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Blackened crust/grind addressing border, religious, and governmental oppression in the El Paso region. Active 2010-2016 on Unholy Anarchy Records.

Austin's County Hell splice black metal fury with crust punk nihilism and death metal weight, playing music that sounds like it was made outdoors and after dark. They're part of Austin's active extreme underground and bring a raw, combative energy to every release.

Austin crust/sludge outfit Cross Builder drag heavy, corroded riffs through a punk-rooted framework, trading in the grimy intersection of crust punk nihilism and sludge metal density.

Blackened sludge/doom metal with crust influences from Dallas.

Dark, grim black/thrash from Houston with crustpunk and doom influences. Released Under Grim Skies in 2022.

Massive Epic Crust / Doom / Thrash Metal out of Texas.

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.
Blasphemous Crust Punk / Black Metal from San Antonio.

Houston's God Fearing Fuck fuse crust punk's anarchic grime with black and death metal extremity into a sound that's as confrontational as the name suggests. Since 2014, they've operated with a vicious, street-level intensity that sits outside any comfortable scene.

Short-lived black/thrash n roll in the vein of Destroyer 666, Midnight, and Bathory. Active 2014-2016.

Black Metal Punk from South Tejas conceived by Noelia Garza. Signed to Hells Headbangers Records. Debut album The Ancient Gaping Mouth released 2025.
D-beat crust with heavy Darkthrone and Anti-Cimex influence. Features Shane McLachlan of grindcore veterans Phobia and Final Conflict on bass.
Relentless Black Metal / Crust Punk out of Texas.

Death metal meets hardcore punk meets d-beat. Relentless energy.
Crushing Crust / Death Metal from El Paso.
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