John B opens a new chapter with "Sleep in the Ashes," the first single from his forthcoming album DARKRAVE and the introduction to SKULLS, a new alias exploring the darker side of his musical identity. Drawing on darkwave, post-punk, coldwave, EBM, synthwave, gothic rock and industrial music, SKULLS brings those influences into the tempo and energy of drum & bass. Opening with crows, wind, church organ and a huge gothic choir before dropping into pounding D&B drums, distorted bass and darkwave guitars, "Sleep in the Ashes" asks a simple question: what if gothic rock existed at 174 BPM? Written, produced, performed and sung entirely by John B, the track draws on a lifelong love of artists including The Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails, as well as the industrial and experimental music he immersed himself in before drum & bass became his career. DARKRAVE reconnects that musical history with the electronic side of the John B sound, writing darkwave and gothic so