BALZAC - "Paradox"

[thisisacalamity]

Fuck yeah, thats is all

[Urmomsedhi]

can i get some random, un-needed thumbs up anyone??

[rockerMASL]

The intro and this song reminds me of a band from Japan called The Mad Capsule Markets and the song Pulse.

[DeathGrindHorrorPunk]

@rockerMASL The dude from mad capsule markets produced this ep

[rockerMASL]

@DeathGrindHorrorPunk Nice

[Pixiesmith1988]

Reminds me of the Mad capsule Markets another great Japanese band, Quite a change in style for Balzac but I like it

[energyboy1975]

Hell yeah!

[ThePunk3r]

MAN! Japanese Horror Punk/Hardcore Band and its members are friends of Misfits and Suicidal Tendencies fans? MY FAVOURITE BAND! Sorry, Misfits, you are legends.... Balzac For Life!

[03Poul]

this is a kind of bad Axl rose??

[thepunk308]

@03Poul axl rose is bad

[03Poul]

@thepunk308 yeah he is the best singer of rock nowadays

[TruthFister8600]

Wow ... Balzac got fuckin' heavy!

[HybridIcecream]

HIROSUKE is so fucking cool. *_*;)

[Buzzmancer]

now i see why wikipedia called them horrorpunk and digital hardcore XD lol i love both genres to death though :)

[imnotnotjesus]

badass isn't badass enough to describe this badass song

[blackorpheliac1]

Hirosuke's singing reminds me of Jorge Herreras singing from The casualties

[necroaeon]

@blackorpheliac1 lol yea i thought hirosuke was in the casualties for the longest time cuz they sounded so much alike

[zamstrom]

digital horror punk. These guys bring the fore front to everything. fucking love them so damn much!!

[gasxberacun]

Japanese misfits..great..

[chomp500]

Why in the hell do people keep comparing Balzac to the misfits ! They are nothing alike !

Aside all the retards that are stuck on the misfits this band is really really good

[blackorpheliac1]

@chomp500 dude thats ignorant of u. do ur research. Balzac was HEAVILY influenced by The Misfits. a lot of things they do are similar to the misfits, including the style (except this video). they are very a like, and they work together often

[evilfinchman]

they definitely have an emotional appeal that The Misfits never could have had, but that just makes them more different from eachother. liking both is fine i think

[Heartlesswarrior13]

If more bands in the U.S. could be liek this or the old 70's/80's Punk rock bands, we could revive the PUnk Rock genre.

Because the modern day Punk (Blink-182, Good Charlotte, etc.) sucks.

[necroaeon]

@Heartlesswarrior13 lol yeah cause punks not dead... its just kinda gay now haha

[meestafeesh]

I'm liking this a lot - it's heavy, it's melodic, it rocks the fuck out! ANd there's a definite nod to pop-punk in the chorus! Yeah, I'd buy this album . . .

[necroaeon]

forgot how much i fuckin love this band lol

[CasketCreepx]

old misfits like earth ad is where it is at.

if you like this more then that, well.

i probably hate you.

[OutoftheGrave]

@CasketCreepx

Well you must hate me spanky. Cause this kills anything this Misfits have ever done. And i've been a Misfits fan for 15 years.

[jameslangstorm]

love misfits and i have to say this kicks ass to balzac is now in my offical horror punk top 10

[Upflamoer]

don't hurt me...but.. i like them more, than misfits :-)

[cassiusitsover]

If Mad capsule markets, aphex twin and misfits were to have sex.. I think the sound of there orgasm would go a little like this...

[mrNobody9999]

This is waaaaay different from the Balzac I'm used to...

[Upflamoer]

@mrNobody9999

The whole paradox- album is way different ;-)

[pgstevenson1969]

I saw BALZAC on monday night at Club Kobra, Osaka. Great show. tons of energy and really loud

[Crazycode666]

its sounds kinda like "Mad Capsule Markets" , Love Balzac 1 of my Favorite bands

[21Kyzix12]

@Crazycode666 ya it does remind me of later Mad Capsule Markets or Wagdug Futuristic Unity

[DanteWhite]

this is not horror punk :/

[driftwood963]

But its great.

[balzacfiend308]

ROCK ON!

[vidjunkie8]

Another Japanese band I like called Balzac, the chorus is really cool.

[lalalala4231]

where can i find this album online to download? i do plan on buying it but i would like to listen to the rest of it before i go and jump the gun

[Elitecristian]

I Love BalZaC!!!!!!!!!!!

[CharlesBronson85]

They have been one of my favorite bands for the past 3 years but I didn't even know this new record existed. Somehow I totally missed it, anyway this is the only song I've heard so far and while it is good I hope the whole record doesn't have this feel to it. It feels kinda the same but totally different as well. For one thing where the fuck are all the "whoa's"

[feindclub666]

the whole album is actually like this. Its not bad but i aalso hope that they dont decide to do all of their future music this way

[RenjiFukuTaichou]

wow I'm starting to like this band ^_^

[BeyondEvil308]

Love balzac...i have been listening to them for about 4 or 5 years now and my favorite song is---Beyond Evil 308, Pt. 2

[buttlord123]

are these blokes japanese?

[DeathGrindHorrorPunk]

yes

[makeanassessment]

They're obviously Africans.

[buttlord123]

@makeanassessment They kind of hide their faces thru the whole vid, I couldnt tell if they were white or asian.... ass clown

[balzac308]

PARADOX Rules so hard that I had to buy 2 copies!

[114dad]

i am a huge misfits fan. i heard about these guys from the misfits and i decided to check them out. and woah this is some of the coolest music i have ever heard. this is the first song i heard from this band and i already love them and btw im not even through listening to the whole song yet. wow amazing!

[OutoftheGrave]

Best band ever my friend.

[LiLHalloweeen]

@114dad

thats horrorpunk,babe ^^

[beefflavoredchicken]

@114dad i got a shirt of em ^_^

[FearOfPeople]

balzac sound and look like tmcm osc dis era now?! interesting development, but i miss the old look also.. whatever sells i suppose

[XintoTheVoidX]

a big ministry influence in this song

[danielparanoia]

hahahahaha, Axel Rose!!!? HAHAHAHAHA

[evilfinchman]

I did like their costumes more, but this sounds really great.

[delirivm80]

I really Don't like where this band is heading, I mean there's nothing wrong with changed evolution and all that crap, But I liked them much more with their skeletons outfits and the whole paper bag serial killer thing it set them apart from all the other generic J-hardcore music, they used to be a true Horror punk band.

[Delafiatono]

Axl W. Rose ?

[sithkill308]

This song reminds me of Into the Light of the 13 Dark Night single  but even way better !!! I was kind of puzzled where this band was heading with this but it was well produced ... Keep up the BadAss Work!!!

[thepunk308]

i mmiss their skeleton suits !

what happened to paperbagman !?

but awesome anyway balzac cant be bad!

[HorrorRockGB]

this is like one of the few songs from them that I really don't like but atleast some of the songs in thier new album actually sound like horror punk

[skateweb]

this song is diferent but i like me all the album

[HakachumuIkari]

Honestly this is what makes Balzac such a great band, they're willing to experiment rather than limiting themselves to rewriting the same songs like most punk bands succumb to these days. I've been a fan for years so I loved them as horror punk, but I love to see them do new things too, this is great!

[OutoftheGrave]

Well said my friend!

[ieatpoop4brkfst]

im with ya. of course i like their old sound and i hope they don't completely abandon it, but as long as what theyre doing now is still pleasing to the ear i dont mind. it was definitely a little hard for me to accept at first though since theyre my favorite band haha

[Cenamark2]

Balzac has always dabbled in industrial. Most of their albums have a few industrialish songs, but they remain with the punk sound for most everything else. Seems like people are freaking just because they made one of their industrial pieces a single.

The only thing that really changed about Balzac is their image. I guess they didn't feel like wearing skeleton suits forever.

[ieatpoop4brkfst]

@Cenamark2 umm tbh yea they always dabbled in industrial but it seems the past two albums were mostly industrial and the few punk songs they have are super punk rock songs...i listen to them for their catchy punk rocks songs, thought i dont have a problem with their new stuff either...ya get sick of writing the same thing over and over plus i like this song anyway

[Aneel138]

LOve the song keep it up also Spiral is a godly song!

[skateweb]

yeah spiral is the best!!

[cthulhuloid]

a bit disappointing...

[n3crocannibal]

what happened to the good ol horror punk balzac, i thought i was watching mtv cause the intro sounds exactly like mtv's old music lol, its alright i guess, shitty compared to the old balzac

[skateweb]

drum&bass, they sound good I only miss their skullzip

[n3crocannibal]

balzac use to not be drum and bass

they were a horror punk band

[ieatpoop4brkfst]

yea i miss the odl balzac, but i dont blame them. ya just get tired of playign the same shit after awhile. this still rocks though i probly played it liek 50 times already...seems like no matter what they do they remain awesome.

[evilfinchman]

I miss their old uniforms. Skeletons.

[Mueychacha]

fuckin industrial bullshit

[WorlddestroyGuy]

this sounds a bit more agressiv then there other stuff but its pretty cool too

[bitcrusherrr]

At around 3:00 you can hear the AA= vocoder.

maybe Takeshi did the vokills too?

i'd kill to get my hands on Mr Ueda's drum samples.

[Okanehira]

Don't you think the drums, especially the opening drums sound like RADIO SWEETS and MIDI Surf

[bitcrusherrr]

ditching their Misfits-eqsue gear too?

cool.

hope they tour UK.

[Okanehira]

wow you can tell takeshi ueda produced this, Mad Balzac Capsules, fucking awesome.

[TEEN1DOL]

Fucking eh! Balzac keeps getting better and better! Haven't seen a band this consistently awesome in years.

[RukiIbanezmaster]

Fukcin Balzac, just when you think they can't get any better, they do this.

[metalandanimeyes]

Bad ass stuff, Balzac is always coming up with awsome stuff.

[DeathGrindHorrorPunk]

Do you think they were listening to Atari Teenage Riot when they wrote this song?

[DeathGrindHorrorPunk]

not that that is a bad thing by any means

[CaptainWizardBeard]

more like the mad capsule markets

[CaptainWizardBeard]

Wow, this really reminds me of the mad capsule markets

this is not a bad thing

[OutoftheGrave]

The album is being produced buy their bass player and Hirosuke is a huge MCM fan.

[GenocideKommando1]

Hirosuke-san... with that bandana you remind me of Mike Muir from Suicidal Tendencies. I hope the new album rocks like hell...

[2DRulz]

horrorwood u got the .mp3 for this track it is absoluty awesome

[mymymy1225]

B×H のCMかと思ったよ!!

[skateweb]

LSD effects 2:15

[yyfrz]

Cool！

[supermarvelguy]

the singer looks like a cholo from east LA.

BALZAC FUCKING ROCKS

[ijl1977]

Awesome. Just get better all the time.

[Prayforthewolf]

Yeah! That's my cubs. ;)

[skateweb]

amazing!!!

[sp0ng0]

fuck

[tehshokoi]

OH SHI

[Sparkonetwo]

The singer is wearing a Siouxsie and the Banshees t-shirt. Which means I love him.

[OutoftheGrave]

Fucking... shiiiit, I dunno, I cannot wait for this! Siiick.

[drido]

Holy fuck! Fuck.

[pandafresh]

fucking fucking fuck, fucking fuck. too good

[CRIMSONGHOST1308]

Sounds fucking sick!!

I Can't wait to hear other tracks off this album

By the way, why is Hirosuke dressed like a Jewish Mike Muir?? haha just kidding

[Mato308]

The CD Is GOING TO BE SICK !!!!!

Cant wait to get this CD

[Blodnatt]

The hand of Takeshi really shines on the production but still it got that Balzac sound we al love.

Just freaking amazing cant wait for the whole album!

[theblacknemesis]

way different than their usual stuff, but damn awesome

really looking forward to this

[dudeirule9999]

For the love of god I hope I can get this on the day of release and not have it just ship then.

[nollfem4]

Awesome!

[thepunk308]

i just love it

[ChromeColossus]

Thank you for just being that awesome Balzac.

[TheDrunkenCelt]

Toasty