NEWS: Sulphur and Mercury begin to levitate…
Bonding over a mutual love of the darker incantations of 1980’s Heavy Metal and artists such as Mercyful Fate, Celtic Frost and Sabbat, 2021 was the starting point for Sulphur and Mercury who began writing and recording their debut EP “Alchemia Prophetica” shortly thereafter. Set for a 12th April release via Time To Kill Records and featuring a cover of demo-era anthem “Heads Will Roll” by Satan, the six track affair has given us a second single in “Venereal Levitation“. Pre-orders are available over at bandcamp.
The band comment: “The song tells the tale of a séance that took place in Providence, Rhode Island in 1889, whereupon a person seeks to locate a dead lover in the house where they died. The séance quickly turns into a transcendental nightmare, as the spirit contacts and controls the summoner, bringer her to heights of both terror and ecstasy as the worlds of the living and dead collide during the ceremony in the form of an erotic nightmare. Biting melodic passages invoke the ritual and hypnotize, dragging the listener across the veil into the spirt realm…”.