NEGATIVA Guitarist On Band's New Direction: 'It Is Time For Us To Do Something Else'

September 8, 2007

NEGATIVA, the Quebec-based band featuring former GORGUTS members Steeve Hurdle (guitar, vocals) and Luc Lemay (guitar, vocals),along with Etienne Gallo (drums, AUGURY) and Miguel Valade (bass, ex-ION DISSONANCE),recently announced that it was seeking a female vocalist with a clean singing voice, stating that "any level of experience will be considered" and asking interested parties to direct serious requests to [email protected].

Speaking to Decibel magazine, Hurdle defended the band's move away from its extreme metal roots, stating, "We feel it is time for us to do something else. It is following the change we already made with our musical direction. Now it is a lot more ambient, experimental and progressive. The songs found on the mini-CD were written years ago; the most recent one is 'Rebellion', and that was written back in 2001. Now we write as a four-piece [and] the influences are a lot more varied, so the songs are more diverse-sounding. We now have a song that clocks in around 23 minutes; another one is almost 17 minutes. I think it is a natural progression for us four to expand our sound."

NEGATIVA recently returned to Wild Studio with producers Pierre Remillard and Jean-Yves Theriault (a.k.a. Blacky, former bassist of VOIVOD) to record three new songs. "We have nearly 75 minutes of new music ready for the album and we're very anxious to share it with all of you," Hurdle previously stated.

Watch NEGATIVA's video for the song "Chaos in Motion" (taken from the group's 2006 mini-CD):

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