Released seventh full-length album

Balzac started out 2006 in earnest. They released their seventh full-length album, Deep Blue: Chaos from Darkism II in March. It was coupled with a special SkullBat figure, also in 2 limited colors. The all-Japan tour began soon after. During the tour they released their first “real” best-of CD, 13 Hits From Darkism . It includes many of the band’s classic songs re-recorded with all the energy of the past combined with the technical talent of the present. A huge 66-song, 2-disc, DVD set was released during the tour as well. A second, smaller-scale DVD-r of Yami Live from 2004 was released during the tour as well. Balzac also played two extra special shows. The first show was in Tokyo’s Shimokitazawa Yaneura at the end of June to a small crowd of 138 fans. The second was on 1 July in Osaka at Osaka’s Namba Bears, the small club where the band’s career began. During this year the band released the album The Deranged Mad Zombies under the same name without giving any notice and hiding completely all traces of Balzac’s connection to the album.