GRAND CADAVER – returns to soundtrack the collapse of humanity

Photo Credit: Peter Trones

Forged during the 2020 pandemic lockdown by five longtime friends from Gothenburg and Stockholm, Grand Cadaver was born from a mutual love for old-school, HM-2-drenched Swedish death metal. The band unites some of the country’s most seasoned metal musicians, namely vocalist Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity,The Halo Effect), guitarist Stefan Lagergren (The Grifted, ex-Treblinka/Tiamat), guitarist Alex Stjernfeldt (Novarupta,CHILD), bassist Christian Jansson (Pagandom, Dark Tranquillity, and Daniel Liljekvist (Disrupted, Vorder,ex-Katatonia). 

Their debut EP, Madness Comes from 2021, was recorded in just three days and released via Majestic Mountain Records, reaching #9 on the Swedish physical charts. It was followed by their first full-length, Into the Maw of Death, which earned praise for its ferocious spin on OSDM.

In 2023, Grand Cadaver returned with Deities of Deathlike Sleep, recorded at Welfare Sounds and hailed for blending punishing riffs with doom-tinged atmosphere. Their long-awaited live debut in Gothenburg proved the band could bring the same visceral force to the stage, delivering death metal with no gimmicks and no mercy.

Now, in 2025, Grand Cadaver is back with their most explosive material yet: the new EP The Rot Beneath, due out August 15 via Majestic Mountain Records. The release will be available on vinyl, and will coincide with a limited reissue of their debut full-length Into the Maw of Death — a must-have for fans of old school Swedish death metal.

The band comments about the new EP: “When you look at the state of the world today, it’s difficult not to feel despair. We see madness, death, war, corruption and polarisation. And it makes you think, what are we if not the cause of the problem, what are we but the rot beneath? This is the anthem to mankind’s demise.”

Links:
Grand Cadaver
https://grandcadaver.com
https://grandcadaver.bandcamp.com

Majestic Mountain Records
https://www.facebook.com/majesticmountainrecords
https://majesticmountainrecords.bigcartel.com