Cadaver (band)
Norwegian death metal band
Cadaver is a Norwegian death metal band from Råde and Fredrikstad. The band was briefly active venture in the early 1990s before splitting in 1993. Cadaver reemerged as Cadaver Inc. in 1999, consisting of only one founding member. For their next album, they reverted to their original band name. They became inactive in 2004, with their final live show in 2005. The band reformed in April 2019 and released their fifth album in 2020.
History
Anders Odden and Ole Bjerkebakke founded Cadaver in 1988. Bassist René Jansen joined them and the trio released the Abnormal Deformity demo in 1989. The demo attracted the attention of Carcass members Bill Steer and Jeff Walker, who signed the band to their Earache imprint label, Necrosis.
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