The band CADAVERIA (this is how the band name is supposed to be written to differ from the singer Cadaveria) was formed in 2001, after Cadaveria (vocals) and Marcelo Santos (or Flegias, drums) left Opera IX after certain disagreements among band members. CADAVERIA's initial line-up was: Cadaveria (vocals), Frank Booth (guitars), Killer Bob (bass), Baron Harkonnen (keyboard), Marcelo Santos (drums) and the band released their first album, 'The Shadows' Madame', in 2002. This first CD is, as described on the official site itself, a medley of death, black and thrash metal influences, black/death female grunts and occult, spiritual or philosophical lyrics. In 2004 CADAVERIA release their second album, 'Far Away From Conformity', this time without Baron Harkonnen, who left the band to focus on his project, DyNAbyte, in which John "Killer Bob" and CADAVERIA also play. The new album has a somewhat heavier and more progressive sound and vocals and instrumentation range from clean to extremely aggressive black metal excerpts, with the lyrics differing in many ways from the first album but remaining very personal and staying away from conformity. With the third album waiting to be released sometime in 2006, CADAVERIA is still an underground band, composing and playing music out of passion and not out of commercial interests.