Portland, Texas's Fall works in melodic death metal, bringing the genre's interplay of aggression and melody to a small South Texas coastal town — a long way from the Gothenburg origins of the style but no less committed to it.

Laredo, Texas death metal act Fallen Cross have been representing the border city's underground metal scene since 2002. Their music carries the blunt, no-apologies weight expected of Texas death metal, forged far from the state's major urban centers in a city with its own distinct cultural identity.

Austin's Fantasm brings death metal to a city better known for its eclectic rock scenes, formed in 2023. They represent a strand of Texas extreme music that's stubbornly committed to the genre's most uncompromising end.

Ruthless Folk / Melodic Death Metal from Plano.

Brutal Brutal Deathcore out of Texas.

Ferocious Progressive Death / Thrash Metal from Houston.

Heavy Black / Viking Metal from Waco.

San Antonio brutal death metal/grindcore. Relentlessly heavy and fast.

Filthy old school death metal on Me Saco un Ojo Records. 2022 debut 'Unburied Corpse' is a slab of cavernous OSDM that earned strong underground buzz.

Crushing Brutal Deathcore from Florida / Texas (early); Florida / Canada (later).

Fort Worth death metal with a massive, crushing sound. One of the best new death metal bands in the country.

Furious Hardcore (early); Thrash Metal / Metalcore (later) from Laredo.