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Frame (2018)
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Playing Off the Board (2007)
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Gujarati (2025)
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Cincinnati's Dark Demise play traditional heavy metal with conviction and a Midwestern bluntness that keeps things direct and unornamented. Since 2018 they've been the kind of band that simply plays heavy metal because heavy metal is worth playing.
A rural Ohio heavy metal band from West Mansfield, Dark Revenant have been at it since 2014, keeping traditional metal alive in a part of the state far from any major scene but no less committed for it.
Cincinnati thrash act Darkhold arrived in 2022 with old-school velocity and riff-first songwriting that owes its allegiance to the genre's 1980s Bay Area architects. No frills, no concessions — just heads-down thrash with Midwest directness.
Cleveland's Deadiron draw from the city's blue-collar grit, forging heavy and power metal with workmanlike conviction since 2012. Their 216 area code Bandcamp handle is a point of pride for a city that takes its metal seriously.
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