Aeon Bridge is a speed and thrash metal solo project from Cleveland, Ohio. Remarkably prolific with nine releases since 2021, the project channels classic speed metal energy through a modern lens, with the "Event Horizon" EP series and full-lengths like "Beyond Flesh" showcasing rapid-fire riffing and ambitious sci-fi thematics.

Columbus, Ohio thrash/speed metal band that formed in 1997 and has since split up, representing the no-frills aggression of the Ohio metal underground.

Cleveland's Chemikill marries the twin-guitar fire of power metal to the breakneck pace of speed metal, delivering melodic muscle with serious velocity. Ohio's working-class grit runs through every track.

Warren, Ohio speed/thrash act Decimator storms out of the Mahoning Valley with the stripped-down urgency of classic American speed metal — all burning solos, locked-in rhythm attack, and barely contained aggression. Formed in 2024, they arrive already knowing exactly what kind of band they want to be.

Akron's Emerald Rage hit hard at the intersection of speed, power, and traditional heavy metal, delivering the kind of fist-pumping anthems and fleet-footed riffing that recalls the best of the Ohio metal underground.

Columbus, Ohio thrash/speed/death metal band casting a wide net across extreme metal's most kinetic traditions, blending the brutality of death metal with the velocity of thrash and speed.

Cleveland's Hammr channel the blackened speed metal of the early 1980s with a punk-soaked fury that fits perfectly in a city with a long history of no-bullshit heavy music. Active since 2018 and showing no signs of slowing.

Toledo's Immortal Soul stormed into the Ohio underground in 2024 with speed and thrash metal built for velocity — lean, direct, and carrying the urgency of a band with something to prove.

Salem, Ohio's Metalourd have been refining a speed and thrash metal attack since 2014, drawing from the genre's most adrenaline-fueled traditions — fast picking, aggressive tempos, and riffs built for maximum impact. The band fits squarely within the American underground speed/thrash tradition that stretches back through the 1980s, updated with a modern independent sensibility.