Mercury is the vocalist for Priest, a Swedish “synthwave” band that blends hard rock, industrial, and electronic music. Priest contains two former members of Ghost. Mercury, along with keyboardist Salt, were with Ghost for a 2-year run. Priest has been in operation since 2017 and they are about to release their third album, Body Machine, on July 15 on Cleopatra Records.
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