Formed in Austin, Texas in 2022, Thy Kingdom Scum sit at the rowdy crossroads of heavy metal, thrash, and punk, channeling a street-level aggression that owes as much to the DIY punk circuit as to the metal tradition. Metal Archives notes their punk influence explicitly, and the name itself reads like a statement of contempt for the powerful made with raised fists and distorted guitars.

Austin instrumental psych/stoner rock trio performing improvised heavy jams since 1999.

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.