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| Also known as | ANIT |
| Origin | Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
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A Night in Texas is an Australian deathcore band formed in 2009 in Cairns, Queensland, however has been based in Brisbane since 2013. [1] The band's lineup currently consists of vocalist Sam Cameron, guitarists Cory Judd and Tommy Williams, bassist David Finlay and drummer Zak Borg. [2]
The band has released four studio albums with their latest being Digital Apocalypse, released on August 2, 2024 through Unique Leader Records. [3] They have also released one EP, one split-album and one demo. [4] They are currently signed to Unique Leader Records. [5]
They along with Thy Art is Murder, The Red Shore, To The Grave and Aversions Crown are noted for being one of more prominent Australian deathcore artists.
A Night in Texas was formed in 2009 in Cairns, Queensland. [6] The band released a demo in 2010, that demo would grab the attention of Skull and Bones records and they would then get signed to them. [1] The band released their debut EP titled Invigoration in May 2013. [7] Vocalist Carlos Hicks was forced to step down from the band after being arrested in late 2013, the band would then relocate to Brisbane and hire Rheese Peters (Formely of The Endless Pandemic) as their new vocalist. [8]
In November 2013, the band released a single titled "Satan's Upheaval" followed by another single titled "I, Godless" released in September 2014, both of these singles are part of their debut album titled The God Delusion which was released on February 13, 2015. [9] The band would tour in Europe in early 2016 with Aversions Crown and Rings of Saturn. [10] In March 2016, the band announced that they have parted ways with Rheese Peters and that they have recuited Ethan Lucas as their new vocalist. [11] Shortly after the recuitment, the band released a new single titled "The Rotten King" which would appear on their split album with Canadian deathcore band AngelMaker titled Unholy Alliance which was released on October 31, 2016. [12] The split would also feature a popular song by A Night in Texas named "F**k Your God" and a song named "Mortal Drones" which features guest vocals from AngelMaker vocalists Casey Tyson-Pearce and Mike Greenwood. [13] In 2017, The band would support Whitechapel in their Mark of the Blade tour in Asia. [14] In September 2017, the band announced that they have parted ways with their drummer Rick Fieldhouse and that Anthony Barone has joined the band as their new drummer. [15]
On October 12, 2017, the band announced that their second studio album titled Global Slaughter will be released on December 11, 2017 and unveiled a single off the album titled "Population Extermination". [16] In November 2017, the band unveiled another single off the album titled "Harvested" which features Ben Duerr from Shadow of Intent. [17] Barone's time in A Night in Texas wouldn't last long as he would departure from the band in October 2018. [18]
The band would return from a hiatus by releasing a new single titled "Flesh Kingdom" on May 24, 2021 and announcing a double album titled The Divine Dichotomy - Chapter I and The Divine Dichotomy - Chapter II, which were both released on July 16, 2021. [19] On June 13, 2021, another single from the album titled "Doom" would be released. [20] On March 24, 2022, the band announced that they have signed to Unique Leader Records and dropped their first single from them titled "God's Throne". [5] On January 27, 2023, Ethan Lucas announced his departure from the band. [21] On May 15, 2024, the band released a single titled "Apex Of Agony" and announced that their fourth studio album titled Digital Apocalypse will be released on August 2, 2024. [22] Shortly after that, the band welcomed Sam Cameron as their new vocalist on May 19, 2024. Two more singles off the album titled "Welcome To The Gulag" and "Death Protocol" were released on June 6, 2024 and July 11, 2024 respectively. [23] [24]
Matty Sievers from killyourstereo.com wrote in his review of The God Delusion that it contains aggressive and technically demanding deathcore. The drums are fast and played precisely, while the bass is usually quite deep, but mostly inaudible. The electric guitars are also aggressive and fast, the vocals are guttural, aggressive and varied and were partly recorded on multiple tracks and provided with additional effects. The music is kept quite straightforward. The album is quite short, with a running time of around half an hour, and the lyrics are about Satan rising from hell to take over the world. [25] Wessel also classified metalnexus.net as deathcore. The music is aggressive and contains some very high vocals. The lyrics deal with the human condition, political dilemmas that we currently find ourselves in and the damage that people are causing to society and the planet. [26]
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