Gesshoku (月蝕) forms.
The vocalist's name is written as 妖磨 (Yoma) on some releases, but a handwritten text by him confirms that it's actually supposed to be 殀磨 (Yoma). It's also often mistakenly written as 殆磨 (Hotoma) on the internet.
The order in which the band's demo tapes were released is not entirely clear.
On several releases, the band's name is written as "月蝕 -schwarz weiß-". It's unclear whether or not the band considered this part of their name, or just some sort of "flavor" text.
On various websites, the songs 絶望の箱 (Zetsubou no Hako) and "Think about death" are said to be from this band. That's not the case, they were released by a different band with the same name.
At the end of August, Gesshoku distributes their first demo tape for free at Sports Valley Kyoto.
V. Yoma (殀磨) / G. LAYLLA / B. TOKUKO (忒己) / D. Shuu (愁)
Gesshoku debuts at Hirakata BLOW DOWN. The live is filmed for a VHS release. Yoma announces their appearance at Kyoto ROCK Tengoku on October 23, 1993 at this live.
A sticker was distributed at this live.
At some point in late December 1993, drummer Shuu secedes and the band uses a support drummer, most likely Shura, until their disbandment.
V. Yoma (殀磨) / G. LAYLLA / B. TOKUKO (忒己) / Support D. Shura(?)
After this live, TOKUKO seceded.
Note: These lineups were kindly provided by seine (ex-Viṣṇu / Masquerade). According to him, these were the band's last two lineups, but as Shuu left the band in 1993, the exact circumstances are unclear and the lineups are listed for posterity's sake.
Gesshoku disbands after an activity period of only nine months. At their last live, they were joined by Rei (麗) during a session; he, Shura and Kyo go on to form Viṣṇu around May 1994. According to Kyo in SHOXX #70 (December 1998), he and Kisaki met for the first time at the disbandment live of Gesshoku.
Gesshoku (月蝕) disbands
According to KISAKI's official biography, LAYBIAL and Gesshoku (月蝕) played together at Hirakata BLOW DOWN (枚方BLOW DOWN) on this date. However, Gesshoku (月蝕) was probably disbanded by this time. It's possible that KISAKI's biography has the wrong date (as some other lives were off by one or two days) or that the live was planned but cancelled (or even switched to Viṣṇu). Details are unclear.
Gesshoku (月蝕) was a visual kei band. They were active from 1993 to 1994 and are now disbanded.