Beyond the Darkness

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]

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)

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. 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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