{"id":5337,"date":"2026-10-30T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/?p=5337"},"modified":"2026-10-21T08:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:21:39","slug":"akiiro-%e4%b8%96%e7%95%8c%e3%81%aedeath-machine-review-the-race-to-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/akiiro-%e4%b8%96%e7%95%8c%e3%81%aedeath-machine-review-the-race-to-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"AKIIRO \u2013 \u4e16\u754c\u306eDeath Machine Review \u2013 The Race to the Top"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018\u4e16\u754c\u306eDeath Machine\u2019 is the second single from AKIIRO, a four-piece Korean rock band. It pictures a society where everyone keeps climbing higher, sung in Korean, Japanese and English, and it comes with a music video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guitar, drums and bass push at full speed from start to finish. 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