Legendary industrial metal. Originally from Chicago, later relocated to El Paso.

Blistering Death / Thrash Metal / Hardcore out of Texas.

Fort Worth, Texas's Misanthrope take an abrasive crossover approach, smashing death metal heaviness into the velocity of thrash and the raw, confrontational energy of hardcore for a sound that hits with the blunt force of a live wire since their 2023 formation.

An Austin, Texas death metal band formed in 2017, Mocata play straight-ahead, no-frills death metal rooted in the old-school tradition of brutality over gimmickry. They are part of a deep Austin underground that has quietly sustained serious death metal long after the city's reputation shifted toward other sounds.

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.

Heavy Melodic Black / Death Metal from Laredo.

Austin doom trio influenced by Neurosis, the Melvins, and Eyehategod.

Born in Longview, Texas, Monte Pittman is a guitarist best known as Madonna's long-standing live bandleader, having joined her touring operation in 2001, while also serving as bassist and composer for Prong and later Ministry. His solo career, launched with The Deepest Dark in 2009, explores hard rock and heavy metal, with seven albums released including the concurrent 2018 releases Between the Space and Better or Worse, which demonstrated the range of his songwriting across aggressive and acoustic styles.