(written by Islander)

It’s unhealthy to live on red meat and potatoes alone, or so the health experts tell us, and even in the case of the bloody red and fungally infested music that’s often our daily fare around here, it’s sometimes wise to diversify our diet. And so today we present Digital Negative.

That name will already be known to some of our more musically diversified patrons, perhaps especially because the resume of one of its two members (Richard Johnson) includes work with Drugs Of Faith, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, and Enemy Soil. The other member, Daniel Euphrat, has been involved in Person918x, Timmy Sells His Soul, and Bodied. Together they’ve released two EPs and now a third one named Intersect is on the way.

Digital Negative is one of those silver linings on the pandemic cloud. Pre-pandemic, Johnson and Euphrat had begun the process of forming a metal band together, but the covid lockdown threw obstacles in their way and unexpectedly led to a change in musical course, and thus the birth of Digital Negative.

Where their musical explorations have now led them in the case of Intersect is further down a path of indulging electronic and industrial influences while continuing to focus on socio-political and dystopian themes. As you’ll discover from the video premiere for “The Blanks” that we’re hosting today, the new EP’s name is apt. Continue reading »