Tarot is a heavy metal band from Finland. They are most famous for the song “Wings of Darkness” from the 1986 album Spell of Iron. While having enjoyed a broad underground popularity in Finland, the band has never been very famous elsewhere until gaining new success in recent years when their singer and bassist Marco Hietala joined Nightwish in 2002.
Project 1950 is the sixth studio album by the American horror punk band the Misfits, released in 2003. It consists of cover versions of rock and roll songs from the 1950s and 1960s and marks bassist Jerry Only's debut as the Misfits' lead singer. Except for Only, no members of the band from their previous album returned for Project 1950. The album cover artwork was done by Pennsylvania artist Tony Squindo. The liner notes include explanations from the band members about why they chose each particular song.
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.
"Rock and Roll All Nite" is a song by American hard rock band Kiss, originally released on their 1975 album Dressed to Kill. It was released as the A-side of their fifth single, with the album track "Getaway". The studio version of the song peaked at No. 68 on the Billboard singles chart, besting the band's previous charting single, "Kissin' Time" (#89). A subsequent live version, released as a single in October 1975, eventually reached No. 12 in early 1976, the first of six Top 20 songs for Kiss in the 1970s. "Rock and Roll All Nite" became Kiss's signature song and has served as the group's closing concert number in almost every concert since 1976. In 2008, it was named the 16th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.
Came Out of the Grave is an album by the band Balzac.
Out of the Grave and into the Dark is Balzac's compilation album of their albums, Came Out of the Grave and Dark-Ism.
Beyond the Darkness is an album by the Japanese group Balzac.
"Teo Torriatte " is a song by Queen from their 1976 album A Day at the Races. Written by guitarist Brian May, it is the closing track on the album.
Deep Blue: Chaos from Darkism is an album by the band Balzac.
Paranoid Dream of the Zodiac is an album by the band Balzac. The CD combines two of Zodiac's - "Beware on Halloween" and the maxi-single "Zodiac x Balzac".
Hatred: Destruction = Construction is the eighth full-length album released by the Japanese horror punk band Balzac. It was released with four different covers and one special 666mm edition. The album has two hidden tracks. The first is "Tomorrow Never Comes" and starts at the end of the song "Destruction = Construction" after a brief period of silence. When the final song of the albums ends, three other tracks on silence are played before the final song, "World Without Light", starts.
Out Of The Light Of The 13 Dark Night was the first official full-length album released in Germany by the Japanese horror punk band Balzac. It consists of re-recordings of previously released songs by the band and is considered by some as a European counterpart to the album Beyond The Darkness, as it served to properly introduce Balzac to Europe.
Liquid Room 20050403 Official Bootleg is a live album by the Japanese horror punk band Balzac. The album is an official bootleg of the same show at which the live video DVD, with the same name, was made. Both the CD and the DVD were sipplied in the limited "Liquid Room Box Set", with a photograph book and other items. Recorded at the Liquid Room venue in 2005, the numbers in the title represent the date of the event.
"Lord of the Light and of the Darkness" is the first single by the Japanese horror punk band Balzac. It was released with a lyrics sheet, in a limited quantity, on the band's own record label, Evilegend13 Records. The band made a promotional video for the single. It was also released with an alternative cover, not for sale, and also as a cassette.
"Atom Age Vampire In 308" is the second single by the Japanese horror punk band Balzac. Released through the MCR Company, it was sold in at least five different versions of color sleeve, each one in a limited quantity. The band made a promotional cassette for the record.
"Isolation From No.13" is the third single by the Japanese horror punk band Balzac. Released through HG-FACT Records, it was sold in at least five different versions, one of them being the famous Balzac/T.W.I.M. Cereal Box Set. The band made a promotional cassette for the record.
"When The Fiendish Ghouls Night" is the fourth single by the Japanese horror punk band Balzac. Released through their own label, Evilegend13 Records, it was sold in four different colors for the vinyl and sticker. In 2007, Balzac re-launched the single in CD format, with two bonus tracks.
The Birth of Evil is an album by the Japanese horror punk band Balzac. The album contains re-recordings of the band's earliest material. Tracks 1-6 are from the first demo tape Scapegoat 666, tracks 7-12 are from the second demo tape Descent of the Diabolos and tracks 13-17 are unreleased songs that were generally played by Hirosuke's previous band, Astrozombies. The two versions of The Complete Legacy Book, labeled as "Scapegoat" and "Diabolos", each contain a re-recording of the original demo tape associated with the version of the book, and these recordings appear on The Birth of Evil remastered. The remaining tracks are entirely new to this album. The Birth of Evil is billed as the "Early Balzac Songs 1992-1994 Compilation" on the back cover.
Paradox is a mini-album released by the Japanese horror punk band Balzac.
Love is the twelfth studio album of the Japanese boy band Arashi. The album was released on October 23, 2013 under their record label J Storm in two editions: a limited edition and a regular edition. The regular edition comes with a 32-page photo lyrics booklet, while the limited edition comes with a 60-page photo lyrics booklet and a bonus DVD with a music video for "P・A・R・A・D・O・X". The album sold over 670,000 copies in its first week and became the best-selling album of 2013 in Japan. It was released digitally on February 7, 2020.
