Black Torch Reveals Opening Theme by SiM, Featuring New Song 'Freeze Me Up'
June 5th, 2026 - Following the global success of “The Rumbling,” as the season four opening theme for Attack on Titan, Japanese rock band SiM unveil “FREEZE ME UP,” the opening theme for the upcoming TV anime BLACK TORCH.
The song is featured in the anime's newly released main trailer, offering fans a first listen to the track alongside a preview of the series' supernatural action. “FREEZE ME UP” will also appear on SiM's forthcoming seventh full-length album, HOOMAN AFTER ALL, drops September 2.
The announcement arrives as SiM prepare for the North American leg of their HOOMAN AFTER ALL tour this fall, bringing their latest music to audiences across the U.S. and Canada.
MAH (SiM) Comments
“Manga is a universe. There are as many galaxies as there are readers. This song is my attempt to express, through sound and words, the BLACK TORCH galaxy that expanded inside my own mind. Congratulations on the anime adaptation!”
About BLACK TORCH
Jiro Azuma is not your average high schooler. Hailing from a long line of ninja, Jiro has been brought up by his grandfather in the ancient warrior art of the shinobi. Jiro also happens to be a particularly skilled communicator able to converse with the animal world. But life takes an abrupt turn thanks to a mysterious encounter in the forest with an injured black cat named Rago.
Only, Rago's feline appearance is deceiving… It turns out the “ordinary” cat is the stuff of mononoke legend–the Black Star of Doom!
Swarming in the shadows are more mononoke, eager to exploit Rago's uniquely immense powers. To fight back against the tide of dark spirits, the undercover Bureau of Espionage is poised to seek and destroy.
Of course, everyone has their motives when it comes to Rago's powers. But Jiro and Rago are ready.
A shinobi clash between boy and mononoke is about to ignite!
Cast
Jiro Azuma — Ryōta Suzuki
Rago — Yōji Ueda
Ichika Kishimojin — Sayaka Sembongi
Reiji Kirihara — Junya Enoki
Ryosuke Shiba — Junichi Suwabe
Hana Usami — Reina Ueda
Amagi — Toshiyuki Morikawa
Koga — Nobuhiko Okamoto
Toshimasa Azuma — Shinpachi Tsuji
Toko Kusumi — Yuhko Kaida
Banjuro Tokieda — Hōchū Ōtsuka
Staff
Original Work — Tsuyoshi Takaki (Published by SHUEISHA)
Director — Kei Umabiki
Character Design — Gō Suzuki
Series Composition & Screenplay — Gigaemon Ichikawa
Sub Character Design — Yumi Nakamura, Masahiko Suzuki, Mariko Kinoshita
Design Works — Toshiya Kikuchi
Art Directors — Sachi Takahashi, Seiko Imaizumi
Color Design — Haruko Nobori
CG Director — Hirotaka Naito
Director of Cinematography — Hijiri Yamamoto
Editor — Masato Yoshitake
Sound Director — Takeshi Takadera
Sound Effects — Naoto Yamaya
Music by — Yutaka Yamada
Animation Production — One Double-O studio
Watch the New BLACK TORCH Trailer
https://youtu.be/2clp09dITKY
SiM – HOOMAN AFTER ALL
Scheduled for release on September 2, HOOMAN AFTER ALL marks SiM's first full-length studio album in three years and includes the newly announced anime theme “FREEZE ME UP,” alongside recent singles “FiVE TiMES DEAD (by my wallet)” and “BLiNDEYES feat. Yukina from HANABIE.”
Pre-save / Pre-add:
https://SiM.lnk.to/HOOMANAFTERAL
HOOMAN AFTER ALL North American Tour
10/15 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
10/17 – Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl
10/18 – Portland, OR @ Wonderland Ballroom
10/19 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
10/22 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Grand at The Complex
10/23 – Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater
10/25 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre
10/27 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
10/29 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall
10/30 – Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
11/1 – Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bowl
11/3 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
11/4 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
11/6 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
11/7 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
11/9 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theater
11/10 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
11/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
11/14 – Austin, TX @ Come and Take It Live
11/15 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Midtown
11/17 – Dallas, TX @ The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
11/19 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
11/21 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
11/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
Tickets and information:
https://SiM.komi.io/
About SiM
SiM (Silence iz Mine) conquered their native country with a volatile mix of nü-metal and postmodern hard rock injected with hardcore attitude. The self-described “Reggae PUNX from Japan” broke into the US rock scene with hard-charging singles, including the No. 1 smash “The Rumbling.”
With the release of their latest album PLAYDEAD via UNFD, the alt-metal four-piece set their sights on the world.
The band's music conjures the melodic bombast and rhythmic punch of early 2000s heavy hitters like Korn, Linkin Park, and Deftones, with precision blasts of chunky metalcore and the renegade spirit of classic reggae, two-tone ska, and punk that's supercharged generations of subculture. They've created six full-length studio albums, three mini-albums, and an EP since their formation in 2004, in addition to performing at festivals around the world including Rock AM Ring, Rock IM Park, Download Festival, Graspop, Louder Than Life, and Welcome To Rockville.
SiM wrote 2022's “The Rumbling” for the massive anime Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 and “The Rumbling” shot to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Hard Rock Songs. It quickly racked up over 110 million streams on Spotify, and the official music video crossed 47 million views on YouTube.
They sold out the world-famous Nippon Budokan in 2015 and the 17,000-capacity Yokohama Arena in 2016. The same year, they made their US live debut at Knotfest Meets Ozzfest. “The Rumbling” also appears on PLAYDEAD, SiM's sixth studio album, alongside “UNDER THE TREE,” the barnstorming “DO THE DANCE,” and “RED,” the theme song for the Netflix anime Kengan Ashura.
SiM began in Shonan, Kanagawa, Japan. Prior to the band's formation, frontman MAH played in a high school group heavily inspired by Nirvana, Muse, Sublime, and punk. The reggae/punk vibe persisted as SiM took shape, while the band's heavier side evolved toward more aggressive metal. SHOW-HATE joined the band on guitar in 2006, and SiM's debut album, Silence iz Mine, followed two years later. In 2009, the current lineup was completed by SiN on bass and GODRi on drums.
Follow SiM
Official Website: https://SiM.komi.io/
Streaming: https://lnk.to/_SiM
X: https://x.com/SiM_Official
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SiM_japan/
The song is featured in the anime's newly released main trailer, offering fans a first listen to the track alongside a preview of the series' supernatural action. “FREEZE ME UP” will also appear on SiM's forthcoming seventh full-length album, HOOMAN AFTER ALL, drops September 2.
The announcement arrives as SiM prepare for the North American leg of their HOOMAN AFTER ALL tour this fall, bringing their latest music to audiences across the U.S. and Canada.
MAH (SiM) Comments
“Manga is a universe. There are as many galaxies as there are readers. This song is my attempt to express, through sound and words, the BLACK TORCH galaxy that expanded inside my own mind. Congratulations on the anime adaptation!”
About BLACK TORCH
Jiro Azuma is not your average high schooler. Hailing from a long line of ninja, Jiro has been brought up by his grandfather in the ancient warrior art of the shinobi. Jiro also happens to be a particularly skilled communicator able to converse with the animal world. But life takes an abrupt turn thanks to a mysterious encounter in the forest with an injured black cat named Rago.
Only, Rago's feline appearance is deceiving… It turns out the “ordinary” cat is the stuff of mononoke legend–the Black Star of Doom!
Swarming in the shadows are more mononoke, eager to exploit Rago's uniquely immense powers. To fight back against the tide of dark spirits, the undercover Bureau of Espionage is poised to seek and destroy.
Of course, everyone has their motives when it comes to Rago's powers. But Jiro and Rago are ready.
A shinobi clash between boy and mononoke is about to ignite!
Cast
Jiro Azuma — Ryōta Suzuki
Rago — Yōji Ueda
Ichika Kishimojin — Sayaka Sembongi
Reiji Kirihara — Junya Enoki
Ryosuke Shiba — Junichi Suwabe
Hana Usami — Reina Ueda
Amagi — Toshiyuki Morikawa
Koga — Nobuhiko Okamoto
Toshimasa Azuma — Shinpachi Tsuji
Toko Kusumi — Yuhko Kaida
Banjuro Tokieda — Hōchū Ōtsuka
Staff
Original Work — Tsuyoshi Takaki (Published by SHUEISHA)
Director — Kei Umabiki
Character Design — Gō Suzuki
Series Composition & Screenplay — Gigaemon Ichikawa
Sub Character Design — Yumi Nakamura, Masahiko Suzuki, Mariko Kinoshita
Design Works — Toshiya Kikuchi
Art Directors — Sachi Takahashi, Seiko Imaizumi
Color Design — Haruko Nobori
CG Director — Hirotaka Naito
Director of Cinematography — Hijiri Yamamoto
Editor — Masato Yoshitake
Sound Director — Takeshi Takadera
Sound Effects — Naoto Yamaya
Music by — Yutaka Yamada
Animation Production — One Double-O studio
Watch the New BLACK TORCH Trailer
https://youtu.be/2clp09dITKY
SiM – HOOMAN AFTER ALL
Scheduled for release on September 2, HOOMAN AFTER ALL marks SiM's first full-length studio album in three years and includes the newly announced anime theme “FREEZE ME UP,” alongside recent singles “FiVE TiMES DEAD (by my wallet)” and “BLiNDEYES feat. Yukina from HANABIE.”
Pre-save / Pre-add:
https://SiM.lnk.to/HOOMANAFTERAL
HOOMAN AFTER ALL North American Tour
10/15 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
10/17 – Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl
10/18 – Portland, OR @ Wonderland Ballroom
10/19 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
10/22 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Grand at The Complex
10/23 – Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater
10/25 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theatre
10/27 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
10/29 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall
10/30 – Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
11/1 – Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bowl
11/3 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
11/4 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
11/6 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
11/7 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
11/9 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theater
11/10 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
11/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
11/14 – Austin, TX @ Come and Take It Live
11/15 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Midtown
11/17 – Dallas, TX @ The Echo Lounge & Music Hall
11/19 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
11/21 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
11/22 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
Tickets and information:
https://SiM.komi.io/
About SiM
SiM (Silence iz Mine) conquered their native country with a volatile mix of nü-metal and postmodern hard rock injected with hardcore attitude. The self-described “Reggae PUNX from Japan” broke into the US rock scene with hard-charging singles, including the No. 1 smash “The Rumbling.”
With the release of their latest album PLAYDEAD via UNFD, the alt-metal four-piece set their sights on the world.
The band's music conjures the melodic bombast and rhythmic punch of early 2000s heavy hitters like Korn, Linkin Park, and Deftones, with precision blasts of chunky metalcore and the renegade spirit of classic reggae, two-tone ska, and punk that's supercharged generations of subculture. They've created six full-length studio albums, three mini-albums, and an EP since their formation in 2004, in addition to performing at festivals around the world including Rock AM Ring, Rock IM Park, Download Festival, Graspop, Louder Than Life, and Welcome To Rockville.
SiM wrote 2022's “The Rumbling” for the massive anime Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 and “The Rumbling” shot to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Hard Rock Songs. It quickly racked up over 110 million streams on Spotify, and the official music video crossed 47 million views on YouTube.
They sold out the world-famous Nippon Budokan in 2015 and the 17,000-capacity Yokohama Arena in 2016. The same year, they made their US live debut at Knotfest Meets Ozzfest. “The Rumbling” also appears on PLAYDEAD, SiM's sixth studio album, alongside “UNDER THE TREE,” the barnstorming “DO THE DANCE,” and “RED,” the theme song for the Netflix anime Kengan Ashura.
SiM began in Shonan, Kanagawa, Japan. Prior to the band's formation, frontman MAH played in a high school group heavily inspired by Nirvana, Muse, Sublime, and punk. The reggae/punk vibe persisted as SiM took shape, while the band's heavier side evolved toward more aggressive metal. SHOW-HATE joined the band on guitar in 2006, and SiM's debut album, Silence iz Mine, followed two years later. In 2009, the current lineup was completed by SiN on bass and GODRi on drums.
Follow SiM
Official Website: https://SiM.komi.io/
Streaming: https://lnk.to/_SiM
X: https://x.com/SiM_Official
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SiM_japan/
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