音乐：MAN WITH A MISSION 发新单曲《Firestarter》：第八张专辑《The Circus》12月23日发行
日本摇滚乐队 MAN WITH A MISSION 于10月28日发行新单曲《Firestarter》，并同步发布官方音乐视频。乐队同时宣布，第八张录音室专辑《The Circus》将于12月23日通过索尼音乐与 Century Media 发行。
《Firestarter》是一首爆发力强的摇滚歌曲，也是电视动画《朱色の仮面》（The Vermillion Mask）的片头主题曲，混音由 Chris Lord-Alge 参与。官方音乐视频以香料比喻令人兴奋的音乐：画面跟随一名男子在摄入这种「香料」后的一天，乐队五名成员化作香料进入他的身体、在体内制造连番混乱，风格幽默而超现实。单曲在日本推出三种CD版本：初回限量版（CD加DVD）、通常版（CD）与限量生产版（CD加DVD加三面封套）。
《The Circus》是乐队约四年半以来的首张原创全长专辑，上一张为2022年5月发行的《Break and Cross the Walls II》。新专辑还将收录此前已发表的多首合作与主题曲，包括与 milet 合作、曾任动画《鬼灭之刃 刀匠村篇》片头曲的《絆ノ奇跡》，电影主题曲《The Animals》，以及为日本足球俱乐部大阪樱花创作的《ONE》。
乐队由 Tokyo Tanaka、Jean-Ken Johnny、Kamikaze Boy、DJ Santa Monica 与 Spear Rib 五名成员组成，演出与音乐视频中均佩戴狼头面具。
Music: MAN WITH A MISSION Release New Single Firestarter: Eighth Album The Circus Arrives December 23
Japanese rock band MAN WITH A MISSION released their new single Firestarter on October 28, alongside its official music video. The band also announced their eighth studio album, The Circus, which will be released on December 23 via Sony Music and Century Media.
Firestarter is an explosive rock song and serves as the opening theme for the TV anime The Vermillion Mask, with mixing by Chris Lord-Alge. Its official video uses spice as a metaphor for exciting, stimulating music. It follows a day in the life of a man after he takes the spice into his body, with the five members of the band becoming the spice themselves and causing chaos from within. In Japan, the single is available in three CD editions: a limited edition with DVD, a regular CD edition, and a limited-period edition with CD, DVD and a three-sided sleeve.
The Circus is the band's first original full-length album in about four and a half years, following Break and Cross the Walls II in May 2022. The album also gathers earlier tie-in songs, including Kizuna no Kiseki, the collaboration with milet that served as the opening theme for the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc anime, The Animals, the theme for a feature film, and ONE, created for Japanese football club Cerezo Osaka.
The band's five members, Tokyo Tanaka, Jean-Ken Johnny, Kamikaze Boy, DJ Santa Monica and Spear Rib, perform in wolf masks in concerts and music videos alike.
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图片来源：MAN WITH A MISSION 乐队演出照（资料图，2016年芬兰 Tuska 音乐节）。BladeJ 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / MAN WITH A MISSION performing (file photo, Tuska Festival 2016, Finland). Photo by BladeJ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
