Beyond the Darkness
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| Beyond The Darkness | ||||
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| Released | July 29, 2003 | |||
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| Length | 59:51 | |||
| Label | Misfits | |||
| Producer | Balzac | |||
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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[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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[edit]
- "Beware of Darkness"
- "Yami-No Mukou-No Subete-Wo"
- "The Silence of Crows"
- "Out of the Blue"
- "Making of Beware of Darkness"
Personnel[edit]
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Balzac
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Production
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c Mason, Stewart. Beyond the Darkness at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ 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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