Ohio black metal project whose Latin name means 'equal night' — referencing the equinox. Atmospheric extremity from the Buckeye State.

Aesthesia is a heavy and power metal project from Mansfield, Ohio. With two full-lengths and three EPs released between 2019 and 2021, the project draws from nature-themed concepts — rainforests, cloud forests, jungles — creating an unusual thematic niche within power metal.

Afterlight is a black metal project from the Cleveland, Canton, and Brewster area of Ohio. Their 2026 EP "Eternal Path" delivers six tracks of black metal from the northeastern Ohio underground.

Greenville, Ohio progressive metal project. The name promises renewal after the cold from small-town western Ohio.

Age of Rage is a death metal project from Marion, Ohio. With five releases including the sprawling forty-track "SKALD Covers" and the eighteen-track "INSIDEME," the project favors quantity and ambition over restraint.

Agnauseam is a groove and stoner metal band from Columbus, Ohio. The band blends heavy grooves with stoner metal's fuzzed-out sensibility.

Ahriman is a death/black metal band from Toledo, Ohio named after the Zoroastrian spirit of destruction. Active since 1997, the band has released four recordings over twenty-five years, with Hungarian-titled tracks like "Bőrkoporsó" suggesting Eastern European cultural connections.

Akashic Haze is a stoner/doom metal band from Circleville, Ohio. Their 2022 EP "Hashteroid" — a portmanteau that tells you everything you need to know — delivers four tracks of hazy, riff-driven stoner doom.

Columbus, Ohio post-metal and psychedelic project. The Russian word for 'shark' adds predatory edge to atmospheric heaviness.