Crushing Psychedelic Rock, Doom Metal from New York, New York /.

Austin doom metal. Crushing riffs channeling Black Sabbath worship.

Filthy Depressive / Post-Black Metal from Oak Park, Illinois (early); Texas (mid); Baltimore, Maryland (later).

Crushing Heavy / Doom Metal from Houston.

Colossal Gothic / Doom Metal from Houston.

Fort Worth's Sharpy operate at the slow, contemplative end of metal's spectrum, fusing progressive doom with post-metal's textural depth since 2011 and contributing to North Texas's underappreciated experimental heavy scene. Their compositions favor gradual dynamic shifts and atmospheric density over conventional song structures, building weight through patience and layering.

Houston thrash/doom/death metal crossover act formed in 2018, drawing from three distinct traditions of extremity to craft a dense, shifting sound rooted in the Texas underground.

Hailing from Venus, Texas, Silent Deep Ocean arrived in 2024 with a sound rooted in the slow suffocation of doom and the cold grandeur of gothic metal, building a world of dense atmosphere somewhere between grief and subterranean dread.

Colossal Doom / Post-Metal / Shoegaze out of Texas.

Supergroup pulling members from Temptress, Destroyer of Light, Monte Luna, and Scorpion Child. Debut 'The Ever-Living Fire' hit #20 on the Doom Charts.

Arlington epic doom metal. Among the finest doom bands America ever produced.

Somberslay are a Texas-based heavy/doom metal band formed in 2009 who incorporate hard rock influences into their lumbering, riff-heavy sound, creating a sound that straddles the line between classic doom and hook-driven hard rock.

Dallas blackened doom/sludge. Crushing, atmospheric heaviness.

Black/doom metal from Dallas.

Epic traditional doom/heavy metal. Nate Garrett delivers riffs and melodies with crushing emotional weight.