Bag o' Bones

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Old school hard rock/metal out of Oklahoma City.

Jack Hawkins-Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
Rocko-Bass/Backing Vocals
Dustin (The Schmidt)-Drums/Backing Vocals
Michael Miears-Lead Vocals/Frontman

Golgothan

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Golgothan was founded by Jai Benoit in January 2011 under the original name "Gutwrench," although a solid lineup was not established until early 2013. Influenced heavily by theatrics of evil, Golgothan not only applies intense themes into their music, but also within their live performance, promising a show to remember. Golgothan is currently looking to book out of town shows in order to spread the name and carnage.

Bow Prometheus

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Bow Prometheus has a fresh new style that has all the ingredients to get to the top. These guys are a diverse, tour ready, self motivated, hardworking, get it done kind of act that sells out of Merch like hot cakes. Their perfectly executed breakdowns combined with there fast riffs, and epic key/electronics prove they can play in front of any crowd whether it be a Death metal show or plain out Rock show. There EP entitled 'Treachery' was recorded and mastered by The Browning’s(earach records) front man, Johnny McBee,(ex vocalist for as blood runs black). was release 2/25/12. BP’s being signed by Swimming With Shark’s Records has proven to be an instant success. Their song 'Burned' received over 1,000 plays in merely a few days after being made available for listening on S.W.S. Records’ webpage, Within days bp was put on the metalforthemasses(blog comp), with Veil of Maya, and I the breather, and also recently featured in the all mighty Hails and Horns magazine,with The black dahlia murder and many more, proving this band has what it takes for success. They recently won the Dallas, Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands and was able to play The Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival. Bow also came in 3rd place for the Dallas Battle for Warped Tour thanks Monolith Mangement under Daniel Sugarman from (as blood runs black) in early 2012. This band is needing and wanting the big break they deserve and will not slow down untill there goals of being on a serious label is fulfilled. Please stay tuned for updates and more exciting news.

Take the Reigns

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Combining former members of bands such as My Last Entry, Hillbilly Deathswing, and Unled, Take The Reigns has been in their studio recording and getting ready to start playing live shows. Mixing together different genres of metal, Take The Reigns is hoping to put its stamp on modern age metal.

In Search of Sight

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A unique combination of ethereal and merciless sounds which produce immense sustaining waves of an unbound intricacy is, In Search of Sight. Appearing in spring of 2011 from Dallas Texas, In Search of Sight immediately reinvented the standard and redefined what it is to be a self produce entity in a world of din underground music. With perplexing arrangements, virtuosic precision and unrelenting intensity, In Search of Sight delivers an unmatched visual and aural experience invariably. Entirely self produced in Dallas Texas, In Search of Sight (Danbo Almighty, Russell Hollar, Nolan McCormick, Dustin Thompson) expands on the foundations laid by a wide spectrum of artists including Meshuggah, Coheed and Cambria, After the Burial, as well as huge influences in Progressive Metal, Jazz, Funk, and Classical music.

Everything Shatters

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Modern metal and versatile heavy rock with a Texas vibe.

Temple-Vocals/Guitar
Dusty Smith-Guitar/Vocals
Richard Lackey-Drums
Scott Williams-Bassist/Vocals

Gryn Reunion Show at Rail Club 2/25/12

Live footage of Gryn from 2012 at the Tattoo Bar Reunion show at The Rail Club. I am sure most people reading this were either there or saw this, already, but it was new to me.



Source: stubbyquan's YouTube channel

A Threat To The Enemy

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A few guys from previous metal bands around Texas got together to form A Threat To The Enemy in 2010. Make no mistake, these guys are no strangers to the music scene, and have the passion along with desire to bring a brutal sound as well as having a great time on stage. They believe in what they do and strive to push boundaries, along the way building an honest family of fans through thick and thin. Take the messages how you will, they only write about what's real and going on in life. They don't pick sides for anyone who might be confused about the band name itself. Having said that to clear up any controversy, the one thing that keeps ATTTE going is you the fans \m/, remember these guys love to keep you entertained and do it for you, so please keep supporting and showing your undying love, they appreciate It!! Music is the important message, much respect to you all!

Rivethead

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Heavy and driving metal riffs thrown into a musical carburetor, mixed with electronics and angst-filled vocals, creating a perfect blend of English and American metal, sure to get your body moving, head banging, and girlfriend dancing like you’re not there. RIVETHEAD is a Dallas, TX based quartet whose music paints musical soundscapes like a cyborg armed with a XM214 machine gun, blasting holes through a more-than-boring landscape filled with mundane terrestrial radio-rock, sappy grunge rock, and scream-a-bit-too-much-latetly?-scream-o rock.

RIVETHEAD has an impressive resume, having had music cranked up on nationally syndicated radio shows, XM Radio, at Dallas Stars and Dallas Cowboys games (as well as several minor hockey league teams), on several television shows, and has been featured on a motion picture’s soundtrack. The list of credits is too long to list here, but you can watch some of the clips on our TV page (listed above), which includes some pretty wicked RIVETHEAD riffing from That Metal Show. The band has toured from their hometown of Dallas to California and back and has opened for many touring national acts.

Hostile

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If you're looking for a band who sounds just as good live as they do in the studio,and writes and performs with the intensity of a thousand nuclear warheads, then you have found that band. HOSTILE is a Heavy Metal band hailing from Royse City, Texas. They formed in October of 2008, and don't plan to quit any time soon. With everyone in the band representing different styles, they have come to forge an immovable object and wield an unstoppable force to create an onslaught of heavy, in-your-face music that will change the face of Metal forever! Plans to take the HOSTILE disease and spread it beyond the borders of Texas, and into the veins of the world have already begun. Obliterating stages all over the northern regions of Texas, HOSTILE intends on hosting a tour of local metal acts all over Texas. So with a new album on the way, a pending tour, devoted members, and an army of FANS. HOSTILE will be a force not to be reckoned with, but to be revered.

Silhouette

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Fort Worth, TX based Silhouette has seen more than their fair share of ups and downs over the last 4 years. With the help of friends and family (I guess some people like to call them fans), Silhouette is back and armed with a new lineup. Summer of 2014 will feature the release of "9lb EP," including the new single "Event Horizon." Stay tuned for shows near you as the band promotes the new EP...

Driven Below at Clicks Live on 11/29/14

Source: Lonnie Barber's Youtube Channel

Low Gear at Curtain Club 11/28/14

Source: Lonnie Barber's Youtube Channel

Aurum

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We are a technical heavy metal band with a wide range of musical ability and influences including Between the Buried and Me, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Jeff Loomis, Jason Becker, All That Remains, Lamb of God, Keith Merrow, Tool, various neoclassical influences, Daath, Meshuggah, Behemoth.

Serosia

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Few bands of recent memory challenge the listener - while also managing to draw you in with melodic offerings - as much as the fast-rising Serosia, and their new E.P, 'Variables'. Hailing from Dallas, Texas, the band is comprised of Lucas D'Agata - vocals, Derek Troxell - guitars, Joseph Kuban - bass, and Anthony D'Agata - drums. "The best way to describe our sound is emotional and meaningful," explains the group's singer, Lucas. "We are not a love song band, nor do we care about how hard you can party or how many chicks you think you can score. Musically, we are aggressive yet delicate, with a strong sense of detail and vision." And this description is prominently on display throughout such stand out tracks as "Friendly Fire," "The Architect," and "Superposition."

Stillbent

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StillBent is a progressive rock/metal band formed in 2010 in Tyler, Texas. The band consists of Red (Vocals/ Original Member), Keith (Drums), Tom (Guitar), Travis (Guitar), Tim (Bass/Original Member) and Derk (Stage Production). Formed in 2010, StillBent has been through their share of change and new members. However, the group has continued to grow stronger and more united. StillBent has been considered a Top Rock/ Metal Act in East Texas and surrounding areas since 2010.

Rockett Queen

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Storming out of East Texas, Rockett Queen burst onto the scene in 2003 and has since been a force with which to be reckoned. Fronted by charismatic, explosive lead vocalist/guitarist Walter Lee, and driven by the untamed Jay Scars on lead guitar and Chaz Graves on bass. As well as the compelling SeVen on drums, they have cultivated immense recognition and rave reviews of their full length debut "Too Rock For Radio."

As Above/So Below

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As Above / So Below was formed in late 2012 by ex members of the Dallas bands Faint The Fiction and The Suicide Hook and Wichita Falls bands Down-Stares and Roselawn. This all star line up is currently Locked down in a Dallas studio with Drowning Pool guitarist Cj Pierce at the helm producing/engineering their debut EP..

Driven Below is Stealing Stealing Axion's Drummer

  Blake Ferris playing drums, because he's a drummer, yall   Driven Below announced the addition of drummer Blake Ferris to their lineup. Blake previously played drums for Stealing Axion (Century Media) out of Tacoma, WA and Hostility (Voltaic Records) from Novato, CA. Blake replaces former Lesser Known God and Jacknife drummer Tommy Crooks.

Driven below are planning to get in the studio with Blake and recent addition Danny Reid (Within Chaos) on vocals to get some new material out.  In the meantime, I've included the full version of Stealing Axion's Everything or Nothing and Within Chaos' Power Trip after the jump, so if you play them both at the same time, it will sound like madness and probably drive you insane.  So don't do that.

Heartsease

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Heartsease is a 5-piece rock band out of Tyler, Texas, USA which formed in the summer of 2010. Having finished recording their debut album, set for release on November 22nd 2011, the band is gearing up and practicing for playing live shows in the East Texas area. All of their music is self-produced and self-recorded.

Cinder Cell

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Cinder Cell is a band with a mission. Bring passion and energy back to music!!! Our live shows are electrifying and our music is elemental, melodic, brutal, and immersive all in one unforgettable experience. Come see a show and grab our new album DISMANTLED available on iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby, Rhapsody, Spotify, and of course all our shows!!!

Time for new Low Gear

A new Low Gear song for your ear holes

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Dead Rising

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Dead Rising was formed in July of 2007. After playing shows with such bands as Obituary, Carcass, Suffocation, White Chapel, Suicide Silence, Unleashed, Carnifex, Dying Fetus, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Veil of Maya, and Jungle Rot (to name few) trying to get their name out in the market, they soon released their debut Album "Reign of Misery", in the summer of 2008. Dead Rising has quickly begun to take over the Texas Death Metal Scene by playing all over the state of Texas, as well as surrounding states filling out and closing their 2009-2010 tour dates.

Playing through the years into 2011, Dead Rising continues to expand their exposure and also is in the process of recording their New Album "Catastrophic Consequences" (Release Date April 20th, 2013) and booking additional tours around the United States..

Light the Fire

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Light the Fire is a metal band hailing from Dallas, TX that made their debut in October of 2011. Their debut EP “Note To Self” quickly established the LTF as a new band to watch out for in the Texas/Oklahoma/Louisiana metal scene. The lead single off the EP of the same title, “Note To Self”, was quickly picked up and received regular airplay by Clear Channel radio stations 97.1 KEGL Dallas, TX and 99X Shreveport, LA earning them the title of “Locally Recommended Artist” from both radio stations.

Low Gear

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It’s a rare thing when a band cohesively gels and puts out exceptional music. You can feel it in the songs; you can see it in every performance and you can hear it in a recording. The energy that flows from each instrument to the center of a room to form a heavy groove straight to the listener’s ears is what separates Low Gear from any other band. With a current and uniquely influenced sound, Low Gear separates themselves from the pack by the group’s seasoned musicians.

Collectively, the members have been playing in the Dallas local scene for over 15 years. These aren’t boys; they’re men that have seen the industry change right in front of their eyes. They’ve hung on and never given up, always finding ways to mold their sound to what the fans want while remaining solid in their roots of heavy metal.

Allison Red

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Since their initial inception in 2010, this band has made its presence known to all who stood in their wake to witness one, or more, of their onslaughts of shows in various venues across the DFW scene; from the Curtain Club in Dallas to the Railclub in Ft Worth, and all in between.

Splatta Fish

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Splatta Fish is a up and coming band from the Dallas area. They have stayed busy in the scene having many opportunities to represent the Dallas local scene for quite some time. Splatta Fish has opened for a who's who of the top bands in the genre including a slot on the Sumerian stage at the 2012 Rockstar Mayhem Festival. This is a hard working and unique group driven to be on top. Make sure to catch one of there shows to see what they're about. Anticipate new things in 2014.

No Comment, No Judgment

I want to fill out the active bands list a little faster than I have been, so I am going to start treating those posts as information dumps and keep my opinions out of them, going forward.  Reason being, mostly, that letting the music speak for itself was sort of my whole idea when I decided to start this thing back up. In the spirit of that, I will grab some a video or two to embed, throw in the ReverbNation player if they have one and then throw in links to as many of the band's web pages as I can find.  Basically, I want to put my effort into aggregating this info to get it out there.  The reason I am drawing attention to this is I don't want people making assumptions when I start adding bands without comment. I will probably go back and edit the first few posts to bring them in line with the rest, as well.

Driven Below

Driven Below's Bio on ReverbNation..

Driven Below is a metal band based out of Dallas, Texas. Formed in 2013, Driven Below is a band of seasoned musicians from several well-established DFW bands featuring members Danny Reid (Within Chaos--Koch/E1 Records) on vocals, Jim Taylor (Within Chaos--Koch/E1 Records) on bass, Rob (Low Gear) on guitars, Jacob Flores (Low Gear/Lesser Known God) on guitar, and Tombone Crooks (Lesser Known God, Jacknife--Zero-Sum Records) on drums. Driven Below draws influence from bands such as Meshuggah, Machine Head, Emmure, and The Acacia Strain.

Jason and the Kruegers

I don't know a ton about Horror Punk, but these guys seem like a fun band, so fuck it. Hailing from Lafayette, LA, Jason and the Kruegers' Reverb Nation Bio reads as such..

Jason and the Kruegers is the world's greatest underground horror music group. Wielding horrific innovative instruments constructed from real bones, Jason and the Kruegers slay live audiences with their dark, adult humor and bring them back to life with a kick ass defibrillator of rock!

By The Machine

By The Machine is Metal coming out of Longview, TX with a lineup consisting of Jeff Wilson on Vocals, Casey J on Guitar, Waylon Wilder (Derision) on Drums and Austin Lynch on Bass.

Adakain

Adakain is Hard Rock/Metal out of Dallas. The lineup consists of Ryan Ray on Vocals, Ryan Carroll (Element Eighty) on Drums, Ryan Richardson on Bass, Corey Goodwin (Dark Horse Darling) on Guitar. I've embedded their player from ReverbNation after the jump which gives you three solid hard rock tracks to check out.

Show Me Your Tips

Does your band have something cool to announce?  Did you just post a new song to bandcamp? Got a new video on Youtube? Do you want it to be seen by hundreds, perhaps thousands of people? Then I may not be your best bet. However, if you want your news seen and video watched by 10s of people, I am your guy. See that there to your right? Fill it out and click send. If you know of or are in a band you'd like to see listed in the Active Bands directory, hit me up and I'll get it handled, though I would recommend checking the Active Bands page for a couple of tips before contacting me.

The Dialectic

Holy Shit.  I mean, really...Ho. Ly. Shit. Did you click the video up there? Yea? Then you know what I am talking about. So today's entry into Active Bands is The Dialectic out of Dallas Tyler, TX. Tyler?? Hot damn. Sorry. So, anyway, hailing from Tyler, TX, The Dialectic is made up of Mitch Howie on Vocals, Justin Mehan on Bass, Derek Terry on Guitar and Jeremy Alexander on Drums

Dark Horse Darling

The inaugural entry into the Active Bands section is Dark Horse Darling out of Dallas, consisting of Robert Hibbitts on Vocals, Corey Goodwin on Guitar, Aaron McGrath on Bass and Brian Knox on Drums, Dark Horse Darling sound like someone took metalcore and soaked for a week in Jim Beam. They hit all the bullet points I expect out of a metalcore band, but then they throw in some southern rock twinges to help set them apart from the pack. They're heavy, but not overly so and the vocal style sort of reminds of The American Tragedy out of Shreveport, LA. It gives the band an almost pop punk vibe but with a harder edge behind it. Overall, it's a package I don't run into, often, which is refreshing.

Bring Out Your Dead (web sites)

So I have had some people approach me about resurrecting DTS Underground. It's something I've kicked around in my head, but never seriously considered doing until recently. There were a lot of aspects of managing DTSU that I loved, but also quite a few that I just hated. Eventually, the hated overtook the loved and I felt I had to walk away. So if I am going to resurrect it, it would have to be in a way that minimizes or eliminates the hated aspects and puts more emphasis on doing the stuff I loved.