Beyond the Darkness

For other uses, see Beyond the Darkness (disambiguation).
Beyond The Darkness
Studio album by
Balzac
ReleasedJuly 29, 2003
Genre
Length59:51
LabelMisfits
ProducerBalzac
Balzac chronology
Zennou-Naru Musuu-No Me Ha Shi Wo Yubi Sasu
(2000) 		Beyond The Darkness
(2003) 		Came Out of the Grave
(2004)

Beyond the Darkness (Japanese: 闇を超えて, Hepburn: Yami-no mukou-no subete-wo) is a 2003 compilation album by the Japanese punk band Balzac. It features re-recordings of songs from the band's first five studio albums:[1] The Last Men on Earth (1995), Deep – Teenagers from Outer Space (1997), 13 Stairway – The Children of the Night (1998), Zennou-Naru Musuu-No Me Ha Shi Wo Yubi Sasu (2000), and Terrifying! Art of Dying – The Last Men on Earth II (2002). Beyond the Darkness was Balzac's first North American release.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Stewart Mason of AllMusic gave the album a score of four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling the choruses of the songs on the album "surprisingly catchy" and the album as a whole "a solidly entertaining overview of what they're [Balzac's] all about".[1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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."The 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."The Bleeding Light"3:55
Total length:52:32
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
18."Diabolos" (live)3:15
19."13 Ghosts" (live)1:11
20."Day the Earth Caught Fire" (live)2:53
Total length:7:19

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"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c Mason, Stewart. Beyond the Darkness at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. ^ Paul, Aubin (4 November 2005). "Balzac - Out of the Grave and Into the Dark [CD/DVD]". Punknews.org. Retrieved 28 January 2021.


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