Genesis (Job for a Cowboy album)

Infobox Album
Name = Genesis
Type = studio
Artist = Job for a Cowboy


Released = Start date|2007|5|15
Recorded = Blue Light Audio Media in Phoenix, Arizona
Genre = Death metal
Length = 30:49
Label = Metal Blade
Producer = Cory Spotts
Reviews = *About.com Rating|4|5 [http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/jfacowboygenesi.htm link]
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0cfoxzu5ldte link]
*"Kerrang!" Rating|5|5
*PopMatters Rating-10|5 [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/47434/job-for-a-cowboy-genesis/ link]
*Rockmidgets.com Rating|4|5 [http://www.rockmidgets.com/releases.php?p=true&q=job+for+a+cowboy&id=2095 link]
*Rocklouder Rating|4|5 [http://www.rocklouder.co.uk/articles/3308.html link]
Last album = "Doom"
(2005)
This album = "Genesis"
(2007)
Next album =

"Genesis" is the debut studio album by Job for a Cowboy. It is their first concept album and is based on possible consequences of the VeriChip, tying in with the Book of Revelation and the apocalypse. [http://media.www.thenorthernlight.org/media/storage/paper960/news/2007/06/26/AE/Job-For.A.Cowboy.Speaks.On.Origins.New.Album-2919669.shtml Job for a Cowboy speaks on origins, new album - A & E ] ] It would also see Job for a Cowboy change into a more death metal based sound with "Doom" being a deathcore release. Fans who pre-ordered the album received signed copies in the days preceding its official release date of May 15, 2007.

On the day of the release, the album debuted at number 54 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 for Top Independent Albums selling over 12,000 copies in its first week. [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=74678 BLABBERMOUTH.NET - JOB FOR A COWBOY Guitarist Can't Explain Band's Internet Buzz ] ] The music video for "Embedded" was directed by Grammy Award nominated Popcore films.

Musical and lyrical themes

Chad Bowar of About.com described the band's musical evolution, saying: "Job for a Cowboy's sound has evolved from deathcore to straight ahead death metal."cite web|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/jfacowboygenesi.htm|title=Job for a Cowboy - Genesis Review|last=Bowar|first=Chad|publisher=About.com|accessdate=2008-10-11] Bowar also praised the guitarists Ravi Bhadriraju and Bobby Thompson, saying that both have done a "good job at creating innovative riffs and play some quick but skillfull solos."

"Genesis" talks about the VeriChip, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchip, that is supposed to be implanted under the human skin.cite web|url=http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/12859/tempidx/5/menuid/3|title=Job for a Cowboy Feature Interview|last=Sweeney|first=Brian|publisher=Blistering.com|accessdate=2008-10-11] The device has generated controversy among religious groups, which have become against the possible use of it, as there is a Biblical prophecy where all persons must receive the Mark of the Beast "on their right hand or on their foreheads", described in Book of Revelation 13:16-18, to participate in economic activity under the government of the Antichrist. [cite web|url=http://complianceandprivacy.com/News-VeriChip-concern.asp|title=VeriChips Implanted at CityWatcher.com|publisher=complianceandprivacy.com|accessdate=2008-10-11]

Track listing

All songs were written by Job for a Cowboy.

# "Bearing the Serpent's Lamb" – 2:50
# "Reduced to Mere Filth" – 2:59
# "Altered from Catechization" – 4:15
# "Upheaval" – 2:35
# "Embedded" – 3:36
# "Strings of Hypocrisy" – 2:25
# "Martyrdom Unsealed" – 2:36
# "Blasphemy" – 1:42
# "The Divine Falsehood" – 4:24
# "Coalescing Prophecy" – 3:26

Personnel

* Jonny Davy – vocals
* Bobby Thompson – guitar
* Ravi Bhadriraju – guitar
* Brent Riggs – bass
* Elliott Sellers – drums
* Cory Spotts – recording engineer, producer
* Andy Sneap – mastering, mixing
* Dennis Sibeijn – album cover, layout

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Release history

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