec 17 Orlando, FL – The Abbey

Come January of 2027, you can catch them on the “New World Killer EU/UK 2027” tour with Spite, Emmure and Mauled.
23.01.27 (BE) Antwerp – Zappa
24.01.27 (FR) Paris – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
26.01.27 (UK) London – Electric Brixton
27.01.27 (UK) Glasgow – Garage
28.01.27 (UK) Manchester – O2 Ritz
29.01.27 (UK) Leeds – Stylus
30.01.27 (UK) Bristol – Electric Bristol
01.02.27 (NL) Tilburg – 013
02.02.27 (DE) Hamburg – Gruenspan
03.02.27 (DE) Hannover – Capitol
04.02.27 (DE) Leipzig – Felsenkeller
05.02.27 (DE) Berlin – Columbia Theater
06.02.27 (PL) Warsaw – Proxima
08.02.27 (CZ) Prague – Lucerna Music Bar
09.02.27 (HUN) Budapest – Dürer Kert
10.02.27 (AT) Vienna – Flex
11.02.27 (DE) Munich – Backstage
12.02.27 (IT) Milan – Slaughter Club
13.02.27 (CH) Zürich – Dynamo
14.02.27 (DE) Cologne – Essigfabrik

Tickets can be purchased HERE

Make sure to check out the new songs and videos previously released:
“Desolation”
“Nothing Left To Hate”
“Spirit (feat. Tyler Beam of The Last Ten Seconds Of Life)”
“Rat Torture”
“All Will Be (N)One (ft. Ricky Myers of Suffocation)”: 
“Flesh and Nails (ft. Kyle Medina)”: 

DISTANT has emerged as one of the leading forces in European deathcore. Blending brutal death metal, slam, noise, and beatdown with a hyper-dissonant soundtrack of impending doom, the band has evolved far beyond its beginnings as a group of metalcore-obsessed friends from Rotterdam and Bratislava.