Job For a Cowboy: "Ruination" Album Review and "Unfurling A Darkened Gospel" Music Video

Here is the start of my review of Job for a Cowboy's album "Ruination":

Job for a Cowboy may seem like a strange name for a death-metal band, but it fits a group that formed under the hot sun in Glendale, Ariz., in 2003. With its second full-length studio release, Ruination, Job for a Cowboy continues to deliver extreme music that is loud, abrasive, and intense. Fans of intricate riffs and blast beats should find something to like in the album, but Job for A Cowboy isn’t breaking into uncharted death-metal territory either — Ruination plays it safe.

The group began its career playing a blend of death metal and hard-core punk that is now known as death-core. Job for a Cowboy’s EP Doom was the first and only album in the band’s career to feature vocalist Johnny Davy performing the “pig squeal” — a style of guttural death growling that sounds similar to a shrieking animal, which fans call “brees.” Since then, the band has tried to distance itself from the trendy genre by playing more straightforward death metal.

To read more about the album visit The Daily Iowan's Web site.



Job For A Cowboy "Unfurling A Darkened Gospel"

Listen to some music... (UPDATED)

Here is a tune from Daath's latest album "The Concealers". I actually think it's pretty decent stuff, if not a tad generic.



UPDATE: Job For A Cowboy's new song has been pulled off YouTube due to copyright by Metal Blade, so now I'm updating with a sampling of current Sepultura frontman Derick Green's new band Music Diablo. Check it out below. The band is putting the finishing touches on the album now.





UPDATE 2: More music, from the band Warbeast (formerly known as Texas Metal Alliance). They have an album coming out via Phil Anselmo's Housecore Records late in 2009.

This band's vocalist is none other than Bruce Corbitt of Rigor Mortis (a thrash band that started up in '83).

If you haven't hear Corbitt's previous work it sounds similar to Oderus Urungus of GWAR or Rob Flynn from Machine Head (who also reminds me of Oderus). Of course, Corbitt came before either band. The songs on this gadget remind me of some old school thrash with a groove though, so give it a listen!