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Dayton · 2017–present · active
Dayton's Eternal Void smashes deathcore and groove metal into a bruising hybrid — the Ohio industrial heartland's frustration channeled into breakdown-heavy punishment since 2017.
Oberlin · 2013–present · active
Oberlin, Ohio's Existential Animals have been navigating the outer limits of technical death metal since 2013, bringing an intellectually restless quality to a subgenre that rewards patience and close listening. The small-college-town origin fits a band whose name suggests something more cerebral lurking beneath the brutality.
Tiffin · 2023–present · active
Tiffin, Ohio's Extinction Agenda arrived in 2023 fusing brutal death metal and deathcore into something maximally heavy and deliberately relentless. The small-city Ohio origin underscores an underground work ethic — this is music built from the ground up with no expectation of easy attention.

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