Cleveland, Ohio melodic death metal project named after the number of demons in the Ars Goetia. Occult-themed melodeath from the Rock City.

Death metal project that migrated from Tampa to Pittsburgh to Columbus — three cities, each with deep metal roots. Named after the river of woe in Greek mythology.

Ohio black metal and melodic death metal project blending atmospheric darkness with Scandinavian-influenced harmonies from the Buckeye State.

Amherst, Ohio melodic death metal project doubling as the creative engine behind Amniote Editions, a label operation with an almost scientific approach to releasing music. Their catalog reads like a research database — catalogued with genetic nomenclature — but the music itself delivers genuine melodeath power.

Cleveland melodic death metal band weaving Scandinavian-influenced melody into the Rust Belt's heavy metal fabric, balancing aggression with hooks in the Iron City tradition.

Toledo, Ohio melodic death metal act with two full-lengths since 2020. ACROSS THE AEONS and Eternity's End deliver ambitious, cosmically scaled melodeath that punches well above the typical underground weight class from the Glass City.

Cincinnati, Ohio metalcore act whose 2010 split with Daggers creates a recursively violent pairing. Queen City aggression in its most direct form.

Cincinnati, Ohio crust-punk and death metal band Coelacanth have been grinding out ferocious, politically charged metal since the early 1990s, earning a cult following in the American underground. Their sound fuses the rawness of crust with the brutality of early death metal.

Cincinnati, Ohio band threading together melodic death metal hooks, metalcore structure, and death metal weight into a sound that hits from multiple angles. The Midwest scene's appetite for heavy music with craft and melody is evident throughout.