//HAPPY NEW YEAR!//

Hello dear friends,

From the bottom of our rusty, old hearts Priest wish you a Happy New Year! 2024 has been amazing in many ways but was also filled with challenges and hardships. But we're keeping on burning - with your help. We cannot repeat enough the gratitude we feel for you and Priest will continue to give you the top of our efforts in the year to come. Thank you for keeping us in this heightened state, giving us the opportunity to operate in free creativity.

2025 will start off with a bang at The Whisky in LA on the 8th of January! After the west coast run we will finish up the recording of what will be called "Chaos EP" which will be released summer 2025, before the death of Mercury 3 follows. What will happen after that is not completely set in stone, but we can assure you that it will be a big game changer.

The filming of 'Decoded' will proceed during the year and will closely follow Priest in the studio and on tour. A naked portrait of the band, free from lies and deceit, but still in contrast to the cyberpunk fiction is the main objective. Along with the movie, Priest will record the soundtrack which will be an instrumental, more droney and ambient album - also in contrast to the actual album you will experience the making of in detail. Maybe the timing was wrong to start the first campaign, but it was solely to have some budget for the director to start off the project. We will soon add the possibility to preorder the Decoded soundtrack on the IndieGoGo campaign and Artax Film decided to prolong the deadline until early February. No matter if the goal is reached or not, the film will of course happen, but maybe with less marketing and production budget. It will be a thrill either way, but feel free to tell friends about the opportunity to support if you want, because we are over-the-top excited for this! The premiere is set for early 2026, after the release of the next Priest full length album. So you can calmly indulge fully in the music and artwork before you can choose to watch all the "spoilers" - just joking, it will be a documentary like no other.

For you with higher tiers - have patience - the packages are on their way and we can guarantee you satisfaction in form of unique insights and gems! For all of you Patreon supporters - we will give you snippets and pieces of touring footage and studio filming throughout the year. Also, keep an eye (or ear) on the voice messages from Mercury, which will be more active when the new year is unfolding it's wondrous new road map.

All of us in Priest are sending our love and regards to you all! Thank you - we couldn't do what we're doing without you!

Best wishes,

//pM

PS: We think this photo by Marisol Correa is so good that it was worth reusing. Hope you don't mind.