Album Review: Job For A Cowboy-Demonocracy

Job For A Cowboy is a band that just keeps earning more and more respect in my book. They keep advancing their music and keep attempting to silence their critics. If anything is going to silence their beyond overly-harsh critics, it's going to be Demonocracy.

Demonocracy continues Job For A Cowboy's trend of greatly improving on their previous release. Last year's EP showed some more technicality in their music, while Demonocracy makes them a full-on technical death metal band. The songwriting has never been better and the band sounds tighter than ever. New guitarist Tony Sannicandro gives the band an absolutely fantastic player and a new element to the band that wasn't there previously. Sannicandro can shred and he knows how to write some damn catchy riffs. "The Manipulation Stream" and "Tongueless and Bound" were particularly impressive from a guitarwork standpoint. The intro riff to "Tongueless and Bound" is the best riff they have ever had and "The Manipulation Stream" is the fastest and finest Job For A Cowboy song to date. The rest of the band steps up big time as well Jonny Davy's vocals sound as tortured and evil as ever. He doesn't get nearly enough credit as a vocalist, he has some of the most menacing screams in all of death metal. On top of his vocals, he has shown his immense dedication to this band. He is the only founding member of the band left and this is easily the best lineup of musicians he has surrounding him in the history of the band. Good for him sticking with his band and striving to make his band better.

Demonocracy is by the best release from Job for A Cowboy. Their transition to a more technical death metal sound has payed dividends for their music. The new lineup has injected this band with new life. They continue to strive to advance their music and top their previous outings and they keep doing that. I honestly can't even believe this is the same band that made Doom. They have come so far since that record it's not even funny. Give this band another couple of albums and they will probably be at the top of the death metal heap. I'm sure there will be plenty of elitists looking for any excuse to continue to hate this band, but there is absolutely nothing even remotely close to deathcore on this record, so they're shit out of luck. Drop any previous bias you had with Job For A Cowboy and check out this record, it's great stuff.

4/5 Stars
Standout Tracks
1.The Manipulation Stream
2.Tongueless and Bound
3.Nourishment Through Bloodshed