Several bands with that name : 1 - Japanese death/grind band formed in 1991, released several splits with notorious bands like Nasum and C.S.S.O.. 2 - German brutal death metal band, released one album in 2000. 3 - US melodic death/deathcore band. 4 - Swedish melodic death metal band, disbanded in 2010.
there are 5 acts using the name DEAD: #1: DEAD was founded in early May 1990 by Uwe (b/v), Dany (g/v) & Peter (d/v). Main target at that time was playing Gore/Grind/Death in its rawest form ala good old (!) Carcass, Pungent Stench, etc. But lyrically it was totally replaced after the release of the 2nd 7”ep “Slaves to abysmal perversity” by the nowadays well-known dirty humour.. DEAD split up on 22nd May 1998 - on their last gig at the “FTC II” – Festival.