Cadaveria, real name Raffaella Rivarolo (born 31 May 1972), is an Italian musician famous for being one of the first women to enter the extreme metal scene in the early 1990s, as former vocalist and keyboard player of the

symphonic black metal Symphonic black metal is a subgenre of black metal that emerged in the 1990s and incorporates symphonic and orchestral elements. Notable symphonic black metal bands include Cradle Of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, and Carach Angren. History ...

band

Opera IX Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libretti ...

Biography

Cadaveria was born in

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, Italy, on 31 May 1972. She would join the

band

in 1992, of which she served as the vocalist and keyboard player until 2001, when she left the band alongside bandmate Alberto "Flegias" Gaggiotti (also a member of

extreme metal Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual tran ...

act

Necrodeath Necrodeath is an Italian extreme metal band from Liguria. It is one of the first extreme metal bands originating in Italy. They take inspiration from Slayer, Dark Angel, Possessed, Venom, Kreator, Celtic Frost, Bathory and Sodom. The band is a ...

) to form a new project. In April 2001 Cadaveria and Flegias (using the pseudonym Marçelo Santos) founded the band CADAVERIA. The name of the band is written in all capital letters to distinguish it from the vocalist's name. Shortly after, Killer Bob (bass), Frank Booth (guitar) and Baron Harkonnen (keyboards) joined the group. With the exception of Cadaveria herself, the pseudonyms of her band's members are taken from the names of antagonists from movies by American filmmaker

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. CADAVERIA's debut album, ''

The Shadows' Madame ''The Shadows' Madame'' was the debut album for Cadaveria. Track listing *All lyrics and music by Cadaveria, unless otherwise noted. *Note: Parts of the lyric for "Circle of Eternal Becoming" were taken directly from Yeats' "Ideas of Good and E ...

'', came out in 2002, released through

Scarlet Records Scarlet Records is an Italian independent record label based in Milan. It is most notable for featuring two side projects from Soilwork front-man Björn "Speed" Strid, as well as bands like Agent Steel, Royal Hunt, Skyclad, Eldritch, Hatespher ...

. It would be followed by 2004's ''

Far Away from Conformity ''Far Away from Conformity'' is the second full-length album from Cadaveria. The album was recorded at the Capitan Woofer Studios of Saluggia (Vercelli, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Ital ...

'', also released by Scarlet Records. In 2007, the band signed up with

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and released the third full-length album, ''

In Your Blood ''In Your Blood '' is Cadaveria's third full-length album, and was released May 21, 2007 worldwide by Season of Mist Season of Mist is an independent record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The ...

''. The fourth album, ''Horror Metal'', was announced in late 2010 and released in January 2012 through Bakerteam Records. In 2011, Cadaveria provided additional vocals for

Theatres des Vampires Theatres des Vampires is an Italian gothic metal band, mostly noted for the predominant theme of vampirism within their lyrics. The band's early material was credited as melodic black metal or symphonic black metal, but the group completely aba ...

' song "Le Grand Guignol", off their album ''

Moonlight Waltz Theatres des Vampires is an Italian gothic metal band, mostly noted for the predominant theme of vampirism within their lyrics. The band's early material was credited as melodic black metal or symphonic black metal, but the group completely a ...

''. Marçelo Santos also worked with Theatres des Vampires in 2005, when he provided additional vocals for the track "Forever in Death", off their album '' Pleasure and Pain''. On 7 July 2014, Cadaveria announced that her band's fifth studio album, titled ''Silence'', was on the works; it was released on 18 November 2014 through Scarlet Records. The album's first single, "Carnival of Doom", was released on 23 October 2014 via

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as a teaser. A music video for the track "Strangled Idols" was uploaded to Cadaveria's official YouTube channel on 30 June 2015. On 2 September 2016, CADAVERIA released a

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alongside Necrodeath titled ''Mondoscuro'', through Black Tears of Death Records. Cadaveria is also the vocalist of the

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band DyNAbyte. In the summer of 2018, Cadaveria announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and is currently ongoing treatment.

Discography

With Opera IX

* 1992: ''Demo '92'' (demo tape) * 1993: ''The Triumph of the Death'' (7-inch EP) * 1995: ''

The Call of the Wood ''The Call of the Wood'' is the debut album by Italian symphonic black metal band Opera IX, released through Miscarriage Records in 1995. It would be re-released by Avantgarde Records in 2001, with two bonus tracks. In 2009, the album was compl ...

'' * 1998: ''

Sacro Culto ''Sacro Culto'' is the second studio album by Italian symphonic black metal band Opera IX, released in 1998 through Shiver Records. Beginning with this album, Opera IX started to gradually include elements of gothic metal in their sound. Track li ...

'' * 2000: '' The Black Opera: Symphoniæ Mysteriorum in Laudem Tenebrarum''

With CADAVERIA

* 2002: ''

'' * 2004: ''

'' * 2007: ''

'' * 2012: ''Horror Metal'' * 2014: ''Silence'' * 2016: ''Mondoscuro'' (

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with

) * 2022: ''Emptiness''

With DyNAbyte

* 2004: ''Extreme Mental Piercing'' * 2010: ''2KX''

Band members

Current members

* Raffaella Rivarolo aka Cadaveria – vocals (2001–present) * Alberto Gaggiotti aka Marçelo Santos – drums (2001–present) * Cristian Scarponi aka Dick Laurent – guitars (2009–present) * Gianluca Fontana aka Peter Dayton – bass (2015–present)

Former members

* Davide Queirolo aka

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– bass (2001–2015) * Stefano Tappari aka Frank Booth – guitars (2001–2016) * LJ Dusk aka

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– keyboards (2001–2003) Timeline

References

External links

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