Columbus, Ohio black metal band dealing in raw, corrosive black metal with a cold, underground sensibility. Cyhyraeth OH channels Midwestern bleakness through tremolo-drenched riffs and frigid atmosphere.

Ohio's Dark Chaos deal in raw, unadorned black metal — primitive in the best sense, conjuring the kind of violent, wind-lashed atmosphere that the genre was built for. Formed in 2022, they embrace chaos as both aesthetic and ideology.

Lima, Ohio's Dark Evolution work in the overlapping space between black and death metal, where atmosphere and brutality stop being opposites. Since 2021, they've been building a blackened death sound that feels like a deliberate mutation rather than an accident.

Out of Lakewood, Ohio, Dark Horde formed in 2021 with a black metal aesthetic rooted in atmosphere and malice — a newer voice in the Great Lakes underground carrying the genre's most unrelenting traditions.

Hamilton, Ohio's Dark Monarchy emerged in 2020 with a black metal sound steeped in raw fury and ceremonial atmosphere, carrying forward a tradition that thrives in the genre's most uncompromising corners.

Dayton, Ohio's Darkness Undying emerged in 2025 as one of the newest voices in brutal death/black metal, channeling Midwest stoicism into some of the most uncompromising sounds either style can produce. Early but already combative, they carry the grim intensity the city's underground has always favored.

Columbus, Ohio's Deapscufa began in raw black metal territory before evolving toward symphonic grandeur, adding orchestral sweep to their darkness over years of activity since 2022. Their trajectory reflects genuine artistic restlessness.

From Akron's underground since 2012, Decadence Profound deals in raw, unadorned black metal with the grimness of the Rust Belt as its backdrop. Their work strips the genre to its essentials — misanthropy, atmosphere, and cold, relentless hostility.

Parma, Ohio's Decrepit have evolved steadily since 1993, shifting from early death metal foundations toward a blackened edge over the years. Their longevity speaks to the durability of the northeast Ohio underground.