Spastic noise rock from Houston.

El Paso progressive rock/post-hardcore. Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's ambitious, boundary-destroying project.

Crushing Deathcore from Morgan Hill, California / Houston.

Ripping Melodic Death Metal / Metalcore from Dallas.

El Paso, Texas metalcore outfit formed in 2013 whose sound extends well beyond genre convention, incorporating progressive metal complexity, ambient atmospheric passages, and diverse influences ranging from Meshuggah and Between the Buried and Me to Deftones and Sigur Ros. The band has shared stages with Six Feet Under, Ringworm, and Caliban, and represents one of the more texturally adventurous acts to emerge from the Southwest's underground metal circuit.

Houston, Texas thrash and heavy metal band formed in 2019, channeling classic metal aggression through a sound rooted in the hard-hitting riff traditions of both genres. Houston's active metal underground gives The Scourge a scene to sharpen their material against, and their approach makes no apologies for its old-school orientation.

Technical Progressive Metal out of Texas.

Relentless Technical Grindcore / Mathcore from Allen.

Corpus Christi's The Southern Revival carry on the tradition of Southern metal — heavy, bluesy, and rooted in the soil — with a sound that draws equally from Texas riff culture and the swampy stomp of the Gulf Coast. Formed in 2019, the band channels regional identity into slow-burning, groove-heavy metal.