Trucha is a brutal death metal and goregrind band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2020, unleashing guttural extremity with the relentless intensity typical of the goregrind subgenre.

Relentless Grindcore from Dallas.

Dallas, Texas death metal outfit active since 2013, grinding out no-frills brutality rooted in the direct, punishing tradition of American death metal.

Punishing Death Metal / Deathcore out of Texas.

Originally from North Pole, Alaska — relocated to Fort Worth in 2007 after working as lumberjacks. Self-described "mountain metal" blending doom, sludge, and progressive elements.

Experimental atmospheric metal from Fort Worth. Early material explored avant-garde thrash territory. Releases on Visceral Circuitry Records.

Savage Avant-garde Death Metal from Dallas, Texas / Brooklyn, New York City, New York.

Ripping Blackened Death Metal from Mission.

Mysterious one-man cosmic death metal entity on Blood Harvest Records. Sci-fi synths and brutal riffs collide — no one since Nocturnus has embraced keyboards in death metal quite like this.

Heavy Brutal Death Metal out of Texas.

Fort Worth's Unraveler pull from melodic death metal's emotional sweep and groove metal's pummeling mid-tempo stomp, a combination that's become their signature since forming in 2012. They're one of the more textured acts in the DFW heavy music scene.

Few bands have the tenure of Nacogdoches' Vampyre Deth, who have been stalking the East Texas underground since 1987. Decades into their existence, they remain committed to old-school death metal — raw, lurching, and stubbornly resistant to modern polish.

Cavernous, Incantation-worshipping death metal duo split between Dallas and Atlanta. Released the devastating 'Crypt Born & Tethered to Ruin' on Profound Lore in 2010.

Crushing Death Metal / Grindcore from Dallas.

San Marcos' Vex have spent twenty years evolving from death-thrash roots into something far more intricate, arriving at a progressive and melodic death metal sound that rewards close attention. Few Texas bands can claim such a deliberate, documented arc of artistic growth across two decades.