Job for a Cowboy, are set to release their hotly anticipated record, Moon Healer, February 23 via Metal Blade Records. They recently dropped their latest single, “The Forever Rot,” which follows hot on the heels of their previous offering, “The Agony Seeping Storm.”
Moon Healer is the band’s first record in nearly a decade. The band features a new lineup consisting of frontman and co-founder Jonny Davy, guitarists Tony Sannicandro and Al Glassman, bassist Nick Schendzielos, and drummer (since 2020) Navene Koperweis.
Jonny Davy states:
“I had to take a step back in the band for family. It was the catalyst that eventually created a fork in the road for all of us. We all drifted into our separate paths. Fatherhood, additional music projects, academic degrees, and careers outside the band took priority and life’s focus. Everything lined up for us to collaborate on a new project together; it was time to cross the threshold for something new.”
Regarding the conceptual side of Moon Healer, Davy comments:
“I envision this as a death metal album born from the mystical confines of an alchemist’s laboratory. The music acts as potent potions, inducing hallucinogenic journeys that unlock the secrets of the universe… On ‘Moonhealer,’ we explore a concept centered around a close friend who embarked on a relentless quest for profound enlightenment through the incessant abuse of hallucinogenic drugs, leading to a severe disconnection from reality due to the toll it took on their mental health.
“The song ‘The Forever Rot’ touches on their beliefs that human evolution and development have somehow led to the restriction of perceiving otherworldly or inter-dimensional realities and religious entities. It delves into their disconnection from the physical world and the notion that true vitality may be found in the ability to self-destruct and recreate. That some of the drugs they consumed opened these realities that evolution has closed the door on.”
Moon Healer is also the first Job for a Cowboy album to feature session drummer Koperweis (ex-Animosity). Davy previously worked with Koperweis in the progressive death metal side project Fleshwrought. Koperweis also worked as a session drummer for Machine Head and Whitechapel and is currently in the band Entheos, whose third full-length came out on Metal Blade in March 2023.
Photo courtesy of Job for a Cowboy
