Demonocracy affords Job For A Cowboy another album to legitimize their melodic death metal sound, which was set forth starting with Ruination. If that album was the band’s testing grounds to tweak what they wanted to accomplish with a new style of music, Demonocracy is where the technical side is worked on. Bringing in guitarist Tony Sannicandro and Cephalic Carnage bassist Nick Schendzielos translates to dynamics not heard on any Job For A Cowboy album to date. While the changes between Genesis and Ruination were noticed right away, it’s not as clear-cut from Ruination to Demonocracy. The production is crisper, which is a positive for Schendzielos and his schizophrenic bass playing, and the guitar solos are on almost every song. These aren’t throwaway doodling sessions, but sharp and flashy, which separates them from most bands of the same genre. Overall, a really good album that keeps you interested for the whole ride.
Welcome their 6th album, and the only one not on Century Media Records. Dallas, the rhythm guitarist left the band in 2009, and he's been thus replaced. God Forbid seemed to have really gone back to their roots of their Gone Forever Ideas, with a few new influences. They have cut back on the guitar solos, a lot of their songs have a more of a melodic sound, while some of the others are just complete headbanging fests. Overall, it's a good mix and it shows that the band isn't just copying and pasting their older material. Plug in a pair of headphones and you can easily detect a lot of uses from both guitarists. Which for me, is a plus, shows that everyone in the band is participating. Drums are insane, especially on songs like Scraping the Walls, bass is noticeable, and not generic, their song Don't Tell Me What to Dream is evidence enough. The only real drawback I can think of is that a few of the songs start out too slow and it's easy to lose interest in them, but once it picks up, you find yourself really immersed in their songs.
