DAYS OF JUPITER - Secrets Brought To Life (2012)

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DAYS OF JUPITER is a new, young Swedish modern Hard Rock combo founded only two years ago, and now they have their debut CD ready to go: "Secrets Brought To Life".
Founded by former Trace Of Lords singer Jan Hilli and ex- Consuela guitarist Jocke Grundström, after some line-up changes the band was completed with Jörgen Hellström as second guitarist, Janne Karlsson on bass and the experienced Magnus Larsson (Destynation, Eternia) on drums.

2010 was a year of hard work for Days Of Jupiter that resulted in a lot of live gigs in Sweden with a great response from the audience as well as a second place in Sweden's biggest competition for unsigned bands.
This took the attention of producer Patrik Frisk (Takida, Crash Diet) who managed to sign them to Pantherfarm Records / Universal Music, and immediately starting to work on the debut album songs.

Days Of Jupiter's style has influences from both sides of the Atlantic ocean as they combine sounds of the modern American Metal with classic Hard Rock from Europe, all molded with a melodic approach.
Often compared with modern rock bands such as Shinedown or Disturbed, to my ears they sound much more melodious than the aforementioned acts, with Euro Melodic Hard Rock hints like Coldspell, Human Zoo or Skansis.
The modernity on this CD is clear on tracks like "Fall", the dark "Bury Me Alive" or the breaks of "Let It Die", but the rest of the material is mostly composed and played with an eye on the classic hard rock structures.
Perhaps opening track "Breed" is the one which blends the modern trends with classic stuff, but songs such as "Superman" has the typically European Melodic Hard Rock skeleton and vibe, featurnig a catchy chorus and a strong melodic line.
"Crash" has a rapid-fire classy hard rock / metal tempo, "Now You've Killed Me" adds some keyboads and clean guitars to the mix, and "Beautiful Lie" reminds me Coldspell, specially during the verses.


"Secrets Brought To Life" is a more than interesting and competent debut by Days Of Jupiter, blending modern trends with classic Hard Rock sounds.
What I like about this band is their abiding attention to the melodies, present on all songs even on the heavier. But the overall sound of "Secrets Brought To Life" isn't metalized at all, they are polished and melodious, helped by the pristine production of Patrik Frisk.
"Secrets Brought To Life" is a surprisingly good, solid, professional debut by Days Of Jupiter, a band that, if well managed, has a brilliant future.


01 - Bleed
02 - Bury Me Alive
03 - Now You've Killed Me
04 - Silence
05 - Crash
06 - Still Feel You Breathe
07 - Beautiful Lie
08 - Let It Die
09 - Superman
10 - Fall

Jan Hilli - Vocals
Jörgen Hellström - Guitars
Jocke Grundström - Guitars
Janne Karlsson - Bass
Magnus Larsson - Drums



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