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Experimental post-black metal/grindcore/hardcore from Dallas.
Dallas, Texas death metal and grindcore outfit Coffin Hoarder push into experimental territory, combining brutality with unpredictable structures that subvert genre expectations. They're one of Dallas's more adventurous extreme metal acts.
Ruthless Grindcore / Technical Death Metal from Dallas.
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.
Blackened crust/grind addressing border, religious, and governmental oppression in the El Paso region. Active 2010-2016 on Unholy Anarchy Records.
San Antonio, Texas's Con Carnage charge through a cross-section of death metal, grindcore, and hardcore, channeling the Lone Star State's underground aggression into fast, frenzied attacks.
Dallas's Construction Sports are a genre-bending experiment in extremity, hurling death metal, grindcore, sludge, and power metal into chaotic collision in one of Texas's most unpredictable and adventurous heavy acts.
Allen, Texas death/grind act that fuses brutal death metal heaviness with the manic speed of grindcore. Compact, relentless songs built on blast beats and churning low-end aggression.
Austin death metal and grindcore band delivering short, brutal material with Texas underground credibility. Fast, loud, and uncompromising, they've been a fixture of the Austin extreme metal community.
Houston act colliding death metal ferocity with grinding velocity and unexpected power metal dynamics. An unlikely but punishing combination drawn from the deep well of Houston's extreme music scene.
Ithaca, Texas grindcore project delivering short, violent blasts of noise-laced extremity. Creator|Destroyer operates in the tradition of grind that sees brevity as a weapon.
Ferocious Heavy / Thrash Metal from Houston.
El Paso's Crematory Digestor churn out filthy death metal and grindcore from the Texas-Mexico borderland underground. Their music is unrelenting and grimy, rooted in the low-budget brutality of regional extreme metal.
Houston death/grind act Crone bring short, savage blasts of noise and brutality to the Texas underground, combining the gut-punch of grindcore with straightforward death metal punishment.
West Texas extreme metal act blending death, black, thrash, and grindcore into an uncompromising assault. Their debut Throne of Apathy packed 10 tracks into 24 minutes of relentless brutality.
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