Negativa is the self-titled debut EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by technical death metal

Technical death metal

Technical death metal is a musical subgenre of death metal that focuses on complex rhythms, riffs and song structures. Technical experimentation in death metal began in the late '80s and early '90s by bands such as Death, Atheist and Cynic...

 group Negativa

Negativa

Negativa 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...

. It was released in November 2006 on the Prodisk label. Only 1000 copies of it were ever pressed, making it rare to find in physical form.

Musically, the content of the album is a continuation of the sound pioneered on the Gorguts

Gorguts

Gorguts is a technical death metal band from Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The band's only constant member is Luc Lemay.-History:Gorguts were formed in 1989 by Luc Lemay , Sylvain Marcoux , Éric Giguère and Stephane Provencher...

 album, Obscura, with more experimentation in ambient

Ambient music

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 sections.

Track listing

All songs arranged and produced by Negativa.

1. "Chaos in Motion" – 4:34
2. "Taedium Vitae" – 9:35
3. "Rebellion" – 6:08

Personnel

• Luc Lemay – logo design, guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Steeve Hurdle – composition, guitar, lyrics, vocals
• Miguel Valade – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Etienne Gallo – drums
  Drum kit
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• Renaud Sakelaris – photography
• Pierre Rémillard – producer
• Jean-Yves Thériault – producer