Relentless Raw Black Metal / Punk out of Texas.

Dallas black metal outfit Maiestas have operated with grim purpose since 2013, channeling the genre's most uncompromising orthodoxy through Texas heat. Their longevity in the scene reflects a project built on conviction over trend.

Ferocious Melodic Death / Thrash Metal from Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington.

Born out of Austin's fertile underground in 2024, Manic Lunacy take black metal's trademark chaos and channel it through an intensity that feels tightly wound even at its most ferocious. A young band operating in one of the country's most active extreme metal scenes.

Blasphemous Black Metal out of Texas.

Ferocious Speed / Thrash Metal from Houston.

Immersive Atmospheric Black / Folk Metal from Keller.

Heavy Melodic Black / Death Metal from Laredo.

Moonlight Butchery is a San Antonio, Texas black metal act formed in 2014, representing the Lone Star underground's longstanding commitment to extreme metal. Their name suggests a violent, visceral take on the genre, uninterested in atmospheric subtlety.

Dallas black metal act Morbid Anal Fog have been operating on the provocative fringes of the underground since 2010, trafficking in the genre's most confrontational impulses with a name that announces their commitment to transgression upfront.

Black/death metal from Houston. One of the most important bands in the Texas extreme underground.

Houston black/death metal. Raw South American-influenced extremity.

Filthy Black Metal from Houston.

Old-school death metal in the vein of Asphyx and Celtic Frost. Members overlap with Hod, Plutonian Shore, and Trench Warfare.

San Antonio crossover thrash band Morta, formed in 2021, channel the pit-ready aggression of hardcore punk into a thrash metal framework that keeps the energy volatile and the tempos punishing. They're part of a healthy wave of Texas acts reclaiming the crossover sound with serious conviction.