Fort Worth heavy metal band bringing classic metal sensibility and hook-driven songwriting to the North Texas scene. Their approach is rooted in the genre's traditional values — riffs, energy, and memorable choruses.

Houston's Cremator blend classic heavy metal hooks with thrash metal aggression in the tradition of Texas's deep and diverse metal scene. They bring the swagger and crunch of the Lone Star underground to every performance.

Big Sandy, Texas heavy metal band carrying the lone-star underground tradition with blunt, hard-hitting riffs and a raw, working-class intensity rooted in deep East Texas.

Austin, Texas heavy metal band working in the classic tradition of American underground metal with a raw, straightforward approach. Cyto delivers honest, riff-driven heavy metal from the Texas capital's vibrant metal scene.

Dallas heavy metal unit Deathrider has been carrying the lone star flag for classic metal since 2012, delivering punishing riffs with a nod toward the raw power of the NWOBHM and its American descendants. Texas grit, old-school fire.

Hailing from Santa Rosa in the Texas Hill Country, Devil Beheaded have been conjuring their blackened heavy/thrash assault since 2014. The band's sound sits at a nasty crossroads — the feral swagger of old-school thrash corrupted by the cold menace of black metal.

Austin, Texas's Doom Prophet have been delivering heavy, crawling doom metal to the Live Music Capital since 2020, adding a darker, heavier counterweight to a city more famous for its blues and rock scene. Their heavy/doom sound is built on the tradition of slow-motion riff architecture and an oppressive atmosphere that Austin's heat and sprawl seem to generate naturally. They are part of a growing contingent of Texas acts demonstrating that the state's metal underground extends far beyond thrash.

Austin stoner/heavy rock. Massive riffs with a Southern groove.

San Antonio's Earthen has been operating in the heavy doom metal tradition since 2005, a Texas band that moves at a funeral pace and draws on the long shadows the state's harder rock history casts over everything beneath it.