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As of 2026-09-13, death metal accounts for 233 of the 600 bands in Ohio Metal Index's database — 39 percent of the state's entire indexed metal population, nearly double the next closest genre.
The deathcore world mourns Andy Williams while Ohio's own genre-blending, thrash, and NWOTHM scenes reflect on the legacies — from Every Time I Die to Slayer's Reign In Blood — that shaped them.
This week's national metal headlines — from All Shall Perish's comeback single to Rikki Rockett's cancer-free milestone and Forced Entry's thrash reunion — trace a map straight back to Ohio's death metal, metalcore, and NWOTHM underground.
From Bad Wolves' Dolly Parton meltdown to Metal Church's smarter touring philosophy and legacy acts postponing worldwide, this week's metal news carries real lessons for Ohio's death metal, deathcore, and black metal underground.
From Nails' surprise EP to Rush's ongoing legacy machine and deathcore's festival resurgence, this week's national metal headlines connect directly to Ohio's grind, deathcore, and heavy metal underground.
From Amorphis and Insomnium's fall tour to Ohio's under-the-radar heavy metal revival led by acts like Three, here's what's shaking the metal world today — and how it connects back to the Buckeye State's scene.
MetalSucks reviews Akron post-metal act If These Trees Could Talk, a Columbus cop's Dimebag Darrell heroism resurfaces in a new interview, and Ohio's touring and heavy metal scenes have plenty riding on 2026.
Ohio Metal Index's data shows 48 new metal bands formed in 2020 — more than any other year on record — but new-band counts have declined most years since, dropping to 28 in 2025, even as Death Metal alone accounts for 144 of the 600 bands in our index.
Tony Iommi's farewell single and Chris Slade's retirement mark the end of an era for metal's founding generation — and Ohio's underrated NWOTHM, doom, and thrash scenes are quietly carrying the torch forward.
From Ministry's industrial farewell to Possessed's promise of yearly albums and Turnstile's genre-blurring guest list, this week's national metal headlines all circle back to lessons Ohio's death metal, thrash, and industrial underground has already learned.
Miss May I's 'Death Threat' video and Enslaved's newly announced 'Mið' headline a week of national metal news, while Phil Collen's comments on Mutt Lange and Def Leppard offer a chance to spotlight Ohio's overlooked NWOTHM revival.
Down debuted their new single 'Blood Oath' in Cleveland, Inkcarceration announced its 2027 return to the Ohio State Reformatory, and Cleveland post-metal act If These Trees Could Talk got the MetalSucks treatment — three headlines, one busy week for Ohio's metal scene.
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