Haust originated in Notodden 2001 and redefined the borders between punk and black metal with their 2008 debut album Ride The Relapse. The album was the first album to be released on Fysisk Format and went on to inspire a generation of bands, including Kvelertak. Members from Haust have also been prominent in bands like Okkultokrati and Outer Limit Lotus and guitarist Ruben Willem production skills has made its mark on bands like Kvelertak, Bokassa, Djevel, Ondt Blod, NAG, Sibiir and The Good the Bad and The Zugly. With their debut album "Ride The Relapse" in 2008, the band showed the world how their negative force could manifest. Songs like "White Trash Extravaganza," "Success," and "Desperate Living" were inspired by the destructive car-culture of their hometown Notodden with its intense local mentality and anti-sophistication, as well as old horror movies and trash films by John Waters. At this time, the band consisted of Ruben Willem, Dag Otto Basgård, Pål Bredup, and Vebjørn Guttormsgaard Møllberg. In 2018, the band reunited the original lineup to celebrate the 10th anniversary of "Ride The Relapse" with a concert, and as a result, they decided to release a new album with the original lineup. This is the album "Negative Music." The album summarizes everything Haust has done and stood for in the last 16 years: negativity, death, and corruption are recurring themes, and the music is more aggressive, noisy and catchy than ever before.