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Pretty When You Break (2026)
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Three Sides of One (2022)
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Definition (1992)
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San Antonio's Executioner bring crossover thrash energy to Texas's already ferocious underground, formed in 2019 with a sound that fuses hardcore's blunt impact with thrash metal's technical aggression. Part of a city with a long tradition in extreme music, they carry that legacy forward with short, punishing songs built for pit-ready mayhem.
Ferocious Thrash Metal from Houston.
Ripping Death Metal out of Texas.
Fierce Death / Heavy Metal out of Texas.
Self-described "Neuropunk" — sci-fi-themed metalpunk about intergalactic warfare and devices of control. Signed to Profound Lore Records.
Dallas thrash outfit Exploder have been at it since 2015, delivering the genre's classic hallmarks — speed, aggression, and riff-first songwriting — with a Texas directness that suits the form well. The DFW underground has always had a taste for uncompromising metal, and Exploder fit that tradition to a T.
Suffocating Heavy / Doom Metal out of Texas.
Houston's Extrathesia arrived in 2024 with brutal death metal sewn into their DNA, emerging from one of Texas's most storied extreme metal cities. Their brand of savagery leans into technical precision and gut-punch low-end, carrying on the Houston tradition of unsparing heaviness.
Savage Brutal Death Metal from San Antonio.
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