Texas Metal

rumblefist · Post by **rumblefist** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:14 am

texasmetalunderground wrote:I don't think there was really one "Texas metal" sound that was common to most bands. It was more of a regional thing. The distances between major cities is so great that a band from San Antonio wouldn't necessarily be influenced by what was happening in Houston or Dallas.

I'm surprised more haven't mentioned Karian with S.A. Slayer's original singer Chris Cronk. He also sang on the great Talisphere demo.

Some really great stuff has already been mentioned. Here are some favorites that haven't been mentioned yet:

ACRIDITY
ARCANE
BAD HEAVEN
BARON STEELE
BASILISK
BOSS TWEED
ETERNAL FATE
MEDDALLION
MERCYNARY
MOX NIX
VALKYRIE
etc, etc....

Never heard of MEDDALLION...Did they record any stuff ? Btw i don't think anybody refered Talon (pre-Sedition) 1st demo which i like a lot...
here's some yt :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_whg9ihnc98

rumblefist · Post by **rumblefist** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:00 am

Other band worth to refer is Disciple with their 1989 demo...
Cool Thrash !

texasmetalunderground · Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:58 pm

Never heard of MEDDALLION...Did they record any stuff ? Btw i don't think anybody refered Talon (pre-Sedition) 1st demo which i like a lot...

Meddallion was from San Antonio & they recorded a 2 song demo in 1986. Never "officially" released or widely circulated. Cool NWOBHM influenced traditional metal.

Some pix:

rumblefist · Post by **rumblefist** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 3:13 pm

I wish i can listen this band someday as a TX Metal fan i am...
It seems interesting for what you say.
Thanks for adding infos.

Astaroth · Post by **Astaroth** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:58 am

Sacrilegio wrote:I love these three gems:

Infernal Death(El Paso)- Incantations of the Gates- sick black/thrash

Great demo!

rumblefist · Post by **rumblefist** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:41 pm

Other cool band yet not refered and worth checking out for TX Metal fans imho
is :

Defcon - In Our Own Defense (Demo of 1991)

( Power / Prog )

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:31 pm

rumblefist wrote:Other cool band yet not refered and worth checking out for TX Metal fans imho
is :

Defcon - In Our Own Defense (Demo of 1991)

( Power / Prog )

From the 2 songs that I've heard I'd say that this is great stuff.

How about an upload of the full demo?

akira · Post by **akira** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:10 pm

We should mention SANCTUARY from Dallas. They used to play with BOSS TWEED in the clubs

OpenMetal! · Post by **OpenMetal!** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 3:02 am

"Characters In Time" album! DRIVE, a power/progressive metal band from Texas, released it in 1988. You can listen to it here:
http://www.metal-samples.com/2010/10/dr ... -1988.html

Greetings

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 3:35 am

Sorry I can't imagine the mindset that considers 'Characters In Time' a progressive record

This is classic US Metal we're talking about

OpenMetal! · Post by **OpenMetal!** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:30 pm

daniel wrote:Sorry I can't imagine the mindset that considers 'Characters In Time' a progressive record :lol: This is classic US Metal we're talking about :lol:

Yes, you are right! It's a more power than progressive metal album. But I understand pure US metal in a different way... Great observation!

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:15 am

It's alright, it just sounded weird

vxn123 · Post by **vxn123** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:03 pm

Perhaps the only metal band from Texas with no reference anywhere on the internet....METAL MERCHANT! There some collectors that have the 2-3 known copies but I guess they keep information and music from themselves!

Aiden · Post by **Aiden** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:25 pm

Just listening to the Drive album 'Characters In Time' through vibrations of doom. Damn good stuff. Cheers for pointing them out. I agree that the 'progressive' tag is a little odd though. Just good solid US metal!