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Black metal band from Dayton, Ohio, formed in 2020, executing raw and confrontational black metal in the orthodox underground tradition.
Tunnell is a Columbus, Ohio sludge and stoner metal band formed in 2021, combining fuzz-drenched riffs with the grit and drag of sludge to create a dense, oppressive sonic presence.
Tusko is a sludge and groove metal band from Canton, Ohio, formed in 2015, melding the lurching heaviness of sludge with groove metal's infectious rhythmic punch.
Twin Scar is a black/doom metal band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 2025, combining the icy malevolence of black metal with the glacial, despairing tempos of doom metal into a dark and suffocating sound.
Twist of Fate is a melodic progressive metal band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 2022, pursuing complex song structures and layered instrumental arrangements within the melodic progressive metal tradition.
Two Tons is a doom and sludge metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2025, emerging from a city with deep roots in underground heavy music to deliver slow, crushing compositions that draw equally from funeral doom and sludge traditions.
Tündra is a Cleveland, Ohio heavy/power metal band formed in 2011, forging melodic and powerful metal in a city with a deep roots in hard rock and metal history.
Operating out of St. Louis since 2020, UlvKult deal in raw, unadorned black metal with no interest in softening the edges. Stripped-down and venomous, they fit squarely in the American underground's grimier end.
Cincinnati's Utopiate have been plying the sludge metal trade since 2014, bringing a Midwestern density and a heavy, dragging groove to a genre that rewards patience and volume. The name's wordplay — utopia and opiate — telegraphs a bitter, heavy-lidded worldview.
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