Columbus, Ohio's Cultists work within the death/doom tradition, building heavy, suffocating compositions that balance the slow crawl of classic doom with the brutality of death metal. The Ohio band operates independently, adding to a Columbus extreme metal scene that has produced some of the most punishing underground acts in the Midwest.

Dayton, Ohio's Cum Chalice drag death metal into the sludge pit, combining the genre's grotesque imagery with the tar-thick, slow-churning weight of sludge metal. The Ohio band operates in the tradition of the Southwest Ohio extreme underground that has historically favored brutality over accessibility.

Cleveland blackened death metal act drawing on both Scandinavian black metal atmosphere and brutal American death metal aggression. Their sound merges icy tremolo riffs with punishing low-end devastation.

Cleveland band fusing black, death, and melodic death metal into a cold and visceral assault. Curse the Gods harnesses Ohio's underground metal fury with atmospheric menace and unrelenting aggression.

Columbus, Ohio gothic metal band weaving dark atmosphere, heavy guitar work, and melancholic melody into brooding compositions. Cursed Be draws on the gothic metal tradition with an emotionally resonant and gloomy aesthetic.

Columbus, Ohio death/grind band blending the speed and brevity of grindcore with the brutal riff vocabulary of death metal. Curta Alis delivers short, sharp, and relentlessly violent extreme metal attacks.

Youngstown, Ohio doom and stoner metal band spelling out heaviness in a deliberately obscured name as raw and slow as their riffs. CVTTVNMVVTH drags through cavernous, fuzz-drenched dirges from the Rust Belt underground.

Columbus, Ohio black metal band dealing in raw, corrosive black metal with a cold, underground sensibility. Cyhyraeth OH channels Midwestern bleakness through tremolo-drenched riffs and frigid atmosphere.

Destruccion Mutua Asegurada — D.M.A. — brings a bilingual fury to Medina, Ohio's scene, fusing crossover thrash's breakneck hardcore energy with proper thrash metal riffing. Active since 2021, they hit like a freight train and don't look back.