CADAVER’s legendary ‘Hallucinating Anxiety’ debut album is now reissued with a brand new artwork and a powerfully upgraded sound.
Formed in 1988 in Fredrikstad by Anders Odden (guitar/vocals) and Ole Bjerkebakke (drums/vocals), CADAVER, one of Norway's first and most influential death metal bands, has carved a distinctive path through the annals of extreme music. Their vision blended thrash and death metal with progressive influences from bands like Voivod and the chaotic insanity of Napalm Death, forging a sound that defied traditional metal.
Before the black metal storm engulfed Norway, CADAVER delivered Raw, unfiltered, and terrifyingly innovative. 'Hallucinating Anxiety' debut had deeper intentions than being just an album; it was a declaration of war on polished music and convention.
Recorded on a 4-track cassette player and deliberately mixed in mono to preserve its suffocating atmosphere, this is the sound of pure, unadulterated creativity forged in the underground.
This is the sound that started it all. And CADAVER is now bringing it back.
Produced by Anders Odden
Engineered by Ketil Kællen Johansen
Additional engineering by Anders Odden
Recorded and mixed at Kællen Studio, November 1989, January 1990, 1999
Additional recording at Tomb Studio, May 2025
Mastered by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in May 2025
Front cover art by Daniele Valeriani. (Mayhem, Candlemass..)
