Job for a Cowboy
Doom

THE REVIEW

The Job For a Cowboy, also known by the "nickname" JFAC, are a Deathcore band from Arizona. Formed in 2004, the band began playing in small local venues in a couple of towns lost in the predominantly desert-like American state, and soon their piercing riffs, breakdowns at the edge of humanity, and an almost rhythmic series repetition of Pig Squeals alternated with Screaming and growling by singer Johnny Davy created a significant reputation for the Arizonian quintet.

After a while, JFAC decided to take the big step, due to the fact that Deathcore in America is also thriving in these years with the emergence of bands like Caliban, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, and co. The Job send their demo around the world and King of the Monsters decided to launch their first EP, which is Doom.

In my humble opinion, Doom is the most original work among the two CDs by Job for a Cowboy. Doom immediately presents itself with a classic composition, an intro ("Catharsis for the Buried") lasting 55 seconds where the only thing you can distinctly hear is a desperate, frustrated man exclaiming "LET ME OUT!" but it is almost incomprehensible.

 This intro alone already makes one understand what we are going to encounter. This JFAC CD will take us on a one-way journey inward; the intro has something malevolent and decadent, it seems almost shouted by a soul emanating from the depths of our heart, and so it happens, the first actual track is perhaps one of the more complex works (at least vocally speaking) by Job For a Cowboy, which is "Entombment Of A Machine". "Entombment Of A Machine" is definitely a must-listen for deathcore enthusiasts, rich in breakdowns and passages that in my opinion can be described as "tempting".

The third track, "Relinquished", is definitely a masterpiece for lovers of pigsqueal, followed, in my opinion, only by "Welcome to Sludge City" by "Annotation Of An Autopsy". This track is also instrumentally accompanied by decisive traits, with sharp guitar hits, the drums hit hard with no pause... four minutes of pure massacre and without a break!

 The fourth track plunges us even deeper into our "infernal journey" launched by the tracks, "Knee Deep" leaves no room, screams saturate the song mercilessly until our ears are freed by a breakdown that will almost certainly implode in a scream of relief.

We thus reach without much difficulty the fifth track of this short yet challenging CD from a listening perspective. The fifth track, "The Rising Tide" follows the style of the previous ones, although compared to songs like "Knee Deep" and "Entombment Of A Machine" it proves to be perhaps a more harmonious, slower work; our descent into hell ended with "Knee Deep", now it’s time to ascend, but without abruptly exiting this "journey" full of pain and effort.

The last track of the original EP, "Suspended By The Throat", is decidedly less incisive than the others, also in anticipation of the exit and the end of our inner journey.

I highly recommend listening to this CD to all those who love the genre, not only musically but also spiritually speaking. Job For A Cowboy managed to create an atmosphere of inner confidence, a work born of different thoughts, of a musical evolution. In conclusion, I would like to compare JFAC both in style and message to Van Gogh: determined, incisive, and often violent strokes hide great meanings in reality.