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Granbury · 2018–present · active
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Schertz · 2012–present · active
Heavy metal band from Schertz, Texas, formed in 2012, carrying on the tradition of classic NWOBHM-influenced American heavy metal in the San Antonio area. Their sound is rooted in the twin-guitar, riff-centered approach of the genre's formative years.
Austin · 2022–present · active
Sudden Deaf is a heavy/doom metal band from Austin, Texas, formed in 2022, crafting slow, crushing riff-driven music that taps into the Lone Star capital's fertile heavy underground.
San Antonio · 2020–present · active
Heavy Progressive Heavy / Power / Death Metal out of Texas.
Dallas · 1997–present · active
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Arlington · 2013–present · active
Arlington, Texas band formed in 2013 working in a heavy/thrash metal vein with hard rock influences, named after the famous multiple-personality case and suggesting a similarly multifaceted approach to heavy music.
Dallas · 1983–? · disbanded
Heavy Heavy Metal from Dallas.
San Antonio · 1983–present · active
Epic Progressive Heavy / Power Metal from San Antonio.
Dallas · 2019–present · active
Dallas heavy trio fusing drone, doom, post-rock, noise, grunge, and classic metal.
Houston · 2007–present · active
Furious Death / Thrash Metal / Grindcore from Houston.
Houston · 2012–present · active
Houston's The Awful Truth have been delivering melodic heavy metal with a hard rock backbone since 2012, carrying the Texas tradition of straight-ahead riff-driven metal into a city that has always had more room for it than outsiders might expect. Their music doesn't traffic in gimmicks — just the kind of honest, well-constructed heavy metal songwriting that has sustained the genre since its foundations.
Houston · 2019–present · active
Houston, Texas thrash and heavy metal band formed in 2019, channeling classic metal aggression through a sound rooted in the hard-hitting riff traditions of both genres. Houston's active metal underground gives The Scourge a scene to sharpen their material against, and their approach makes no apologies for its old-school orientation.
Dallas · 2023–present · active
Dallas, Texas's Thorn formed in 2023 playing traditional heavy metal and power metal, joining a city with a long history of the genre and bringing melody, anthem-ready hooks, and twin-guitar power to the Texas metal scene.
Houston · 2014–present · active
Houston, Texas heavy/thrash act formed in 2014, operating in a city with one of the most productive metal undergrounds in the American South and drawing on both traditional heavy metal's melodic sensibility and thrash's rhythmic force.
Dallas · 1999–present · active
Dallas, Texas's Threshold work in the melodic heavy metal idiom, combining soaring guitar work and anthemic song structures with the Lone Star State's taste for hard-hitting, arena-ready metal.

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