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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Black Blood (2022)
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Compendium Diablerie: The Demo Days (2008)
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Formed in St. Clairsville, Ohio in 2020, Skiba drags the heaviness of doom metal through thrash's aggressive forward momentum — an unlikely combination that suits the gritty, working-class sensibility of the Ohio Valley.
Bowling Green, Ohio heavy metal band active since 2016, rooted in traditional heavy metal with an emphasis on direct, no-frills power riffing. Sledge represent the working-class Midwest metal aesthetic — straightforward, heavy, and unapologetic.
Toledo, Ohio thrash metal band formed in 2023, delivering straight-ahead Bay Area-influenced thrash from the industrial heartland of the Midwest.
Ohio thrash metal band formed in 2022, dealing in aggressive, politically minded riffing that reflects thrash metal's long tradition of social critique and sonic hostility.
Solipsist is a Cleveland, Ohio band formed in 2007 operating across death metal, thrash, groove metal, and metalcore, reflecting the diverse heavy music lineage of the Rust Belt underground scene.
Soulless is a Cleveland, Ohio melodic death and thrash metal band with roots stretching back to 1998. One of Ohio's longer-running extreme metal acts, they combine the melodic sensibility of Swedish-influenced death metal with thrash's technical aggression.
Sourblood is a thrash metal band from Columbus, Ohio, formed in 2021, trafficking in the hard-hitting, velocity-driven riff work that connects them to both the classic thrash canon and the contemporary underground revival.
Spiritus Mundi is a heavy and thrash metal band from Sylvania, Ohio, formed in 2011, taking its name from W.B. Yeats and channeling classic metal aggression with a riff-centric approach rooted in the traditions of both genres.
Split the Abyss is a death and thrash metal band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 2014, combining the aggression of old-school death metal with the kinetic energy of thrash in the tradition of the Midwest extreme underground.
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