| | Full Review | Ratings (1161) |
Give your Rating |
| 2.0 poor | kalkal50 | May 16th 07 | Job For A Cowboy have received a lot of praise upon their incoming debut album, which left fans thirsty for more. Their 2007 release, Genesis, shows no enormous improvement and variation from their first album. Most songs are hard to distinguish by the time you've reached the end of the album, and lean towards the generic side with a metalcore influence. Yet many argue about whether they fulfill the criterion for a straight-up death metal sound, where JFAC have transitioned from a Death/Metalcore style from their EP. Good tempo changes and riff alternations help to captivate, but wouldn't fully define the progressivity that they should have to make it even more refreshing. The Divine Falsehood excels above most of the tracks and nicely highlights the instrumental distortion. This album is very over-hyped.
3 Bumps | Bump |
| 1.0 awful | alakazam9891 | November 2nd 09 | Job For A Cowboy's debut is one of the worst albums ever made.
There, I said it. How can some people get together and make music that sounds so awful?
Allow me to dissect each aspect of the music to show you why this is so awful.
The vocals - The singer is not actually singing, he is roaring and not in a cool way like Dethklok's Nathan Explosion or Cannibal Corpse's Tom Angelripper. No, this guy just sounds retarded. He yells and yells and when he does it makes me want to cut off my ears and eat them and then kill myself. Wait, I think that was a line from one of these songs.
The lyrics - The lyrics cannot be understood anyway because the singer is a goddamn mook, but I looked up some lyrics, and they were seriously retarded. Just stuff about eating guts and cutting off people's nads and worshipping Satin. And they don't do this in a cool way like Dragonforce or Slayer, they just sound like retards.
The guitars - There are like, 4 guitarists, and they just play the same note over and over and over, and then they might solo for a little bit. But when they solo, they don't do it in a cool way like Matthew Broderick of Megadeth or Chuck Schuldiner or Death or even Jimi Hendrix of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. They play like stupid little 15 year-olds trying to sound brutal and toughcore, but they don't. If you want an accurate description of the guitar playing on Job For A Cowboy's Genesis, I have one word: Retarded. Now, I'm not trying to make fun of retards by saying this, but it's really true. You know how retards are always hitting their chests and yelling out stuff that doesn't make any sense? That's kinda like this album. The guitars are retarded.
The bass - Throughout this whole piece of crud, I did not even hear the bass guitar. I seriously think that Linkin Park can play better than this guy. And he's a queer too.
The drums - You know how every ***ty metal band since Slipknot has had quadruple bass drums that sound retarded and make the music bad? Yeah, Job For A Cowboy does that too, which is pretty lame.
So overall, this album is horrible.
2 Bumps | Bump |
| 2.0 poor | locashcrack | May 22nd 07 | this release comes off as a stale attempt to conform to the metal scene. where are the over the top vocals and bass booms? everything that made jfac a fun band to listen to, screaming and squealing along with your friends and headbanging like fuck to the breakdowns, its all gone and we are left with a generic death metal album. if i wanted to hear this i would put in some old deicide imo
1 Bumps | Bump |
| 4.0 excellent | Reini Eden | June 10th 18 | Probably my favorite Job for a Cowboy album. Such a classic.
Bump |
| 2.5 average | Jared Floryan | November 11th 14 | While Job for a Cowboy's debut full-length album charges in with a painless death metal sound that differs from the unflattering deathcore style within Doom, much of the former is nothing but lightning fast solos and limited songwriting capabilities. This isn't to say Genesis is a terrible recording, however, as there are parts of it I'd consider to be slightly more listenable than JFAC's first EP; at least on here, you don't hear Jonny Davy howling about 'preheat pizza rolls' or something along those lines.
Bump |
| 3.0 good | InFiction | October 1st 13 | Genesis has a few outstanding tracks ('Bearing The Serpent's Lamb', 'Embedded', 'The Divine Falsehood') but is weighed down by a lot of tracks that are neither good or bad, and are just "there".
Bump |
| 4.5 superb | MopHeadOvMetal | May 30th 11 | The majority of people rating this album below 3 out of 5 are more likely to be trolls. It's rmodern technical death metal. This album deserves more respect; the music is talented rinstrumentally at least. Songs might all sound the same, but it is JFAC's only style of rmusic - They can't become thrash metal and write really successful albums. Nothing too bad. rHowever, this really grew apon me.
Bump |
| 2.0 poor | Smevin | June 30th 10 | So god damn generic. The worst part of this album, for me at least, is the way they needlessly switch up tempos. Usually this sounds cool, but this band does it for absolutely NO REASON, and as a result the songs just meander and sound boring, when you can tell that they think it sounds great. In this day and age of Dillinger Escape Plan, Meshuggah, and any other prog-metal/mathcore/post-hardcore band you could think of, who is going to be impressed by a bunch of needless tempo changes? Nobody is going to hear a JfaC song and think "what?? Weren't they going slightly faster just a second ago? WHAT IS THIS SORCERY??" What a load of shit.
Bump |
| 0.0 | jpenna1212 | July 28th 09 | Only a few good ones here, kinda bland album but it has its moments. (Strings of Hypocrisy and Martyrdom unsealed)
Bump |
| 3.0 good | Infernis | July 28th 08 | An aim in a better direction, distancing themselves from simple musicianship and finding themselves using similar stylings, but in a much more death oriented setup. More technical, and a lot of evolution is heard on this album.
Bump |
| 2.5 average | LiberalMetal | July 26th 08 | This one is not as good as Doom, I can listen to it, but it still takes some time to get used to.
Bump |
| 2.5 average | Spag | December 19th 25 |
| 3.5 great | Luna | October 8th 25 |
| 3.5 great | vdop | September 12th 25 |
| 3.0 good | Sarah | August 25th 25 |
| 3.0 good | MaSuPe | August 9th 25 |
| 3.0 good | Jake E. | September 16th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Futures CONTRIBUTOR | March 20th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Titan | March 3rd 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | KManoc1 | February 23rd 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kalypso | August 19th 23 |
| 2.5 average | haley | June 1st 23 |
| 2.5 average | iGuter | January 29th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | DJD1ed | January 19th 23 |
| 3.0 good | heck | January 3rd 23 |
| 3.0 good | Logan | June 29th 22 |
| 3.0 good | DType | May 28th 22 |
| 3.0 good | xlev | January 1st 22 |
| 3.5 great | Risodo | November 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | LilPeep | August 18th 21 |
| 3.0 good | CHINDI | February 15th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Grandpa | February 13th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | ErichB | January 24th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Skiiddz | October 15th 20 |
| 3.0 good | ulcer | April 20th 20 |
| 2.5 average | ckssr1 | December 23rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | Aeon89 | September 25th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | 8733 | August 22nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | Aranox | August 11th 19 |
| 3.5 great | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Adamn | May 9th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | April 6th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Laen | December 27th 18 |
| 3.5 great | ryguy | November 13th 18 |
| 3.5 great | SYL | December 15th 17 |
| 3.5 great | nbats | December 15th 17 |
| 2.5 average | YAAAOOO | December 13th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Defcol | December 6th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | hiryu14 | November 4th 17 |
| 2.5 average | ElSomni | November 2nd 17 |
| 1.0 awful | Elynna | October 21st 17 |
| 2.5 average | Wolfe | June 21st 17 |
| 2.5 average | Henry | May 11th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Jeejee | March 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | random | February 16th 17 |
| 2.5 average | hsb | February 15th 17 |
| 2.5 average | El Olam | December 19th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Emim | December 12th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Redlar | September 16th 16 |
| 3.0 good | shem | March 30th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Twiddlw | December 7th 15 |
| 2.5 average | mEyck97 | November 22nd 15 |
| 3.5 great | PanAle | September 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Strato | June 24th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Orisha | May 21st 15 |
| 3.0 good | bmelt | April 28th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Fossa | February 3rd 15 |
| 2.5 average | slaps | December 16th 14 |
| 2.5 average | eissev | December 5th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Surtur | November 5th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Trebor. EMERITUS | November 4th 14 |
| 2.5 average | betray | July 1st 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | Roman | April 23rd 14 |
| 2.5 average | Fujay | April 20th 14 |
| 2.5 average | ngk44 | April 16th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Skoj | March 26th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | ihml93 | March 13th 14 |
| 2.5 average | hasv | December 2nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | TomKaduk | November 26th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Giansk | November 25th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Zeg | November 22nd 13 |
| 2.0 poor | wil94 | October 26th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Nethal | October 18th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Aus10B | August 11th 13 |
| 2.5 average | SMUD | July 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | tg103 | April 10th 13 |
| 3.0 good | CK | February 15th 13 |
| 1.0 awful | Weedon | February 5th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Xav | February 4th 13 |
| 2.5 average | brunch | January 7th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Weed | January 1st 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Lenix | December 31st 12 |
| 2.5 average | srm90 | October 19th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Cakes23 | October 12th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | rfsorbo | September 5th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Zappo | September 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | N2B3J | July 29th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | lerem | May 18th 12 |
| 3.5 great | YUJOS | April 16th 12 |
| 2.5 average | EJinHD | March 8th 12 |
| 3.5 great | TBliss2 | February 27th 12 |
| 3.5 great | gribb | February 8th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | T3DGCoF | February 6th 12 |
| 3.0 good | MTTS | February 4th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Custy | February 3rd 12 |
| 2.5 average | pike27 | January 19th 12 |
| 3.5 great | JohnCon | November 20th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Sirob | November 16th 11 |
| 3.0 good | lscarl | October 31st 11 |
| 2.0 poor | RodTFD | October 28th 11 |
| 3.5 great | pbass0 | October 24th 11 |
| 3.5 great | HiLion | October 20th 11 |
| 2.5 average | endtell | August 20th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | ILJ | August 9th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | Boah11 | August 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | eeule | July 18th 11 |
| 3.5 great | tnp101 | April 6th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Rowdy | March 24th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Silas | February 25th 11 |
| 2.5 average | morte | December 31st 10 |
| 1.0 awful | puma35 | December 1st 10 |
| 2.0 poor | GibTG | December 1st 10 |
| 2.5 average | Mauler | November 22nd 10 |
| 2.5 average | sudonym | October 17th 10 |
| 1.0 awful | saucy | September 29th 10 |
| 3.5 great | BorisC | September 24th 10 |
| 3.5 great | MO | September 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | IggyJack | September 11th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | garyhann | September 10th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | rooby | August 28th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Sevhead | August 26th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Tfries | July 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | BaZaH | June 29th 10 |
| 2.5 average | dubtr3 | June 27th 10 |
| 2.5 average | nyc87 | June 12th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Ray91 | June 7th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Blurry | June 4th 10 |
| 3.5 great | met65 | May 27th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | ilbron | May 17th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | lakku | April 26th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | akiro | April 25th 10 |
| 2.5 average | ebay | April 13th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | GhostK | April 9th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | idbz | April 7th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | blkmtl | April 7th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Bluue | April 7th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Zadok | April 2nd 10 |
| 4.5 superb | xDANKx | March 30th 10 |
| 2.5 average | LuTo | March 22nd 10 |
| 2.5 average | asaf | February 10th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Ire | December 3rd 09 |
| 3.5 great | neon13 | November 4th 09 |
| 3.0 good | kaleb | November 1st 09 |
| 3.0 good | Curse. | October 26th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | gafel | October 26th 09 |
| 3.0 good | maxd89 | October 7th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Goler0 | October 7th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Rembo85 | September 14th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Faint7 | August 9th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Warpt | July 12th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Xub | May 20th 09 |
| 3.0 good | BL33D | May 3rd 09 |
| 3.5 great | nickcm | April 15th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | SVIIB | March 6th 09 |
| 2.5 average | steveh | February 14th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | MikeStan | February 10th 09 |
| 2.5 average | lauriej | January 7th 09 |
| 3.5 great | GregBP | December 19th 08 |
| 3.5 great | ZUNUX | December 10th 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | Sconza | November 29th 08 |
| 2.0 poor | Cdown | November 9th 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | Rx512 | November 7th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | xarius | October 22nd 08 |
| 3.5 great | Medika | September 20th 08 |
| 3.0 good | TKEBAB | September 16th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | TBliss | August 19th 08 |
| 2.5 average | mikev | August 3rd 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | natey | August 2nd 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | Bhima | July 22nd 08 |
| 3.0 good | Smooz | May 21st 08 |
| 3.0 good | Isak | April 16th 08 |
| 2.0 poor | Goku | February 21st 08 |
| 2.5 average | soneast | February 6th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Valhall | December 21st 07 |
| 3.5 great | beans | December 19th 07 |
| 2.0 poor | rid | December 13th 07 |
| 3.5 great | AA-12 | December 8th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | SparkyX3 | November 18th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Thor | November 12th 07 |
| 2.0 poor | tuff | October 30th 07 |
| 4.5 superb | Salami | September 25th 07 |
| 3.5 great | tyjimma | September 25th 07 |
| 1.5 very poor | Jmaj14 | September 12th 07 |
| 2.0 poor | silvr | September 8th 07 |
| 3.0 good | Mungo | August 11th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Msuen | August 6th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Wizard | August 1st 07 |
| 3.5 great | LoUd3 | July 30th 07 |
| |
Give Your Opinion on Genesis
|