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Austin · 2006–present · active
Instrumental doom — debut is two tracks spanning 38 minutes, mastered by Proscriptor McGovern of Absu. Follow-up is a single 37-minute track.
Austin · 2016–present · active
Austin outfit combining the slow burn of doom with sludge metal's abrasive grit, channeling the heat and intensity of the Texas underground into bleak, feedback-drenched soundscapes.
Denton · 2025–present · active
Denton doom and drone project born in 2025, weaving slow, hypnotic tones into extended meditations on weight and desolation.
Houston · 2024–present · active
Houston's Cavyrns blend doom metal's heavy, slow-moving gravity with progressive metal's compositional ambition, building songs that evolve deliberately through dynamics and tonal shifts.
Houston · 2025–present · active
Brutal Death Metal from Houston, Texas / Seattle, Washington / Phoenix, Arizona (early); Houston, Texas (later).
Dallas · 2016–present · active
Celestial Corrosion blends the morbid atmosphere of death metal with the slow, oppressive weight of doom, creating a suffocating sound well-suited to Dallas's heavy underground. Their music moves between glacial tempos and mid-paced death metal aggression.
Houston · 2023–present · active
Houston, Texas death-doom band blending the slow, grinding heaviness of doom metal with death metal's brutality, creating a dense and oppressive sound rooted in the Texas extreme metal scene.
San Antonio · 2021–present · active
San Antonio's Chemical Warfare wages a thrash assault with the aggressive spirit of the Texas underground. Their music is fast, aggressive, and unapologetically rooted in the classic thrash tradition.
Houston · 2023–present · active
Houston's Collapsed Mainframe is a genre-agnostic extremity project drawing from black metal, death metal, doom, and grindcore simultaneously — a chaotic, sprawling sound that fits neatly into Houston's notoriously eclectic underground.
Austin · 1998–present · active
Austin, Texas's Communion inhabit the slowest, heaviest end of doom and drone, letting notes decay into cavernous silence and drone into near-silence before crushing you under their weight. Funeral doom spaciousness and stoner haze combine into something monolithic.
San Antonio · 2020–present · active
San Antonio doom/sludge band that buries listeners under slow, crushing riffs and a suffocating low-end. Their bleak sonic weight reflects the heaviest strains of Southern sludge.
San Antonio · 2015–present · active
Underground psychedelic doom conjuring dark fantasy and occult allegory. Featured on the 'Doomed & Stoned in Texas' compilation.
San Marcos · 2022–present · active
San Marcos, TX doom and stoner metal band that mixes heavy psych fuzz with the dirge-like pace of traditional doom. They ride the slow burn of Texas heat into heavy, hazy oblivion.
Abilene · 2017–present · active
Abilene doom band carving slow, desolate heaviness from the flat, sun-scorched landscape of West Texas. Their riffs move like heat shimmer — languid, distorted, and quietly menacing.
San Antonio · 2012–present · active
San Antonio trio fusing black metal's cold menace with the suffocating weight of doom and sludge. Their music moves with deliberate malice, rooted deep in the South Texas underground.

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