Cadaver

Biography

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. The subsequent album, Hallucinating Anxiety×Hallucinating Anxiety3 December 1990 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Tuba (Intro)2Ignominous Eczema3Corrosive Delirium4Hallucinating Anxiety5Cannibalistic Dissection6Hypertrophan7Petrifyed Faces8Innominate9Twisted Collapse10Abnormal Deformity11Maelstrom12Mental Abherrance13Bodily Trauma, was released in 1990 as a split with the Carnage album Dark Recollections. Shortly after the album's release, Eilert Solstad replaced Jansen. In 1992, the band released their second album, ...In Pains. Dissension caused the band to fold in 1993.
In 1999, Odden, who went by the name Neddo, reformed the band. He recruited three new musicians and started to use the band name Cadaver Inc. The foursome, including Czral, L.J. Balvaz and Apollyon, recorded the album Discipline×Discipline2001 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Primal2:272Deliverance3:103Murderhead3:144Rupture3:215Die Like This3:426Point Zero4:107Killtech3:408Reptile Robots3:029Manic3:2410Snapper Organs5:1911Discipline3:29, which was released in February 2001. A tour followed supporting Morbid Angel and Extreme Noise Terror. A website that claimed to sell alibis for murders accompanied the album. This website attracted too much attention and the original name was restored. The band embarked on an American tour in April 2002, which had several of its dates cancelled when their booking agent was wanted by the police and went on the run. The band dropped the word "Inc." from its name after returning from the United States.
Their final album, Necrosis×Necrosis20 April 2004 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracks1Necro As Fuck3:242Decomposed Metal Skin3:223Evil Is Done5:004Odium4:325Awakening3:536Goat Father3:437Unholy Death2:488The Etching Cleanser3:389Heartworm4:33, was released in 2004. The band split up in 2004 with their last live show in 2005. Cadaver never left Anders Odden as an idea completely and in 2014 he decided to record a fifth album with Dirk Verbeuren as drummer and musical companion.
In April 2019, it was announced Odden had reformed the band with current Megadeth/ex-Soilwork drummer Dirk Verbeuren.
In September 2020, the band announced that their new album would be titled Edder & Bile×Edder & Bile27 November 2020 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Morgue Ritual3:282Circle of Morbidity2:383Feed the Pigs3:134Final Fight2:405Deathmachine3:226Reborn3:337The Pestilence2:378Edder & Bile2:329Years of Nothing3:2010Let Me Burn4:07. It was released on 27 November.

Current

Anders "Neddo" Odden – guitar (1988–1993, 1995, 2002–2004, 2010–), vocals, bass (2010–)
Eilert Solstad – bass (1990–1993, live: 2020–)
Bjørn Dugstad Rønnow (Borknagar, Trollfest) – drums (2025–)

Former

Ole Bjerkebakke — vocals, drums (1988–1993, 1995)
René Jansen – bass (1989–1990)
Espen Sollum – guitar (1990)
Apollyon (Ole Jørgen Moe) – vocals, bass (see also Immortal, Aura Noir, Dødheimsgard) (2002–2004)
L.J. Balvaz (Lasse Johansen) – guitar (2002–2004)
Czral (Carl-Michael Eide) – drums (see also Ved Buens Ende, Dødheimsgard, Aura Noir) (2002–2004)
Dirk Verbeuren – drums (2014–2024)

Studio albums

Hallucinating Anxiety (Necrosis, 1990)
...In Pains (Earache, 1992)
Discipline (Earache, 2001)
Necrosis (Candlelight, 2004)
Edder & Bile (Nuclear Blast, 2020)
The Age of the Offended (Nuclear Blast, 2023)
Hymns Of Misanthropy (Listenable, 2025)

Demos

Into the Outside (1988)
Abnormal Deformity (1989)
Sunset at Dawn (1989) (Live demo)
Demo 2 (1990) (Unreleased tape, no cover art)
Hymns of Misanthropy (1991) (Unreleased pre-prod of the ...In Pains album)
Primal 1999 (EP, 1999)
D.G.A.F. (EP, 2020)