Glendale, Arizona's own Death Metal behemoths Job For A Cowboy, amidst their US tour Job For A Cowboy took time to speak with Metal Chaos about their new album 'Ruination', touring and life in general. Jules shot the shit with JFAC's own Jonny Davy.

From what I've seen we've gained a lot of positive feedback from both the fans and reviews from the web and magazine articles, which is always great from an artist perspective. I guess what more could you hope for?

We don't shy away form our older material. We realize that there are a lot of people out there who still enjoy and get a kick out of that music. We throw a little bit of everything in our set.

'Ruination' is the first album to feature both Al Glassman and Jon Rice. How did these guys come to get the gig in JFAC? What do you feel they respectively bring to the band?

First off, Al Glassman, we've toured with him previously with Despised Icon. We respected with what he's done in the past with his gore-grind band, "Goratory". He's just a legitimate good dude who we easily get along and click with. It was a good fit for the band. He's brought some more technicality into the band that we didn't exactly have previously. As for Jon Rice, after Elliott Sellers left the band we put up Youtube auditions. He was one of the few that seriously grabbed our attention. Again, he was surprisingly an easy fit for the band. It felt like we almost immediately had been friends for a long time previously before hand. As for Charn, he's just a much more all around better drummer. He's has a vast knowledge of every genre of metal. He's a little baby metal encyclopedia.

The bands progression from 'Doom' to 'Genesis' to 'Ruination' has been significant. What do you attribute to the diversity of your writing from album to album?

I think the diversity comes from a handful of things. The main thing is probably just from growing up as musicians. We obviously started the band at an extremely young age (The average age of 15 years old). So the progression was inevitable.

The band chose to move away from home turf to record 'Ruination' and moved to AudioHammer studios in Sanford, Florida. What did Jason Suecof bring to the overall process?

We've always been a fan of Jason Suecof's work. We really wanted to avoid distractions from being home and completely focusing on the record in a different state. I'm sure we will definitely be working with him in the future.

Given the phenomenal success of the bands previous album 'Genesis' did you feel any pressure internally or from external sources when it came time to write 'Ruination'?

Surprisingly, the album was very laid back when it came to the writing process. The pressure really wasn't there, especially to contrast to how the album previously before was it. We just really wrote the record for ourselves.

Did you approach the writing of this record any differently than you have in the past? How does a typical JFAC song come together?

The difference of the writing process of 'Ruination' and 'Genesis' was that we spent a lot more time as a collective group writing the album. Everyone had a very hard opinion on absolutely everything that made it on the record.

On the topic of pressure, JFAC are being heralded as the next big thing in the world of Death Metal. How do you deal with that type of expectation?

Hearing things like that is almost awkward to us. Because again, we really don't look at ourselves like that. We really do this in just attempts to enjoy ourselves. There are definitely times when we feel like we have a lot to prove, but, we just roll with the punches and let things happen the way they happen.

The band is now on tour from now until the end of the year in the US, how has the start of the tour gone so far? Any cities or venues you¹re looking particularly forward to playing?

Texas is usually one of our favorite states to play in. The fans there are always just out of their damned minds. That and they love to drink heavy amounts of alcohol, which obviously always leaves room for a great show. But, shows with Gwar and Lamb Of God have been amazing!

?In early 2010 you guys then hit the road in Europe with Lamb Of God, you guys have got to be looking forward to this one?

Do you guys find that there is any significant difference between North American and European audiences?

I think the difference is just there being a bigger audience in Europe. Metal is just more excepted over there. So much so that the fans overseas tend to be a bit more chaotic and appreciative.

Since the bands formation much of the bands time has been spent on the road, so I presume touring is now a way of life for you all. How do you feel this constant touring has shaped your sound and direction?

Touring as much as we have have just made us a tighter and better band. I couldn't imagine us being the same if we would of even done half of the amount of touring we've done.