Fort Worth's Halopent have been running death and thrash together since 2018, sharpening the collision into something lean and punishing. Texas grit runs through every riff.

Crushing Death Metal from Houston.

San Antonio's Hate Collider have been smashing death and thrash metal together since 2014, generating the kind of impact the name suggests. South Texas aggression runs through their approach, drawing from a city with a long history of extreme music.

Devastating Death Metal / Crossover from Dallas.

Absolutely punishing grindcore / powerviolence from Houston.

Critically acclaimed progressive black/death on Profound Lore Records. All members also play in the country band Calico Bonnet.

Pasadena, Texas's Hearken have been summoning death metal out of the Houston metro area since 2017, carrying forward a tradition of technically demanding, riff-driven brutality with roots deep in Texas's storied extreme metal history. Their music commands attention with the weight of genuine conviction.

Blistering Crossover / Death / Thrash Metal out of Texas.

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

Occult blackened death/doom from the Ordo Satanae Imperium collective. Shares members with Nyogthaeblisz and Nexul. Two albums on Iron Bonehead Productions.

Fort Worth's Herniated have been delivering brutal death metal since 2016 with the industrial-grade aggression you'd expect from Texas's hard-working metal underground. Dense, punishing, and unapologetically extreme.

One-man black/death project by Brungard, risen from the ashes of Howls of Ebb. Released on the prestigious I, Voidhanger Records.

Melodic death/doom started as a one-man project by Casey Hurd. Signed to Napalm Records. Albums include Order Divine and Shatter And Fall.

Solo project of Michael Anstice (keyboards in Hinayana). Gorilla riff death metal with releases Vices and Sins and Inferno.

Devastating Black / Death Metal out of Texas.