Job For a Cowboy
 

http://myspace.com/jobforacowboy

Fo' Sho.

I don't know what's worse; their music their cd cover or their name.

Definitely the "singing."

Yeah, the vocals are the worst part. They sound like the guy's trying to imitate the guy from Aborted and failing. The music is decent and the cd cover's damn cool, in my opinion. Overall: not bad for a bunch of highschool students, but I hope they get better over time.

bree bree bree bree

i downloaded the whole demo and it's decent, but nothing extrodinary. the drummer needs to find a better band. JFAC are one of those groups that scene kids latch onto and hype up, when in all honesty, the bands is middling at best.

And I Dont See Why As Thier A Death Metal Band.
Theyre Vocals Own.

Job for a Cowboy
 

I like this band a lot. They only have an EP but I sense a lot of potential in them. They have some interesting ideas put into their songs and I like the good combination of the Metalcore and Deathmetal. I noticed there seem to be a lot of friction between them and people on these boards and other boards as well. Whats the deal?

http://myspace.com/jobforacowboy

The deal, average music and crappy tough guy scene thing.

Aside from a few melodic parts that sounded decent, unimpressive.

Fair enough I guess. The guys look like total tools, but I think they put some pretty good music. Its only an EP, I find most beginning demos to be crap. Wouldn't it be better to wait till their full length album for serious criticism?

the emo kid is right eddy

sry

I must say I disagree. I enjoy this band, mainly due to the vocalist's ability to (for lack of a better word) dual-scream. He sounds as if he's growling and shrieking at the same time (and no, it's not another vocalist, though they do employ one, on occasion). It sounds like he's screaming while inhaling, which is pretty damn cool, I think.

The one problem I have with JFAC is their fans; namely, scene kids who obsess over them while wasting away on Myspace. This band certainly isn't breaking any new ground (besides maybe the vocals, the like of which I've never heard before), but at least they're bringing something refreshing to the table. Also, they don't obsess over breakdowns, but actually develop their songs.

And c'mon, who can deny that opening sample in 'Entombment of A Machine'? :laughing:

(PS: Explain to me how JFAC is tough guy, exactly?)

You're one of the few people who defends JFAC that semi-sounds like you know what you're talking about and I give you credit for that. However I disagree with alot of what you said.

1. Inhale screaming is a cop-out. Anyone can do it and the fact that he relies on it shows his immaturity as a vocalist. Also the overuse of the "squeal" detracts from the music instead of adding to it like bands such as Circle Of Dead Children, Regurgitate, and on the "Deathcore" side of things All Shall Perish.

2. Don't rely on breakdowns? Half of their songs are harmonic minor. They build TOWARD the tonic of the note (being either D or something similar, I don't know what they tune to). Breakdowns by nature aren't a bad thing, but JFAC does in deed overuse them.

royally trumped.
 

T_T

I guess I haven't listened to enough 'core' to have heard inhale-screaming. I just feel ignorant now.

PS: If JFAC overuses breakdowns, I don't wanna know what you think of Symphony In Peril or Dead to Fall. :laughing:

JFAC a cowboy is sick. When they came to Houston my friend had them stayed at his house and according to him they are some pretty cool guys aside from just being a ****ing brutal metal band

I think the singer should just use his death growl. I like that better in my opinion.

What about the instrumental part? I think Knee Deep has a lot of good riffs and drumming parts. They seem technical in the sense of song writing but the artists themselves are not that skillful (at least not exceptionally skilled.

Can anyone recommend some stuff that sounds like JFAC? I have heard of Circle of Dead Children, whats a good album by them?

Despised Icon is similiar to JFAC. Check out 'The Healing Process'.

I actually love SIP (i've seen them 4 times) and I like older Dead To Fall. But that's because it didn't pretend to be anything it wasn't (a la' JFAC).


and CODC is nowhere near JFAC. They're grind. The only band that can be compared to Job For A Cowboy that I like is All Shall Perish.

I thought Circle of Dead Chidlren sounded liked Job for a Cowboy alright. : (

laffffffff

Whatever, I still am getting some stuff by them :p. I just listened to All Shall Perish, some neat stuff. Thanks for the recs.

Check out Ephel Duath. They're so much better than this deathcore nonsense. Right Ian? Eh Eh? :laughing:

I'll admit, I do like some JFAC songs. Not necesarily because of their skill, which is obviously matched and in many cases exceded by other bands in their genre, but I just find their songs catchy. I agree that their scene appeal is obviously their only claim to fame, and that they write songs pretty much only to appeal to that particular group of people, but in some cases skill isn't everything. A band could be insanely skilled and make some of the most technically advanced music ever, but if they have no appeal, they wont go anywhere.

I'm not saying they're the greatest band ever...by far....and they probably don't deserve half the credit they get for their music, but they're catchy, and theyve got something there.

So I just downloaded some Circle of Dead Children...

THEY EAT JFAC FOR BREAKFAST! :bringit:

Thank you much, riseagainst. :)

Opeth
Dream Theater


not saying they didn't go anywhere, just saying they're talented but boring as ****.

^Exactly my point.

I love Ephel Duath. I got my Theory teacher into them too. The Passage FTW 4EVA

New Job for a Cowboy leaked- Deathcore no-more
 

Metal Music For Ever

Yep, the new album has no metalcore stuff anymore. A pure death metal album through and through. While I didn't mind the Doom EP, I think they have improved greatly with this album. On the negative side, the songs are short and frankly hardly vary from each other. It is rather simple in that sense. Still there are some pleasant song here like Reduced to Mere Filth and Embedded. Check it out.

I couldnt stand this album, downloaded and deleted it after one quick listen

Just one quick listen, are you serious? Even I gave bands like Into Eternity and Anaal Natherak(Sp?) a very listens before I condemned them.

I like, I like.

Whats wrong with Anaal Nathrakh?!

I don't see why you should listen to an album again if you couldn't stand it after the first listen. Especially when the band is Job for a Cowboy.

I personally cannot stand them.
Because some of my favorite albums of all time I hated the first time I listened the first time. Alot of music grows on you, some slower than others. And I don't see why the fact the band is Job for a Cowboy makes any difference in anything.

The new album sounds a bit generic to me, but sometimes I'm in the mood for that sort of thing.

/agree lol

Wait a minute, pleasant death metal? Ill have to give this another listen.

Haha.

"And so marks the end of Deathcore, the genre that never existed in the first place".

Honestly, I never contemplated the fact that they had the potential to release another album again.
It's like one hit wonders gone wrong.

Ruination VS Genisis
 

Which Job For A Cowboy album did you like better?? and why???

im stuck inbetween....

i like ruinations vocals better and drumming but i like the guitar better on genisis

Both of them suck.

Genesis is the only one worth listening to IMO. They started to get full of themselves after that one.