Godverdomme, hoe doen ze het toch? Na dik dertig jaar, een ergens in de tien aantal albums (waaronder ook releases onder de namen Havoc Unit en Festerday) slagen Timo Konito en zijn kornuiten er nog steeds in om van de meest begeesterende, meeslepende, sypmphonische, cinematoscopische muziek te creëeren.
Prophetical Mercury Implement is een track die je meteen bij je nekvel grijpt en mee de duisternis insleurt en tegelijkertijd uit zoveel lagen bestaat dat die zich zelfs na de tiende luisterbeurt nog niet allemaal hebben getoond.
Het nieuwe album, The Regeneration Itinerary, verschijnt op 23 mei op het Season of Mist label.
Finland’s symphonic black metal visionaries ...AND OCEANS return with their second single, Prophetical Mercury Implement, taken from their upcoming album 'The Regeneration Itinerary'. Accompanied by a visually stunning music video, the track is a deep dive into the album’s overarching themes of transformation, duality, and alchemical rebirth.
The music video for Prophetical Mercury Implement manifests the band’s ability to blend ferocious black metal aggression with ethereal symphonic elements, crafting a sonic experience that is both cerebral and devastatingly intense.
With relentless riff work, soaring orchestration, and a labyrinthine structure, Prophetical Mercury Implement encapsulates the essence of The Regeneration Itinerary. Lyrically, the track draws upon the fluid and volatile nature of mercury, a symbol of transformation and introspection in both alchemical and philosophical traditions. Vocalist Mathias Lillmåns explores the concept of dissolving into reflective waters, where self-awareness and annihilation become indistinguishable.
As the central turning point in the album’s conceptual narrative, the song embodies the struggle between light and darkness, stagnation and progress, fate and free will—mirroring the overarching journey of The Regeneration Itinerary, an album loosely inspired by the dualities explored in Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist.
