Balzac discography

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Balzac discography
Studio albums12
Live albums2
Compilation albums15
Video albums41
Music videos13
Singles22
Box sets11
Demos6
Mini3
Other appearances41

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.

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

Compilation albums

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

Live albums

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

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