Balzac

Balzac never really denied being the Japanese answer to the Misfits (down to skeleton costumes), but then again, they wouldn't have become the country's premiere horror-punk band by being plain copycats. Balzac's songs are often dark and moody, and their sound incorporates the occasional bouts of noise rock and industrial, but the bandmembers are also remarkably skilled as melodic punk songwriters who hold dark humor and campy imagery dear to their hearts. And that's to say nothing of their veritable entrepreneurial skills: many of Balzac's releases come with toy figures, and ...