Nascent Icelandic Band With Ties To The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Dead Skeletons Iceland Came Into Being In 2008 As An Accompaniment To An Installation For A Show At The Reykjavik Art Museum By Artist Jón Sæmundur Dead . Looking For A Spiritual Battle Hymn For The Show Jón Began Recording With Henrik Björnsson Singapore Sling And Ryan Van Kriedt The Asteroid #4 . This Initial Song Dead Mantra Became An Underground Hit Prompting The Full Length LP Dead Magick A Records Released By The Band In 2011.