A cover of “If You Were Here” by Kent originally released in Swedish as “Om du var här” in 1997 has been chosen by The Halo Effect as their latest post “March Of The Unheard” album single. Where the Melodic Death Metal supergroup find the time given their other commitments in the likes of Dark
“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.” ~ Grand
Featuring in their ranks some of Sweden’s most battle scared of Metal veterans in both current and former members of such household names as Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect, Tiamat, Novarupta, and Katatonia to name but a few, Grand Cadaver are a band to be celebrated. Majestic Mountain Records will be unleashing their new EP “The Rot Beneath” on 15th
Featuring some of Sweden’s most seasoned Metal musicians in Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect), Stefan Lagergren (ex-Treblinka/Tiamat), Alex Stjernfeldt (Novarupta, CHILD), Christian Jansson (Pagandom, Dark Tranquillity), and Daniel Liljekvist (ex-Katatonia, Disrupted), Grand Cadaver have carved a reputation for delivering old school Swedish Death Metal without gimmicks or polish. They’ve shared the title track of their next record, an EP
There was the possibility that with the Dark Tranquillity machine cranking up the gears after the great plague years that the pair of side projects that Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal icon Mikael Stanne has joined in Grand Cadaver and The Halo Effect would fall away. However that is a vision that hasn’t come to fruition
“We never even planned to release a full-length album, and here we are with our second! “Deities of Deathlike Sleep” was conceived and recorded with the same mindset and the same team as our previous recordings, keeping it quick, spontaneous and enjoyable. This time it turned out a bit more dynamic, with the pummelling fury interspersed
Treblinka, Expulsion, The Grifted, Novarupta, Let Them Hang, CHILD, Vordor, Disrupted, Katatonia, Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect, Pagandom. Quite the list? These are the bands that the musicians who make up Swedish Death Metal outfit Grand Cadaver are known for. Majestic Mountain Records will be releasing their sophomore album “Deities Of Deathlike Sleep” on 25th
Naming and shaming them, Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity and The Halo Effect) Stefan Lagergren (The Grifted, Treblinka, Tiamat, Expulsion), Alex Stjernfeldt (Novarupta, Child, Mr. Death) Christian Jansson (Pagandom, Dark Tranquillity) and Daniel Liljekvist (Disrupted, Vorder, Katatonia) founded Swedish Death Metal super group Grand Cadaver amid the great plague years. EP ”Madness Comes” dropped in 2021 followed by their full-length debut
