Days Of Jupiter – The World Was Never Enough
Days Of Jupiter – The World Was Never Enough
Reigning Phoenix Music
Release Date: 07/02/25
Review by Beth Morait
10/10
I am seriously starting to think that everyone in Sweden literally comes out of the womb shredding a guitar and throwing the horns! Days Of Jupiter are yet another great Hard Rocking band to hail from the Scandinavian realm, and they’re back with their 5th studio album, “The World Was Never Enough”.
So, what do they sound like? Well, imagine if you took the eponymous Euro-Rock vocal sounds, and sent them careering head-on into American Hard Rock/ Modern Heavy Metal, and you’d be somewhere pretty close.
Album opener, ‘Original Sin’, starts off with the rapidly metered ‘beep’ of what sounds like a hospital heart monitor. This gives way to the pacey, heavy instrumentation that’s seen throughout the album, and the slightly raspy, but clean vocals of Janne Hill. It’s a thunderous track with all the elements you’d want from any good hard and heavy Rock/ Metal banger. And you really can bang your head to this. But, while it absolutely has the potential to feel very cheesy, it doesn’t, opting instead for a more modern edge both in the production, and song writing. There’s a great breakdown towards the end of the track that wouldn’t be out of place in a Modern Metal/ Metalcore anthem for example.
Everything’s pretty down-tuned too, which takes it further away from the cheese factor. It’s what I can only describe as ‘Djent-lite.’ So, the technicality and rhythms of Djent and Tech Metal are there, they’re just delivered in a softer, more Rock-like way. Track 2, ‘The World Was Never Enough’ is the first example of this on the album, but it’s a pretty standard musical trope throughout.
The thing that keeps this whole record completely rooted on the ‘Rock’ side of the fence, is the ridiculously catchy melodies and choruses. I was singing along with them all by my second listen. And that’s a very clever thing to achieve because it not only makes the songs relatable, but also memorable. But, there’s a dark and sombre overtone to this record, too, with most tracks being in a minor key, and feeling weighty and determined – like an acceptance of the inevitability of life, and the mortality of humanity. It’s kind of a Doom mindset trapped in the body of radio-friendly Rock/ Metal.
While the album starts out pacey and full of grit, track 4, ‘Desolation’, strips everything right back to create a mournful and melancholy acoustic ballad, which I love. Starting with guitar and vocals, it builds gently, adding in bass and keys. This is the only ballad we get on the album, and it almost feels like a moment of quiet solitude, within the listeners own mind, before the album heads like a steam train into another brutal multi-genre assault.
There isn’t a single duff track on this album, and the more I listen, the more I enjoy it. This is a great, great album. It’s as Melodic as it is Heavy, as Metal as it is Rock, as Progressive as it is Standard-form, and truly an easy body of work to listen to and enjoy. Despite 2025 only being in its infancy, I can confidently say if you like the more modern and mainstream Hard Rock or Metal genres, this will be one of the best and most accomplished albums you’ll hear this year.
TRACKLISTING:
01. Original Sin
02. The World Was Never Enough
03. Machine
04. Desolation
05. The Fix
06. Parazite
07. My Heaven My Hell
08. Denial
09. Ignite
10. Invincible
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