Waking the Cadaver is an American death metal band from Sayreville, New Jersey, formed in 2006.
Originally called Death to Honor, the band released one demo in 2004 before changing their name to Waking the Cadaver in 2006.
The band has released four albums: Perverse Recollections of a Necromangler (2007), Beyond Cops, Beyond God (2010), Real-Life Death (2013), and Authority Through Intimidation (2021).
Its two tracks, "Chased Through the Woods by a Rapist" and "Blood Splattered Satisfaction", were both later re-recorded.
On November 21, 2007, their debut album, Perverse Recollections of a Necromangler, was released on Necrohamonic Records.