The first round of bands announced for the 2015 Texas Independence Fest was announced today, and from the looks of it, it’s already turning out to be an impressive bill. The two bands at the top of the billing are modern progressive metal kings Between The Buried and Me and deathcore champions Whitechapel. One of the most exciting new acts on the bill is the supergroup Entheos, which features former members of Animosity, The Faceless, and Animals As Leaders. Possibly the most odd – or at least surprising – band on the bill is industrial nu-metal group Motograter. The three-day event will be held at Empire April 10th-12th. Below is the full list of bands in this first announcement with even more bands to be announced, most likely making this show even more exciting than it already promises to be!

Between The Buried And Me
Whitechapel
Abiotic
Against the Archaic
The Agonist
Allegaeon
The Atlas Moth
Boris the Blade
Bury the Rod
Cerebral Desecration
Critical Assembly
Darkness Divided
Dark Sermon
Dead Earth Politics
Dealey Plaza
Entheos
Forevermore
For the Fallen Dreams
Hammer Fight
InDirections
In the Trench
Isonomist
Lifeforms
Memories In Broken Glass
Motograter
Murder Death Kill
Myra Maybelle
Oceano
Of Ruins
Polyphia
Reaping Asmodeia
Seeker
Silence the Messenger
Sworn Enemy
Terror Universal
Thira
Vale of Pnath
Versa Nova
Vital Remains
War of Ages
Wretched
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