Job for a cowboy
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 Job for a Cowboy at Hellfest 2008. |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Death metal , deathcore |
| founding | 2003 |
| Website | http://www.jfacmetal.com |
| Founding members | |
| Jonny "The Navy" Davy | |
| Andrew Arcurio (until 2006) | |
| Ravi Bhadriraju (until 2008) | |
| Andy Rysdam (until 2004) | |
| Chad Staples (until 2004) | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Jonny "The Navy" Davy |
Rhythm guitar |
Alan Glassman (since 2009) |
Lead guitar |
Tony Sannicandro (since 2011) |
bass |
Nick Schendzielos (since 2011) |
| former members | |
Drums |
Elliott Sellers (2004-2006) |
bass |
Brent Riggs (since 2004–2011) |
Lead guitar |
Bobby Thompson (since 2006-2011) |
Drums |
Jon "The Charn" Rice (2007-2013) |
Drums |
Danny Walker (2013-2014) |
Job for a Cowboy ( English for work / task for a cowboy ) is an American death metal band from Glendale , Arizona .
history
The band was founded in December 2003, at which time none of the founding members were older than 17 years. After a self-titled demo and a major line-up change, an EP called Doom was created in 2005 , which was released by "Kings of the Monsters Records". The positive response and the fact that the band had over three million clicks on their website on MySpace brought them a more lucrative record deal in 2006 with the Metal Blade Records label , which re-released the EP with a bonus track. Due to lack of interest, Andrew Arcurio had to leave the band shortly after the contract was signed and was replaced by Bobby Thompson.
After completing the recordings for the debut album Genesis , Elliot Sellers left the band. After a short search, he was found in 2007 in the form of Jon "The Charn" Rice. On May 15, 2007, Genesis was released on Metal Blade Records. It debuted at number 54 on the US Billboard charts .
On July 7, 2009, the second studio album Ruination , which was recorded from December 2008 to May 2009, was released. In the first week, 10,600 copies of the album were sold and it reached number 42 on the Billboard 200 chart.
In November 2010 the band released the only digitally available EP Live Ruination , which contains several songs from their live performance at the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival and the cover song The Matter Of Splatter (originally by Exhumed ).
On June 7, 2011, the EP Gloom was released.
April 10, 2012 was the release date for the third studio work Demonocracy .
According to the band, the drummer Jon “The Charn” Rice left the band for personal reasons and lack of interest and was replaced by Danny Walker on the new recordings for the fourth studio album.
Music genre
Job for a Cowboy initially played Metalcore with predominantly elements of Death Metal; this style is also called deathcore . Since their album Genesis they have moved away from metalcore musically. Now they play modern death metal. Passages with "clean" vocals, which are otherwise common in Metalcore, and hard breakdowns are not present in their music. Nevertheless, in 2007 the band played at the Pressure Festival , a festival with a focus on hardcore and metalcore.
Discography
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Albums
- 2007 Genesis (Metal Blade Records)
- 2009 Ruination (Metal Blade Records)
- 2012 Demonocracy (Metal Blade Records)
- 2014 Sun Eater (Metal Blade Records)
Demos / EPs
- 2004 Job for a Cowboy (Demo)
- 2005 Doom (EP, Kings of the Monsters Records; re-release, Metal Blade Records)
- 2010 Live Ruination (Metal Blade Records)
- 2011 Gloom (EP, Metal Blade Records)
Web links
- Job for a Cowboy at Allmusic (English)
swell
- ↑ About Job For A Cowboy . Official web presence of the band as of March 13, 2010.
- ↑ Ruination reaches number 42 on the Billboard 200 charts ( memento of the original from July 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , blabbermouth.net
- ↑ Job for a Cowboy in the US charts on billboard.com
