Live Ruination is the second EP by Job for a Cowboy

Job for a Cowboy

Job for a Cowboy is a American death metal band from Glendale, Arizona. Formed in 2003, the band's debut album Genesis was released in 2007, peaking at #54 on the US Billboard 200 and selling 13,000 copies in its first week of release. The second album, 2009's Ruination, sold 10,600 copies in...

. It was released on November 23, 2010 by Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

 as a digital EP in iTunes

ITunes

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. It contains the band's live performance from 2007 New England Metal and Hardcore Festival

New England Metal and Hardcore Festival

The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival is an annual festival held in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is a weekend-long concert of heavy metal and hardcore bands along with a merchandising and promotional area for record labels and other vendors...

. Despite the album's title, only two songs from Ruination are on it, not including "The Matter of Splatter", which is a cover of Exhumed

Exhumed (band)

Exhumed is an American death metal band from San Jose, California, most recently signed to Relapse Records. They were formed in 1990, when sole remaining founding member Matt Harvey was at the age of 15. Exhumed spent much of the ensuing decade hacking its way through numerous demos, split CDs,...

 and a bonus track on certain versions of Ruination.

Track listing

Personnel

• Jonny Davy – lead vocals
• Bobby Thompson – guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Al Glassman – guitar
• Brent Riggs – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Jon Rice – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion