Review:
I can't wait to see the discussion this review will bring forth. Well for better or for worse here it is, the review for Job For A Cowboy's latest release, Ruination.
If there is one thing that can be said about this band is that they listen to their criticism and learn from it. When the band made their debut with the Doom E.P, it was met with incredibly mixed reviews. The MySpace fanatics of the world thought the album was the greatest thing sliced bread, the Metal Gods (or nerds) spewed their hate in great lengthed rebuttals against any who felt that this was a solid release. Hearing the cries from the metal community that requested that JFAC drop the pig squeals and clichéd breakdowns, the band went for a more straight forward death metal release for their highly anticipated, major labeled debut, follow up in the Genesis full length. The pig squeals were gone and the breakdowns were severely limited. The band even developed smarter lyrics and told a very interesting story about the VeriChip tied into the story of Revelations. For the all the right the band did they, unfortunately, cranked out a good attempt that became very boring, very fast.
Now it seems yet again they have listened to what the fans and haters had to say. This album is a much better version of the new sound JFAC is going for. Back to add some flare to the vocals are Jonny Davy's high pitched vocals that are blended ever so well with his signature lows. It's a nice change of pace from the monotonous vocals from the Genesis record. On a musical level the band is still sticking with a similar sound to Genesis but they have decided to change the pace here and there and even implore some more interesting technical parts that prevent the album from going stale after the first few tracks. I'm going to give ex-Despised Icon guitarist Al Glassman the credit for the improved song writing.
I'm going to go ahead and say it, this album is pretty good. Hearing the name Job For A Cowboy is always going to leave a sour taste in most "true" metal fans mouths but if you can get passed the stigma of this band I think you will enjoy this record. Sure it's not a reinventing of the wheel or the next Master Of Puppets but it's a solid release. And if history repeats itself, I expect the next album to maybe even climb into the realm of "really good". As long as they keep listening to their critics and touring with good bands like Behemoth, Suffocation, and Cannibal Corpse we should expect them to get stronger with each release.
Solid review. Al Glassman was also in Goratory, so they are getting a solid DM guitarist to help write. The band continues to improve themselves and they are doing so without any gimmicks or trends, just playing pretty straight forward DM.
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