Cincinnati's Ethicist graft post-black metal's introspective expansiveness onto the snarling aggression of traditional black metal, producing music that wrestles with moral weight as much as sonic extremity. Active since 2013, they are a distinctive voice in the Ohio underground.

Dayton, Ohio's Lectoblix work in the atmospheric post-black metal space where cascading melody and harsh aggression coexist — a nuanced sound built up carefully since 2012.

Cincinnati's Nobody have been cultivating post-black metal introspection since 2018, threading atmospheric density and emotional weight through the black metal framework in ways that feel genuinely searching. Operating under a Bandcamp presence shared with the striking "videsuicide" handle, they push into the more melancholic and expansive post-black territory, where blast and tremolo give way to texture and mood.