Rocking With Jam Man exclusive: Mercury of Sweden’s masked electronic band Priest returns to the show for a new interview with Jam Man, following their previous conversation in 2022. This time they get into the next chapter of Priest, the stories behind the band’s current singles, Mercury’s experiences with Ghost and what it takes to build a band on its own terms.
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Closing one Priest era and starting another
When Jam Man last spoke with Mercury, Priest were approaching the release of Body Machine. Now the conversation turns to the band’s latest transformation, with the Chaos EP signaling a farewell to its previous chapter and new music pointing toward the next incarnation of Mercury. The two discuss why the group keeps reshaping its sound and visual identity rather than settling into one version of Priest.
The upcoming fifth studio album, Altered State Police, is scheduled for October 23, 2026, via Blue Nine. Already-released singles Python and Minions show the darker electronic direction Priest have been exploring, including a harder-driving big-beat influence.
“Python,” surveillance and a synthesizer that followed him around the internet
One of the interview’s most immediately relatable conversations starts with Python, a song that deals with surveillance and digital control. Mercury tells Jam Man about discussing a synthesizer with friends and then seeing ads related to it in his feeds. It’s his experience of targeted advertising—not proof that a particular company listened to a conversation—and it leads into a broader discussion about the information people agree to share in exchange for convenience.
Revisiting Ghost without repeating the same old questions
Jam Man’s original 2022 interview with Mercury drew attention for his account of how Ghost felt to the musicians involved in its earlier days. In this return appearance, Jam Man follows up on what that experience taught him. Mercury contrasts his recollections of Ghost’s internal arrangements with the emphasis he says Priest places on making agreements clear to everyone involved. These are Mercury’s reflections on his own experience; viewers can hear his complete answer, and its context, in the video above.
Touring, the new identity and what comes next
With new material and another visual chapter on the horizon, the interview also looks at Priest as a live act and the challenges of translating a distinctive masked, electronic world to the stage. If you first discovered Mercury through Ghost, this conversation is a chance to hear directly about the music and creative choices driving his work with Priest today.
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- Jam Man’s original 2022 Mercury interview
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