Negative Bliss

A woman's hands reach up out of the shadows towards the light. Everything is grayscale, but across the bottom, the words EVERYTHING HURTS AND I'M DYING are bright pink in a thin, all caps font. The words NEGATIVE BLISS are at the top in a thick, heavy dark gray font. The overall feeling is dark and somber.

Everything Hurts and I'm Dying

Released: November 1st, 2024

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Negative Bliss plays a crushing blend of doom, post-metal, and hardcore on their debut release, Everything Hurts and I'm Dying, out November 1st, 2024. Spanning twenty four minutes — four songs of coping with grief, loss, entropy, and disillusionment showcase a new aggressive, cathartic sound from four friends in New Jersey.

The songwriting is vulnerable, raw, and emotional, shifting between towering sludgy heft, clear influences of hardcore vigor and ferocious extreme metal, and delicate, melodic moments of bliss. Just wait for the major seven and minor nine chords, when you least expect them.

Vocalists Steve Wiener and Jonathan Hernandez shine on this release with tenor croons, grim death metal growls, sneering shouts, ferocious guttural roars, and rich, haunting baritones. Paul Shryock supports throughout with tender harmonies, vigorous shouts, and venomous shrieks. The three together display a wide variety of vocal styles and approaches.

The driving force and emotional anchor of the songwriting comes from drummer Jonathan Meyer, whose vision and drive to play heavy music after a long hiatus drew in the others with similar backgrounds. He regularly navigates seamlessly through multiple time-and-tempo changes with inventive compositions, effortlessly tethered to Jonathan Hernandez's churning, grinding bass. The two provide a consistent bedrock upon which Steve Wiener and Paul Shryock layer seven and eight string guitars, for a massive ground-shaking sound that can only be described as Negative Bliss.

Listen to Everything Hurts and I'm Dying on all major streaming platforms, Ampwall, and Bandcamp. Follow Negative Bliss on Bluesky, Instagram, Mastodon, TikTok, and YouTube.



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Negative Bliss members look away in front of a city skyline while Jonathan Hernandez looks ahead.

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