Cavity (band)

{{Short description|American sludge metal band}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Cavity

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| origin = Miami, Florida, U.S.

| genre = Sludge metal

| years_active = 1992–2003, 2015–present

| label = Valley King, Hydra Head, Rhetoric, Bacteria Sour, Man's Ruin, City of Crime

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| current_members = Daniel Gorostiaga
Rene Barge
Ed Matus
Andrew McLees
Bryan Adams

| past_members = Raf Luna
Juan Montoya
Steve Brooks
Anthony Vialon
Ryan Weinstein
Jason Lederman
Beatriz Monteavaro
Henry Wilson
Jason Landrian
Jorge Alvarez
Buddha
Rick Smith

}}

Cavity is an American sludge metal band from Miami, Florida.{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/reviews/details.cfm?releaseid=991 |title=Cavity – "Laid Insignificant (reissue)" CD Review – in Metal Reviews |publisher=Metal Underground.com |access-date=December 1, 2012}} They first formed in 1992, releasing a multitude of albums and singles before breaking up in 2003.{{cite web|author=Etan Rosenbloom |url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/cavity/laid-insignificant/17973/ |title=Album Review: Cavity – Laid Insignificant | Prefix |publisher=Prefixmag.com |access-date=December 1, 2012}} Steve Brooks and Juan Montoya would go on to play in Torche and Floor.[http://www.redandblack.com/2008/10/23/metal-band-combines-aggression-psychedelia/] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927125927/http://www.redandblack.com/2008/10/23/metal-band-combines-aggression-psychedelia/ |date=September 27, 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.smnnews.com/2008/03/27/torche-steve-brooks-vocalsguitars/ |title=Torche – Steve Brooks, Vocals/Guitars |publisher=SMNnews.com |date=March 27, 2008 |access-date=December 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322221321/http://www.smnnews.com/2008/03/27/torche-steve-brooks-vocalsguitars/ |archive-date=March 22, 2012 |url-status=dead }} Anthony Vialon, Henry Wilson and Beatriz Monteavaro also played in Floor.{{cite web |url=http://www.stonerrock.com/interviews/index.asp?InterviewID=145 |title=All That is Heavy – Vinyl Records, CDs, DVDs, T-Shirts |publisher=Stonerrock.com |date=December 29, 1992 |access-date=December 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928050111/http://www.stonerrock.com/interviews/index.asp?InterviewID=145 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 }} Jason Landrian went on to form Black Cobra.{{cite web|url=http://embers-music.blogspot.com/2011/08/high-on-fire-black-cobra-exhausted.html |title=High on Fire, Black Cobra, Exhausted Prayer, Iconoclast Records, and more Embers news|date=August 11, 2011|publisher=Embers-music.blogspot.com|access-date=December 1, 2012}}

In 2015, the group reunited and toured the United States for the first time since their dissolution.{{cite web|last1=Pessaro|first1=Fred|title=The "Supercollider" Never Turned Off: Cavity's Daniel Gorostiaga on Returning to Ruination|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/cavity-interview-reunion-saint-vitus/|website=noisey.vice.com|publisher=Vice|access-date=October 11, 2017}} The group issued their first album since their reunion, titled After Death, through Valley King in 2017.{{cite web|last1=Folgar|first1=Abel|title=Miami Sludge-Metal Pioneer Cavity Releases New Recording After 16-Year Hiatus|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/miami-sludge-metal-pioneer-cavity-releases-new-recording-after-16-year-hiatus-9038653|website=www.miaminewtimes.com|publisher=Miami New Times|access-date=October 11, 2017}}