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.

Out of Longview, Texas, Monthra have been fusing groove and thrash metal since 2017 with the kind of knuckle-dragging momentum and snapping riff patterns that fit the East Texas industrial corridor they come from.

Moonlight Butchery is a San Antonio, Texas black metal act formed in 2014, representing the Lone Star underground's longstanding commitment to extreme metal. Their name suggests a violent, visceral take on the genre, uninterested in atmospheric subtlety.

Epic Symphonic Power Metal from San Benito.