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Days Of Jupiter The World Was Never Enough CD Review

March 2, 2025
The cover of a game called the renfields

Swedish band, Days of Jupiter is a Modern Metal band that I’m not very familiar with, it seems like we’ve crossed paths a few times, but we haven’t. The band has been around for quite a few years having released four albums for various labels. The band also has some serious spotify play – 20 million streams and still going. I’m not an advocate of streaming, but I must give props to artists that can pull off this feat. The band’s latest release “The World Was Never Enough” was released a few weeks ago, courtesy of RPM (Reigning Phoenix Music).


I can’t speak on the band’s previous releases, I haven’t listened to them, but I can tell you from spinning “The World Was Never Enough” the band places a significant amount of pride into song writing/arrangements. This album dines on melodic hooks and catchy riffs, but the lyrics found within really catch my ear and thoughts the most. Heartfelt lyrics about real life situations and feelings are a theme throughout the album and that’s what I enjoy the most about the band. The music isn’t typical for a Metal band, there’s not a ton of lead breaks, it feels like this was made for radio airplay. All Metal no matter how intense is meant for airplay, but we all know the bulk of the bands in the Metal scene aren’t going to get it. DOJ could truly be the outlier if this album falls into the right hands. Vocally, this album is fantastic too, Janne Hilli has a terrific voice with great range, and he doesn’t have to growl or go for sky high falsetto phrasings to get his point across. It’s his voice along with the lyrics that make this album so good. Dare I say this could be an AOR Metal record. It’s a breath of fresh air considering a great deal of Modern Metal is pretentious and lacks a punch.
 
Stand out tracks – “The World Was Never Enough”, “Desolation”, “My Heaven My Hell” and “Parazite”. 

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