Toledo, Ohio's Simon Magus take their name from the ancient sorcerer-figure of Gnostic tradition and apply it to slow-burning doom metal built for dark contemplation. Formed in 2015, the band channels the genre's capacity for oppressive weight and psychological dread.

Formed in St. Clairsville, Ohio in 2020, Skiba drags the heaviness of doom metal through thrash's aggressive forward momentum — an unlikely combination that suits the gritty, working-class sensibility of the Ohio Valley.

Akron, Ohio's Sloth Wampa lean into the fuzzed-out, slow-burning intersection of stoner and doom metal since their 2020 formation, delivering the kind of heavy, sun-baked riffs that make the body move at glacial speed. Their name signals a self-aware approach to the absurd side of the genre's lore while keeping the music genuinely heavy.

Cleveland, Ohio psychedelic doom and post-metal band formed in 2023, constructing expansive, atmosphere-heavy arrangements that move between meditative drone and crushing heaviness.

Akron, Ohio band formed in 2012 playing doom-laden sludge metal rooted in the tradition of the Rust Belt's heavy underground, characterized by slow crushing riffs and bleak atmospherics.

Sofa King Killer is a sludge and doom metal band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 2000, blending Southern rock grooves with the suffocating heaviness of the Midwest sludge tradition across more than two decades of activity.

Sparrowmilk is a doom and sludge metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2017, trafficking in the city's tradition of slow, oppressive heaviness with droning riffs and suffocating atmosphere.

Spellchucker is a doom/sludge metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2018, delivering slow, oppressively heavy music that fuses traditional doom's despair with sludge metal's abrasive, feedback-drenched textures.

StoneCross is a doom metal band from Troy, Ohio, formed in 2015, drawing on traditional doom's mournful tempos and heavy riff structures with a sound rooted in the heavy metal heartland of the Midwest.