JUPITER

A little bit closer to a more atmospheric Third Eye Blind with sludge riffs than anything resembling metalcore, "Jupiter" is the album that significantly altered Cave In's style for the better. Running the gamut from moody to inspiring, this is an album that's appropriately cosmic in scope while having a very human core. Like many Cave In albums, it suffers from a few songs that drag on too long as well as some occasionally downright ridiculous lyrics, but this serves as a fantastic entry point for anyone looking to get into this band as well as a fine addition to any space rock lover's collection, thanks to great hooks, emotional vocals that never become whiny and appropriately celestial production.

Welcome to ProgArchives, Cave In!

Cave In is another one of those excellent bands that I've learned about while being a collaborator on the Prog Metal Team here on ProgArchives. Originally, I wasn't all that impressed with the band's direction while listening to their later releases like Antennas or White Silence. Luckily, things quickly turned for the better once I discovered Jupiter!

This is one of those amazing albums that get stuck in one's head from the first time you hear it and plants the seeds for the repeated listens. Beyond the glorious opening title track which I feel is way too short for it's good, there are quite a few other highlights well worth checking out. In The Stream Of Commerce was another early highlight that that really stood out during the initial spins of the record and I would highly recommend this track for anyone who is otherwise unfamiliar with Cave In and their sound.

Even if the rest of the album is not as catchy at first, repeated spins will make you realize just how gorgeous performances on tracks like Innuendo And Out The Other and Requiem really are, which in return will make you realize how well this album holds together as a whole. It is the lengthy compositions like these two that are the undisputed heroes of Jupiter and feature pretty much everything I enjoy within the band's style in a nutshell. Lengthy experimental grooves with wailing guitar sounds and laid back drum foundation with beautiful vocals soaring over the instrumental arrangements.

I highly recommend this album to fans of groovy rock music with only a pinch of experimental metal added into the mix. Just give this album a spin and I'm sure that you'll be hitting that repeat button for a weeks to come, I know that I certainly did!

***** star songs: Jupiter (3:17) In The Stream Of Commerce (5:28) Innuendo And Out The Other (6:11)

**** star songs: Big Riff (6:54) Brain Candle (3:28) Requiem (9:02) Decay Of The Delay (4:15) New Moon (5:42)

Jupiter is the second studio album recorded by CAVE IN and it is a great album. CAVE IN started as a metalcore band with their debut album Until Your Heart Stops but on Jupiter they played a progressive rock and space rock style. Jupiter is very atmospheric and it has great instrumental parts. Unlike the previous record the vocals are mostly sung with the only screamed vocals being on the song Big Riff. The opening track Jupiter and Requiem are my favorites on the album with the former being catchy and short and the later being the longest track on the record. I love CAVE IN and I enjoy all of their material. Want some good progressive rock that's not too fancy? Or maybe you want nice atmospheric space rock? Either way, the record is great in both aspects. Highly recommended.

Listening diary 16th January, 2021: Cave In - Jupiter (alternative rock/post-hardcore, 2000)

I think I've grown in appreciation of this since getting into the similarly styled Hum this year, although I've always enjoyed it to some degree. It's a brilliant change from their (not to my taste) debut, essentially playing a kind of spacey and surreal alternative rock that's big on choruses and memorability. But it's that kind of memorability that mean this can get stuck in your head in a bad way at times - at least that's how I've felt about it in the past. On this listen I didn't really feel that at all, and I thoroughly enjoyed the way they construct melodies, even if the songs here are all a bit similar.

7.4 (6th listen)

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