Anders Odden and Ole Bjerkebakke founded Cadaver in 1988. They were later joined by bassist René Jansen and in 1989 the trio released the "Abnormal Deformity" demo. 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 was released in 1990 as a split with the
Carnage album
Dark Recollections. Shortly after the album's release, René Jansen was replaced by Eilert Solstad. In 1992, the band released their second album, titled
...In Pains. Dissension within the band would cause the band to fold in 1993. In 1999, the band was resurrected by Odden, who went by the name Neddo. He gathered three new musicians, and started to use the band name Cadaver Inc. The foursome, now including
Czral,
L.J. Balvaz and
Apollyon, recorded the album
Discipline which was released in February 2001. A tour followed in support of
Morbid Angel and
Extreme Noise Terror. Accompanying the album was a website that claimed to sell
alibis for murders. This website attracted too much attention and hence the original name was restored. The band then embarked on an ill-fated 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 home the United States. Their final album was then released in 2004 titled
Necrosis. The band decided to 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 5th album with Dirk Verbeuren as his 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. It was released on 27 November. == Members ==