---
title: "Cardiac Arrest"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/cardiac-arrest"
genre: "Death Metal"
formed: 1997
---

# Cardiac Arrest

**Cardiac Arrest** is a death metal band, active 1997 to present.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Cardiac Arrest |
| Genre | Death Metal |
| Parent genre | Death Metal |
| Origin | Chicago |
| Formed | 1997 |
| Releases in catalog | 12 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Tom Knizner](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tom-knizner) | Lead vocals, Guitar | 2006 to present | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2004 | [Heart Stopping Death Rot](https://themetalnet.com/album/8f85434f-cb12-4ce9-ae7e-eafd9d603f84) | EP |
| 2006 | [Beast Among Many](https://themetalnet.com/album/039b668b-cde5-40dd-bc0d-70c58c8110bb) | EP |
| 2006 | [Morgue Mutilations](https://themetalnet.com/album/7aa1cb12-77ff-44d7-aaad-62a9661c2535) | Album |
| 2008 | [Cadaverous Presence](https://themetalnet.com/album/195839f9-2ca0-43af-ba59-dd27a20f0fb7) | Album |
| 2010 | [Haven for the Insane](https://themetalnet.com/album/5382d499-a07a-4708-9059-13d34abbfdc5) | Album |
| 2012 | [Vortex of Violence](https://themetalnet.com/album/b4f45799-5ffb-4412-be28-600a652147a3) | Album |
| 2014 | [And Death Shall Set You Free](https://themetalnet.com/album/e2cbf63f-6f55-4c94-a054-02266e833497) | Album |
| 2018 | [A Parallel Dimension of Despair](https://themetalnet.com/album/82969685-7f11-4d14-8cbf-c55caaec2727) | Album |
| 2018 | [Embodiment of Sin and Obscenity / Blade Violent](https://themetalnet.com/album/13339d7d-e36a-4b11-afa9-bc82b70328cc) | EP |
| 2019 | [Cardiac Arrest / Coffins](https://themetalnet.com/album/94357c68-7f7f-4c17-9c4a-00c02a3d2840) | EP |
| 2020 | [The Day That Death Prevailed](https://themetalnet.com/album/f1600ab1-0c48-4b0c-be26-74520349efd3) | Album |
| 2024 | [The Stench of Eternity](https://themetalnet.com/album/34ec3e9b-b434-4dd4-a75d-086f49b40e97) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Carcass](https://themetalnet.com/band/carcass) (listened together)
- [Immolation](https://themetalnet.com/band/immolation) (listened together)
- [Deranged](https://themetalnet.com/band/deranged) (listened together)
- [Deeds of Flesh](https://themetalnet.com/band/deeds-of-flesh) (listened together)
- [Misery Index](https://themetalnet.com/band/misery-index) (listened together)
- [Hollenthon](https://themetalnet.com/band/hollenthon) (same tags)
- [Awful](https://themetalnet.com/band/awful) (same tags)
- [Exhumation](https://themetalnet.com/band/exhumation-aebb8d76) (same tags)
- [Forever Dead](https://themetalnet.com/band/forever-dead) (same tags)
- [Altar](https://themetalnet.com/band/altar-e3c45bf0) (same tags)
- [Processing Cut Mode](https://themetalnet.com/band/processing-cut-mode) (same tags)
- [Bodyfarm](https://themetalnet.com/band/bodyfarm) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Cardiac_Arrest/48110
- youtube: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCSHryb3KM3DOgMdhONOi6ow

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/cardiac-arrest](https://themetalnet.com/band/cardiac-arrest). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt