On Stage

Shows

Upcoming dates and a look back at four decades on North Texas and Central Texas stages.

Upcoming

Rotting Corpse plays Austin regularly — The Continental Club in December 2025, Brushy Street Commons in September 2026, and more Austin dates listed below in the archive.

Merch table at every show — or grab tour gear now →

Booking a venue or event? Reach out to walter@rockstarbus.com.

Some of the rooms below are long gone. The stories behind them →

Past Shows

Oct 26, 2026
Kinda Tropical 3501 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702
Austin, TX
Past
Oct 24, 2026
The Mix 2423 N St Mary's St, San Antonio, TX 78212
San Antonio, TX
Past
Oct 6, 2026
Conan's Pizza North 2438 W Anderson Ln, Austin, TX 78757
Austin, TX
Past
Oct 3, 2026
Cine El Rey 311 S 17th St, McAllen, TX 78501
McAllen, TX — with Exhorter
Past
Oct 2, 2026
Black Monk Tavern 5712 Gollihar Rd, Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Corpus Christi, TX
Past
Sep 6, 2026
Brushy Street Commons 501 Brushy St, Austin, TX View on Map
Austin, TX — with Gammacide, Morta & Fairuza Balk
Past
Sep 5, 2026
The Hole in the Wall 2538 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX View on Map
Austin, TX — 40th Anniversary of 1986 show, with Taint, Sodomy Cop & more
Past
Aug 21, 2026
19th Hole Grill & Bar 202 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX (Houston area) View on Map
Houston area, TX — James Rivera’s "Sabbath Judas Sabbath" night, with support
Past
Dec 27, 2025
The Continental Club 1315 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX View on Map
Austin, TX — with The Fixations & Sad Wings
Past
Sep 20, 2025
The Rail 3101 Joyce Dr, Fort Worth, TX View on Map
Fort Worth, TX — with Watchtower, Accuser, Odious & Of Deities and Dust
Past
2024
Robbs MetalWorks
San Antonio, TX — return appearance on the long-running metal show
Past
2006
Robbs MetalWorks
San Antonio, TX — reunion-era appearance
Past
May 29, 2005
Bigsby’s on 6th St
Austin, TX — reunion tour
Past
May 28, 2005
Division One
Arlington, TX — reunion tour
Past
May 27, 2005
The Meridian
Houston, TX — reunion tour
Past
May 26, 2005
The Underground
Corpus Christi, TX — reunion tour
Past
May 21, 2005
The Backroom
Austin, TX — kicked off the band’s first reunion tour
Past
1987
Corpus Christi, TX
Support slot on Dark Angel’s Texas run
Past
1987
San Antonio, TX
Support slot on Dark Angel’s Texas run
Past
1987
Austin, TX
Support slot on Dark Angel’s Texas run
Past
Aug 29, 1986
The Stardust
Corpus Christi, TX — "End of Summer Slam Session," with Devastation & Angkor Wat, all ages
Past
Jul 18, 1986
Cameo Theatre
San Antonio, TX — "The Texas Reign of Terror," with Death Tripper, Valkyrie & Hellpreacher. The night the band’s live tape comes from, and the one Steve Murphy says most people call their best.
Past
May 10, 1986
Sneakers
San Antonio, TX — early live set; the source of the "Die By The Sword" video footage
Past
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From The Archive Desk

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Thrash History · 9 min read

Sepultura: From Belo Horizonte to the Final Show, With a Stop at Joe’s Garage

Brazil’s biggest metal band plays its last concert on November 7, 2026. Here is the whole run, the records to own, and the nights it spent in Texas.

Kirk Hammett playing a painted guitar and James Hetfield playing a cream Explorer-style guitar side by side on a blue-lit arena stage, with the crowd in the foreground

Thrash Guitar · 10 min read

The Best Thrash Metal Guitarists of All Time, Plus Texas’s Own

Our ranked top 10, with the records and rankings behind each pick, and then the Texas players from Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Arlington that national lists keep skipping.

Black and white photo of Dimebag Darrell headbanging with his hair flying while playing a guitar with a V-shaped Dean headstock on stage

Gear · 10 min read

The Dean From Hell: Dimebag’s Lightning-Bolt Guitar, Born in North Texas

A teenager won a stock maroon Dean ML at a Dallas guitar contest, sold it for a car, and got it back years later from an Arlington luthier who had turned it into the most copied guitar in metal.

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