Nothing The Black Celebration traces its origins to the Lovian metal scene. The two were part of the Lovian extreme metal scene, based in the states of Kings, Seven and Clymene. Hatemachine played bass guitar in the Lovian black metal band Aódhan Damir, when he met Night Switch of the Kings-based band Astral Hate. Increasingly dissatisfied with the musical output of the bands they played in, they decided to record an EP together using only synthesizers in 1994, which was released by Dynamic Noise in 1995.