Monthly update Oct/Nov

Hello friends and supporters,

Hope you all doing great!

October and Halloween went out with a bang at the Nocturna Festival in Barcelona together with our friends in Covenant among others! After a few hours sleep, we went to the airport to fly to Mexico City for our first gig there. It was fantastic and people were crazy on both gigs.

What we didn't know was that Mexico City is located on 2,240 meters (7,350 ft) altitude, which gave good ol' Mercury a bit of trouble getting enough oxygen while performing. Imagine to go against the reflex to inhale when you're out of air, to instead exhale and keeping a note with confidence.. Along with no sleep for 2 days and a jetlag (showtime was 8am in the morning Swedish time) it was not optimal, but worth every second, maybe for the amazing crowd alone! We also met new friends and finally got to meet longtime fans and supporters! ...and of course we learned that we need more time to climatize next time, just like the Olympic teams, in order to give you 110% instead of 85%.

We connected with a great, professional promotor in Mexico and we talked about coming back next year. Now that we have a good connection with serious people, we will play more in Mexico and South America in the future. We also wish to say thanks to the promotors in both Spain/Mexico - we couldn't feel more welcome. Gracias!

Only 7 days after the gig i Mexico we went to perform in the little pearl of a town called Sandviken.. It's truly a diametrical contrast to the immense pulsating energy of Mexico City - A calm, government funded festival, deep in the inland woods of northern Sweden.

But now we're back home, but. Cleopatra asks for more cover songs and who are we to say no? Turned out we have a deadline on Friday for a Valentine's track.. More news about that soon! The work with the record is also moving forward, but we're still in decision making about what the sound is gonna be like. There are loose ideas to split up the record into an EP and an album, but we don't really know yet. We picked up the ball with another mask maker (Carrie) in order to get the right execution and finish. We're still in discussion regarding the look of the costumes.

You also suggested that you wanted to see more of studio work etc. - there might be some very cool news regarding that soon too.. Stay tuned!

Thanks once again for your support. We're forever grateful for keeping Priest afloat and thriving - the journey ahead will be the most ambitious and exciting so far!

Best wishes,

//pM