Job For A Cowboy Bassist Nick Schendzielos on ‘Moon Healer,’ Their Hiatus, and Life Choices

If you were a death metal fan during the MySpace era, then Arizona tech/deathcore crew Job For A Cowboy would have been a familiar name. However, what made the US tech/death band stand out at the time was how their brand of progressive, experimental brutality sat well outside the circle of some of the more fashion-led acts of that period. A group that continued to push the boundaries of extreme metal even when we all moved onto new, ahem, better social media platforms, 2014 saw the release of their boundary-smashing Sun Eater album then… nothing. No tours. No real news. Just no Job For A Cowboy. Until now. Having been teasing fans with new music for a couple of years now, the band finally made their return in earnest with the release of “The Agony Seeping Storm” back in August 2023. ...

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