Savage Death Metal from Wichita Falls.

Ruthless Black / Death Metal out of Texas.

Ruthless Melodic Death Metal from Denton.

Vicious Melodic Death / Thrash Metal from Abilene.

Punishing Melodic Death Metal / Metalcore out of Texas.

Originally from Ohio, now Austin-based. Blackened thrash perfection.

Dallas, Texas outfit Sparrows began in 2011 with a foundation in melodic death metal and metalcore before evolving toward a heavier blackened death metal sound, reflecting the broader evolution of the Dallas extreme metal scene.

San Antonio, Texas melodic death metal and metalcore band formed in 2016, Start a War fuses the melodic aggression of Swedish death metal with the breakdowns and intensity of modern metalcore.

Dallas folk/melodic death metal band formed in 2014, merging Scandinavian-influenced melodic death metal with folk elements to craft an adventurous and epic-leaning sound rooted in the Texas metal underground.

Out of Friendswood, Texas, The Crypt Alive have been working the fertile intersection of melodic death metal and metalcore since 2012, anchoring Scandinavian melodic influence to the punishing energy of American metalcore. Their Houston-area roots give the music a particular intensity — a region that has long pushed its heavy bands to go harder and mean it.

Heavy Melodic Death Metal / Metalcore out of Texas.

Heavy Symphonic / Melodic Death Metal from Houston.

An Austin, Texas raw black metal act formed in 2022, Torture embraces lo-fi production and primitive aggression — deliberately corrosive and antagonistic in the tradition of underground USBM's most unpolished factions.

Fort Worth's Unraveler pull from melodic death metal's emotional sweep and groove metal's pummeling mid-tempo stomp, a combination that's become their signature since forming in 2012. They're one of the more textured acts in the DFW heavy music scene.

San Marcos' Vex have spent twenty years evolving from death-thrash roots into something far more intricate, arriving at a progressive and melodic death metal sound that rewards close attention. Few Texas bands can claim such a deliberate, documented arc of artistic growth across two decades.