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Austin art-punk/post-hardcore. Explosive live shows and ambitious, genre-defying records.
Heavy Death Metal / Hardcore from Houston.
Furious Black / Thrash Metal, Punk from El Paso.
ALARIS was a Christian Metalcore/Hardcore band from Austin, TX, from 2006 to 2010.
Vocals:
TJ Lewis
Guitar:
Johnny Penner
Mitch Barnett
Bass:
Scooter Beatz
Brian Walters
Drums:
Paul Davis
Dallas hardcore punk act delivering short, sharp bursts of fury since 2021. Their debut EP A Kingdom Where Hyenas May Jest and Prance pairs literary aspirations with raw punk energy — a combination that feels right at home in the Texas underground.
Denton crossover thrash project from the Texas underground.
Kilgore, Texas death metal and hardcore punk project whose 2021 remix single bridges extreme music with electronic production. East Texas grit filtered through digital manipulation.
Politically charged metalcore from Austin.
El Paso post-hardcore legends. Relationship of Command is one of the greatest punk records ever made.
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