Texas

Gwar guitarist Balsac helps Austin trio American Sharks bang that head that doesn’t bang on new single, “Bang Yer Head.”

Hear Texas noise-damage weirdos Kallohonka bear down with ferocity on proggy debut, Lazer Blood.

San Antonio’s progressive post-hardcore pummelers, Donella Drive, offer up new single, “Mindless Embryonic,” from upcoming full-length, Axon.

Hear Texas trad metal warriors Mean Mistreater lay some rubber on their high-horsepower second full-length, Do or Die.

Houston doomsayers Warlung run to the light on new single Heavy Psych Sounds single, “White Light Seeker.”

Austin retro blues-doom outfit Heavy Velvet wanna scratch “The Itch” on their new single.

Have your eyes (and your face) peeled for the new video from Texas’ favorite slam-meats-brutal-death-metal ensemble, Stabbing.

If alt-doom isn’t a thing, Texas collective DieHumane may well have invented it on their new single, “Epitaph.”

Houston’s death crushers Haserot party (on a maggot-infested corpse) like it’s the 1990s.

Texas occult/doom throwbacks Peth keep it weird on their debut album Merchant of Death.

Christian Larson of Necrofier fame steps on his Top 5 Guitar Pedals for black metal. Fans of Dissection, Necrophobic, and Dawn take note!

Out this Friday, hear Monolith now, the sophomore full-length from Houston’s insatiable lo-fi slashers of death metal Some Dead Bodies.

Tune into the the groovy brutal death thrash of upstarts Kryptik Mutation.

Oceans of Slumber frontwoman Cammie Gilbert offers wise words of empathy and unity as a woman of color in a white, male-dominated scene. She is a metalhead like all of us.

Storied USBM act Black Funeral dig up ancient Sumerian artifacts on new song, “The Vampyric Rabisu at the Threshold”. Streaming now, only at Decibel.

Texas thrash dealers Rabid Flesh Eaters drop the new LP, R.F.E., tomorrow, but you can watch their epic new video for “The Fall” TODAY.

Get ripped in half by this split of pure evil bestial black death between Texas legends of Satanic brutality Imprecation and Greek throne challengers Black Blood Invocation.

This week Demo:listen lures its readers into Cemetarian’s Tomb of Morbid Stench.

I AM reveal “Hard 2 Kill,” the title track from their new album.

A Texas couple is being charged with child endangerment after leaving an 11-year-old child home alone while traveling to see Godflesh in Detroit.

GosT’s Baalberith talks new album “Possessor,” Satanic Panic, and his future as a synthwave artist.

Runescarred make a triumphant entrance with the video for “This is Mine.”

Stream the latest from Texas death metal machine Abolishment of Flesh.

The classic Motörhead lineup plays a bruising ZZ Top cover and we wash it down with the finest lager in Texas.

Stream a new track from Omatai .

Prepare to suit up and Enter the Arena with Texas thrash heavyweights Warbeast. 

High Strangeness, the third full-length from Texas rockers Mothership, incorporates a variety of sounds and influences for a diverse and fun album.

Texas brutal death dealers Desecrate the Faith return with their sophomore effort, Unholy Infestation, now streaming in full!

I AM filmed the title trick to their debut album, Life Through Torment, in the basement of a pizza shop. 

Yes, that title does refer to the two styles of music and the trading card game.