Columbus, Ohio's Sin Nombre — the name meaning "no name" in Spanish — have been marinating in the thick intersection of sludge and stoner metal since 2013. Their Midwestern locale adds a certain grey industrial weight to a sound already defined by heaviness, heat, and deliberate, grinding momentum.

Akron, Ohio's Sloth Wampa lean into the fuzzed-out, slow-burning intersection of stoner and doom metal since their 2020 formation, delivering the kind of heavy, sun-baked riffs that make the body move at glacial speed. Their name signals a self-aware approach to the absurd side of the genre's lore while keeping the music genuinely heavy.

Rust Belt Sludge Punk from the hills of Southern Ohio.

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.

Sunsetter is a stoner/doom metal band from Sidney, Ohio, formed in 2022, channeling slow, heavy, fuzz-drenched riffs into deeply groove-oriented doom metal with a psychedelic undertow.

Superchanger is a doom and stoner metal band from Columbus, Ohio, formed in 2022, crafting heavy, riff-centric music that draws on the low-and-slow traditions of doom and the sun-baked groove of stoner metal.

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.