Through the Night

HAGANE release Through the Night in Japan on 2 December 2026 on CRIMSON, as a Deluxe Edition (CD + Blu-ray, EACC-5010, JPY 9,680 incl. tax) and a Standard Edition (CD, EACC-5011, JPY 3,500 incl. tax). The Deluxe Blu-ray carries the band's whole show at EX THEATER ROPPONGI in Tokyo on 29 August 2026, the final night of the METAL QUEST EP release tour, with an off-stage film of the same day. Elsewhere the album comes out on CD and vinyl on 15 January 2027 through Napalm Records of Austria, with which the band announced a worldwide deal excluding Japan on 30 September 2026. It is their second full-length album since 2024, when the band formed in 2018 restarted with Nagi on vocals and JUNNA on drums beside Sakura on guitar and Sayaka on bass; TOP OF THE TOWER (April 2025) and the METAL QUEST EP (July 2026) came before it. Two of the eleven songs, 「月光-TSUKIKAGE-」 and "The Rising of the Shield", were already on METAL QUEST. The rest include the opening title track, "Voyage Never Ends", "Crystal of Tears", "Steel March" and "The Steel Reborn"; the eighth track, 「剣のレコード II -Records of TSURUGI-」, reuses the title of 「剣のレコード -Records of TSURUGI-」 from TOP OF THE TOWER with a numeral added, and "Glorious" ends the album.