Judiciary | |
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| Origin | Lubbock, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | Closed Casket Activities |
| Members | Austin Scott-Looney Israel Garza Jake Collinson Jimmy LaDue Juan Vazquez |
| Past members | Kyle Calfin Jerel Ramirez |
| Website | judiciarytx.com |
Judiciary is an American hardcore punk band formed in 2013 from Lubbock, Texas. [1] [2] [3]
Judiciary were formed in Lubbock, Texas in 2013. In 2014, they recorded and released a demo, named Demo '14. Their first EP, The Axis of Equality, was released in 2016, [4] and in 2017 they released a split EP with the Canadian hardcore punk band Mortality Rate. [3] [4] [5]
In 2018, they signed with Closed Casket Activities, and released the single "Temple" from their upcoming album on the label. [6] The following year, they released Surface Noise, their first studio album. [7] Surface Noise was produced and engineered by Taylor Young, and mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk, who previously worked with the American thrash metal band Power Trip. [8] According to the band, the name of the album is a reference to a lyric from the song "It's a Mistake" by Men At Work. [6]
They announced the follow up to Surface Noise in 2023, named Flesh + Blood, and released the single "Engulfed". [9] [10] The album was released through Closed Casket Activities on March 10 that year. [11] [3] [12] [13] Flesh + Blood was produced and engineered by Arthur Rizk, and was mixed and mastered by Will Putney. [13]
Judiciary have been described as hardcore punk, [14] metalcore, [15] crossover thrash, [1] [16] and thrash metal. [14]