1point3 is a crossover thrash and mathcore band from Columbus, Ohio, active since 2004 with two releases spanning 22 tracks. The band merges the speed of thrash with the angular, technical complexity of mathcore, featuring tracks like "Mask of the Wolf" and "Delirium Tremens." Their long tenure in the Columbus scene speaks to a committed, cult following.

Cleveland crossover thrash and sludge outfit arriving in 2025 with three releases including the wildly titled Balkan Night Fever. The incorporation of Romica Puceanu — a legendary Romanian singer — into their sound suggests a genuinely original fusion of Eastern European music and American sludge.

Cleveland's Choke tears through crossover thrash and death metal with the abrasive energy of the Midwest underground, keeping things fast and nasty in a city with a long tradition of brutal music. Their approach is economical and aggressive, built for impact.

Ohio's Choke Hold brings crossover thrash sensibilities into collision with groove metal's heavier rhythmic swagger, producing a sound that is both aggressive and physically propulsive. Their work is built to move bodies in the pit as much as challenge ears.

Cleveland crossover/thrash outfit Civil Disobedience fuse the raw energy of hardcore punk with thrash's technical precision, built for maximum impact in small, sweaty venues. They represent the Ohio underground at its most combative.

Destruccion Mutua Asegurada — D.M.A. — brings a bilingual fury to Medina, Ohio's scene, fusing crossover thrash's breakneck hardcore energy with proper thrash metal riffing. Active since 2021, they hit like a freight train and don't look back.

Mansfield, Ohio's Definitive1 formed in 2025 with a crossover thrash sound that ties together hardcore's urgency and metal's riff muscle — a formula born in the 1980s that continues to find new practitioners. Mansfield sits in the industrial heartland of Ohio, and that gritty context suits crossover's working-class fury perfectly.

Columbus, Ohio's Discretionary Kayoss have been tearing through the crossover thrash playbook since 2020, combining punk's stripped-down aggression with metal's firepower in the tradition the genre was built on. They bring a chaotic energy to the Columbus underground that the city's thriving DIY scene has always made room for.

Cleveland's F.U.D. carry on the Rust Belt tradition of no-bullshit crossover thrash, formed in 2019 with a sound that punches hard and moves fast — fear, uncertainty, and doubt rendered in guitar and blastbeats.