Agnauseam is a groove and stoner metal band from Columbus, Ohio. The band blends heavy grooves with stoner metal's fuzzed-out sensibility.

Canton, Ohio groove metal project named after a Between the Buried and Me track, emerging in 2025 with two releases. Doomworld Technologik blends industrial and metal influences for a sound that matches their dystopian name.

Chaos Ritual is a groove and thrash metal band from Cincinnati, Ohio that formed on the city's east side and quickly built a local following, opening for national acts including Soulfly, Geoff Tate, and Sanctuary. The band later continued under the name Critical Khaos.

Cleveland's Chimaira was one of the defining acts of the early 2000s heavy music scene, bridging the gap between metalcore, groove, and nu-metal with a raw ferocity that earned them a devoted following. Albums like 'Pass Out of Existence' and 'The Impossibility of Reason' cemented their place in the era's canon.

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.

Springfield, Ohio groove metal band Chronic Aggression keeps it heavy and direct, built on mid-tempo down-tuned riffs and a rhythm-first approach to metal songwriting. Their sound sits firmly in the machine-groove tradition popularized by the early 1990s.

Cincinnati's Citizen X traffic in groove-driven thrash built on thick mid-paced riffs and a blue-collar Midwestern intensity. Their material locks hard into the pocket before erupting into fast-lane aggression.

Columbus, Ohio death metal and groove metal band mixing the grinding brutality of extreme metal with the mid-paced stomp that groove brings to the table. Their music is built to move bodies and punish eardrums in equal measure.

Dayton, Ohio's Covered in Scars combine death metal aggression with the mid-tempo swagger of groove metal, built on thick riffs and hard-hitting drums. Their sound is straightforward and heavy, rooted in the Midwest's no-nonsense approach to extreme music.