Mercury Circle is the new band featuring vocalists and guitarists Jaani Peuhu (Swallow The Sun, Hallatar) and Jussi Hämäläinen (Hanging Garden), guitarist Juppe Sutela (To/Die/For), Ande Kiiski (Rytmihäiriö), and drummer Jaska Raatikainen (ex-Children of Bodom). The band is now streaming their single "Black Mirrors" off the coming album Killing Moons due out October 8.
"John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an Anglo-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, teacher, occultist, and alchemist. He was the court astronomer for, and advisor to, Elizabeth I, and spent much of his time on alchemy, divination and Hermetic philosophy," said Peuhu.
"The lyrics for 'Black Mirrors' are a mixture of matters of the heart and occultism. In the beginning we hear a prophecy from Nostradamus before plunging into a dark and delusional world – a place for the abandoned heart, where light is reflected from John Dee’s black mirror. Musically it’s more in vein of goth rock than doom metal. When writing the song I envisioned how Queen with a goth rock twist would sound. I’m a fan of big choruses and 80’s goth beats. Add a little bit of spiderwebs and whispers in French and you’re good to go!"
