This Ohio speed and thrash metal band formed in 2021, drawing from classic speed metal's frenetic tempos and the hard-edged attack of early thrash for a driving, old-school sensibility.

Cincinnati's Mournblade fuse the soaring hooks of power metal with the propulsive aggression of thrash, arriving on the scene in 2023 with an energetic attack that nods to classic US metal traditions.

Cleveland, Ohio's MSOD blur the lines between power, thrash, and traditional heavy metal, pulling from each genre's strengths to craft a hard-hitting, versatile attack that reflects the city's deeply rooted metallic blue-collar heritage since 2020.

Cleveland, Ohio's Mystik formed in 2018 and blend power and thrash metal into a high-energy combination — the melodic ambition and vocal hooks of power metal fused with the speed and aggression of thrash, giving their music a driving, hook-laden intensity.

Cleveland's Mythrias have built a decade-long presence in melodic death and thrash metal since their 2014 formation, channeling the dual influence of classic thrash and the melodic death wave into a technically grounded, riff-driven attack. The band represents the resilient underground metal community of Northeast Ohio.

Necromancing the Stone formed in Ohio in 2014 as a supergroup drawing members from Arsis, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Absence, and Brimstone Coven, signed to Metal Blade Records. The band plays melodic death metal and power metal fused with thrash, taking a self-consciously 1980s-influenced approach that references Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Anthrax. Their fantasy-themed songwriting and high-energy musicianship draw on the collective pedigree of their constituent members.

Toledo, Ohio's Notara came together in 2019 to deliver death/thrash metal with a precision and ferocity that punches well above the band's years in existence. Their approach fuses the surgical riffing of classic death metal with the velocity and aggression of thrash, carrying on the Midwest's tradition of no-frills extreme metal built on pure craft.

Holland, Ohio's Paradoxicide channel the neck-snapping rhythmic punch of groove metal and the relentless velocity of thrash into a combined assault since 2021. Their sound is direct and hard-hitting, built for stages rather than headphones.

Based out of rural southeastern Ohio, Psychomancy formed in 2020 playing a groove-heavy thrash metal hybrid that pulls from the rhythmic muscle of groove metal while keeping the riffing speed and attitude of classic thrash firmly intact.