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Forgoing singles this time around, they were ready just nine months later to release yet another full-length album, Division. It was released in Europe through JPU Records, which would handle many of their subsequent albums. Beautiful Deformity followed in 2013 and Dogma in 2015 for the band's 13th anniversary, before they took a break from writing for a while. For the 2017 compilation album Traces, Vol. 2, they re-recorded the best of their ballads. The Gazette's first new music in nearly three years came in March 2018 with the surprise release of the single \"Falling\"; when its music video was uploaded onto the band's official website, it crashed due to the volume of traffic. Their uninspiringly titled ninth album, Ninth, followed in June, hitting number three on the Oricon charts and topping download charts across Europe. Concurrently, the bandmembers announced they were parting ways with their long-term management, PS Company, and setting up their own firm, Heresy, Inc. ~ Alexey Eremenko & John D. 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