Ruination (album)

Ruination
Studio album by Job for a Cowboy
Released July 7, 2009
Recorded AudioHammer studios in Sanford, Florida
Genre Death metal deathcore [1][2]
Length 40:31
Label Metal Blade
Producer Jason Suecof
Job for a Cowboy chronology
Genesis
(2007)		 Ruination
(2009)		 Live Ruination
(2010
Singles from Ruination
  1. "Unfurling a Darkened Gospel"
    Released: June 16, 2009
  2. "Ruination"
    Released: April 26, 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com [3]
Allmusic [4]
Alternative Press
Blabbermouth [5]

Ruination is the second studio album by American death metal band Job for a Cowboy. The follow-up to their first studio album Genesis, Ruination was recorded at AudioHammer studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof and was mixed by Fredrik Nordström. It was released July 7, 2009 through Metal Blade Records.[6] The album sold around 10,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 42 on The Billboard 200 chart.[7]

Contents

Background

Following the departure of guitarist Ravi Bhadriraju, who left Job for a Cowboy to go back to medical school—being replaced by former Despised Icon guitarist Al Glassman, the band recorded demo tracks with producer Jason Suecof. Vocalist Jonny Davy stated in an interview with Way Too Loud!, that this material differs from the band's first full-length, to have "a bit of an old-school [death metal] touch."[8] Davy also explained when interviewed by MetalSucks, before the release of the album, that Job for a Cowboy are "in with new influences with the next record", but not going to be a drastic shift in comparison with Genesis. He also said, "We’re just learning from our mistakes and nit picking everything and evolving as a band."[9]

Lyrical themes

According to frontman Jonny Davy, the ideas involved with Ruination branch off from 2007's Genesis, but are more politically-based.[6] The topics addressed by the album's schema revolve around modern-day worldwide dilemmas and controversial issues including "propaganda in the mainstream media and television, human rights in North Korea, the modern genocidal government of Nubia [sic], the use of torture in American military tactics, consequences of nuclear war, and overruling by world governments and police states/martial law."[6] Ruination is politically-based, but not a concept album as its predecessor Genesis.[9]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Job for a Cowboy. 

No. Title Length
1. "Unfurling a Darkened Gospel"   3:43
2. "Summon the Hounds"   3:51
3. "Constitutional Masturbation"   3:35
4. "Regurgitated Disinformation"   4:46
5. "March to Global Enslavement"   6:05
6. "Butchering the Enlightened"   3:30
7. "Lords of Chaos"   3:36
8. "Psychological Immorality"   3:08
9. "To Detonate and Exterminate"   3:22
10. "Ruination"   4:55
Total length:
 40:31

Personnel

Job for a Cowboy
Production[10]
  • Jason Suecof – production, engineering, mixing
  • Mark Lewis, Ronnie Miller – assistant engineers
  • Alan Douches – mastering
  • Brent Elliott White – artwork
  • Brian J. Ames – layout design
  • Brian Slagel – A&R

References

  1. ^ Ruination review. Allmusic. Retrieved 10-17-09
  2. ^ Ruination review. Alternative Press. Retrieved 10-17-09
  3. ^ Chad Bowar, Ruination, About.com
  4. ^ Phil Freeman, Ruination, Allmusic
  5. ^ Ryan Ogle, Ruination, Blabbermouth.net
  6. ^ a b c "Job for a Cowboy: New Album Artwork Unveiled". Blabbermouth.net (Roadrunner Records). May 21, 2009. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=120558. Retrieved May 22, 2009. 
  7. ^ BLABBERMOUTH.NET - JOB FOR A COWBOY's 'Ruination' Lands On BILLBOARD Chart
  8. ^ "Interview with Jonny Davy". Way Too Loud!. Xtremely Media. December 13, 2008. http://www.waytooloud.com/2008/12/13/job-for-a-cowboy-jonny-davy/. Retrieved March 16, 2009. 
  9. ^ a b O'Hagar, Sammy (January 7, 2009). "Interview with Jonny Davy". MetalSucks. http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/01/07/job-for-a-cowboys-jonny-davy-the-metalsucks-interview/. Retrieved March 16, 2009. 
  10. ^ Ruination credits, Allmsuic

External links

Job for a Cowboy
Jonny Davy  • Al Glassman  • Jon Rice  • Nick Schendzielos  • Tony Sannicandro
Bobby Thomson  • Brent Riggs  • Ravi Bhadriraju  • Eliot Sellers  • Chad Staples  • Andrew Rysdam  • Andrew Arcurio
Studio albums
Genesis  • Ruination
Singles
"Entombment of a Machine" · "Embedded" · "Altered from Catechization" · "Unfurling a Darkened Gospel" · "Ruination" · "Misery Reformatory"
EPs and Demos
Demo '04  • Doom  • Live Ruination  • Gloom
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