Genesis, the first full length album by the notorious deathcore act Job For A Cowboy has taken a lot of people by storm. Why, you ask? Genesis is far from their straightforward deathcore roots. The band has attempted to create a more death metal sound to their music, a sound fans of their previous Doom EP reissue can somewhat compare with the music on the bonus track "Entities".
But the only difference between the song "Entities" off of the Doom EP and any of the songs found on Genesis is the fact that nothing on this album really stacks up to that song. Much of Genesis is just deathcore-esque power chord technicallity fused with decent gutteral vocals that ultimately comes off boring after a few tracks. The only real saving grace on this release is that the vocalist dropped the infamous migraine inducing pig squeels. And, once again, the drumming is the real stand out point of this record, and perhaps the only really impressive aspect of it.
Once again we are greeted with music that seems to constantly change up on various tracks. "Altered From Catechization" is a perfect example, even though it isn't the first track on the album to do so. This one, in comparison to "Reduced To Mere Filth"'s attempt to reminisce the old Job For A Cowboy days, is really bland and features a really pathetic guitar solo a little more then half way into the song, as well as many moments where you anticipate a breakdown to come out, even want a breakdown to come out, but instead are just greated with more somewhat lame music. There are also two instrumentals on here, which may sound like something spectacular given the band's track record, but are rather disapointing and will ultimately be skipped, same with "The Divine Falsehood", which is just a slow paced track spawned off the ambient instrumental track "Blasphemy" that preceeds it. The song is actually not that bad, it just takes forever for the song to pick up.
So, for those looking to Genesis in hopes of finding something new and interesting from Job For A Cowboy, you'll be let down. The album only has a few really entertaining songs: "Reduced To Mere Filth" and "Embedded". Everything else features some nice technical work on the guitar, even though those technical notes aren't anything to really rave about due to being simple power chords that are played at a rather slow pace during much of the album, as well as some killer drumming, and improved vocals. Does this mean Genesis is a vast improvement? No, as much of the album is rather bland and ultimately boring as hell, especially near the end, with "Strings Of Hypocrisy" kicking off what seems to be a string of filler tracks. It is, however, a step in a better direction.
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