{{More citations needed|date=December 2014}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Demonocracy | type = studio | artist = Job for a Cowboy | cover = Jfac 3rdfull-lengthcd.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2012|4|10}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = Audiohammer Studios, Sanford, FL, USA | genre = Technical death metal<ref name="AP review"/> | length = {{Duration |m=40 |s=29}} | label = Metal Blade | producer = Jason Suecof | prev_title = Gloom | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Sun Eater | next_year = 2014 }}
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'''''Demonocracy''''' is the third studio album by American death metal band Job for a Cowboy. It was released on April 10, 2012.<ref>[http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/job-for-a-cowboy-announce-new-album-demonocracy Job for a Cowboy Announce New Album, ''Demonocracy'']. Metal Injection.net. Retrieved February 27, 2012.</ref> It is the band's first studio album to feature guitarist Tony Sannicandro and bassist Nick Schendzielos<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/job_for_cowboy-demonocracy|title=Job for a Cowboy Demonocracy|website=exclaim.ca|language=en-ca|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref> and the last album to feature drummer Jon Rice.
''Demonocracy'' had first week sales of 4,900 to chart at No. 87 on the Billboard 200.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120711065402/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=172793 "Job for a Cowboy: 'Demonocracy' First-Week Sales Revealed"]. Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved April 19, 2012.</ref>
== Promotion == On February 21, 2012, Job for a Cowboy released the first song from the album, "Nourishment Through Bloodshed." It was released via Metal Blade Records' YouTube channel.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1luhE5V_e6Q Job for a Cowboy "Nourishment Through Bloodshed" (OFFICIAL)]. YouTube.com/MetalBladeRecords. Retrieved March 27, 2012.</ref>
On March 20, Job for a Cowboy premiered the song "Black Discharge"<ref>[http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=78599 Job for a Cowboy Premieres New Song, "Black Discharge"]. Metal Underground.com. Retrieved March 27, 2012.</ref> and, on April 2, the song "Imperium Wolves."<ref>[http://www.guitarworld.com/exclusive-job-cowboy-streaming-new-song-imperium-wolves Job for a Cowboy Streaming New Song, "Imperium Wolves"]. Guitar World.com. Retrieved April 2, 2012.</ref>
A music video was made for the song Tarnished Gluttony. The video features a man carrying a small child to a forest, before cutting the child open with a box cutter, replacing the organs with a cephalopod, and then gently placing the child into the sea.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2012-08-08 |title=JOB FOR A COWBOY: 'Tarnished Gluttony' Video Released |url=https://blabbermouth.herokuapp.com/news/job-for-a-cowboy-tarnished-gluttony-video-released/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | total_length = 40:29
| title1 = Children of Deceit | length1 = 4:36
| title2 = Nourishment Through Bloodshed | length2 = 3:42
| title3 = Imperium Wolves | length3 = 4:48
| title4 = Tongueless and Bound | length4 = 4:03
| title5 = Black Discharge | length5 = 3:55
| title6 = The Manipulation Stream | length6 = 4:40
| title7 = The Deity Misconception | length7 = 4:05
| title8 = Fearmonger | length8 = 4:18
| title9 = Tarnished Gluttony | length9 = 6:15 }} {{Track listing | headline = Limited edition bonus disc: ''Gloom'' EP | total_length = 15:27
| title1 = Misery Reformatory | length1 = 3:54
| title2 = Plastic Idols | length2 = 4:44
| title3 = Execution Parade | length3 = 3:04
| title4 = Signature of Starving Power | length4 = 3:45 }}
== Influences == In a 2012 interview with Loudwire, vocalist Jonny Davy listed both Cattle Decapitation and Misery Index as influences upon the sound of the album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/job-for-a-cowboy-jonny-davy-talks-demonocracy-lineup-changes/|title=Job for a Cowboy's Jonny Davy Talks 'Demonocracy,' Lineup Changes + More|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|website=Loudwire|date=19 September 2012 |language=en|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref>
== Credits == {{Hatnote|For bonus disc credits see: Gloom (EP)#Personnel}} Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes, except where noted.
=== Personnel === ;Job for a Cowboy * Jonny Davy – vocals * Al Glassman – guitars * Tony Sannicandro – guitars * Nick Schendzielos – bass * Jon Rice – drums
;Production * Jason Suecof – production, engineering, mixing * Eyal Levi – engineering * Ronn Miller – assistant engineering * Alan Douches – mastering
;Artwork and design * Brent Elliott White – artwork * Brian Ames – layout
;Management * Chuck Andrews – management * Brian Slagel – A&R
=== Studios === * Audiohammer Studios – recording * West Westside – mastering * You Get What You Get Studios – pre-production
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (2012) ! Peak<br/>position |- |{{Album chart|Billboard200|87|artist=Job for a Cowboy |refname=Billboard200|note={{dead link|date=March 2026}}}} |- |{{Album chart|BillboardIndependent|15|artist=Job for a Cowboy|note={{dead link|date=March 2026}}}} |- |{{Album chart|BillboardHardRock|8|artist=Job for a Cowboy|note={{dead link|date=March 2026}}}} |- |{{Album chart|BillboardRock|30|artist=Job for a Cowboy|note={{dead link|date=March 2026}}}} |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0002320107 |label=''Demonocracy''}} * [http://www.metalblade.com/us/releases/job-for-a-cowboy-demonocracy/ ''Demonocracy''] at Metal Blade Records
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