GazeRockSnob

I agree with your review. Tbh I've forgotten Dogma already. I thought I was gonna regret not buying it after hearing Ominous but nope, glad I didn't spend over $100 over a pretty much uneventful album. I feel like Dawn, Deracine and Ominous are the only relevant songs on the album.

It's beautiful, I love it and no longer have terrible doubts about the album.

Hmm albums, limited editions only, and memorabillia (like guitar pics and stuff) sometimes. And shirts.

Aww :l

Aaaahh can't wait for this.

It is!

Sai I love you but Imma punch you. If you compare it to DIM then you will say that no effort has been made but if you compare it to Toxic & Division then it is obvious that they tried. Uruha had said in the MTV 81 interview that they were going back to the basics with BD and to me, he did not lie. I do hear influences from the past and I'm proud that they're drawing influences from when they burned the brightest. I think that DIM is just a work of art that can't be done twice. Almost every time I see you talking about GazettE, DIM is thrown into the mix and I wonder if you (and other people) can't just analyze something without comparing it to something else that was done years ago when shit was more 'original' (what is even original anymore). It's okay to judge progress based on successive releases but when you just keep going back and comparing it to something that was done so long ago when GazettE was at their peak music wise, you'll never see the fact they're actually trying. How long are we going to compare to DIM. Every freaking thing gets compared to DIM. If GazettE releases an album in 2020 are we still going to compare it to DIM? I do kind of think that the quality of their taste has degraded over the years though. But anyway, since the intitial OMFG BeAuTiFuL DeFOrMiTy iS OuT craziness has faded, here is my track by track. ~Malformed Box~ Woooo I love this. it's the only intro that has stuck in my mind since Infuse Into. I do agree with everyone else when it comes to how well it meshes with Inside Beast. It pretty much just bleeds into the song, I love it. Shows some good thought right there. How do you even rate intros? 9.5/10 ~Inside Beast~ I love the PV. I think it's supposed to be showing different sides to each member. Like one persona of Ruki is on a bed with a pipe and half crazy makeup and smiles on his face and the other persona is just walking around looking sexy. Not gonna get into an analysis of the PV though, moving on to the song. I don't like it. The intro is good in that it blends perfectly with Malformed Box but I don't really like the song. The little girls are cute but they annoy the frick outta me with their occasional 'give me your beast' or whatever they were saying. I have to admit though that the 'give me your ch-chick-ah was nice. >3< The best parts of the song were Kai's solos at 1:21-1:41 and the outro of the song. The rest is just meh. 5.5/10 ~Until It Burns Out~ Wooo scream at the start lol. Ruki really can't do harsh vocals that well but it works. I love the riffs at 1:42-1:59 overall the song has a nice pace but it's definitely not one of my favorites. I think Ruki's english pronunciation has gotten so much better like, he's been practicing! 6.5/10 ~Devouring One another~ You know this kind of reminds me of Toguro, the starting and the deep tone of Ruki's voice throughout. I love the subdued guitars in the background and I really do like Ruki's whispering/harsh speaking/singing in this. The songs progressively get cooler as you listen further, a build up, kind of. 7.5/10 ~Fadeless~ I do like this song, it's catchy. I hated the female vocals at the starting (still kind of do) but with continuous listening, they have grown on me. As I said the last time I commented on this song, the best part of it is the bass outro like dayum it still gives me goosebumps. 7.5/10 ~Redo~ IDC WHAT ANYONE SAYS I LOVE THIS SONG AND I THINK ITS NICE AND DIFFERENT. It's upbeat and very smooth and I love Ruki's voice in this. It's one of those songs that are just lovely to sing to and it might not be that memorable but it'll definitely stick in the faves pile. Ruki's vocalizations as the song ends had me spazzing like I literally got emotional I love them and since he doesn't do those vocalizations very often I was so happy with this song. 8.5/10 ~Last Heaven~ Acoustic guitar in this ;A; someone hold me. It's a soft, smooth song as well, a nice ballad but it doesn't really leave that much of an impression. I would say again that Ruki's English is getting so much better. Lol when I remember Ruki's English in Taion and listen to him now I rofl. I'm glad he's practicing. There's a lighter layer of his voice that floated somewhere and I loved that. The solo at 3:50-4:13 had me squirming in my seat woo! 7.5/10 ~Loss~ I love the opening and the female Vocals in this h e l p. I fricken love the way he places the female vocals sometimes.Just makes me want to melt. Solo in this around 2:08 um there should have been more to that why wasn't their more to that. :l Abrupt ending, no but otherwise I like the song. 7/10 ~Stupid Tiny Insect~ Sounds like something that would fit well on disc 2 of Divsion but I like it though and although it has the really electronic intro for a while I feel like this is one of the major instances that they went -back-. Rolling of his r's. The scream/vomit parts. The way he says stupid tiny insect and the amped up cheering in the background. 7/10 ~In Blossom~ Yes I love this. Influences come out again woo. And the female harmonies sound like they're a bit layered at some point and I LOVE IT AHHH. Then there's Ruki's lighter vocalization around 2:00 onwards and I was just like o: I didn't expect that. 7.5/10 ~鴉~ BASS. INFLUENCESSSSSSS. Sounds like something fron Nil. If I had heard this and not known Beautiful Deformity was out I probably would have thought that it was an older song that I had missed somehow. Jesus the riffs at 2:03 onwards H E L P. Overall the guitars are really good though. This song makes me nostalgic. 7/10 ~黒く澄んだ空と残骸と片翅~ YES. YES YES YES. LOVE HOW THIS STARTS OUT AND CONTINUES.Yo, from Redo to Malformed Box is my fave part of the album ok. So much energy in this song I just want to jump around. They really went back for this. 8/10 ~To Dazzling Darkness~ AND NOW FOR MY FAVE TRACK IDC WHAT ANYONE SAYS THIS SONG HAD ME FROM THE BEGINNING. When I heard the preview I was blown away okay. I prayed to god the preview wasn't lying to me and it wasn't. People say the song is boring but I just think it's beautiful. The female vocals make me so emotional, jesus. And then the riffs from 2:04-2:23. The whole song has this melancholic feeling and I see Chizuru being thrown around somewhere lol no this does not resemble Chizuru. IDC MAN 10/10 I MASTURBATE TO THIS SONG OK. ~Coda~ Here, To Dazzling darkness blends straight into Coda and I wish this wasn't just an outro, fuck, it sounds so good it could have been a lot more. It's beautiful and sad and I love the acoustic guitars and tHEN IT BUILDS UP AND THE FEMALE VOCALIZATIONS AND RUKI'S WHISPERING STARTS AND I LOSE MY SHIT IT IS MY SECOND FAVE TRACK OK.10/10 OK. Overall: I said I loved the album and I meant it. I see progress and I hope they continue. We all know they can do better (well can they anymore?). They have done better but I don't wanna stay hung up on the past. I hope they take a year off then come back and outdo BD. 7.5/10

Lol half the time I think some of you people are just programmed to give sad reviews about GazettE's efforts but my say on the album: FRICK I love it. Toxic was okay. Division was good but frick I love Beautiful Deformity. I feel like they totally stepped up and I love hearing Ruki's voice without so much editing fuuuck. My favourite off the album would have to be To Dazzling Darkness. I think that song is organized so well and it starts off so beautifully and continues beautifully for the rest of the song. The female harmonies are hypnotizing and the riffs between 2:02 and 2:25 make me so emotional jfc. It's an amazing song. I also really love CODA and I really wish it wasn't just an outro. It could have been so much more. I feel like they really made an effort to go 'back to the basics' because I do hear influences from the past ;w; Track by Track soon ^^

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