Black metal ran off the road long ago because it said what its inventors in the early 1990s wanted to express, then watched the world catch up. As it attempts to find a new mythos, many turn to philosophy, which is how we get Texas’ Amorphophallus Titanum.
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Bubba’s Texas Burger Shack
5230 Westpark Dr, Houston, TX 77056
(713) 661-1622
www.bubbastexasburgershack.com
A band in town wanted to visit this place so, after a brief consultation with MapQuest, we were on our way, and found an old-school Texas eatery: a trailer converted into a kitchen, bathrooms, and standing area with picnic tables around it for people to enjoy their burgers, fries, and onion rings.
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Famous for its death metal stickers in the bathroom and behind the bar, Cecil’s Pub has been a watering hole for professional alcoholics and amateur tipplers alike for four decades, but has lost its lease and is moving on.
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Hybrid death, war, and black metal band Sammath is currently raging across Texas as part of its worldwide Texas tour. Clubs are 21+ but seem perfect for intense underground shows.
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Searing martial black metal band Sammath introduced its “Texas is the Reason” Worldwide Texas Tour today, plotting dates across Texas early next year to terrify and delight audiences with its brand of technical but mystical metal.
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The latest incarnation from this longstanding Texas death metal band comes out today on Dark Descent Records in all formats. Expect mid-paced death metal emphasizing ritual chants and atmosphere.
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Woodlands Fine Cigars [ map ]
582 Sawdust Rd, The Woodlands, TX 77380
281-296-0202, woodlandsfinecigars@yahoo.com
Everyone in Texas knows The Woodlands because it is the future of living in Texas: instead of a gated community, make a whole gated city just outside the sprawling disaster where people can enjoy normal suburban life without the pollution, crime, filth, disorder, noise, and existential tension of the city.
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Few places charm the radiant, open soul like the Tobacco Barn. These little additions to Brookshire Brothers stores are the one place in the world where you can buy smokes and beer in an enthusiastic and friendly setting with far more variety than you will find in a liquor store or anything short of an old-fashioned tobacconist.
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Ungod are playing the 2018 iteration of the Destroying Texas festival in Houston.
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Texas black/death metal band Imprecation are in the studio recording their followup to Satanae Tenebris Infinita, The Best Underground Metal Album of 2013 according to vocalist Dave Herrera’s post on their Facebook page:
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