2nd track off our first EP "Spectrum of the Past", released in September 2015

Spectrum Of The Past

5th track off our first EP "Spectrum of the Past", released in September 2015

No More Effigies

4th track off our first EP "Spectrum of the Past", released in September 2015

Darvulia

3rd track off our first EP "Spectrum of the Past", released in September 2015 !

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First song from our new EP "Resurrection" (March 2018)

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NEGATIVE RITUAL is a French gothic-doom rock band which was formed in the end of the year 2014, upon the ashes of the NORA FRIES coldwave project.

It is composed of Sarkasm (ex-Fragments Of Dirt, ex-Nora Fries) in lead vocals and drums programming ; and by Requiem (One Standing Hope), who plays guitars, bass, keyboards and backing vocals. He is the main composer of the band.

To write the lyrics, the duo enlisted the services of their friend Daeman, an author and lyricist, who has worked in the past with different formations. He is considered as the third and full member of the band, investing heavily in its artistic direction.

Musically, the main influences of the combo are bands like Type O Negative, Paradise Lost, The Sisters Of Mercy, Tiamat, Fields Of The Nephilim, or Seraphim Shock and Dreadful Shadow. But the members also claim more extreme inspirations like Swallow
The Sun, Behemoth or even Rotting Christ.

The topics tackled in the lyrics mainly talk about themes like blood, fire, death, religions, satanism, esotericism or History and mythologies.

So all this reflects on the band imaging which, both in its visual on stage, seeks to develop both a mystic and warlike atmosphere, spiritual and dark.

Early 2015, NEGATIVE RITUAL pushed the door of the Andam Records Studio (Bourg-en-Bresse, France) to record the five songs that will be present on the first EP, which will be available in september of the same year. One of the tracks will even be a music video.

The band started to play live in June 2015 with 3 gigs (Besançon, Colmar, Pontarlier). The First Ritual Tour continued on September, 12th with a memorable release party in Reims, for their debut EP "Spectrum of the Past".
 

NEGATIVE RITUAL, it's, in less than a year, 8 gigs from a first tour in 6 different counties, a 5-tracks-debut EP "Spectrum of the Past", and a real music video.


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