Beyond the Darkness

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Beyond The Darkness
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Studio album by Balzac
Released July 29, 2003
Genre Punk, horror punk
Length59:57
Label Misfits
Producer Balzac
Balzac chronology
Zennou-Naru Musuu-No Me Ha Shi Wo Yubi Sasu
(2000)
Beyond The Darkness
(2003)
Came Out of the Grave
(2004)
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Beyond the Darkness is an album by the Japanese group Balzac.

Balzac (band) Japanese punk band

Balzac is a Japanese punk band formed in 1992 in Kyoto. The band was founded by singer and songwriter Hirosuke Nishiyama, who has remained the only constant member of the band since its creation. Since the beginning, Balzac was highly influenced by the sound and image of the famous horror punk band The Misfits and, especially during the very early years, Glenn Danzig's Samhain, adopting and combining the musical and visual style of both bands to create their own. The band often stays away from the "campy" horror lyrics and image found in most horror punk bands, as the lyrics by Hirosuke tend to be more like dark poetry and, though not always serious, deal with themes of darkness, loneliness and fear.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Thirteen" - 2:29
  2. "Day the Earth Caught Fire" - 3:02
  3. "Wall" - 2:51
  4. "Into the Light of the 13 Dark Night" - 3:26
  5. "Black Light Shines in '99" - 2:07
  6. "Nowhere #13" - 3:15
  7. "Yami-No Mukou-No Subete-Wo" - 4:00
  8. "Out of the Blue II" - 5:59
  9. "In Your Face" - 0:44
  10. "The Silence of Crows" - 2:56
  11. "Tomorrow" - 2:35
  12. "Vanishes in Oblivion" - 2:45
  13. "The End of Century" - 2:15
  14. "Monster II" - 3:33
  15. "Beware of Darkness" - 4:33
  16. "Violent Paradise" - 2:07
  17. "Bleeding Light" - 3:55
  18. "Diabolos" - 3:15 (live bonus track)
  19. "13 Ghosts" - 1:11 (live bonus track)
  20. "Day the Earth Caught Fire" - 2:53 (live bonus track)

DVD

  1. "Beware of Darkness"
  2. "Yami-No Mukou-No Subete-Wo"
  3. "The Silence of Crows"
  4. "Out of the Blue"
  5. "Making of Beware of Darkness"

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