The music video for JUPITER CYCLOPS’ single ‘Who Are They Foolin’?’ accompanies the announcement of One Eye Opens, due November 20, 2026 through Rockshots Records. The Phoenix, Arizona heavy metal band’s second album contains eight tracks; the single also has a supplied Spotify listening link.
Following their 2024 debut, Age of the UFOnaut, JUPITER CYCLOPS bring more of their ’80s influences into focus while retaining the heavy ’70s rock foundations of their sound. The upcoming record spans traditional heavy metal and NWOBHM, proto-thrash, slower melodic songwriting and atmospheric arrangements.
The band connects the album’s title and several songs to its view of a society increasingly shaped by manipulation, control and fear. Awareness, and the point at which accepted realities begin to be questioned, form a thematic thread across the material.
JUPITER CYCLOPS explain: “We are ready to unleash the tunes that we’ve been working on over the last couple of years. It will be bigger, heavier, with our most diverse songs yet. The album was written while watching the world lose its humanity in real time. Manipulation, control, fear, and the realization that modern life is built around keeping us asleep.”
The statement continues: “If you follow us, you know we are about big riffs and hooks, and this album is stacked. The album is finally coming, and we can’t wait to share it in full volume.”
Alongside direct heavy metal and classic hard rock influences, One Eye Opens includes longer, more developed compositions. The 7:39 ‘The Initiates’ precedes the closing title track, ‘One Eye Opens’.
