We recently asked Job for a Cowboy vocalist Jonny Davy to write a tour blog for the band’s MetalSucks co-sponsored headlining trek with Hate Eternal, All Shall Perish, Animosity and Annotations of an Autopsy. Davy’s short but giggle-inducing blog is below. Enjoy!

ITS RAINING TEARS!

Well, another tour… Again, in the freezing cold. So far we’ve been lucky, no snow. No worries of “VAN FLIP/NO CARE/FIRST POST.” Well, Rutan’s kidney is fucked up, forcing Hate Eternal to drop off of our current tour. My only comment for Rutan is this: “Get better, fix you kidney and party on Wayne.”

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Deathcore’s meteoric fall from subgenre of a subgenre to a word on par with “pedophile” in metal is almost comic in nature. Though this is by no means its first year of existence, it is its first year of prominence. While the violent shift in attitude could be attributed to the “everything popular sucks” mindset, it can also be contributed to the fact that, with such prominence, deathcore bands are already starting to get lazy. But either way, at a recent stop in Providence, RI, the Metal Sucks co-sponsored Job for a Cowboy/All Shall Perish/Animosity/Annotations of an Autopsy (sadly, no Hate Eternal on this stop, and my best wishes to Erik Rutan) tour, no band was willing to be tagged with the label, no matter how firmly they resided at the intersection of Death and ’Core. And despite the fact that deathcore may be old news in the metal blogosphere, there was no shortage of enthusiasm for it, reserved especially for the show’s headliners.

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By now you may have heard that Hate Eternal have been forced to drop off their slot on the MetalSucks co-sponsored trek with Job for a Cowboy, All Shall Perish, Animosity, and Anatomy of an Autopsy, because guitarist/vocalist/producer/all around main dude Erik Rutan is in the hospital.

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On a recent jaunt through Southern California, Antagonist and Animosity paid a visit to the set of the now Bob Barker-less Price is Right; as luck would have it, Antagonist singer Carlos Garcia got called to the stage and proved himself quite adept at knowing just which price is right. See for yourself, below [via Revolver].

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The MetalSucks posse and Decibel Magazine are psyched to present one of this fall’s sickest touring lineups; Job For a Cowboy, Hate Eternal, All Shall Perish, Animosity and Annotations of An Autopsy. Woah; even if you’re not a fan of every single band on the bill, that is one hell of a lineup and surely there’s at least two or three bands you can get down with. We’re also giving away one free pair of tickets to see the tour in each city! That’s 29 free pairs of tickets the fine folks at Metal Blade are offering up to you; at the price of free, how can you refuse?? Five lucky fans will also get a poster autographed by members of Job For a Cowboy. Click here to enter.

Check out this nifty widget as well, which features audio and video from every band on the bill. Listen to / watch it here, embed it on your MySpace page, Facebook page, blog, or just stare at it ’cause it looks purty. Your call. See you in the pit!

MetalSucks is jizz-in-our-pants excited to announce that we’re co-sponsoring this fall’s nationwide tour with Job for a Cowboy, Hate Eternal, All Shall Perish, Animosity, and Annotations of an Autopsy. Now, if any two of these bands were touring together, it would already be worth the price of admission and then some – but with all five bands, it’s THE can’t-miss extreme metal tour of the season.

Job for a Cowboy. All Shall Perish. Animosity. Annotations of an Autopsy. These bands are the future of death metal. And then there’s Erik Fucking Rutan’s Hate Fucking Eternal. The Elder Statesman. The Fucking Man Himself.

Get excited about this one, boys and girls. It’s gonna melt your face off.

Get a complete list of tour dates after the jump, and stay tuned to MetalSucks for more info as we get it…

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Arsonists Get All the Girls will play a benefit show for the family of recently deceased bassist Pat Mason on December 28 at The 418 in their hometown of Santa Cruz. Knights of the Abyss, Elysia, and Animosity will also perform.

More information can be found at Arsonists Get All the Girls’ MySpace page. If you live in the area, you have absolutely no excuse not to attend and show your support.

-AR