{"id":19756,"date":"2026-05-01T12:38:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19756"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:38:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:38:45","slug":"beautiful-skeletons-release-debut-single-come-what-may-music-video-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19756","title":{"rendered":"BEAUTIFUL SKELETONS RELEASE DEBUT SINGLE \u201cCOME WHAT MAY\u201d + MUSIC VIDEO \u2014 OUT NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/unnamed-1024x450.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/unnamed-1024x450.png 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/unnamed-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/unnamed-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/unnamed-1536x674.png 1536w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/unnamed.png 1640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Los Angeles, May 1, 2026 \u2014 Beautiful Skeletons&nbsp;<\/strong>release&nbsp;their debut single&nbsp;<em>\u201cCome What May,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;alongside its official music video. Dark, atmospheric, and emotionally unrelenting, the track is the first taste of the band\u2019s forthcoming debut album&nbsp;<em>Pulse Line Scar<\/em>, produced by heavy music legend&nbsp;<strong>Ulrich Wild<\/strong>&nbsp;(Pantera, Static-X, Breaking Benjamin, White Zombie) and released via his&nbsp;<strong>WURMgroup<\/strong>&nbsp;label.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song opens with a gut-punch of a line\u2014<em>\u201cBuilt my dreams on fragile ground\u201d<\/em>\u2014and never lets go. It\u2019s a meditation on chasing a vision at any cost: the sacrifices, the fear, the refusal to quit. It\u2019s also the real story of this band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Story Behind the Song<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, Beautiful Skeletons were pushed to the edge. Vocalist Tina Firefly received life-changing news requiring her to relocate from the West Coast to North Carolina\u2014just as the band had secured the opportunity to record with Ulrich Wild, a goal years in the making. The band rallied around Tina and made the decision to self-finance the record entirely, shouldering every personal and financial risk themselves. That tension\u2014between fear and conviction\u2014became&nbsp;<em>\u201cCome What May.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drummer Huwy Williams, who recently overcame cancer and kept pushing forward, is living proof of the anthem\u2019s message.&nbsp;<em>\u201cIt\u2019s about surrendering control and stepping into the unknown with everything on the line,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;the band explains.&nbsp;<em>\u201cIf you\u2019re going to do this, you have to commit fully. You can\u2019t move forward while holding onto fear.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>When I first heard Beautiful Skeltons&#8217; music I was immediately attracted to the northwestern vibes. With such diverse backgrounds the band has all these great musical influences. Fused by Tinas lyrics, you can hear the raw emotions in every track. We had a great time creating this album, and releasing it through WURMgroup is simply a natural progression for the project.&nbsp;<\/em><em>&#8211;&nbsp;<\/em><strong>Ulrich Wild<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Music Video<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed and produced by&nbsp;<strong>Karl Whinnery<\/strong>&nbsp;and filmed at&nbsp;<strong>Desert Island Studios<\/strong>, the video was captured in a single relentless day\u2014two music videos shot back-to-back against a hard deadline. Whinnery built the atmosphere with minimal props and maximum mood: dark, raw, immersive. The shoot drew in band members, close friends, and family\u2014including Tina\u2019s daughter\u2014giving it an intimacy that radiates on screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tina Firefly:&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u201cIt was exhausting, but there was a real sense of momentum and excitement. It felt like everything we\u2019d been building toward was finally in motion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Come What May&quot; - BEAUTIFUL SKELETONS (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DrBPj5hqAD4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Beautiful Skeletons<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beautiful Skeletons<\/strong>&nbsp;are an alt-metal band united by a shared refusal to make music that compromises. Vocalist&nbsp;<strong>Tina Firefly<\/strong>, guitarist&nbsp;<strong>Einar Einarsson<\/strong>, bassist&nbsp;<strong>Jason Johnson<\/strong>, and drummer&nbsp;<strong>Huwy Williams<\/strong>&nbsp;bring together a depth of experience and perspective that gives the band\u2019s sound its distinctly powerful quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their music is dark, atmospheric, and emotionally visceral\u2014rooted in the tension between vulnerability and resilience, between the cost of a dream and the impossibility of letting it go. Beautiful Skeletons write songs for anyone who has ever had to take a leap of faith without knowing how it would land. Their debut album&nbsp;<em>Pulse Line Scar<\/em>, produced by Ulrich Wild and released via WURMgroup, marks the beginning of a chapter built on everything they nearly lost\u2014and chose to fight for anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Ulrich Wild &amp; WURMgroup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ulrich Wild<\/strong>&nbsp;is one of rock and metal\u2019s most trusted producers\u2014Grammy-nominated for his work on White Zombie\u2019s landmark&nbsp;<em>Astro-Creep: 2000<\/em>, with credits spanning Pantera, Static-X, Breaking Benjamin, Deftones, Seether, Dethklok, and many more. He founded&nbsp;<strong>WURMgroup<\/strong>&nbsp;in 2015 as an artist development label dedicated to emerging heavy acts, providing production, distribution, and hands-on mentorship drawn from decades at the center of the genre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, May 1, 2026 \u2014 Beautiful Skeletons&nbsp;release&nbsp;their debut single&nbsp;\u201cCome What May,\u201d&nbsp;alongside its official music video. Dark, atmospheric, and emotionally unrelenting, the track is the first taste of the band\u2019s forthcoming debut album&nbsp;Pulse Line Scar, produced by heavy music legend&nbsp;Ulrich Wild&nbsp;(Pantera, Static-X, Breaking Benjamin, White Zombie) and released via his&nbsp;WURMgroup&nbsp;label. The song opens with a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19756\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BEAUTIFUL SKELETONS RELEASE DEBUT SINGLE \u201cCOME WHAT MAY\u201d + MUSIC VIDEO \u2014 OUT NOW<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19758,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19756\/revisions\/19758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}