Houston's Dreogan entered the death metal scene in 2019 with the grim focus of a band that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish. Drawing from the deep well of the genre's traditions, they craft brutal, technically competent death metal that taps into the long-running Texas tradition of punishing extremity.

Frigid Black Metal from Houston.

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.