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Frame (2018)
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Playing Off the Board (2007)
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Gujarati (2025)
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Cleveland black metal act Cabra have been active since 2016, channeling themes of war, destruction, misanthropy, and anti-religion into their uncompromising sound.
Death metal band from Canton, Ohio that formed in 2018, delivering straightforward brutality from the Ohio underground.
Alliance, Ohio's Cebog push black metal into experimental and abstract territory, using the genre's harshness as a starting point for dissonant, structurally unconventional compositions.
Cleveland, Ohio act spanning black metal, death metal, and thrash, drawing on all three traditions to create a raw and aggressive hybrid sound.
Youngstown's Chariot ov Wolves deal in raw, abrasive black metal soaked in the rust belt's industrial desolation. Their recordings favor primitive production and an unrelenting, hostile atmosphere.
Dayton's Cheap Gas smashes black metal, crust punk, and grindcore into a filthy, high-speed collision that prioritizes ferocity and brevity above all else. Their sound is as blunt and unrefined as the industrial Midwestern city they come from.
Dayton's Choking drag black metal orthodoxy through the Ohio rust belt, smearing it with thick sludge and corrosive atmosphere. The result is bleak, slow-burning, and confrontational.
Columbus experimental black/thrash act Citranomicon approach genre boundaries as suggestions, welding cold tremolo-picked fury to unconventional structures and a genuinely strange sonic imagination. They resist easy categorization.
Cleveland's Coven of Dysphoria play raw, emotionally corrosive black metal that channels the despair implicit in their name. Their approach is minimal and intense, prioritizing atmosphere and psychological weight over technical complexity.
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