Youngstown, Ohio's Dementia bring a rust belt toughness to straight-ahead thrash metal, a city with a long tradition of hard-edged underground music. Formed in 2013, they deliver the genre's core promise without frills — aggressive riffing, pummeling drums, and a no-nonsense approach to extremity.

Columbus, Ohio's Deprecator have been grinding out punishing thrash metal since 2013, carrying the torch of the genre's aggressive, riff-driven traditions in the Midwest. Their approach favors neck-snapping velocity and tightly wound aggression over polish, keeping thrash's underground spirit alive.

Cincinnati's Desensitized arrived in 2020 with a death/thrash hybrid that channels the ferocity of both traditions without splitting the difference — the thrash is aggressive and fast, the death metal influence dark and heavy. The Queen City has a long metal heritage, and Desensitized keep it in violent good health.

Columbus, Ohio's Discretionary Kayoss have been tearing through the crossover thrash playbook since 2020, combining punk's stripped-down aggression with metal's firepower in the tradition the genre was built on. They bring a chaotic energy to the Columbus underground that the city's thriving DIY scene has always made room for.

Cincinnati's Eisen Geist fuses black metal's malevolence with the propulsive, reckless energy of thrash, a combination the band has been honing since 2019. The result is nasty, fast, and shot through with a distinctly Germanic grimness.

Cedarville, Ohio's Enslaved has been grinding out thrash-inflected death metal since 1992, representing the persistence of Midwest extreme metal through decades of shifts in the underground landscape.

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Cleveland death/thrash metal outfit Eradicyst grind out suffocating riffs with the blue-collar tenacity the city is known for, formed in 2019 and feeding off Ohio's thriving extreme 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.