Balzac

Balzac se formó en Osaka, Japón en 1992 por Hirosuke Nishiyama, quien es el único miembro original de la banda. Actualmente la banda está compuesta por Hirosuke Nishiyama (voz), Atushi Nakagawa (Guitarra/Coros), Akio Imai (Bajo/Coros) y Takayuki Manabe (Batería/Efectos Digitales/Coros).
Antes de formar Balzac, Hirosuke fue parte de de otra banda llamada Astrozombies, la cual estaba fuertemente influenciada por los legendarios rockeros japoneses, Gastunk. Luego de que la banda sacara su único demo, Hirosuke disuelve la banda y se dedica a su nuevo proyecto, Balzac, el que en 1992 lanza su primer demo en cassette llamado "Scapegoat 666" del cual se editaron solo 13 copias.
A partir de este momento, Balzac sufre una serie de modificaciones de sus miembros originales y editan varios albumes y demos, convirtiéndose en una de las bandas de Horror Punk más reconocidas de Japón.
En el año 2000, Balzac telonea a Misfits en su tour por Japón, durante el cual la banda llama la atención del legendario bajista Jerry Only quien más tarde se interesaría en ellos para ser parte de su recientemente fundado sello musical, Misfits Records, lo que les abriría las puertas de USA.
A la fecha, Balzac ha editado 11 albumes y un sin fin de singles, recopilaciones, DVD's y bookset, además ha logrado comercializar una serie de figuras y artículos de colección, así como también una marca de ropa.
Balzac, a pesar de su enorme influencia por parte de la gran banda de Horror Punk, Misfits, especialmente en su estética, ha logrado cultivar un sonido propio y original, mezclando distintas variantes del punk con un sonido electrónico, muy similar al Digital Hardcore (no todas las canciones) que los caracteriza, además de que sus canciones poseen letras crudas y muchas veces solo entendibles por Hirosuke; todo esto mezclado un sonido característico de las bandas de rock japonés, junto con el particular idioma, además de los video muy bien logrados, cargados con gore, películas de terror y mucha fuerza. Todas estas características convierten a Balzac en una de las grandes bandas de Horror Punk de los últimos tiempos.

DISCOGRAFÍA

JAPANESE RELEASES
CD
ALBUM:
The Last Men On Earth (1995)
Deep -Teenagers From Outer Space (1996)
13 Stairway -The Children Of The Night- (1998)
Zennou Naru Musuu no Me ha Shi wo Yubi Sasu (2000)
Terrifying! Art Of Dying-The Last Men On Earth II (2002)
Came Out Of The Grave (2004)
Dark-ism (2005)
Live At O-East 20040305 (2005)
Liquid Room 20050403 Official Bootleg (2005)
Deep Blue:Chaos From Darkism II (2006)
13 Hits From Darkism (2006)
SINGLE:
Into The Light Of The 13 Dark Night (1999)
Nowhere #13/Tomorrow (2001)
Unvarnished Facts (2001)
Thirteen Ghosts/Psycho In 308 (2001)
The Silence Of Crows/Vanishes In Oblivion (2001)
Out Of The Blue II (2002)
Beware Of Darkness (2003)
Beware Of Darkness -ver.2- (2003)
Into The Light Of The 13 Dark Night/Wall 308 (2003)
Gimme Some Truth Vol.1 & Gimme Some Truth Vol.2 (2004)
D.a.r.K (2005)
Horrorock/Rain (2005)
Sorrow 9 (2006)
The Human Blood (2006)
Deep Blue/Alone (2006)
Scapegoat 2/Thirteenth (2007)
Balzac/Zodiac (2007)
COLLECTION:
The 4 Brothers Meet Misery Skull (1998)
Zennou Naru Musuu no Me ha Shi wo Yubi Sasu - Another Tracks- (2001)
The Making Of Came Out Of The Grave (2004)
The Making Of Dark-ism (2005)
The Making Of Deep Blue: Chaos From Dark-ism II -23 Song Full Version- (2006)
The Making Of Deep Blue: Chaos From Dark-ism II 6 Song Version (2006)
15 Years Of Unholy Darkness (2007)
VARIOUS ARTIST:
Kamikaze Attacked America (1995)
Who Will Survive-Off The Wall (1998)
Oldevils-Legend Of Blood (1999)
Skullping:A Tribute To Gastunk (1999)
London Nite 20th Anniversary Extrax "Tribute To Kensho Onuki" (2000)
Abstruct Madness (2001)
Don't Open 'Til Doomsday (2002)
"Super Hiside" Leather Heads (2002)
D-Seldom (2003)
The Curse Of The Damned Tribute To The Damned (2005)
Parade ~Respective Tracks Of Buck-Tick~ (2005)
Rock Is Loft ~Yellow Disc~ (2006)
A Place For Friends (2007)

ANALOGUE
7-inch Vinyl & Flexi:
Lord Of The Light And Of The Darkness (1993)
Atom Age Vampire In 308 (1995)
Isolation From No.13 (1996)
When The Fiendish Ghouls Night (1996)
Into The Light Of The 13 Dark Night (1999)
Neat Neat Neat/The End Of Century (1999)
Hands Of 9 Evils (2000)
Season Of The Dead (2004)
Season Of The Dead/Inside My Eyes (2004)
10-inch & 12-inch:
Deep -Teenagers From Outer Space (1997)
13 Stairway -The Children Of The Night- (1998)
Zennou Naru Musuu no Me ha Shi wo Yubi Sasu (errifying! Art Of Dying-The Last Men On Earth II (2002)
Came Out Of The Grave (2004)
Dark-ism (2005)
COLLECTION:
Isolation From No.13 (1999)
VARIOUS ARTIST:
Safe Rock And Roll Sucks (1995)
Total Insubordination (1996)
Oldevils-Legend Of Blood (1993)
Skullping:A Tribute To Gastunk (1999)
London Nite 20th Anniversary Extrax "Tribute To Kensho Onuki" (2000)
Misfits/Project 1950 Japan Limited 5-inch Vinyl (2003)
Screwbiter (2003)
T.W.I.M -The World Is Mine Cool Shit- (2005)

CASSETTE
DEMO TAPE:
Scapegoat666 (1992)
Descent Of The Diabolos (1993)
Veritas Tempore Patet Occulta (4-Song Version) (1993)
Veritas Tempore Patet Occulta (2-Song Version) (1993)
One Night In Hell (Cassette Box) (1994)
Weird And Occult Bootleg (1995)
Psycho In 308 (1995)
ALBUM:
Zennou Naru Musuu no Me ha Shi wo Yubi Sasu (2002)
SINGLE:
Into The Light Of The 13 Dark Night (1999)
Isolation From No.13 (T.W.I.M Mix Version) (1999)
VARIOUS ARTIST:
Megabattle '93 (1993)

FILMS
VIDEO:
Curious Lore And Evil Legend (1993)
Lord of the Light and the Darkness -promo- (1993)
Psycho In 308 (1995)
This Is Video Devilock (1998)
Video Deep II (1998)
Video Taste Of Fear II (2000)
Warp Old Blood Tour (2000)
For The Fiendish People And The Fiendish Club (2000)
Zennou Naru Musuu no Me ha Shi wo Yubi Sasu (2001)
20010112 Live At On Air East (2001)
Terrifying! Tour 2002 For Shibuya Ax,Tokyo (2002)
Terrifying! Tour 2002 For Club Junk Box,Sendai (2002)
Terrifying! Tour 2002 For Bottom Line,Nagoya (2002)
Terrifying! Tour 2002 For Big Cat,Osaka (2002)
Terrifying! Tour 2002 For Drum Be-1,Hakata (2002)
Terrifying! Tour 2002 For Club Citta',Kawasaki (2002)
Terrifying II Complete Version (2002)
20020511 AX (2002)
Twim Age Vampire 20020517 Live At Bottom Line (2002)
The Legacy Of Terrifying #1 (2002)
America's Most Wanted (2003)
The Fiendish Ghouls Night Vol.2 2003.12.29 Shinjuku Loft (2004)
Dark-ism Tour Club Vijon 20050504 (2005)
DVD:
Evil Is As Evil Does (2001)
The Legacy Of Terrifying #2 (2002)
Beware Of Darkness (2003)
America's Most Wanted (2003)
The Night The Fiendish Ghoul Came Out Of The Grave (2004)
Came Out Of The Grave Shibuya O-East 20040305 (2004)
The Films Of 3 Songs From Dark-ism (2005)
Dark-ism Liquid Room 20050403 (2005)
Falkenstein's Castle Of Freaks (2005)
66 Hits From Darkism Vol.1 & Vol.2 (2006)
"Yami" 20040923 Live At Shimokitazawa Shelter (2006)
Deep Blue -Official Bootleg (2006)
13 Years Hideous Terror And Evil Legend (2007)
13 Years of Hideous Terror And Evil Legend (2-Disc Special Edition) (2007)

OTHER
BOX SET:
One Night In Hell Cassette Box (1994)
Deep II Video Box (1998)
T.W.I.M Pizza Box Set (1998)
67 Mission Box Set (1999)
T.W.I.M Cereal Box Set (1999)
Zennou Naru Musuu no Me ha Shi wo Yubi Sasu Box Set (2001)
Zennou Naru Musuu no Me ha Shi wo Yubi Sasu Box Set (Shocker & Coffin Limited Edition) (2001)
Press Kit Box Set (2003)
Season Of The Dead Box (2004)
Dark-ism Liquid Room 20050403 Special Edition Box Set (2005)
Re-Master Box Set (2007)
MAGAZINES w/CD:
Indies Magazine Vol.12 (1997)
Indies Magazine Vol.18 (1998)
Indies Magazine Vol.43 (2001)
Direct Vol.15 (2001)
Band Yaroze! (1002)
Creative Magazine Vol.3 (2004)
SELF PUBLISHED NEWSPAPERS & BOOKS:
Complete Book Vol.1
Complete Book Vol.2
Fiendish Club Fanzine (still in print)
20020511 AX -photobook-
Beware Of Darkness Tour Program
Dark-ism -Hardcover Photobook-

SIDE-PROJECTS
ZODIAC
CD ALBUM:
Beware On Halloween (2006)
CD SINGLE:
Zodiac Killer (2004)
Balzac/Zodiac (2007)
CD COLLECTION:
Zodiac=Demos Pre=Production (2006)
ANALOGUE 7-inch:
Zodiac Killer (2006)
VIDEO:
Film The Zodiac Killer (2005)
DVD:
Zodiac Killer pt.3 (2005)
Before The Nightmare (2007)
BOX SET:
Zodiac Box (2006)
THE DERANGED MAD ZOMBIES
CD ALBUM:
The Deranged Mad Zombies (2006)

RE-MIX SERIES
CD SERIES:
When The Fiendish Ghouls Night (2005)
Deep (2005)
The Human Blood (2005)
Into The Light Of The 13 Dark Night (2006)
Sorrow 9 (2006)
Day The Earth Caught Fire (2006)
In Your Face/Day The Earth Caught Fire (2007)

RE-MASTER SERIES
CD SERIES:
Deep -Teenagers From Outer Space (2007)
13 Stairway -The Children Of The Night- (2007)
Zennou Naru Musuu no Me ha Shi wo Yubi Sasu (2007)
The Last Men On Earth II (2007)
Terrifying! Art Of Dying (2007)
Came Out Of The Grave (2007)

NORTH AMERICAN RELEASES
CD
ALBUM:
Beyond The Darkness (2003)
Out Of The Grave And Into The Dark (2005)
VARIOUS ARTIST:
Day The Earth Caught Fire (2002)
Misfits Records Sampler (2003)

FILMS
DVD:
Misfits/Project 1950 -Bonus Disc- (2003)

ANALOGUE
ANALOGUE 7-inch vinyl & flexi:
Deep Blue (2007)

EUROPEAN RELEASES
CD
ALBUM:
Out Of The Light Of The 13 Dark Night (2003)
Came Out Of The Grave (2004)
Paranoid Dream Of The Zodiac (2006)
Deep Blue:Chaos From Darkism (2007)
VARIOUS ARTIST:
Hell On Earth…Hail To Misfits (1996)
This Is Horrorpunk (2003)
Bela B. & Balzac - Der Graf vs. Horrorpunks - (2007)

ANALOGUE
ANALOGUE 7-inch vinyl & flexi:
Out Of The Blue II (2003)
Inside My Eyes (2004)
ANALOGUE 10-inch & 12-inch:
Out Of The Light Of The 13 Dark Night (2003)
Came Out Of The Grave (2004)
ANALOGUE VARIOUS ARTIST:
This Is Horrorpunk (2003)

OTHER
BOX SET:
Out Of The Light Of The 13 Dark Night (2003)
MAGAZINE w/CD:
OX Magazine Compilation #52 (2003)

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