After canceling their performances at “DEADLY CIRCUS” (September 13th 2025) and PUNK LIVES! 2025 (September 15th 2025), on September 17th 2025 they announced that their drummer Takayuki Manabe deceased on September 11th 2025.
In January, Balzac announced their 10th album entitled “BLACKOUT” which has one single so far (“The Bleeding Black”) and is slated for a 8 March 2013 Release date. On 10 February, they released the PV for “The Bleeding Black” and 12 days later released the PV for “Hell Rising”.
2012 marked the 20th Anniversary of Balzac. To celebrate many special release and live performances are in the works. A release of their first 7-inch single, ‘Lord of the Light and of the Darkness’, their 2nd 7-inch, ‘Atom-Age Vampire in 308′, and the ‘One Night in Hell’ cassette box will…
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In January 2011 Balzac released their second “best-of” CD entitled Complete Legacy of Horror: The Best of Balzac II , alongside three special CD releases: ‘Psycho Night’, ‘Dark Night’ and ‘Black Night’. In March the band toured with New Rote’ka, and released a special limited edition set through Shocker to…
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2010 also proved to be a busy year for Balzac. In March Balzac played two shows, for the first time ever, in Taiwan. A nationwide tour of Japan with GNz-WORD was also completed. A split single with RADIOTS which included cover versions of the MISFITS’ classics, “Astrozombies” and “I Turned…
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Then, on 11 December 2009 the band released a 44-track, double disc CD ´Best-of´ album entitled Complete Legacy of Evilegend: The Best of Balzac . Many of the tracks have been re-recorded or re-worked.
Around May 2009, the band gave the first hints on the process of making their next full-length album. They also released a couple of toys, shirts, pens, mugs and other items in collaboration with the Japanese company Sanrio , more specifically their character Hello Kitty , having the famous cat…
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In April 2008, Balzac released their 8th full-length album entitled Hatred: Destruction = Construction . It marked a return to the heavier and darker side for the band, reminiscent of some of their earlier work which was more brooding and dark. It was released in a regular edition, as well…
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On 11 November, Balzac released a full-length Zodiac album to end the year, Beware On Halloween . They also played a few huge shows with the visual kei band Mucc , and put on a special year-end live event where they took the stage as both Balzac and Zodiac. In…
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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…
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