Austin, Texas groove metal project named after the ancient Pueblo settlement. Native American heritage meets Lone Star heaviness.

San Antonio thrash-turned-groove metal band active since 2014. Their evolution from raw thrash to heavier groove metal mirrors the classic trajectory of many Texas metal acts, with four releases documenting the shift.

Relentless Black / Death / Groove Metal / Grindcore from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (early); Austin, Texas (later).

Dynamic Melodic Groove Metal, Metalcore from Houston.

Relentless Thrash / Groove Metal from Austin.

Thunderous Death / Groove Metal from Amarillo.

Razor-sharp Groove / Thrash Metal / Punk out of Texas.

Heavy Blackened Death Metal from Houston.

Blistering Groove / Thrash Metal from Houston.

A Fort Worth, Texas band operating since 2005, Caddis blends the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal with thrash aggression and progressive structural ambition, giving their sound both muscle and depth.

Houston two-piece sludge and groove metal act combining lumbering Southern sludge heaviness with syncopated groove metal rhythms in a stripped-down, punishing format.

Punishing Industrial / Groove Metal out of Texas.

Fort Worth, Texas groove metal band built around heavy, mid-paced riffing and a powerful rhythmic bottom end. Their Texas roots inform a no-nonsense approach to heavy music that prioritizes feel and impact.

Dallas groove and thrash metal act fusing the rhythmic chug of groove with thrash's forward momentum. Creeper TX reflects the DFW area's long-running appetite for heavy music with commercial muscle and underground credibility.

Houston's Day of Reckoning pull from progressive metalcore and groove metal in equal measure, a combination that suits the city's taste for technically accomplished but physically punishing music. Formed in 2015, they've developed a sound with enough forward momentum to keep pace with the state's most demanding stages.