Bryan, Texas's Dark Altar have been consecrating blackened death metal rituals since 2015, fusing the grim atmosphere of black metal with death metal's crushing low-end brutality. A Texas underground institution with a genuinely menacing presence.

El Paso's Dark Aria have been crafting progressive metal in the Chihuahuan Desert since 2007, weaving intricate arrangements and dynamic shifts through a sound that rewards patient listeners. Their work favors complexity and texture over blunt force.

San Antonio's Dark Therion pursues a raw and uncompromising black metal path, drawing on the occult symbolism embedded in its name while carving out its place in Texas's growing extreme underground since 2022.

Houston's Darkened Horizons blend progressive ambition with death metal's crushing weight, constructing elaborate song structures that sprawl and suffocate in equal measure. Since 2011 they've pushed the boundaries of what Texas death metal can sound like when technical curiosity takes the wheel.

Punishing Melodic Death Metal / Deathcore from San Antonio.

Anthemic metalcore from San Antonio.

Fierce Metalcore from San Antonio.

Texas metalcore act Darkness in the Distance came together in 2021 with the post-pandemic urgency that animated a wave of new heavy projects across the state. Their sound leans into the aggressive, hook-forward framework that defines modern metalcore.

Features Firewind vocalist Kelly Sundown Carpenter and guitarist Michael Harris. Sophomore album mixed by legendary producer Chris Tsangarides (Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy).