Released single D.A.R.K

By 2005 they released the single “D.A.R.K”. Soon after they released a mini album entitled Dark-Ism . This mini album included a song entitled “Yami no Hikari e” which had a much different sound than previous Balzac recordings. They shot a promotional video clip for the song too (released with a full-color hardcover photo history book), which was also very different from their other videos. It showed the world another side of the band that had not been explored much. This song was originally performed on stage with Hirosuke playing rhythm guitar. This year also saw the band touring Japan again for the Darkism Tour. Late in the year they played the track “Moonlight”, a Buck-Tick cover for the tribute album Parade -Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick- , as well as a version of The Damned ‘s ” Smash It Up ” for a tribute to The Damned. They also released a special picture disc 7-inch with T.W.I.M where they included the new song, “(I Touched the Silence of the) Rain”. This was an earlier, rough version of the song that would later be included on the “Horrorock” single, which was included with a new 12-inch Paperbag Man figure from Medicom Toys Co., which came in two limited colors.