Editing Malice Mizer (section)

===1992–1994: Tetsu era===
[[File:Malice Mizer logo.svg|thumb|The Malice Mizer logo.]]
After leaving Matenrou, guitarists [[Mana (Japanese musician)|Mana]] and [[Közi]] formed Malice Mizer in August 1992 with [[Tetsu Takano|Tetsu]] on vocals, Yu~ki on bass and Gaz on drums. The band's name is a coined word for "Malice et Misère " (French for "malice and misery"), extracted from "Nothing but a being of malice and tragedy."  — their reply to the question "What is a human being?"<ref name="allmusic" /> From the outset, the band established their trademark "twin guitar"' sound, whereby two guitars play different melodies creating [[polyphony]]. Malice Mizer's sound during the Tetsu era was a mixture of early 1980s [[gothic rock]], [[progressive rock]] and strong classical influences. Their first official release was the song "Speed of Desperate" on the 1993 compilation ''Braintrash''.<ref name="allmusic" /> Before this, they had released a demo tape called "Sans Logique" (a nod to French pop singer [[Mylène Farmer]]'s hit song "[[Sans Logique]]") which contained no vocals. Shortly after the release of ''Braintrash'', Gaz left the band to join Kneuklid Romance, while Kneuklid Romance's drummer [[Kami (musician)|Kami]] in turn joined Malice Mizer. In 1994, after a couple more demos, the band released their debut album ''[[Memoire (album)|Memoire]]'' on Mana's newly founded [[independent record label]] [[Midi:Nette]]. It was re-released at the end of the year with an additional bonus track, "Baroque", under the title ''Memoire DX''. Only days later, singer and lyricist Tetsu left the band after his last gig on December 27, 1994. Due to creative differences and not wanting to be known across Japan for wearing makeup and extravagant costumes on stage, Tetsu went on to take a different direction in his work. The band's continued use of his lyrics in songs they continued to perform with later vocalists suggest an amicable split.<ref name="allmusic" />