One of the earliest Texas death metal bands and a progenitor of the brutal death metal style alongside Suffocation and Internal Bleeding. Members Danny Martinez and Armando Mata recorded Desert of Shattered Hopes in 1993, reissued by Nuclear Winter Records and La Caverna Records.

Amarillo black-death metal act operating out of the West Texas plains with a raw and ferocious approach to extreme metal. Their sound is feral and unrefined in the best underground tradition.

Humble, Texas death-thrash band delivering the kind of punishing riff-heavy metal that has long thrived in the Houston-area underground. Their music is aggressive, direct, and unashamedly brutal.

Austin black-death metal band drawing from the sinister traditions of both genres to produce dark, menacing extreme metal. They're part of Austin's growing underground metal community pushing past the city's rock reputation.

Sugar Land, Texas' Cryptic carve out a niche in the Houston area underground with death/thrash that channels the aggressive, riff-forward energy of the region's long metal tradition. Their sound is fast, hot, and unforgiving.

Gulf Coast grindcore featuring Insect Warfare drummer Frank Faerman.

Dallas, Texas death metal act Ctrl+Alt+Delete bring technical aggression and a sardonic edge to the Lone Star underground. Their riff-heavy approach is direct and punishing, with a nod to classic Texas metal ferocity.

San Antonio technical death metal/deathcore. Precision brutality.

Henderson, Texas death/grind act delivering fast, violent, and purposefully brief sonic assaults. Cursed Ibex merges the extremity of grindcore with the heaviness of death metal in grinding East Texas fashion.

Razor-sharp Melodic Death / Thrash Metal from Dallas.

Arlington, Texas's Daemora fuses doom metal's crushing, slow-burning weight with death metal's sepulchral menace, arriving at something that feels genuinely heavy rather than merely loud. Since 2017 they've carved a niche in the Metroplex's underground built on patience and density.

Hermetic black metal project featuring drummer Antinom, who went on to form Vasaeleth. Active 2003-2009 before disbanding.

Bryan, Texas's Dark Altar have been consecrating blackened death metal rituals since 2015, fusing the grim atmosphere of black metal with death metal's crushing low-end brutality. A Texas underground institution with a genuinely menacing presence.

Houston's Darkened Horizons blend progressive ambition with death metal's crushing weight, constructing elaborate song structures that sprawl and suffocate in equal measure. Since 2011 they've pushed the boundaries of what Texas death metal can sound like when technical curiosity takes the wheel.

Punishing Melodic Death Metal / Deathcore from San Antonio.