Balzac discography explained

Artist:Balzac
Studio:12
Live:2
Singles:22
Compilation:15
Music Videos:13
Video:41
1Option:11
1Option Name:Box sets
2Option:6
2Option Name:Demos
3Option:3
3Option Name:Mini
4Option:41
4Option Name:Other appearances

The discography of Balzac,[1] [2] [3] [4] a horror punk band formed in Osaka, Japan in 1992, consists of the numerous releases the band has made through their years in existence. The band has gained some recognition for their non-stop flurry of releases of videos, singles and numerous appearances on tribute albums and compilations.

Balzac was founded by singer and songwriter Hirosuke Nishiyama, remaining the only constant member on the band since its creation. The first demos of the band were self-released under their own label called Evilegend Thirteen. In 1995 they signed to Alchemy Records where they only had one release, their first full length-album, The Last Men On Earth. Afterward, the band signed with Diwphalanx Records, a small but recognized music label in the Japanese indie scene. All later Japanese releases of the band from that point would be on either Diwphalanx or Evilegend Thirteen.

Internationally, the band is signed to The Misfits label, Misfits Records for their releases in the US. They first signed to G-Force Records for Europe and released one album under the label before changing to Gan-Shin Records, an important Germany-based record label specializing in Japanese rock bands.

Studio albums

YearAlbum details
1995The Last Men On Earth
  • Released: 1995-10-31
  • Label: Alchemy (ARCD-079)
  • Format: CD
  • 1st Album
1997Deep – Teenagers from Outer Space
  • Released: 1997-10-31
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-016)
    • Format: CD, LP 2nd Album
199813 Stairway – The Children of the Night
  • Released: 1998-10-31
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-025)
  • Format: CD, LP
  • 3rd Album
2000Zennou-Naru Musuu-No Me Ha Shi Wo Yubi Sasu
  • Released: 2000-12-01
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-056)
  • Format: CD, LP, CS
  • 4th Album
2002Terrifying! Art of Dying – The Last Men On Earth II
  • Released: 2002-04-03
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-076/PX-077)
  • Format: CD, LP
  • 5th Album
2004Came Out of the Grave
  • Released: 2004-01-28
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-113)
  • Format: CD, 2x10", LP (Germany)
  • 6th Album
2005Dark-Ism
  • Released: 2005-02-25
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-125)
  • Format: CD, LP
  • Mini Album
2006
  • Released: March 2006-03-08
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-142)
  • Format: CD
  • 7th Album
2008
  • Released: 2008-04-11
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-176)
  • Format: CD
  • 9th Album
2009Paradox
  • Released: 2009–10
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-195)
  • Format: CD, 12" (USA)
  • Mini Album
2010Judgement Day
  • Released: 2010-10-06
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-216)
  • Format: CD
  • 10th Album
2013Blackout
  • Released: 2013-03-08
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-258)
  • Format: CD Album
2015Bloodsucker
  • Released: 2015-07-07
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-290)
  • Format: CD
  • 11th Album
2015Bloodsucker Returns
  • Released: 2015-12-26
  • Label: Evilegend 13 (EVCD-126)
  • Format: CD
  • Mini Album
2019Hybrid Black
  • Released: 2019-01-23
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-341)
  • Format: CD
  • 12th Album

Compilation albums

YearAlbum details
1998The 4 Brothers Meet Misery Skull
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Evilegend
  • Format: CD
2003Out of the Light of the 13 Dark Night
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: G-Force (EVCD-138)
  • Format: CD, LP
2003Beyond the Darkness
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Misfits (RCD 10644)
  • Format: CD
2005Out of the Grave and into the Dark
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Misfits (RCD 10816)
  • Format: CD
2006Paranoid Dream of the Zodiac
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Gan-Shin (GSCD-028)
  • Format: CD
2007
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Misfits
  • Format: CD
2008The Birth of Evil
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Diwphalanx (PX-183)
  • Format: CD

Live albums

YearAlbum details
2005Live at O-East 20040305
  • Released: 2005 (PX-128)
  • Label: Diwphalanx
  • Formats: CD
2005Liquid Room 20050403 Official Bootleg

Singles

YearSingle
1993"Lord of the Light and of the Darkness"
1995"Atom Age Vampire in 308"
1996"Isolation from No.13"
1996"When the Fiendish Ghouls Night"
1999"Into the Light of the 13 Dark Night"
1999"Neat Neat Neat/The End of Century"
2000"Hands of 9 Evils"
2001"Nowhere #13/Tomorrow"
2001"Unvarnished Facts"
2001"The Silence of Crows/Vanishes in Oblivion"
2002"Out of the Blue II"
2003"Beware of Darkness"
2004"Inside My Eyes" (Germany)
2004"Gimme Some Truth"
2005"D.a.r.k"
2005"Horrorock/Rain"
2006"Deep Blue/Alone" (USA)
2007"Balzac/Zodiac"
2007"Swallow the Dark"
2011"Deranged"
2012"Bleeding Black"
2014"Wonderwall"
2016"Ever Free From No. 9 Dream"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BALZAC – DISCOGRAPHY. EvilGoe.
  2. Web site: Balzac Discography at their Official English Web Page . 6 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081123060922/http://www.balzac308.com/horrorwood/web/discography.php . 23 November 2008 . dead .
  3. Web site: 楽天が運営するポータルサイト : 【インフォシーク】Infoseek. 6 December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080616192252/http://ikebukuro.cool.ne.jp/balzacbalzacbalzac/collection.html. 16 June 2008. dead.
  4. https://archive.today/20130126201408/http://www.jmusicamerica.com/us/database-artist-discography.php?id=206 Balzac Discography at JaME