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.

Technical dissonant death metal signed to Willowtip Records. Their sound draws from Obscura-era Gorguts and Immolation, with members Ian Bishop, Chris Hillam, and Sam Kang forming the core lineup since 2012.

Ruthless Grindcore / Technical Death Metal from Dallas.

Corpus Christi's Desecrated Remains have been pushing technical death metal and deathcore to the South Texas coast since 2015, bringing a level of compositional precision and brutality that stands out in a region not typically associated with the technical end of the genre. Their work reflects a serious engagement with extreme metal's most demanding demands.

Raw Electronic Black Metal from Austin.

Houston's Etheric forge technical death metal and deathcore into a precision instrument of brutality, leveraging the city's deep extreme metal infrastructure since 2013. Their music is characterized by surgical riffing and punishing rhythmic density.

San Antonio's God Butcher combine technical death metal precision with the savagery of grindcore, producing music designed to overwhelm as quickly as possible. Active since 2023, they're among the most ferocious new arrivals in the Texas underground.

Heavy Symphonic Deathcore out of Texas.

Brutal Technical Death Metal / Deathcore out of Texas.

Longview, Texas act formed in 2014, stacking technical death metal intricacy on top of a deathcore framework for a sound that is simultaneously punishing and precisely executed. They represent the East Texas underground's willingness to push extremity beyond genre borders.

Savage Technical Death Metal from Fort Worth.