The Slovanian thrash band Negligence was founded by Jan Svigelj and Domen Justin in 2000, when Domen gave Jan a demo tape of demo songs, forming what was initially thought of as a side-project to Domen's primary band Dusk Delight. The group became fully operational the same year when Mitja Lipicer and Ziga Zmazek joined and the band officially undertook the name Negligence. The band struggled to find a vocalist for a long time and even performed as an instrumental outfit for several shows before eventually taking Lenz into the band in 2003. The same year, Domen ultimately quit Dusk Delight to fully focus on Negligence.

Negligence released two demos between 2003 and 2005 with Lenz on vocals and started to tour extensively across Slovenia. The tour also included Negligence opening for the first edition of the Metal Camp festival held in Tolmin, thus being the first band to ever perform there. However, the band's line-up did not last long and after growing increasingly unhappy with the unmelodious vocal approach of Lenz, the group decided to part ways with the singer and replaced him with 15-year old Alex Skofljanec, who coincidently also left his band called Metalsteel in 2005.