Austin's Tibetan Sky Burial fuse blackened savagery with the wide, contemplative sweep of post-metal, drawing on funerary imagery and drone-laden atmospherics. The project formed in 2020 and occupies the bleaker, more ritualistic corner of the Texas experimental underground.

Furious Crossover / Hardcore / Thrash Metal out of Texas.

San Antonio's TNK have been forging straightforward heavy metal since 2014, drawing on the no-frills tradition of classic American metal with a blue-collar South Texas directness.

Gritty grunge from Fort Worth.

Dallas's Todeskrieger, formed in 2020, practice unadorned black metal in the most orthodox sense — cold, aggressive, and rooted in the tradition's core values of atmosphere and nihilism, operating from one of Texas's most active underground metal cities.

Denton's Todopoderoso, assembled in 2023, push progressive and sludge metal into unexpected territory, blending North Texas's vibrant experimental music scene with the genre's heaviest and most challenging structural tendencies.

Dallas crossover outfit Tolar have been blending thrash aggression with death metal ferocity since 2014, delivering high-velocity riffs and punk-driven energy that keeps their sound firmly rooted in the pit-ready tradition of Texas heavy music.

San Antonio's Toluca have been grinding out a punishing fusion of death metal and grindcore since 2012, favoring short, brutal bursts of noise that align with the most uncompromising end of the Texas underground.

Dallas's Too Stoned bring a progressive dimension to stoner metal that sets them apart from the genre's more repetitive practitioners — extended structures, tonal experimentation, and the kind of psychedelic drift that rewards patient listening. Formed in 2020, they represent the Texas heavy underground's deep roots in riff worship and cosmic exploration.