Jupiter (Atheist album)

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Jupiter (Atheist album) - Wikipedia

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Jupiter

Studio album by

Atheist

Released

November 8, 2010^[1]

Recorded

July–August, 2010 at LedBelly studios, Atlanta, Georgia

Genre

Length

32:47

Label

Season of Mist

Atheist chronology

Elements
(1993)

Jupiter
(2010)

Jupiter is the fourth studio album by the Florida technical death metal band Atheist, released on November 8, 2010 through Season of Mist.

It is the band's first studio album in 17 years since the release of Elements in 1993.

Overview

After the release of Elements, Atheist disbanded in 1994. On October 5, 2005, Atheist vocalist Kelly Shaefer announced that the band would possibly reform to play live shows sometime in the following year.^[2] In January 2006 the band reformed with Shaefer on vocals, Rand Burkey on guitar, Tony Choy on bass, and Steve Flynn on drums and announced festival appearances.^[3]

On July 12, 2008, Shaefer announced that he and drummer Steve Flynn would be meeting up to write music together for the first time since Unquestionable Presence in 1991. On March 6, 2009, Atheist announced that they had signed with the Independent record label, Season of Mist^[4] and on July 5, 2010, they finally entered the studio to begin recording a new album.

On July 11, 2010, Atheist revealed that the new album will be named "Jupiter" and that it is scheduled for a November release. In August 2010, the band revealed the track listing for the album and announced that bassist Tony Choy parted ways with the band. A replacement bassist hasn't been brought in, as guitarist Jonathan Thompson also recorded the bass tracks for the new album.^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[6]
Metal Hammer	(5/7)^[7]
Sputnikmusic	^[8]

Jupiter has received generally favourable reviews. Skullsnbones.com states, "Does Jupiter live up to its predecessors? The short answer is sadly no." However, the review later states, "I want to make it very clear that this is not a bad album, just not what Atheist fans had been hoping for."^[9] Similarly, a review from allmusic.com states that "This album isn't a failure by any means, but it's not going to make old-school Atheist fans very happy, either."^[6] Tyler Munro of Sputnikmusic said that "In the end, Jupiter hits more marks than it misses, and no matter how you look at it, it's hard to argue with a new Atheist album. Especially one that sounds as natural as Jupiter."

Track listing

Source:^[10]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Second to Sun"	4:02
2.	"Fictitious Glide"	4:51
3.	"Fraudulent Cloth"	3:21
4.	"Live and Live Again"	3:37
5.	"Faux King Christ"	3:59
6.	"Tortoise the Titan"	3:37
7.	"When the Beast"	4:55
8.	"Third Person"	4:07
Total length:		32:29

Personnel

Atheist

Kelly Shaefer - vocals, rhythm guitar (track 5)^[11]^[12]
Steve Flynn - drums
Chris Baker - rhythm guitar
Jonathan Thompson - lead guitar, bass

Production

Matt Washburn - recording engineer
Jason Suecof - mixing
Eliran Kantor - artwork

^[13]

References

^ Atheist Reveals New Album "Jupiter" Artwork metalunderground.com. 2010-09-01. Retrieved on 2010-09-06.
^ bravewords.com. "> News > Former ATHEIST Frontman Kelly Shaefer - "It's Very Likely That We Will Play Select Festivals Next Year"". Bravewords.com. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
^ "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - ATHEIST Regroup, Announce Exclusive Festival Appearances". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2006-03-28. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
^ "Blabbermouth.Net - Legendary Atheist Signs With Season of Mist". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
^ bravewords.com. "> News > ATHEIST Part Ways With Bassist Tony Choy; Jupiter Tracklisting Revealed". Bravewords.com. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
^ ^a ^b Freeman, Phil. Jupiter review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-13.
^ Kranz, Jakob. Jupiter review metal-hammer.de. Retrieved on 2010-11-06. (German)
^ Munro, Tyler. Jupiter review 2010-11-01. Retrieved on 2010-11-09.
^ skullsnbones.com. "> ATHEIST, "JUPITER" ALBUM REVIEW BY ALEX SILVERMAN". skullsnbones.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-09. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
^ "Atheist Unveil 'Jupiter' Track Listing | News @". Ultimate-guitar.com. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
^ ""Atheist interview"". lambgoat.com. 2010-10-26. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-10-28. Shaefer: He and I do a guitar solo trade off in the middle of "Faux King Christ"{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ""JUPITER'S RETURN'S RETURN: THE ATHEIST INTERVIEW (PART II)"". MetalSuck.net. 2010-10-18. Retrieved 2017-10-28. Shaefer: I played on every record.
^ "ATHEIST: 'Jupiter' Artwork Unveiled @". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2010-09-02.

v t e Atheist
Kelly Shaefer Steve Flynn Chris Martin Daniel Martinez Yoav Ruiz-Feingold Roger Patterson Rand Burkey Frank Emmi Josh Greenbaum Kyle Sokol Chris Baker Jonathan Thompson Sonny Carson Travis Morgan Tony Choy Jason Holloway Joey Muha
Studio albums	Piece of Time Unquestionable Presence Elements Jupiter
Live albums	Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken

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