the GazettE 20TH ANNIVERSARY BEST ALBUM HETERODOXY-DIVIDED 3 CONCEPTS- Now Available Digitally!

For the first time since its original release on 23 December 2022, the GazettE 20TH ANNIVERSARY BEST ALBUM HETERODOXY-DIVIDED 3 CONCEPTS- is available to officially stream from today! Click the link above to start listening now from your favourite digital platform, or to order the CD directly from the GazettE's overseas label, which includes an English translation booklet for every song.

Until now the must-listen to album, that features 47-tracks fully remastered and beautifully placed across three volumes, was available to purchase as a 3-CD collection or as a digital download only.

Now, the entire compilation that looks back on the GazettE's 20 year career, is available to stream ahead of the band's tour finale at Japan's legendary Nippon Budokan venue on 15 July 2023. The live spectacle is the final date of the band's tour around latest studio album MASS (also available on CD, and to download and stream), and is entitled "the GazettE LIVE TOUR2022-2023 MASS "THE FINAL". Tickets go on sale this week, from 24 June and details can be found here!

the GazettE to Release 20th Anniversary Best Album Overseas: 47 Tracks Remastered, Extensive Booklet with Lyrics, Translations and Transliterations!

Popular band the GazettE will mark the band’s 20th anniversary by releasing an international version of upcoming three-disc album the GazettE 20TH ANNIVERSARY BEST ALBUM HETERODOXY-DIVIDED 3 CONCEPTS-. It will be released from our friends at London’s JPU Records on 23 December 2022 and is available to preorder from today. A retail release in the UK and Europe will follow from 13 January 2023.

This edition of the album, which features 47 tracks from the GazettE’s extensive catalogue completely remastered, and a voluminous booklet. Each song’s lyrics have been lovingly translated into English, as well as transliterated into Romaji so that the band’s international fans can enjoy the tracks on an even deeper level, regardless of Japanese ability. The original Japanese lyrics are also included. Fans from EU countries can also enjoy purchasing the album direct from JPU Records without attracting any additional taxes or fees upon delivery.

Each of the album’s three discs has a different concept. Disc one is entitled SINGLES and contains 16 tracks, starting with the GazettE’s debut major label single ‘Cassis’, and includes all of their singles in chronological order until latest single ‘UNDYING’. Disc two is entitled ABYSS and features 15 tracks, including a number of B-sides. Disc three is named LUCY and includes a further 16 songs.

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the GazettE 20TH ANNIVERSARY BEST ALBUM HETERODOXY-DIVIDED 3 CONCEPTS- JaCKET COVER

the GazettE「the GazettE 20TH ANNIVERSARY BEST ALBUM HETERODOXY-DIVIDED 3 CONCEPTS-」

Disc One: SINGLES
01. Cassis
02. REGRET
03. Filth in the beauty
04. Hyena
05. 紅蓮 (Guren)
06. LEECH
07. DISTRESS AND COMA
08. BEFORE I DECAY
09. SHIVER
10. Red
11. PLEDGE
12. VORTEX
13. REMEMBER THE URGE
14. FADELESS
15. UGLY
16. UNDYING

Disc Two: ABYSS
01. 奈落 (Naraku)
02. Bath Room
03. DRIPPING INSANITY
04. BIZARRE
05. 虚無の終わり 箱詰めの黙示 (Kyomuno Owari Hakozumeno Mokushi)
06. WASTELAND
07. 痴情 (Chijou)
08. QUIET
09. GODDESS
10. RUTHLESS DEED
11. BABYLON'S TABOO
12. DOGMA
13. 千鶴 (Chizuru)
14. OMINOUS
15. DIM SCENE

Disc Three: LUCY
01. RAGE
02. NINTH ODD SMELL
03. Maggots
04. 裏切る舌 (Uragiru Bero)
05. LUCY
06. VENOMOUS SPIDER'S WEB
07. GABRIEL ON THE GALLOWS
08. DAWN
09. TWO OF A KIND
10. ATTITUDE
11. VERMIN
12. OGRE
13. HEADACHE MAN
14. ABHOR GOD
15. BLEMISH
16. TOMORROW NEVER DIES

the GazettE to Hold MASS Online Event for International Fans!

MASS Jacket Cover

We are very happy to announce that the GazettE will hold a special event for international fans who have purchased new album MASS on CD from our friends at JPU Records! Each copy purchased of JPU Records' edition of the album, which includes English lyric translations and romaji transliterations, will receive a unique code. This code, along with codes from the Japanese editions, can be used by fans outside of Japan to enter a lottery for a limited "Sign session & Talk show" online event.

The codes can be registered via a special website between 1 July – 3 July 2021, Japan Standard Time. Lucky winners will then be able to partake in the event on 24 July 2021.

All participants will receive an original smartphone wallpaper, and winners can choose to take part in an online signing opportunity, where autographs will be sent digitally, or an online talk event.

Residents of Japan who try to enter this event will have their codes cancelled. Such fans should instead enter a different online event, applicable between 19 June – 20 June 2021.

Be sure order MASS in the link below!

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the GazettE Trend Worldwide with New Single BLINDING HOPE

Popular band the GazettE trended worldwide today as powerful new single BLINDING HOPE and its striking music video were released. The quintet, who celebrate their 19th anniversary this year, also announced that their tenth studio album MASS will be released on CD from 28 May outside of Japan from JPU Records, and a sampler containing each track was also revealed. The album will be out digitally worldwide from 26 May.

On Twitter #thegazette and #BLINDINGHOPE trended around the world, including #2 in Russia. The single also reached top ten in Amazon’s Hard Rock and Metal Song listings in various countries, and number one in iTunes' UK Metal Song Rankings.

BLINDING HOPE is the first new release from the GazettE after a period of silence. The band sold out tour dates across the globe with previous album NINTH, including shows in London, Paris, New York, Moscow and many more in 2019. In January 2021 the silence was broken with the first teaser of the new single being revealed, followed by the members posting snippets from the new video on their social media each day leading up to the release.

Furthermore, the band’s tenth studio album MASS has also been revealed, including cover art, tracklisting and samples of each song. The album is available to pre-order on CD now from our friends at JPU Records and will include lyric translations as well as Romaji transliterations to help fans understand the lyrical concepts, as well as be able to sing along.

Be sure to check out the sampler for the album along with the pre-order links for MASS below!

Standard edition

MASS Jacket Cover

the GazettE「MASS」

1 COUNT-10

2 BLINDING HOPE

3 ROLLIN'

4 NOX

5 HOLD

6 濁

7 THE PALE

8 MOMENT

9 BARBARIAN

10 FRENZY

11 LAST SONG