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Jay Buchanan's Storyteller tour opens in Houston, a UFO tribute lineup rolls through San Antonio, and a heavyweight Eyehategod/BL'AST! run maps straight onto Texas's crossover thrash and death metal underground.
Houston leads Texas with 293 bands in Texas Metal Index's database, but as of 2026-08-11 it shows only 6 upcoming shows — fewer than Austin and Dallas, which each list 9 despite smaller band counts.
This week's national metal headlines — a hardcore vocalist's passing, a new Steelheart/In Flames collaboration, and Rose Tattoo's next album — all map back onto Texas's death metal, NWOTHM, hardcore, and stoner doom underground.
This week's national metal headlines — from Cro-Mags' Age of Quarrel reissue to YOB's studio plans and a slam death metal Pee-Wee Herman video — map directly onto Texas's crossover thrash, doom, death metal, and metalcore underground.
Glenn Hughes's retirement, Accept's all-star tribute album, and The Kovenant's long-awaited comeback anchor this week's national metal news — we connect it all to Texas's heavy metal, black metal, and hardcore underground.
From Slipknot's Sid Wilson fallout to Fear Factory's Terminator-timed single and John Carpenter's new horror-metal release, we connect this week's national headlines back to Texas's industrial, death metal, and hardcore scenes.
Pepper Keenan's tribute to Reed Mullin, Rick Rozz's death metal origin story, and a wave of touring headaches this week connect back to Texas's own hardcore, death metal, and NWOTHM revival scenes.
Texas Metal Index's own data shows Dos Equis Pavilion and Moody Amphitheater tied atop the state's metal venue rankings with 4 tracked shows each, out of 29 total shows across 15 venues.
Avenged Sevenfold's declaration of independence from record labels, a satirical MetalSucks jab about touring musicians driving rideshare between sets, and Derrick Green's post-Sepultura plans all point back to a truth Texas bands have lived for decades — plus a look at the state's under-covered traditional heavy metal revival.
Solitude Aeturnus welcomes new singer James-Paul Luna as Texas doom enters a new era, while a death metal touring surge, veteran metal news from Tony Iommi to Slash, and a hardcore community rallying around Harm's Way round out this week's regional metal roundup.
Dez Fafara corrects the record on his health scare, Neurosis returns with Aaron Turner, and a stacked Decibel Metal and Beer Fest lineup has us asking why Texas doesn't have its own death metal festival to match its deep underground roster.
Judiciary's new EP and 'Wall of Skulls' single anchor a wide-ranging roundup of hardcore package tours, a crowded deathcore scene, 80s metal legacy news, and why Texas's black metal underground deserves its own spotlight.
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