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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Denver progressive metal outfit Negative Four brings the Mile High City's restless creative energy to a genre built on ambition, stacking complex arrangements with an ear for dynamics rather than mere technicality. Formed in 2022, they're building something patient and layered.
Negative Ground is a power/thrash metal band from Cacém/Massamá in the Lisbon area, formed in 2026. They bring high-energy metal from the capital region.
Negative IQ is a French death metal/goregrind act formed in 2025. The project delivers raw, extreme blasts of goregrind-infused death metal from the French underground.
Lviv death/doom metal act with folk influences, formed in 2012 and merging crushing heaviness with traditional melodic elements from western Ukraine's cultural capital. Their folk-inflected approach adds a distinctive Ukrainian character to the doom/death tradition.
Negative Reaction is a melodic death metal band from Murmansk, Russia, active since 1996. Three decades of activity from above the Arctic Circle make them one of the northernmost and most enduring metal acts in Russia.
Stockholm heavy/thrash metal and crossover act formed in 2015, fusing classic metal power with aggressive speed and punk energy. Their multi-genre approach channels the confrontational spirit of the crossover tradition.
Zagreb doom and sludge metal outfit formed in 2015, delivering oppressive sonic weight and slow-burning heaviness from Croatia's capital. Their crushing approach channels the most suffocating impulses of both genres.
Negative Summer — featuring guitarist Elton, drummer Allison, and bassist/vocalist James — play a raw, old-school-inspired grindcore informed by foundational recordings rather than contemporary acts. Their 2024 demo, recorded live at VTM Estúdio and released through LessthanZer0 Productions, delivers three blasts of sub-five-minute noise and grind fury.
Negative Sun is a thrash metal band from Casaleone near Verona, Italy, formed in 2023. They bring darkened thrash intensity from the Veneto countryside.
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