The band began in 2002 with Ruki (vocals), Reita (bass) and Uruha (lead guitar) in Kanagawa Prefecture.

[7] They recruited Aoi (rhythm guitar) and Yune (drums) from disbanded visual band Artia and formally became Gazette in January 2002.

In October 2002, they played their first solo live show, and on Christmas 2002, the 5-song compilation Yougenkyou with the song "Okuribi" was released.

Shortly after this, Gazette signed with the PS Company label and in May, released their first EP, Cockayne Soup.

On January 16, 2004, the band recorded a solo performance at the Shibuya-AX, released on DVD as Tokyo Saihan -Judgment Day-.

In the same month, Gazette was featured in Shoxx magazine's Expect Rush III, a catalogue of independent visual kei artists.

Their first studio album, Disorder, was released on October 13, 2004, and subsequently made it to the top 5 of the indies Oricon Daily Charts.

On October 20, Gazette released their first photobook, Verwelktes Gedicht, which included an exclusive CD containing the song "Kare Uta" (枯詩, 'Withered Poem').

After changing the spelling of their name from Japanese to English and adding the word "the" in front of it, the band released their second studio album, Nil, on February 8, 2006.

"Chizuru", its B-side, was used as the ending song of the Korean horror film, Apt..[16] The band's third studio album, Stacked Rubbish followed on July 4, 2007.

The DVD for their Stacked Rubbish Grand Finale (Repeated Countless Error) at Yoyogi National Gymnasium was released on August 6, 2008.

[18][19] On January 3, 2009, the Gazette performed at Nippon Budokan alongside fellow PS Company bands in the Peace and Smile Carnival 2009 Tour to celebrate the record label's 10th anniversary,[20] where they announced they would release a single titled "Distress and Coma" on March 25.

[25] On August 4, 2010, they released their third music video on DVD titled Film Bug II, which included ten PV's from "Regret" to "Before I Decay".

The tour started on October 10, 2011, at Tokyo International Forum Hall A and led the band through 27 cities with a total of 28 performances held through the end of 2011.

[32] The tour finale was held in Yokohama Arena with the title Tour11-12 Venomous Cell -the Finale- Omega on January 14, 2012.

Division was promoted during the nationwide tour Live Tour12 -Division- Groan of Diplosomia 01, which began on October 8, 2012, and came to a close on November 29, 2012.

It contains the full footage from the band's 10th anniversary live show, the Decade, which took place on March 10, 2012, at Makuhari Messe.

The band also announced their first tour for 2013, Live Tour13 Division Groan of Diplosomia 02, which started on February 2, 2013, at Sapporo Shimin Hall and ended March 10, 2013, with their anniversary concert the Gazette Live Tour12-13 Division Groan of Diplosomia Melt, which was held at Saitama Super Arena.

[39] The Gazette performed at the Russian rock festival Kubana, which was held for the fifth time in Anapa at the Black Sea.

[41] As part of their world tour in September 2013, the Gazette returned to Europe for concerts; performing two shows in France, two in Germany and one in Finland.

During 2014, the Gazette held a trilogy of tours entitled Redefinition dedicated to their past albums and limited to fan club members only.

[42] On December 24, 2014, Sony released Film Bug III, featuring the Gazette's music video for "To Dazzling Darkness".

[44] After their 13th anniversary, the Gazette announced a musical cycle called Project: Dark Age consisting of 13 movements, including the overture and a grand finale.

Following this, the Dogmatic tour took the Gazette to the U.S. and Canada for the first time in their career, where the live performances were the 7th movement.

The 8th and 9th movements were Asian and European tours, respectively, that saw them visit Taiwan, China, France, Germany, Finland and Russia.

[48] When the album was released digitally, Ninth topped the iTunes rock charts in Belarus, Finland, France, Hungary, Poland, Turkey and Sweden, and reached top ten in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia and Spain.

The venue was sold-out in minutes after the absence of the band overseas, and the setlist was a mix of older songs and the new album.

[70] With the Final approaching on September 23, 2019, the Gazette changed their looks and outfits,[71] and announced a collaboration (the GazettE × Yokohama Collaboration Project) that included a special design day-pass for the Minatomirai Line, a themed restaurant in Yokohama Chinatown and a stamp rally with rewards.

[74] On March 10, 2021, their nineteenth anniversary, the Gazette released the song "Blinding Hope" and announced their 10th studio album, Mass.

[75] It was released on May 23 and promoted by an online event with autograph and meet and greet sessions, where participants were chosen by lottery.