7Days
The Weight of the World

Taking on the weight of the world it will be quite the challenge for the Swedes of 7Days, it is not a small thing to take on. But it certainly looks interesting, the cover does. The cover, like the album has been reworked for a reissue, this was the debut album of 7Days and it was released in 2006 originally. Now it has been remixed and remastered for a new release, the same treatment has gone into the 2010 sophmore album too. Quite a few reissues have found their way into my reviewing pool lately, some feels more merited than others – I think reissues should arrive at special moments and not too soon after the original release.

The Weight of the World is probably best described as melodic metal, with some tendencies towards the power metal styles. The choruses are melodic and catchy and the focus is on strong melodies all the way through the album. The sound is pretty modern and relatively fresh, perhaps not too strange considering that it was not too long ago it was originally released. I think 20 years should be a boundary for reissues, unless the original was released to a very limited crowd and I am not sure that is the case with this one. The songs are relatively varied but that doesn’t make up for the playing time that is an hour long, that is too much for me and they clearly could have done away with a track or two.

This is a pretty good album with good songs and strong melodies, it should be appealing to those who like the melodic metal. The lack of a distinct and standout hit song is a weakness, I think something like that would have been needed to lift this album above the mainstream of albums that are plentiful and often drowns albums that doesn’t stand out from the masses. On the other side, the lack of negatives is of course a good thing, and the album has many things going for it with good vocals, good melodies, songs, etc. 7Days have put together a fine album, there is no doubt about that. But is it good enough? That is the lingering question for me, and the answer is that I am not sure.

I am not so sure that it is merited to reissue this album, I am not sure that it is good enough or interesting enough for that. Is there really a demand for it? In the end I think that the album is good, and it can certainly be worth listening to it once or twice. Still, I am not sure that it is interesting or exciting enough to really stand out above the rest, but it makes me wonder why 7Days only have done two albums. I think they have the qualities to be able to make something really exciting, this album isn’t it though and perhaps it would have been best if it was left forgotten – there are many better choices in the genre among the 2021 releases.

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