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Review: Experimental death metal group Job For A Cowboy share their latest cosmic horrifier Moon Healer, forming the sophomore counterpart to their prior album Sun Eater. Don't be fooled though, as even this remedial cosmic entity has just as many sonic teeth as the prior record's solar galactus. After a short hiatus in which the band drifted from each other for a period of time, their primary focus with this record was an aggressive yet confluent return to form, centring on the titular lunar concept as a vehicle for rampant shreddings ('Etched Into Oblivion'), crystalline exhumings ('Into The Crystalline Crypts') and bleakly violent, yet still melancholic progressions ('A Sorrow-Filled Moon'). In frontman Jonny Davy's own words: - 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."