VKH Fans have been wanting the GazettE’s style to return to something similar to DIM, yet DOGMA appears to be a drastically heavier style in comparison. Was the intensity of this album done in part as a response to those pressuring you to revisit your previous styles?

RUKI If we were to do everything that the fans requested, we would have resigned as a band a long time ago. It’s not that it’s the same as DIM because both DIM and DOGMA are just a single part of who we are.

URUHA We’re aware that each of our albums definitely has a different style but since we’re always doing our best through trial and error, using our skills and preferences at that time, we can’t respond to fans by producing music with the same feeling as our past works because that in itself no longer exists.

AOI No, it’s not like that. For example, if a theater company always did the same musical for many years, would everyone keep going over and over to see them? For bands as well, even though we might have a successful style for doing shows, isn’t it better that we can put forward new ideas one after the other?

REITA DOGMA is a response.

KAI That’s incorrect. It’s us constantly exploring our potential.