If by calling their new EP Eyes on the Prize, Australian heavy progressive metallers Jupiter Zeus meant to say they’re focused in their intentions, then yeah, I’d certainly say the release lives up to it. Peppered with a threat of deeper growling, the foundation of the songcraft seems to be in charged guitar riffing and clear, crisply-presented vocal melodicism. The tracks, of which there are six and which range between three and four minutes apiece, are sharply edged and feel tightly knit, allowing for a no-nonsense feel to permeate even as “Read it and Weep” makes use of sampled crowd noise and closer “Broken Plates” offers a somewhat calmer, more atmospheric take.

The band made their debut in 2014 via Magnetic Eye with the full-length On Earth (discussed here), and they have a new video posted now for the title-track from Eyes on the Prize that you can check out here, along with the EP in its entirety.

From the PR wire:

JUPITER ZEUS’ ‘Eyes on the Prize’ EP Out Now and Streaming / Official Video Released

Perth’s (Australia) JUPITER ZEUS have returned to the world stage in all their riff-immersed, haunting metallic glory with new EP Eyes on the Prize. The official video for the title track is available at https://youtu.be/IHzYJaZeSak.

Arriving three years since the release of 2014 full-length On Earth, the new EP captures in succinct, yet sonically enveloping, form what their countrymen have known since the beginning: JUPITER ZEUS is the real Heavy Rock deal. Get in and get hooked; simple as that.

Stream/Purchase: https://jupiterzeus.bandcamp.com/album/eyes-on-the-prize

Tucked away in Perth, Western Australia, JUPITER ZEUS are the very definition of a band who seem to have come from nowhere… but their arrival – laden with walls of guitar, hypnotic rhythms and almost psychedelic vocals – is far from quiet.

Debuting with the stunning Green Mosquito EP, it’s quite apparent that JUPITER ZEUS aren’t exactly first timers. Their previous incarnation, Nebula, boasted a similarly cosmic slant to the heavier side of rock, and the band were pioneering in breaking ground in South East Asia, earning solid fan-bases in Indonesia and Malaysia. With a similarly global scope, but the advantage of experience at their disposal, JUPITER ZEUS are looking past the horizon of the Indian Ocean to a big world of endless possibilities.

At its heart, the band’s music is about songs… epic, soaring and teaming with hooks. The decorations they put on these songs – tastes of the last 30 years of rock music – identify and define the band on a more specific, potent level. Atoms of worlds colliding, exploding into new compounds and creating new life. A self-evolving universe of sound. From the stage or simply blasting in your car; the sound of JUPITER ZEUS is as monolithic and grand as their namesakes.

Track List:
1. Eyes on the Prize
2. Saviour with Destruction
3. Read it and Weep
4. Midnight Renegade
5. Arise
6. Broken Plates

Line-up:

Aaron Smith – Drums
Simon Staltari – Guitar/Vocals
Jeremy Graham – Bass
Michael Lawson – Guitar

http://www.jupiterzeus.com/
https://jupiterzeus.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/jupiterzeusrock
https://twitter.com/jupiterzeus

Jupiter Zeus, “Eyes on the Prize” official video

Jupiter Zeus, Eyes on the Prize (2017)