Technical Progressive Rock / Metal from Austin, Texas / Nashville, Tennessee.

Ferocious Industrial / Thrash / Groove Metal from Phoenix, Arizona (early); Austin, Texas (later).

Aeon Nova is a progressive metal project from Austin, Texas, still in its early stages of development.

Corpus Christi, Texas power metal and progressive project. The Nietzschean title channels philosophical weight through melodic metal from the Gulf Coast.

San Antonio progressive metal outfit formed in 2023, channeling technical precision and atmospheric songwriting into a sound that pushes beyond conventional genre boundaries. Their debut EP The Outer Limits captures a band already comfortable with complex arrangements.

Savage Melodic / Progressive Death Metal / Grindcore from Brownsville.

Technical Progressive Metal / Deathcore from Houston, Texas (early); Louisville, Kentucky (later).

Dallas djent/progressive metal act delivering polyrhythmic precision and modern technical flourishes from the heart of North Texas's thriving heavy music community.

Fort Worth progressive metal outfit adding technical ambition to the DFW Metroplex's diverse heavy music landscape, blending clean melodies with intricate instrumental passages.

Intricate Progressive Heavy Metal from San Antonio, Texas (early); Philadephia, Pennsylvania (mid); Los Angeles, California (later).

Melodic progressive metal from Houston with art-rock grandeur.

Ruthless Technical / Progressive Death Metal from Austin.

Fort Worth heavy and power metal veterans active from 1992 through the Modern Metal label, contributing to the Texas power metal scene before eventually disbanding.

Avant-garde tech-death trio channeling Gorguts and Deathspell Omega. Drummer Jason Roe is ex-Between the Buried and Me. Released on Willowtip and I, Voidhanger Records.

Houston, Texas progressive thrash/power metal band Basilisk was active from 1989 to 1991, releasing a demo and appearing on a 1990 Saturn Records compilation before disbanding.