San Antonio, Texas's Con Carnage charge through a cross-section of death metal, grindcore, and hardcore, channeling the Lone Star State's underground aggression into fast, frenzied attacks.

Texas death metal act Condemn traffic in blunt, pulverizing riffs and growled menace, keeping the music rooted in the genre's most visceral, uncompromising fundamentals.

Crushing Brutal Death Metal from Houston.

Houston, Texas's Condemned are a brutal death metal outfit of the most uncompromising variety — guttural, down-tuned, and relentlessly heavy, with no concessions to accessibility.

War metal in the vein of Havohej, Demoncy, and Beherit. Briefly split in 2016 before reuniting in 2018 with renewed ferocity.

Dallas's Construction Sports are a genre-bending experiment in extremity, hurling death metal, grindcore, sludge, and power metal into chaotic collision in one of Texas's most unpredictable and adventurous heavy acts.

Austin, Texas brutal death metal unit that leans hard into extreme gore-soaked aesthetics and pulverizing rhythm work. Thick, down-tuned guitar tone and savage vocal delivery anchor their assault.

Allen, Texas death/grind act that fuses brutal death metal heaviness with the manic speed of grindcore. Compact, relentless songs built on blast beats and churning low-end aggression.

Brutal Brutal Death Metal from Dallas/Fort Worth.

Fort Worth death metal outfit delivering punishing riffs and guttural aggression rooted in the Texas underground. Their sound draws on old-school brutality with a modern edge.

Savage Melodic Death Metal from San Antonio.

Houston brutal death metal trio fusing hardcore aggression with old-school death metal.

Heavy Death Metal out of Texas.

Scorching Death / Black Metal out of Texas.

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.