Job For A Cowboy is one of the most notorious names in metal today. You either love them, or you hate them, there is no middle ground. The band's first release, Doom EP was picked up Metal Blade Records and reissued with a bonus track. However, before that EP came the 2004 Demo, which features three songs that have yet to be re-recorded for any of their releases.
Well, the 2004 demo definitely shows the band in their early stages. "Dead Slate Endings" is a pretty good song, and would have been a nice addition to their Doom release had they re-recorded it, but the other two tracks on this release are a little lax. "What We Once Called Home" is just a bit too stereotypical even for that time period's deathcore scene, as well as closes with an abrupt slowing down of the music that sounds absolutely lame and is unneccesary, and "Day In Black" is just a really drawn out song that will not see many repeat spins due to it's slower paced music chock full of typical "core" related riffs and double bass drums that were clearly not properly recorded, at times sounding as if they padded everything for the bass kicks, and the sudden bass solo that sounds awfuland appears out of nowhere prior to the only decent part of this song: The breakdown. With only one decent song out of the three, this demo is as pathetic as the insanely quick fadeout at the end of the last track "Day In Black"...very pathetic.
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