Explore Texas Metal
Featured Album
Pretty When You Break (2026)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Three Sides of One (2022)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Featured Hardcore Punk Album
Definition (1992)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Browse Texas Metal Bands
100 bands found
Gainesville, Texas's Entormus has been cultivating raw, uncompromising black metal since 2013 — a small-town project forged in isolation that translates into music with a genuinely feral quality, free from the self-consciousness of larger urban scenes.
Punishing Progressive Death Metal from Austin.
Abilene's Entropy bring a progressive sensibility to West Texas heavy rock, balancing hard rock accessibility with the compositional ambition of prog metal since 2020.
Crushing Melodic Death Metal / Metalcore from Houston.
Epic Power Metal / Metalcore out of Texas.
Theatrical symphonic extreme metal conceived by frontman Dennis Dorsett. Featured in the documentaries 'Heavy in Houston' and 'Heavier in Houston.' Have shared stages with Nile, Deicide, and Carach Angren.
Texas-based Epic of Lucius carve out their space in melodic death metal with songwriting that favors atmosphere and narrative momentum alongside sharp riffwork. Active since 2017, the band channels the storytelling instinct embedded in their name into hook-laden heaviness.
Devastating Deathcore from San Antonio.
Heavy Ritual Dark Ambient from Plano.
Enter the Inferno
View all threads →Frequently asked questions
Texas Metal Index indexes hundreds of Texas heavy metal bands across every subgenre — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, grindcore, sludge, stoner metal, and more. Browse heavy metal bands by genre, city, or state.
Yes — browse Texas death metal bands in our index. Filter by genre to find death metal, technical death metal, and melodic death metal bands. We also index black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, and all heavy metal bands.
Use the genre filter to browse Texas black metal bands. We index black metal, atmospheric black metal, and related subgenres alongside death metal, thrash metal, doom metal, and all heavy metal bands.
Browse our index for Texas thrash metal bands. Filter by genre to discover thrash metal, crossover thrash, and speed metal bands. Our index covers all heavy metal bands including death metal, black metal, doom, and metalcore.
Yes — we index metalcore bands, doom metal bands, and every heavy metal subgenre. Browse Texas metalcore, doom metal, sludge metal, stoner metal, progressive metal, power metal, and more.
Yes — browse Texas hardcore punk bands alongside heavy metal bands. We cover hardcore punk, crust punk, D-beat, grindcore, metalcore, and all heavy music subgenres.
Filter by city and state to find heavy metal bands near you. Each band page includes streaming links, genre tags, and upcoming metal concerts. Discover death metal, black metal, thrash, doom, and all heavy metal bands in your area.
Visit our shows page for Texas metal concerts — death metal shows, black metal concerts, thrash metal shows, doom concerts, and all heavy metal events. Updated daily with ticket links from Ticketmaster and SeatGeek.
Texas Metal Index is an index of Texas heavy metal bands — death metal, black metal, thrash metal, doom metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, and all heavy music. Browse bands by genre, find metal concerts near you, and discover the Texas metal scene.