Crematory is a gothic metal /death metal band formed in Mannheim, Germany in 1991.

Not to be mixed with the Russian rock-band with the same name, formed in 1983 (see Krematorij).

The band received its earliest recognition in the mid-1990s by touring with My Dying Bride, Tiamat and Atrocity . Much like the latter two groups, the band had begun as traditional death metal, then evolved with an industrial music and gothic metal musical direction on later albums. The band would receive heavy rotation on MTV Germany , and would also make appearances at various extreme metal festivals, including Germany's Wacken Open Air in the years 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2001, in addition to inclusion on Nuclear Blast compilation samplers.

The band re-signed to Massacre Records in 2006 after a 10 year stint with Nuclear Blast; Massacre had been the band's first label.

Active for over 15 years (with a brief split between 2001 and 2003) they are among one of Europe's longest running bands affiliated with the gothic metal genre.

There are atleast two bands, who share the name “Crematory”. 1) A german gothic metal band formed in Westhofen, Germany in 1991. 2) A swedish death metal band. The german Crematory broke up in 2002 and reformed in 2004 to release the album Revolution, a largely progressive effort which brought the band into more accessible/techno-metal territory than ever before. Their sound has often been compared to early-Sentenced, Fear Factory, and Dark Tranquillity. The swedish Crematory from, which for