The original cover is what's shown in the Japanese version, and there's also a small portion of text that can be seen that is of the Japanese translation. While it might seem that an European band having an English copy released after the band's original run (or a Japanese copy, which one would need to search hard for in that time) to use as a cover is enough to expose the hoax, but when Japanese manga is localized into English, they mirror every page as manga reads right to left in Japan.

The original run of it was in 1997-2000, and was localized in English at an unknown date. This seems like just enough to completely discredit the story for some, but not everything is as black and white as the original cover is, which originates from the rather obscure manga 'Mint na Bokura'. One could possibly create the rotted disc noise heard through a few tools in Ableton, and the fact that this CD was seemingly released in 2000, but had no mentions of it ANYWHERE seems absurd. The artwork included with it is very simple, even using scans from Japanese manga, so there would be no worry about original artwork being accounted for. Lastly, some say that the original CD was simply faked. There could've been a genuine search to find the original artists, sure, but the fact that they were credited only by their first names, and the only other information known was that they were in the UK seems like too little info in order to do a reasonable search. Secondly, the fact that the original EP was found, completely clean of noisey, rotted mess, along with *another* EP that was never released, and all of that was released on a new bandcamp page which included the rotted tracks as bonuses, just 4 years after the album was getting attention seems all too coincidental to happen.

It's easy to assume that when something like this happens, it might have just been something done purposely so that the final album would get the attention (and money) the artists so wanted. Let's start with the most obvious: almost immediately after the restored files were uploaded, the band put out merchandise to buy, consisting of various CD pressings, some just digipaks, others being signed and including lyrics. So was D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L genuine lost media that was saved? Or was it all just a publicity stunt? Let's take a closer look.įirst off, let's see why people think the story was just a hoax. In fact, to many it seems *too* good to be true. It's a story that many archivalists and lost media enthusiasts (myself included) would call a dream come true. For a long time this EP remained it's own mystery and novelty, that is until January 31, 2020, where the original owners, identified as Owain and Andy, were able to be contacted, and the original, clean files were reuploaded to the internet, along with never released material.

It quickly caught people's attention due to how there were no mentions of such a band anywhere online, and the fact that the CD had experienced disc-rot, making the music become drowned in the resulting noise of corrupted files. On July 21, 2016, the album was posted in 4chan's /mu/ thread, where a user stated they found the CD in some thrift store. In a short amount of time, Panchiko has garnered somewhat of a cult following, both because of genuine good alternative rock music they have made, and the supposed story behind said music.

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