Sepulchrum emerged from Irving, Texas in 2023 trafficking in raw black metal of the most unadorned and primitive variety. Their music strips the genre down to its coldest essentials — corrosive tremolo, lo-fi production, and an atmosphere of total hostility — rooted in the underground black metal ethos that eschews refinement by design. They are part of a quietly growing raw black metal presence in the North Texas area.

Houston death metal act Serpientes de Fuego have been bringing the fire since 2018, rooted in the Lone Star State's storied brutal underground and delivering uncompromising, riff-driven death metal out of one of Texas's most historically fertile metal cities.

Crushing Grindcore / Death Metal from Austin, Texas (early); Portland, Oregon (later).

Faith-driven heavy metal from Dallas.

Intense Symphonic Metal out of Texas.

Razor-sharp Death / Thrash Metal from San Antonio.

Devastating Death Metal from Corpus Christii.

Austin's Sex Chamber have been blending stoner metal's fuzz-soaked swagger with speed metal's throttle since 2012, producing a grimy, high-octane sound that thrives in the Texas capital's anything-goes heavy music environment. They move fast and heavy at the same time, rarely letting either impulse win.

Scorching Speed / Black Metal from Austin.