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Doyle
Doyle
band
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The Misfits
The Misfits
American horror punk band
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Samhain
Samhain
American rock band
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Tarot
Tarot
Finnish band
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Michale Graves
Michale Graves
American musician
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Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein
American guitarist
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Aiden
Aiden
American band
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Flogging Molly
Flogging Molly
American Celtic punk band
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Blaze Ya Dead Homie
Blaze Ya Dead Homie
American rapper
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Beatallica
Beatallica
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Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees
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Confide
Confide
American band
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Soilwork
Soilwork
Swedish melodic death metal band
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Fucked Up
Fucked Up
Canadian hardcore punk band
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Buck-O-Nine
Buck-O-Nine
band
15
Helloween
Helloween
Power metal band
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Maximum the Hormone
Maximum the Hormone
band
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Deathstars
Deathstars
Swedish metal band
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Therapy?
Therapy?
Northern Irish rock band
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Hoobastank
Hoobastank
American rock band
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Danzig
Danzig
American heavy metal band
21
The Shocker
The Shocker
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Melvins
Melvins
American rock band
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SR-71
SR-71
band
24
Caliban
Caliban
German metalcore band
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Lords of the Trident
Lords of the Trident
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Superchunk
Superchunk
American rock band
27
Mark Lanegan
Mark Lanegan
American recording artist; singer
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The Mad Capsule Markets
The Mad Capsule Markets
Japanese band
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Subb
Subb
band
30
Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral
Swedish black metal band
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Union
Union
American rock group formed in 1997
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Dez Cadena
Dez Cadena
American musician
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Sug
Sug
band
34
The Darkness
The Darkness
British Band
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Stellar Corpses
Stellar Corpses
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Gamma Ray
Gamma Ray
German power metal band
37
Dani Filth
Dani Filth
English heavy metal vocalist
38
Robo
Robo
Colombian-American drummer
39
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
American crossover thrash band
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The Rentals
The Rentals
American band
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Organ Thieves
Organ Thieves
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Raven
Raven
English heavy metal band
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Haste the Day
Haste the Day
American Christian metalcore band
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Pitmen
Pitmen
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Witchery
Witchery
Swedish thrash/speed metal band
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The Idoru
The Idoru
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The Four Horsemen
The Four Horsemen
band
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Firewind
Firewind
Greek power metal band
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flumpool
flumpool
Japanese band
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Noah and the Whale
Noah and the Whale
British indie rock band
51
L'Arc-en-Ciel
L'Arc-en-Ciel
Japanese rock band
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Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria
American rock band
53
Vic Ruggiero
Vic Ruggiero
musician, songwriter and producer from New York City
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Efterklang
Efterklang
Danish indie rock band
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H2O
H2O
American hardcore punk band
56
Glay
Glay
rock band from Japan (1988-)
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The Bouncing Souls
The Bouncing Souls
American punk rock band
58
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir
Norwegian symphonic black metal band
59
The Pillows
The Pillows
Japanese alternative rock band
60
Okkervil River
Okkervil River
band that plays alternative country
61
Millencolin
Millencolin
Swedish band from Örebro
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Murderdolls
Murderdolls
band
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Symphony X
Symphony X
American progressive metal band
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Tiger Army
Tiger Army
American pyschobilly band
65
Snuff
Snuff
British punk rock band
66
Quasi
Quasi
American indie rock band
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White Denim
White Denim
American rock band
68
Davey von Bohlen
Davey von Bohlen
American musician and songwriter
69
Puppy
Puppy
UK band
70
Reggie and the Full Effect
Reggie and the Full Effect
American rock band
71
Jesu
Jesu
British post-metal band
72
Angra
Angra
Brazilian power metal band
73
D'espairsRay
D'espairsRay
Japanese band

Balzac (typeset as BALZAC) is a Japanese punk rock band formed in 1992 in Kyoto. The band was founded by singer and songwriter Hirosuke Nishiyama, who has remained the only constant member of the band since its creation. Since the beginning, Balzac was highly influenced by the sound and image of the American horror punk band Misfits and, especially during the very early years, Glenn Danzig's Samhain, adopting and combining the musical and visual style of both bands to create their own. Balzac's lyrics, though not always serious in tone, often deal with themes of darkness, loneliness and fear.

Balzac has gained a certain amount of recognition and exposure outside of their native country, where they are well-known. Currently they have five official clothing brands (Shocker!!!, Dementia 13, Culture, XXXxxx and Balzac) with one store in Japan, plus three online stores (Shocker Webstore, Shocker World Wide and Shocker EU). They also have their own official record label called Evilegend 13 Records on which they have released EPs, singles and videos. Balzac is also well known for its toy releases, some created by the companies T.W.I.M. and Secret Base, and its extensive discography and side-projects.

The current lineup of the band consists of Hirosuke Nishiyama (vocals), Atsushi Nakagawa (guitar/chorus), Akio Imai (bass/chorus) and Takayuki Manabe (drums/digital effects/chorus). Musically the band has drawn from punk, pop, industrial and noise, across their various releases.