Job for a Cowboy - Ruination
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Artist: Job for a CowboyBrand: JOB FOR A COWBOY
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2009-07-07
Music Label: Metal Blade
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Music Review: Gave them a chance
Rating: 1 Stars
So I'd been hearing about this Job For A Cowboy band for a while but never checked them out due to the name. Eventually, however, curiosity got the best of me and I decided to give the band a listen. Everyone said it definitely was not deathcore, and I suppose it's not, at least not in the purest sense. But they do have several of the annoying habits of deathcore bands. The songs all sound the same. That may be a common complaint about extreme metal, but in this case it's really true. I've listened to the album several times straight through, and I cannot discern one song from another to save my life. The riffs are completely bland and unmemorable. They almost never get a good beat or rhythm going, the music is so chaotic to the point of being directionless nonsense. The vocalist is boring and apparently feels the need to scream/growl over every second of every song. Seriously, just play! That's what metal is. There are no solos, which some metal bands can get away with but this style demands it, I don't care what anyone says. They sound like a group of musicians who one day decided to form a death metal band, but none of them had actually listened to any death metal. They just kind of play what they think death metal should sound like, and unfortunately the result is just distinctly lackluster. The thing that kills me about them is that they actually sound like they COULD be really good at this. The technical chops are mostly there. But they need to go back and listen to some real death metal and get some worthwhile ideas.
Description of Ruination
2009 sophomore release. In the two short years since the release of the band's full length debut Genesis, Job For A Cowboy JFAC) has progressed from the band with the different name to one of the leading lights for heavy music in the 21st century. Ruination sees JFAC advance by leaps and bounds; the record is a concentrated hotbed of astounding dexterity, scorching attack, sleek arrangement and thundering musical muscle. Infectious riffs, keen dynamics and the assertive vocals of rising star front man Jonny Davy combine to produce an album that is at once powerful, expressive, confident and commanding.Alternative Rock CDs
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