User:Darrell Swan/In Dead Cold

In Dead Cold is an American heavy metal band from Nashville, Tennessee founded in 2007. The group derived the name from a play on words of a malevolent entity named Indrid Cold in the 2002 psychological thriller The Mothman Prophecies.

History
In Dead Cold is a Nashville Tennessee based metal project started in late 2007 featuring the song writing of Darrell Swan, Brady Payton, and Brandon Bateman with the vocal accompaniment of Ryan Wares, who wrote all lyrics for Annuit Coeptis. The project has toured off and on since the start and shared the stage with The Faceless, Enfold Darkness, The Cast Pattern, Psyopus, All Shall Perish, among others. Brandon Bateman was also a former member of The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza and Brady Payton also known as: Brady "Trashbag" is a nationally recognized tattoo artist currently stationed at Bleeding Heart Tattoo in Lee's Summit, MO.

The band released Annuit Coeptis on all major digital distributions stores mid year 2008 and full press mid year 2011. Annuit Coeptis features the talents of songwriter Darrell Swan (guitars: lead, rhythm, and bass), Brandon Bateman (drums and percussion), and Ryan Wares (vocals). Some songs on the release feature writings from artist/songwriter Brady Payton and Matt Kellison (Shirley Temple of Doom). Annuit Coeptis was produced by engineer Rob Thacker (Shoulda been a cowboy, Red Brick), Darrell Swan (The Grueling, In Dead Cold, and Team SwanO) and Paul Simmons (Simmons, The Reverend Horton Heat at NME Studio and edited at Paulie Studios in Nashville Tennessee.

Band Members
Darrell Swan - guitar Brandon Bateman - drums Ryan Wares - vocals Mathew Kellison - bass

Former Members Marcus Chambers - guitar Brady Trashbag Payton - guitar Jon Lynch - drums Mike Bent - bass John Powers - bass