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Negativa Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada Genres Technical death metal
Avant-garde metalYears active 1994–2010 Labels Prodisk Associated acts Gorguts, Quo Vadis, Ion Dissonance, Augury Members Luc Lemay
Steeve Hurdle
Miguel Valade
Etienne GalloPast members Roxanne Constantin
Dominic "Forest" Lapointe
Patrick Robert
Alain DemersNegativa were a Canadian avant-garde technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec formed by Steeve Hurdle ex member of the technical death metal band Gorguts. It also includes musicians from Ion Dissonance and Augury. The band released their first three-song recording, a self-titled release limited to 1000 copies, in November 2006. The CD was recorded at Wild Studios by Pierre Rémillard. Their first performance took place at Cafe Chaos on November 12, 2006. Because of the high profile of the band's members, this new tech metal supergroup has been eagerly awaited by fans of the genre.
Negativa had been recording songs for their next release. In 2007, guitarist Steeve Hurdle stated: "We have nearly 75 minutes of new music ready for the album and we're very anxious to share it with all of you. We'd like to warn you that our new songs are nothing like what you heard on the MCD; they're more ambient and emotional."[1]
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Influences
Negativa have been influenced by many different artists from many different subgenres, ranging from heavy metal to jazz and from classical music to alternative rock. They have been influenced by artists such as Death, Morbid Angel, Meshuggah, Jeff Buckley, Soundgarden, Olivier Messiaen, Frank Zappa, John McLaughlin, and Johann Sebastian Bach.[2]
Discography
- 2006: Negativa (MCD)
Line-up
Members at time of dissolution
- Steeve Hurdle – guitars (Blind Witchery, Serpentum Fixation, ex-Purulence, Vargr, ex-Gorguts)
- Kevin Jones – bass (Towards Darkness)
- Danielle Hubbard – vocals
Former members
- Vocals
- Roxanne Constantin (2006–2007) (Quo Vadis, Rostrum)
- Bass
- Dominic "Forest" Lapointe (Augury, Atheretic, Quo Vadis, Humanoid)
- Miguel Valade
- Drums
- Patrick Robert (1996–1998) (ex-Gorguts)
- Alain Demers (1996) (Obliveon)
- Etienne Gallo (2005–2010)
- Christian Paquet (2001) (Versus Chaos)
- Steeve Mc Donald (1994–1996)
- Guitar
- Luc Lemay (Gorguts) (2005–2009)
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External links
Categories:- Canadian technical death metal musical groups
- Musical groups established in 1994
- Musical groups disestablished in 2010
- Avant-garde metal musical groups
- Musical groups from Montreal
- Musical quartets
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