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Liquid Graveyard | |
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| Origin | UK |
| Genres | Death metal, Grindcore |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | My Kingdom Music (Italy) Rising Records (UK) Sleaszy Rider Records (Greece) |
| Associated acts | Cancer, Napalm Death, Lock Up, Mourning Beloveth, Avulsed |
| Members | Raquel Walker John Walker |
Liquid Graveyard is a progressive death metal band founded by John Walker, the frontman of Cancer.
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Most recently, the band recruited musicians Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Lock Up, Brujeria) and Nick Barker (Lock Up, Dimmu Borgir, Cradle Of Filth) to record their third album, By Nature So Perverse, released in 2016 on Sleaszy Rider Records.
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