Nagisa

1 month left! Can't wait!

NIL is a pretty great album. Nausea & Shudder, D.L.N, and 体温 are just amazing. It's my third favorite after DIM and 大日本異端芸者的脳味噌逆回転絶叫音源集 (if that counts).

I also have a soft spot for Chizuru, since it was the first GazettE song I heard and was what got me into them.

I'm so excited for this. I'm not going to listen to any songs on the new album until I get my own copy but I'm definitely coming back to this thread to see what other people have to say after I hear it for myself. I did watch the PV though and it didn't really hold my attention like the UGLY PV. I think I've only watched that one twice.

I thought the consensus was that OMINOUS was one of the best tracks in the album, hence the early release.

Overall I like Uruha's songs the best: 千鶴, DIM SCENE, TO DAZZLING DARKNESS, and CODA were all amazing in my opinion.

I'll be happy if there's one or two songs on the level of DOGMA, UNDYING or OMINOUS.

Anyone think that the recent GazettE SEs have improved? In particular, I think they have gotten better at getting them to either flow into the next track or continue from the previous track. Maybe they weren't trying to do that in earlier albums, but I noticed that in BEAUTIFUL DEFORMITY, both the intro and outro had pretty seamless transitions, and it seemed to be the same with DOGMA's intro. I also think the more recent SEs sound better but that's just my opinion. For example, even though DIM is my favorite album, I thought most of the SEs on it were pretty lackluster compared to, say, CODA (not really a fair comparison, I know).

My favorite is the one that's my profile picture. I like their older looks that were more over-the-top better than their current ones. I also really liked Ruki's look in the PV of 飼育れた春、変われぬ春. Their DOGMA look was pretty good though, I have to admit.

If you know Japanese, this site has pretty thorough explanations for the discography up to DOGMA too. http://seesaawiki.jp/the_gazette_expla/

Is the song being released before the album or after the album?

The first GazettE song I heard was 千鶴 (since it was the theme song for a Korean horror movie and I was really into Japanese theme songs for horror movies at the time). This was in 2011, but I didn't really get into the GazettE until 2012, when I got kind of tired of listening to theme songs of horror movies. I thought 千鶴 was one of the best songs that I had heard, so I clicked on The Invisible Wall on Youtube and decided that this was a band worth listening to. The turning point was when I heard some songs from DIM, which made me decide to buy their CDs. The first one I bought was Toxic. Since that time they've been my favorite band.

Sorry I realized that the first one I posted wasn't a topic for some reason, so I am posting this again. What's your favorite GazettE B-side? For me it is a toss-up between 虚無の終わり 箱詰めの黙 and Defective Tragedy. 虚無の終わり 箱詰めの黙 is just so haunting and atmospheric, while I think Defective Tragedy is pretty different from anything else they've done (in a good way). Unfortunately none of the more recent B-sides really do it for me.

Not sure how many other people this is true for but it definitely applies to me.

Oh my gosh finally! Can't wait for this. I think I'm going to skip looking at previews to make the album sound more fresh when I actually get it.

I don't think I'd be listening to anything. The first CD I ever got was filled with Japanese Pokemon songs, and I haven't listened to anything non-Japanese of my own accord. I couldn't stand hearing the music on the radio even when I was 8. Even the video game soundtracks that I sometimes listen to when I need a break from visual kei are composed by Japanese people.

Is the file format supposed to be a rar or zip?

Thanks! I wish someone had told me that before.

Apologies if this has been posted somewhere. I've been kind of interested in joining a trade-off however due to a bad experience in the first one I joined due to my lack of understanding I've been hesitant to join another one. Step-by-step instructions would be appreciated.

Thanks for putting this list together. It's always interesting reading about different bands and their best works.

I've been taking a break from Visual Kei for a few months. I'll probably get back into it once the GazettE release something new. I've been listening to Every Little Thing, which I got into around the same time as the GazettE. I don't think I've listened to "new" artists since 2012.

I just finished reading Kinkakuji a few days ago. It had been a while since I had read fiction in Japanese, so it felt good to be able to go back to it. Right now I'm reading Monograph of the Genus Genlisea. Not fiction but still pretty interesting. After that I plan to read Nepenthes of the Old World: Volume One. I finished Volume Two before starting Kinkakuji, and when I went to the library to return it I saw that they had Volume One, which wasn't even in the catalog. Pretty lucky to be able to read both.