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Waylon Reavis goes pop with a Weeknd cover, If These Trees Could Talk gets the Disgruntled Dad treatment, and a wave of national lineup drama — from Sid Wilson to Joey Belladonna to Aaron Stainthorpe — puts Ohio's own metal history in perspective.
Andi Deris, Geddy Lee, and Doro Pesch make the case for playing it straight after decades on stage, while Abbath's Finnish festival meltdown shows what happens when the road wins — all filtered through Ohio's own post-metal, gothic, and thrash underground.
A grindcore tour's accidental namedrop of Ohio's own Asphalt kicks off a wider look at this week's metal news, from Wage War's surprise single to CKY's tribute to Brent Hinds, all viewed through the lens of Ohio's crossover thrash, metalcore, and death metal underground.
Ritchie Blackmore's Deep Purple reunion and Tony Iommi's Jorn Lande collaboration send us digging through Ohio's traditional heavy metal, NWOTHM, and doom underground — plus updates on SSA, Three, and the wider national metal news cycle.
Ozzy's 'Crazy Train' crosses a billion Spotify streams, Nevermore's Jeff Loomis teases new demos, and Eddie Hermida launches an artist-first label — all pointing back to Ohio's underrated heavy metal, death metal, and post-metal underground.
Ohio Metal Index's database shows Cleveland leading with 136 bands — nearly a third of the 449 total tracked statewide — but Cuyahoga Falls, with just 1 band, outpaces Cleveland in tracked shows, 3 to 2.
Nikki Sixx says he's done making full-length albums, but Ohio thrash act Album and doom outfit Tomorrow suggest the LP format is alive and well in the Buckeye underground — plus Mastodon's grief-forged 'Marrow Deep,' Behemoth's full-album Hellsinki set, and a deep dive into Ohio's overlooked NWOTHM scene.
From Moonspell's still-monolithic Irreligious at 30 to Nikki Sixx's anti-album stance and a stacked Bloodstock 2027 lineup, this week's headlines circle back to what makes metal last — and how Ohio's own Monolith and Frayle fit into that legacy.
This week's festival announcements, anniversary retrospectives, and death metal tributes offer a window into where Ohio's thrash, industrial, and death metal underground fits into the bigger picture — from Cleveland's Nine Inch Nails roots to Columbus thrash outfit SSA.
Like Moths To Flames drop their third Landon Tewers-produced single of the year, If These Trees Could Talk get roasted by MetalSucks' Disgruntled Dad column, and Mercyful Fate's comeback show gives us an excuse to talk about Ohio's overlooked traditional heavy metal underground.
Glenn Hughes' retirement, Joan Jett's injury, and a new Neil Peart documentary all point to rock's old guard stepping back — a reminder that Ohio's traditional heavy metal underground is ready to carry the torch.
From Melvins' Buzz Osborne launching Gatta Morta to Belphegor's 13th album, this week's national metal headlines share a restless creative energy that mirrors Ohio's own heavy metal and death metal underground — led by NWOTHM torchbearers Animal and death metal mainstays Ton.
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