HAGANE has signed with Austrian metal label Napalm Records, giving the Tokyo band a new route into the international metal market.
The agreement will see HAGANE’s upcoming album Through the Night released physically outside Japan on January 15, 2027, in CD and several double-vinyl editions. The album will first arrive in Japan on December 2.
The deal follows HAGANE’s first appearance at Germany’s Rockharz festival in July. Rather than changing the band’s Japanese base, the Napalm partnership gives its music a dedicated physical distribution channel overseas — a small but concrete step in HAGANE’s expansion beyond Japan.