An Austin black metal project that surfaced in 2022, Earth Weary Twin sounds like it belongs to a colder latitude — raw, desolate, and shaped by the grimmer end of the genre's emotional spectrum.

Venomous Atmospheric Black Metal from Austin.

Solo symphonic/viking metal project by multi-instrumentalist Christoph V., combining majestic orchestral arrangements with heavy 7-string guitar work and Norse mythological themes.

Crushing Death Metal / Grindcore from Dallas.

Austin's Empyre graft symphonic ambition onto black metal's hostility, a combination that feels at home in a city where experimental extremity is never far from center stage.

Austin black metal project Empyrrean cut against the city's reputation for eclecticism — raw, unadorned, and committed to the genre's most uncompromising traditions since 2018.

San Antonio black metal/crust band fusing raw, filth-encrusted punk energy with the bleak atmosphere of second-wave black metal since 2009. They inhabit the grimy crossroads where d-beat momentum meets blackened misanthropy.

Houston death/black metal act marching through grim territory since 2017, channeling the occult density of war metal into something more deliberate and ritualistic. They are part of a strong Houston extreme metal underground that takes darkness seriously.

Austin funeral doom metal act named for the sleeping shepherd of Greek myth, conjuring extraordinarily slow, grief-saturated music since 2024. In a city known for every other genre, they carve out space for the most patient and mournful strain of extreme metal.

Filthy Black Metal out of Texas.

Gainesville, Texas's Entormus has been cultivating raw, uncompromising black metal since 2013 — a small-town project forged in isolation that translates into music with a genuinely feral quality, free from the self-consciousness of larger urban scenes.

Theatrical symphonic extreme metal conceived by frontman Dennis Dorsett. Featured in the documentaries 'Heavy in Houston' and 'Heavier in Houston.' Have shared stages with Nile, Deicide, and Carach Angren.

Blasphemous Death / Black Metal / Grindcore from San Antonio.

Raw Electronic Black Metal from Austin.

Austin's Eschaton occupies an unusual corner of the black metal spectrum, incorporating electronic elements that give the genre's cold atmospheric foundation an eerie, synthetic quality. Formed in 2010, the project treats digital texture as something that deepens rather than undermines the music's darkness.