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Houston's Geezer drags industrial machinery through sludge-coated swamps, combining the grimy weight of southern metal with corroded, mechanized aggression. Formed in 2013, their sound is as much rust and grinding gears as it is riffs.
Genre-defying Austin trio blending post-metal, black metal, sludge, and shoegaze. Signed to Pelagic Records.
Suffocating Sludge / Doom Metal from Houston.
Stoner/sludge metal from Texas.
Named for one of World War II's most brutal and forgotten campaigns, Fort Worth's Hürtgen Forest channel that same grinding attrition through sludge-drenched doom metal. Since 2016, they've built a sound as punishing and relentless as the battlefield that inspired them.
Houston sludge outfit Lavos drag their riffs through the bayou, piling on layers of feedback and distortion with the swampy menace that only Texas can fully deliver.
Crushing Sludge Metal from San Antonio.
Fort Worth sludge trio that went on a long hiatus then reunited. Features a guest vocal from Craig Welsh of legendary Texas hardcore act Brutal Juice.
Towering Doom / Sludge Metal from Gilmer.
Crushing Atmospheric Doom / Sludge Metal from Houston.
Based in Mission, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley, Monodyssey bring a heavy sludge metal sound to a region not typically associated with the genre, grinding out thick, abrasive riffs since forming in 2022.
Grinding Progressive Sludge Metal from Denton.
Austin doom trio influenced by Neurosis, the Melvins, and Eyehategod.
Sci-fi doom trio built around a pedal steel guitar run through heavy effects. Albums are thematically rooted in Blade Runner, with songs named after characters from the film.
Thunderous Stoner / Sludge / Progressive Metal out of Texas.
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