Extreme Texas Metal first came into existence in 2001 as Texas Metal Underground, a GeoCities website geared towards boosting the dying Austin metal scene. The name was later changed to Extreme Texas Metal to cater to an older metal nostalgia site that claimed rights to the former name. There was no negative effect as the site continued to slowly become more popular. It may have been in part due to the site's focus widening to encompass all extreme metal and their scenes in the entire state of Texas.

In late 2003 the limited dependability of GeoCities was finally left behind when extremetexasmetal.com was founded. A new forum was constructed and linked to the site even though the old Texas Metal Yahoo Group still receives posts to this day. The site's main purpose however remains unchanged: To provide info on upcoming shows around Texas, links to bands, promoter /distributor info, and links to other metal sites here in Texas and beyond. This site is dedicated to ALL black, doom, grindcore, and death metal bands AND their fans from all corners of this great state of Texas.

ETM has worked with the following bands: Abythos, Ancient Malus, As Long As People Die, Averse Sefira, Aversion to Life, Axe of Vengeance, Azoth, Bat Castle, Bahimiron, Belligerency, Blood of the Lamb, Bowels Out, Burning Midget, By Any Means Necessary, Catholicon, Condemned, Crimson Massacre, Chthonian Appanage, Dagon, Daimonion, Dead Haven, Deceased, Demonio, Demonstruction, Demontuary, Demure, Desinence, Disfigured, DogmaHollow, Episiotomy, Epoch of Unlight,, Eviscerated, Exidium, Exulcerate, Forever Mourne, Funeral Rites, Gates of Enoch, Gored, Grotesque Formation, HammerWhore, Hatchetwork, Hyperion, Ignitor, Iconoclast, Images of Violence, Insatanity, Insidious Decrepancy, Labei Ritual, Lycergus, Maelstrom, Mala Suerte, Manias, Manifestation, Martyred, Masochism, Mictlantecuhtli, Morguetology, Ninth Kingdom, Nodens, Of Forsaken Divinity, Obliquity, Panteon, Permafrost, Peyton Gin, Pleasant Valley, Predominant Mortification, Ruins of Honor, Sakrefix, Sarcolytic, Satan Sluts, Self Induced Pain, Scattered Remains, Severance, Slow Grind, The Day God Died, Torsectomy, To Scale The Throne, Uncleansed, Undying Prophecy, Valdris, Valsgarde, Vatic Ash, Vesperian Sorrow, Vex, Virtuous, Vitality, Vows In Ashes

ETM has also had the privelage of working with the following organizations and venues:

ORGANIZATIONS: Adversary Productions, Chaotic Goat Records, Dark Requiems Productions, Devourment Productions, Metal Freakstress Productions, Pure Metal Sickness, Realms of Metal, Rigor Mortis Records, Extreme Drumming, Vile Kyle (Kaos Radio), South Texas Metal Productions

VENUES: Red Seven (Austin, TX), Room 710 (Austin, TX), Chapa's Bar (Brownsville, TX), The Backroom (Austin, TX), Cardi's (Houston, TX), Redrum Club (Austin, TX), Smiley's Ballroom (Harlingen, TX), and The Dixie Tavern - R.I.P. (New Orleans, LA).

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