

Count Scapula - Vocals/Bass
Dreadward - Guitar
The Phantom - Guitar
Dead Beat - Drums

Count Scapula
Role: Screaming Skull
Height: 6'2"
Nickname: "The Count"
Favorite Food: Buffalo Wings (Bone-In)
Favorite Band: HexenHammer
Weakness: Flowers
Loves: Metal
Hates: Metalcore
With Dead Alive 2015 - Present

Dead Beat
Role: Hunchback in charge of Percussive Maintenance
Favorite Band: Gojira
With Dead Alive October 2023 - Present

Dreadward
Role - Sanguine Shredder
Favorite Band: In Flames
With Dead Alive July 2024 - Present

The Phantom
Role - Nightmare Melodies
Favorite Band: Phantom
With Dead Alive March 2025 - Present
Bio
Risen out of the dark heart of Nashville, Tennessee – Dead Alive is the metal brainchild of the band’s skeletal corpse paint-wearing frontman, “Count Scapula.” Inspired by the theatrics of performers such as King Diamond, Alice Cooper, Gwar, and The Misfits to name a few – Dead Alive brings a fun and intense performance to the stage.
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With a love of all things metal and camp horror, Dead Alive plays a blend of styles including Thrash, Death, Doom, and Black metal – blending them together in a style they like to call Splatter Thrash.
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In 2021 they released their debut album, Rise of the Skeleton Army which peaked to No. 51 on Apple’s “Breaking New Metal” Playlist. The album was received well by the metalheads who unearthed it calling it “Unique yet comfortingly familiar,” being compared to bands like Slayer, Anthrax, Skeletonwitch, Black Sabbath, Carcass, and Demolition Hammer.
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In 2023 Dead Alive took to the sage to begin their Thrashville takeover of Music City. Performing five shows in that year. Establishing a presence in Music City and online. These efforts caught the attention of Horror Shock Records who invited Dead Alive to be apart of their 40th anniversary compilation album for The Misfit's Earth AD, We Bite, where they provided a cover of "Green Hell". An intense October of Dead Alive content, including the release of a tribute music video for Spooky Scary Skeletons, caught the attention of Erik Thorstenn of the band Bonginator who invited Dead Alive to play at his DIY festival, The New England Death Metal Funtime Bonanza in Maine the following June.
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2024 saw Dead Alive releasing their sophomore album, The Madness of Dr. Ludvig Von Brainmatter. Recorded with and Mixed by Jeremiah Scott (Destroy Destroy Destroy, Demon Hunter), and Mastering and cinematic synthwave composition by Davey Oberlin (All The Damn Vampires) released on October of 2024. This cinematic Horror Thrash album has been described by early listeners as "Next Level" for the band, "Hard, Heavy, and full of passion."
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Dead Alive has a goal in mind – to help cultivate a metal presence in music city and turn Nashville into Thrashville!
Dearly Departed
I'm loving memory of all of the monstrous musicians who have helped Dead Alive become a reality.

Manthing
Role: Guitarthings
Favorite Band: Creed
With Dead Alive 2015-2017; 2021; 2023-February 2025
Heard on: "Rise of the Skeleton Army", "Green Hell", "The Madness of Dr. Ludvig Von Brainmatter"
"Can You Take Me Higher"

Xander Sheehan
Role: Live Bassist
With Dead Alive: June 28-30th 2024
"Did the guy in Pompei bust?"
Check out his band Hive Mind Blunt Rotation.

Dedmen Walken
Role: Zom-bass
Favorite Music: DEATH Metal
With Dead Alive July 2023 - May 2024
Heard on: "Green Hell", The Madness of Dr. Ludvig Von Brainmatter
"No. 1 Jesus Punk Rocker"

Cody McAskill
Role: Live Drummer
Brother of Manthing
With Dead Alive January 2023 - September 2023
"Out of Black, and into our hearts"

Jeremiah Pritchard
Role: Live Bassist
With Dead Alive June 17th 2023

Brian Roberts
Role: Live Guitarist
With Dead Alive May 7th 2023 & June 17th 2023
"He was a skater boy, he said see you later boys"
Check out his band Head Trauma

Parker The Bandit
Role: Live Bassist
With Dead Alive May 7th 2023
"What has Fallen can be Redeemed. Out of Black comes a Bandit in the night"
Check out his one man band

Soultaker
Role: Guitar solos
With Dead Alive January 2020 - January 2022
Heard on: Rise of The Skeleton Army

V
Role: Drums
With Dead Alive January 2020 - January 2022
Heard on: Rise of The Skeleton Army