Austin's Sarpa have been pursuing black/death metal since 2020, bringing the Texas capital's increasingly dense extreme metal underground another entry in the serpentine tradition the band's name invokes. Their sound moves with the coiled aggression of the subgenre's finest work — death metal's weight carrying the black metal's atmosphere rather than the other way around.

Ultra-limited war metal cult. Releases pressed in runs of 5 to 300 copies, available only directly from the band.

Punishing Brutal Death Metal from Dallas/Fort Worth.

Dallas, Texas's Scaphism — named after the infamous ancient Persian torture method — have been delivering brutal death metal out of the DFW area since 2010, embodying the kind of morbid, relentless extremity that has defined Dallas's underground scene. Their technical approach to brutality sets them apart from more primitive peers, showcasing the melodic depth that can coexist with sheer sonic violence.

Ruthless Melodic Death Metal from Denton.

Devastating Progressive Death Metal from San Antonio.

Corpus Christi, Texas's Scourgery has been dealing in brutal death metal since 2017 with the kind of suffocating density that the Gulf Coast heat seems to produce naturally. Their music is defined by inhuman gutturals, chromatic guitar work that shifts between slab-like grooves and technical spiral dives, and percussion that operates at the threshold of physical endurance. South Texas brutal death has its own character — isolated, siege-like, built to outlast comfort — and Scourgery embodies that without compromise.

Punishing Brutal Death Metal from Eagle Lake.

Savage Brutal Death Metal from League City.

Sepulchrum emerged from Irving, Texas in 2023 trafficking in raw black metal of the most unadorned and primitive variety. Their music strips the genre down to its coldest essentials — corrosive tremolo, lo-fi production, and an atmosphere of total hostility — rooted in the underground black metal ethos that eschews refinement by design. They are part of a quietly growing raw black metal presence in the North Texas area.

Houston death metal act Serpientes de Fuego have been bringing the fire since 2018, rooted in the Lone Star State's storied brutal underground and delivering uncompromising, riff-driven death metal out of one of Texas's most historically fertile metal cities.

Crushing Grindcore / Death Metal from Austin, Texas (early); Portland, Oregon (later).

Devastating Death Metal from Corpus Christii.

Dallas newcomers Shadowed Sacrifice launched in 2025 with a ferocious convergence of black, death, and thrash metal, arriving fully committed to extremity from the start. The trio of genre influences produces a venomous, fast-moving sound that reflects the uncompromising intensity of the Texas underground.

Heavy Brutal Death Metal from Houston.