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Japan’s Industrial Metal Force GODFROST Announces 'Hanging Doll' EP
Brutal Records
Radio Impact: 14 April 2026
Release: 18 September 2026
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Brutal Records Announces GODFROST – Hanging Doll EP Tokyo Industrial Metal Project Set to Release New EP Worldwide on September 18, 2026Brutal Records is proud to announce the worldwide release of Hanging Doll, the new EP from Tokyo-based industrial metal project GODFROST, arriving September 18, 2026.
Blending industrial metal, gothic darkness, grunge-driven heaviness, and oppressive atmospheric textures, Hanging Doll delivers a cold and uncompromising sonic experience built around mechanized rhythms, distorted guitars, haunting vocals, and a distinctly bleak industrial aesthetic.
The release will be available worldwide across major digital platforms, with physical editions produced for collectors and dedicated fans of GODFROST and extreme music.
The CD edition will be released as a premium digipak and will include an 8-page booklet featuring the complete lyrics to the release.
The physical CD edition also contains four exclusive bonus tracks that will not be included on the standard digital release, making the digipak edition a definitive version of Hanging Doll for collectors and dedicated GODFROST fans.
Exclusive CD Bonus Tracks
This approach gives GODFROST listeners multiple ways to experience the release while maintaining the physical editions as premium collector-focused products.
About GODFROSTGODFROST is the industrial metal project led by Frost, also known for his work with the Japanese grunge/goth metal act Gods of Decay.
GODFROST operates in a dark and uncompromising space where industrial machinery, distorted heaviness, gothic atmosphere, and emotional decay collide. The project's music is defined by mechanical rhythms, dense guitar textures, unsettling atmospherics, and a sense of controlled chaos.
Hanging Doll pushes that aesthetic further, creating a soundscape that feels simultaneously mechanical, claustrophobic, and deeply human.
Hanging Doll EP
Release Date: September 18, 2026
Format: Digital + CD Digipak + Vinyl On Demand
CD: 8-page lyric booklet + 3 exclusive bonus tracks
Vinyl: On-demand worldwide with booklet
Worldwide On-Demand Availability: Up to 95 countries
Total Standard EP Length: 30:63
Digital Pre-Order: orcd.co/brut89679
Official Release Page: GODFROST Hanging Doll
Standard EP Tracklist
Produced by: Lee Popa & GODFROST
Mixed by: Lee Popa – Tracks 1–4
Final EQ: Lee Popa – Track 5
Recorded & Mastered at: Grave Signal Studio
Artwork & Visual Design: GODFROST
Front Cover Photography: Chiroline Evil
Live Photography: OKAZAKI
Line-Up
Frost – Guitar, Bass, Programming
Luna Midnight – Vocals, Tracks 1, 4, 5
Sara – Vocals, Tracks 2, 3
Guest Vocal Contributions Luna Midnight and Sara provide contrasting vocal performances across selected tracks, adding additional emotional and atmospheric dimensions to GODFROST's industrial framework. Both artists are credited for their vocal and lyrical contributions.
Production Hanging Doll was produced in collaboration with Lee Popa, whose production credits include work associated with Ministry, KMFDM, Killing Joke, Tool, and Korn.
His production approach brings weight, definition, and industrial impact to GODFROST's sound while preserving the project's darker and more abrasive character.
Brutal Records Founded in 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Brutal Records is an American independent record label dedicated to developing and promoting extreme and underground music internationally.
The label's catalog spans death metal, black metal, thrash metal, industrial metal, and other forms of uncompromising heavy music. The signing of GODFROST expands Brutal Records' international presence into Japan and strengthens its commitment to bringing distinctive underground artists to audiences across North America, Europe, Asia, and beyond.
International Promotion Brutal Records will support the release with an international promotional campaign targeting metal press, webzines, radio programmers, journalists, reviewers, influencers, and specialized media outlets.
Advance promotional copies will be distributed through Haulix to selected media and industry contacts for review, interviews, radio airplay, and editorial consideration.
Following the release, GODFROST will also unveil an official music video as part of the continuing international campaign surrounding Hanging Doll.
Looking AheadFollowing Hanging Doll, GODFROST is continuing development of a full-length album currently planned for release in 2027.
The upcoming album will further develop the project's industrial-metal identity and expand the sonic territory established by Hanging Doll.
Artist Statement
Advance material is confidential and is not authorized for public distribution prior to the official release date of September 18, 2026.
Press inquiries, interviews, radio airplay, reviews, promotional opportunities:
Brutal Records
info@brutalrecords.com
Official Release Information: brutalrecords.com
GODFROST: Official GODFROST Website
Blending industrial metal, gothic darkness, grunge-driven heaviness, and oppressive atmospheric textures, Hanging Doll delivers a cold and uncompromising sonic experience built around mechanized rhythms, distorted guitars, haunting vocals, and a distinctly bleak industrial aesthetic.
The release will be available worldwide across major digital platforms, with physical editions produced for collectors and dedicated fans of GODFROST and extreme music.
The CD edition will be released as a premium digipak and will include an 8-page booklet featuring the complete lyrics to the release.
The physical CD edition also contains four exclusive bonus tracks that will not be included on the standard digital release, making the digipak edition a definitive version of Hanging Doll for collectors and dedicated GODFROST fans.
Exclusive CD Bonus Tracks
- Unpleasant (EP Mix) – 3:54
- My Skin Begins to Burn (EP Mix) – 3:10
- Broken – 2:13
- Bloodcurdling Scream (Acoustic) – 3:36
This approach gives GODFROST listeners multiple ways to experience the release while maintaining the physical editions as premium collector-focused products.
About GODFROSTGODFROST is the industrial metal project led by Frost, also known for his work with the Japanese grunge/goth metal act Gods of Decay.
GODFROST operates in a dark and uncompromising space where industrial machinery, distorted heaviness, gothic atmosphere, and emotional decay collide. The project's music is defined by mechanical rhythms, dense guitar textures, unsettling atmospherics, and a sense of controlled chaos.
Hanging Doll pushes that aesthetic further, creating a soundscape that feels simultaneously mechanical, claustrophobic, and deeply human.
Hanging Doll EP
Release Date: September 18, 2026
Format: Digital + CD Digipak + Vinyl On Demand
CD: 8-page lyric booklet + 3 exclusive bonus tracks
Vinyl: On-demand worldwide with booklet
Worldwide On-Demand Availability: Up to 95 countries
Total Standard EP Length: 30:63
Digital Pre-Order: orcd.co/brut89679
Official Release Page: GODFROST Hanging Doll
Standard EP Tracklist
- Nefarious – 3:19
- Escape from Reality – 4:02
- Hanging Doll – 3:35
- Bloodcurdling Scream – 3:43
- Seasons End – 4:11
- Unpleasant (EP Mix) – 3:54
- My Skin Begins to Burn (EP Mix) – 3:10
- Broken – 2:13
Produced by: Lee Popa & GODFROST
Mixed by: Lee Popa – Tracks 1–4
Final EQ: Lee Popa – Track 5
Recorded & Mastered at: Grave Signal Studio
Artwork & Visual Design: GODFROST
Front Cover Photography: Chiroline Evil
Live Photography: OKAZAKI
Line-Up
Frost – Guitar, Bass, Programming
Luna Midnight – Vocals, Tracks 1, 4, 5
Sara – Vocals, Tracks 2, 3
Guest Vocal Contributions Luna Midnight and Sara provide contrasting vocal performances across selected tracks, adding additional emotional and atmospheric dimensions to GODFROST's industrial framework. Both artists are credited for their vocal and lyrical contributions.
Production Hanging Doll was produced in collaboration with Lee Popa, whose production credits include work associated with Ministry, KMFDM, Killing Joke, Tool, and Korn.
His production approach brings weight, definition, and industrial impact to GODFROST's sound while preserving the project's darker and more abrasive character.
Brutal Records Founded in 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Brutal Records is an American independent record label dedicated to developing and promoting extreme and underground music internationally.
The label's catalog spans death metal, black metal, thrash metal, industrial metal, and other forms of uncompromising heavy music. The signing of GODFROST expands Brutal Records' international presence into Japan and strengthens its commitment to bringing distinctive underground artists to audiences across North America, Europe, Asia, and beyond.
International Promotion Brutal Records will support the release with an international promotional campaign targeting metal press, webzines, radio programmers, journalists, reviewers, influencers, and specialized media outlets.
Advance promotional copies will be distributed through Haulix to selected media and industry contacts for review, interviews, radio airplay, and editorial consideration.
Following the release, GODFROST will also unveil an official music video as part of the continuing international campaign surrounding Hanging Doll.
Looking AheadFollowing Hanging Doll, GODFROST is continuing development of a full-length album currently planned for release in 2027.
The upcoming album will further develop the project's industrial-metal identity and expand the sonic territory established by Hanging Doll.
Artist Statement
“We are honored to join Brutal Records, a label with a long history in extreme music. This partnership allows us to bring GODFROST to a global audience. We thank Michael Howard and the entire team for their trust and support.”For Media, Radio & Industry Brutal Records provides advance promotional copies of Hanging Doll to qualified industry professionals, reviewers, journalists, radio programmers, and media outlets strictly for evaluation and promotional purposes.
Advance material is confidential and is not authorized for public distribution prior to the official release date of September 18, 2026.
Press inquiries, interviews, radio airplay, reviews, promotional opportunities:
Brutal Records
info@brutalrecords.com
Official Release Information: brutalrecords.com
GODFROST: Official GODFROST Website