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.

Rust Belt Sludge Punk from the hills of Southern Ohio.

Stormbrewer is a sludge metal band from Columbus, Ohio, formed in 2011, crafting slow, distortion-heavy material in the tradition of Southern-influenced heavy sludge.

Ohio-based sludge and stoner metal act formed in 2021, fusing the molasses-slow heaviness of sludge with the fuzz-driven groove of stoner rock for a sound rooted in the American heavy underground.

Columbus, Ohio sludge metal and hardcore band formed in 2009, combining the punishing low-end density of sludge with the blunt velocity of hardcore punk. Active in the fertile Columbus underground, the band has released records on Relapse Records and carved out a reputation for ferocious live performances.

Cleveland, Ohio's Sweaty Mammoth have played stoner and sludge metal since 2015, delivering fuzz-heavy riffs and lumbering grooves grounded in the Midwest's blue-collar heaviness.

Syntax Error is a sludge metal band from Westlake, Ohio, formed in 2020, delivering the slow-grinding riffs and oppressive atmosphere characteristic of the genre.

Columbus, Ohio's Traitors Return to Earth have been sinking deep into stoner-sludge-doom's tar pit heaviness since 2011, layering fuzz and feedback over glacial tempos and a persistent sense of weighted despair.