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|[[Aarghh]]
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Achariyth]]
|Heavy Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Arch Rival]]
|Thrash/Doom Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Bludgen]]
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Breathilizör]]
|Thrash Metal with Punk influences
|Ohio
|-
|[[Burn One Third]]
|Melodic Death Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Calcutta]]
|Heavy Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Coprophagy]]
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Ohio
|-
|[[Coven of Dysphoria]]
|Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Deathless]]
|Thrash Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Debauch]]
|Death/Doom Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Desmatron]]
|Technical Power/Thrash Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Epitaph]]
|Thrash Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Horse Drawn]]
|Black/Sludge Metal/Rock
|Ohio
|-
|[[HSOD]]
|Thrash Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Imagery]]
|Heavy Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Internecine]]
|Death Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Intervoid]]
|Industrial/Progressive Death Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Kalona]]
|Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Karthago]]
|Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Kevin Bell]]
|Progressive Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Kindred Idol]]
|Doom/Death/Thrash Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[King Fire Goat]]
|Sludge Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Kryzgx]]
|Atmospheric Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Kvasta]]
|Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Lawless]]
|Black/Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Lockhart]]
|Experimental Heavy Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Longbarrow]]
|Death/Doom Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Lost Angel]]
|Heavy Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Malicious Intent]]
|Thrash Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Mark D. Pope]]
|Heavy Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Masticated Entrails]]
|Death Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Metookie]]
|Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Negativism]]
|Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Obliveion]]
|Heavy Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Ophicvs]]
|Black/Heavy Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Plaguewielder]]
|Blackened Sludge Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Profound Anger]]
|Death/Groove Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Razor Key Exit]]
|Black Metal/Industrial
|Ohio
|-
|[[Ruins of Tekoah]]
|Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore
|Ohio
|-
|[[Savnoch]]
|Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Shyzgifter]]
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Ohio
|-
|[[Slavehouse]]
|Black Metal/Punk
|Ohio
|-
|[[Soil Creep]]
|Heavy Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Sperm of Antichrist]]
|Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Theef]]
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Ohio
|-
|[[Throttle O.H.]]
|Thrash/Heavy Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Tim Rhodes]]
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Ohio
|-
|[[Ullyr]]
|Ambient/Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Vladislas]]
|Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Void Meditation Cult]]
|Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Volteria]]
|Raw Black Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[White Mass]]
|Heavy Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Wretched Wizard]]
|Sludge/Hardcore/Doom Metal
|Ohio
|-
|[[Human Landfill]]
|Death Metal
|Ohio Valley
|-
|1931
|Deathcore
|Galloway, Ohio
|-
|A Gruesome Find
|Black/Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|A Life Less Alive
|Death Metal
|Lorain, Ohio
|-
|A.K.A.
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Abduction
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Abdullah
|Stoner/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Abgabba
|Death Metal
|Miamisburg, Ohio
|-
|Abraxas
|Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Absolute Zero
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Accept Death
|Sludge Metal
|Mentor, Ohio
|-
|Ace the Raven
|Death/Thrash/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Acid Black
|Progressive Power/Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Act of Violence
|Thrash Metal/Metalcore
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Adnauseam
|Death Metal
|Willoughby Hills, Ohio
|-
|Advocate
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Aeon Bridge
|Speed/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Aesthesia
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Mansfield, Ohio
|-
|Affixiate
|Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Aftershock
|Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Age of Distrust
|Power/Thrash/Melodic Death Metal
|Chillicothe, Ohio
|-
|Age of Rage
|Death Metal
|Marion, Ohio
|-
|Ahriman
|Death/Black Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Album
|Heavy/Sludge/Thrash Metal
|Rogers, Ohio
|-
|Aleister Wild
|Power Metal
|Canal Fulton, Ohio
|-
|Alexander
|Heavy Metal
|Hudson, Ohio
|-
|All Fall Prey
|Groove Metal/Metalcore
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|All That Is Evil
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Allegiance
|Heavy Metal
|Grove City, Ohio
|-
|Altars
|Black/Death Metal (early), Black Metal/Noise (later)
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Alterrik
|Speed/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Alucard
|Melodic Death Metal
|Chesapeake, Ohio
|-
|Amon-Ra
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Amputated
|Death Metal
|Uniontown, Ohio
|-
|Amputation
|Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Amputation
|Brutal Death Metal
|Lodi, Ohio
|-
|Anatoth
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Ancient Sickness
|Sludge/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Andromeda
|Progressive/Power Metal
|North Royalton, Ohio
|-
|Anhedonia
|Death Metal/Experimental
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Animal
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Antarktyk
|Black Metal
|Mogadore, Ohio
|-
|Apocrafyx
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Apotheosis
|Sludge/Doom/Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Arabian Death Mask
|Death Metal
|Newark, Ohio
|-
|Arachnaphilia
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Arch Rival
|Heavy Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Archetype
|Power/Progressive Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Architects of Doom
|Thrash Metal/Hardcore
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Arenah
|Progressive/Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Arise the Titan
|Death Metal/Deathcore
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Arius
|Death Metal
|Swanton, Ohio
|-
|Arkana
|Melodic Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Arterial Mist
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Artillery Breath
|Black/Thrash/Death Metal
|Bellville, Ohio
|-
|Ashes
|Black Metal
|Alliance, Ohio
|-
|Asphalt
|Experimental/Sludge Metal/Crossover
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Assailant
|Power Metal
|Sandusky, Ohio
|-
|Assailant
|Progressive/Power Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Asymmetry
|Progressive Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|At Daggers Drawn
|Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|At No End
|Thrash Metal/Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|At the Throne of Judgment
|Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal
|Lebanon, Ohio
|-
|Ater Draconis
|Gothic Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Atomic Grave
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Painesville, Ohio
|-
|Attaxe
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Automaton
|Power Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Autumn Eternal
|Black/Death Metal
|Mansfield, Ohio
|-
|Autumn Grave
|Black Metal
|Lima, Ohio
|-
|Autumn of Aeons
|Gothic Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Autumn's Ruin
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Avalanche
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Axemaster
|Power Metal
|Kent, Ohio
|-
|Axiom
|Power Metal
|Maumee, Ohio
|-
|Axioma
|Post-Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Axis
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Azordon
|Raw Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Azreal
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Azygous
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Balor
|Black/Doom Metal
|Steubenville, Ohio
|-
|Battery
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Befallen
|Melodic Death/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Behold the Kingdom
|Deathcore
|Sidney, Ohio
|-
|Bellicosity
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Beneath Oblivion
|Sludge/Doom Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Beneath the Sky
|Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Benighten Empire
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Beyond Fear
|Heavy Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|BiastFear
|Heavy/Thrash Metal (early), Hard Rock (later)
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Biaxadent
|Gothic Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Bibilic Blood
|Drone/Doom/Sludge Metal
|Eastlake, Ohio
|-
|Big Risk
|Heavy Metal
|Sandusky, Ohio
|-
|Biogenesis
|Progressive/Thrash Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Bison
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Black April
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Black Blood Stigmata
|Black/Death Metal
|Lima, Ohio
|-
|Black Death
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Black Death Resurrected
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Black Plastic Caskets
|Groove/Sludge Metal
|Martins Ferry, Ohio
|-
|Black Rose
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Fostoria, Ohio
|-
|Black Rue
|Metalcore
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Black Spirit Crown
|Stoner/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Black Trinity
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Black Witch Burn
|Psychedelic Doom Metal
|East Liverpool, Ohio
|-
|Black with Stars
|Stoner/Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Blackened Dawn
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Mount Gilead, Ohio
|-
|Blackthorne
|Symphonic/Power Metal
|Lisbon, Ohio
|-
|BlackWater
|Doom Metal/Hard Rock
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Blakk Daze
|Groove Metal
|Springfield, Ohio
|-
|Blasphemy
|Blackened Death/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Blatant Disregard
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Parma, Ohio
|-
|Blazoned Reverie
|Technical Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Bless the Child
|Death Metal/Deathcore
|Hilliard, Ohio
|-
|Blessed Sickness
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Blind Rage
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Blood Coven
|Black/Death Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Blood of Christ
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Blood of the Prophets
|Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Bloodbath
|Thrash Metal
|Youngstown, Ohio
|-
|Bloodbath S.A.F.
|Thrash Metal
|Campbell, Ohio
|-
|Bloodgate
|Blackened Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Bloodseal
|Progressive Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Bloodshed
|Death/Black Metal
|Medina, Ohio
|-
|Bloodwolf
|Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Bloody Obstetric Technology
|Brutal Death Metal/Goregrind
|Van Buren, Ohio
|-
|Bludgent
|Groove Metal/Metalcore
|Uniontown, Ohio
|-
|Blunt Force Abortion
|Brutal Death Metal
|Findlay, Ohio
|-
|Bohemian Grove
|Grindcore/Brutal Death Metal
|Colombus, Ohio
|-
|Bolder Brain
|Crossover Thrash/Groove Metal
|Lakewood, Ohio
|-
|Bonedust
|Black/Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Bones Garage
|Power Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Bonesaw
|Groove/Thrash Metal
|Mansfield, Ohio
|-
|Boris Randall
|Southern/Stoner Metal/Horror Punk
|East Liverpool, Ohio
|-
|Born from Deception
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Born Rude
|Speed/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Boulder
|Heavy Metal
|Aurora, Ohio
|-
|Bound by Fate
|Groove/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Bourbon Train
|Stoner Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Bowel
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Brainicide
|Thrash Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|BraneStem
|Brutal Death Metal
|East Canton, Ohio
|-
|Breaker
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Breaking the Halo
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Strasburg, Ohio
|-
|Breakneck Pace
|Heavy/Speed Metal
|Hamilton, Ohio
|-
|Bred of Deceit
|Heavy Metal
|Middletown, Ohio
|-
|Brethren
|Power Metal
|Cleveland Heights, Ohio
|}
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|Bridesmaid
|Sludge/Doom Metal
|Colombus, Ohio
|-
|Bringers of Disease
|Black Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Bronx
|Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Brother Von Doom
|Melodic Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Brothers Grimm
|Progressive Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Bruized Wang
|Doom/Death Metal
|Wakeman, Ohio
|-
|Bulk & Skull
|Blackened Death/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Burial Oath
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Burn Blue Sky
|Doom/Stoner Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Burn the Shroud
|Melodic Death Metal
|Warren, Ohio
|-
|Busted Wig
|Progressive Power/Thrash Metal
|Mansfield, Ohio
|-
|By Their Blood
|Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Byron Nemeth
|Progressive Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Cabal
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Wellsville, Ohio
|-
|Cadavarice
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Caje
|Thrash/Speed Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Cardavercus
|Thrash/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Carnis Vale
|Black Metal/Punk
|Lancaster, Ohio
|-
|Carrion
|Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Carved in Flesh
|Death Metal
|Lima, Ohio
|-
|Casino Warrior
|Heavy/Stoner Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Catastrophic
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Catch 22
|Heavy/Thrash/Power Metal
|Marietta, Ohio
|-
|Caveman
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Cellbound
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Centrifuge
|Doom Metal
|Lakewood, Ohio
|-
|Centurion
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Cerberus
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Cerberuss
|Blackened Thrash/Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Ceremony
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Chalice
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Chant of Aggress
|Experimental Death/Black/Thrash Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|Chaos Reigns
|Thrash Metal
|Youngstown, Ohio
|-
|Character
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Chariot ov Wolves
|Raw Black Metal
|Youngstown, Ohio
|-
|Charlotte's Webb
|Thrash/Groove Metal/Crossover
|Bowling Green, Ohio
|-
|Chastain
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Chemikill
|Speed/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Chimaira
|Groove Metal/Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|China White
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Choke
|Death Metal/Crossover
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Choke
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Choking
|Blackened Sludge Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Cholera
|Deathcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Cholëra
|Death Metal
|Copley, Ohio
|-
|Chronic Rage
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Churches Burn
|Doom/Sludge Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Churlish Porter
|Symphonic Metal
|Mentor, Ohio
|-
|Circles over Sidelights
|Atmospheric Thrash Metal/Metalcore
|Chardon, Ohio
|-
|Citizen X
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Citranomicon
|Experimental Black/Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Civil Disobedience
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|CJSS
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Clean Flesh
|Brutal Death Metal
|Newark, Ohio
|-
|Coelacanth
|Death Metal/Crust Punk
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Coldfells
|Blackened Doom Metal
|Martins Ferry, Ohio
|-
|Colorblind Aggression
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Common Social Phenomenon
|Progressive Metal with Gothic influences
|Oldsville, Ohio
|-
|Concussion
|Thrash Metal
|New Philadelphia, Ohio
|-
|Constricted
|Progressive Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Consumption of Feces
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Contra
|Stoner Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Convulsion
|Death Metal
|Lorain, Ohio
|-
|Corpulate
|Technical Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Corpus Christi
|Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Corrosive Vengence
|Death 'n' Roll/Groove Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Corruption of Blood
|Thrash Metal
|Cincinatti, Ohio
|-
|Counterpoint
|Progressive Metal, Shred
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Course of Anger
|Thrash/Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Covered in Scars
|Groove/Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Croatan
|Thrash/Doom Metal/Crustcore
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Cross the Rubicon
|Death Metal/Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Crowtalker
|Stoner/Doom Metal/Rock
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|CRS
|Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Crucible of Hate
|Melodic Death/Groove Metal
|Lancaster, Ohio
|-
|Crucified Mortals
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Crush Efekt
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Crypt Rot
|Death Metal
|Ashtabula, Ohio
|-
|Cryptic Abuse
|Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore
|Mingo Junction, Ohio
|-
|Cryptic Stench
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Cryptkicker
|Groove/Heavy Metal
|Elyria, Ohio
|-
|Cult of Sorrow
|Doom/Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Cunt Torch
|Brutal Death Metal
|Wadsworth, Ohio
|-
|Curse of Denial
|Death/Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Curse the Gods
|Melodic Death/Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Cutthroat
|Thrash/Speed Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|CVTTVNMVVTH
|Psychedelic Doom/Stoner Metal/Rock
|Youngstown, Ohio
|-
|Cyanide
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Cynical Bliss
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Cythrawl
|Death Metal
|East Liverpool, Ohio
|-
|Cytoxan
|Progressive/Thrash/Groove Metal
|Johnstown, Ohio
|-
|D.D.O.D.
|Thrash Metal
|Parma, Ohio
|-
|D.M.A.
|Crossover/Thrash Metal
|Medina, Ohio
|-
|Daelock
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Dahmer
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Damascus Steel
|Power Metal
|Uhrichsville, Ohio
|-
|Damien
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Damien's Viper
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Damnbuilding
|Death Metal/Deathcore
|North Lewisburg, Ohio
|-
|Dangerous Inc.
|Heavy Metal
|Warren, Ohio
|-
|Dark Age
|Heavy Metal
|Munroe Falls, Ohio
|-
|Dark Arena
|Progressive Power/Melodic Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Dark Century
|Doom/Death Metal
|Lorain, Ohio
|-
|Dark Evolution
|Blackened Death Metal
|Lima, Ohio
|-
|Dark Horde
|Black Metal
|Lakewood, Ohio
|-
|Dark Legend
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Dark Monarchy
|Black Metal
|Hamilton, Ohio
|-
|Dark Revenant
|Heavy Metal
|West Mansfield, Ohio
|-
|Dark Soul
|Groove Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Dark Souls
|Death Metal
|South Point, Ohio
|-
|Darkness Undying
|Brutal Death/Black Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|David Galas
|Gothic/Doom Metal
|Kent, Ohio
|-
|Dawn of Wolves
|Black Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Day of Pentecost
|Black/Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Dead Blue Sky
|Melodic Death/Black Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Dead Broke
|Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Dead Love
|Technical Death/Thrash Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Dead of Night
|Melodic Death/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Dead Ringer
|Thrash Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Dead Will Rise
|Deathcore
|Athens, Ohio
|-
|Deadiron
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Deadly Sin (Sloth)
|Doom/Sludge Metal
|Xenia, Ohio
|-
|Deadsea
|Melodic Doom/Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Death & Hexes
|Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|DeathCrawl
|Sludge/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Deathfinest
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Decadence Profound
|Black Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Decadent Roots
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Decay
|Thrash/Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Decimation
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Decimator
|Speed/Thrash Metal
|Warren, Ohio
|-
|Deflagration
|Thrash Metal
|Findlay, Ohio
|-
|Delusive Dream
|Power/Speed Metal
|Medina, Ohio
|-
|Dementia
|Thrash Metal
|Youngstown, Ohio
|-
|Demigod
|Death Metal
|Wauseon, Ohio
|-
|Demons Within
|Groove/Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Deprecator
|Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Descend
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Descendent
|Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Deselectra
|Power Metal
|Glenford, Ohio
|-
|Desensitized
|Thrash/Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Desolationance
|Thrash Metal with Industrial influences
|Brunswick, Ohio
|-
|Desoulment
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Willowick, Ohio
|-
|Destination
|Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Destroyer
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Destruction Ritual
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Destructor
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Euclid, Ohio
|-
|Deterior
|Black/Sludge/Post-Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Dethtoll
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Deus Vult
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Deviancy
|Death Metal
|Lima, Ohio
|-
|Devils
|Black/Speed Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Diabolicus
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Diamond Dogs
|Heavy/Speed Metal
|Massillon, Ohio
|-
|Diehard
|Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Dimentia
|Power/Groove Metal
|Convoy, Ohio
|-
|Diseased Oblivion
|Black/Doom Metal
|Byesville, Ohio
|-
|Disembodied
|Brutal Death Metal
|Grafton, Ohio
|-
|Disgorged
|Death Metal
|Painesville, Ohio
|-
|Disgust
|Death Metal
|Clyde, Ohio
|-
|Disinter
|Death Metal
|Columbiana, Ohio
|-
|Diskord
|Death Metal
|East Canton, Ohio
|-
|Dislimb
|Brutal Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Dismemberment
|Thrash/Black/Death Metal
|Laurelville, Ohio
|-
|Dissent
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Port Clinton, Ohio
|-
|Doberman
|Death Metal
|Parma, Ohio
|-
|Doctor Smoke
|Doom Metal/Hard Rock
|Mingo Junction, Ohio
|-
|Dogkuff
|Southern/Stoner Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Doktor Bitch
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Domestic Crisis
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Parma, Ohio
|-
|Domestic Terror
|Noisegrind (early), Brutal Death Metal (later)
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Dominus
|Death Metal
|Xenia, Ohio
|-
|Doom Formation
|Death Metal
|Delaware, Ohio
|-
|Doomsayer
|Black/Doom Metal/Grindcore
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|Doris Diaz
|Melodic Death Metal
|Upper Sandusky, Ohio
|-
|Dose
|Progressive Groove Metal/Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Downspeed
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Dragonwyck
|Power Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Dream or Nightmare
|Heavy/Progressive Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Drekavac
|Raw Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Drogheda
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Drop Dead
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Drowner
|Blackened Drone/Sludge/Doom Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Dungeon Master
|Power Metal
|Enon (Springfield), Ohio
|-
|Dymaxion
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Edge
|Progressive Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Edwin Dare
|Progressive Heavy Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Ego
|Progressive Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Eko-Tox
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Ekthros
|Black/Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Electric Citizen
|Psychedelic Rock/Doom Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Electric Lucifer
|Doom/Stoner Metal
|Lakewood, Ohio
|-
|Electro-Motive-Force
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Elessar
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Emaciated Entrails
|Brutal Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Embalmer
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Endless Vomit
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Athens, Ohio
|-
|Endless Voyage X
|Doom/Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Engine of Chaos
|Heavy Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Engraved Darkness
|Black/Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|}
{| class="display dataTable"
|Enhailer
|Doom/Stoner/Sludge Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Enoonmai
|Black Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Enslaved
|Thrash/Death Metal
|Cedarville, Ohio
|-
|Enthrall
|Death Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Environmental
|Thrash Metal/Hardcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Environmental Hazzard
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Epod
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Equinox
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Erecto Jector
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Erotic Incisions
|Brutal Death Metal
|Newark, Ohio
|-
|Erthbrnr
|Hardcore/Crust (early), Death/Black/Sludge Metal (later)
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Erus
|Black Metal
|Westerville, Ohio
|-
|Escalation Anger
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Esotera
|Melodic Death Metal/Deathcore
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Estuary
|Thrash/Melodic Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Estuary of Calamity
|Melodic Death/Black Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Eternal Legacy
|Symphonic/Neoclassical Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Eternal Octagon
|Raw Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Eternal Void
|Deathcore/Groove Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Ethicist
|Post-Black Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Everyn
|Progressive/Post-Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Excalibur
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Execrated Mass
|Death/Thrash/Black Metal
|Lancaster, Ohio
|-
|Execrator
|Progressive/Thrash Metal
|Newark, Ohio
|-
|Existential Animals
|Technical Death Metal
|Oberlin, Ohio
|-
|Exploder
|Sludge/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Eye of Oman
|Black Metal
|Avon Lake, Ohio
|-
|F.U.D.
|Crossover/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Face Rot
|Blackened Death Metal/Grindcore
|Ashtabula, Ohio
|-
|Fade to Oblivion
|Melodic Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Faithxtractor
|Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Fall of Babylon
|Melodic Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Fallen Nephilim
|Stoner Metal
|Pataskala, Ohio
|-
|False Hope
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Fascist Insect
|Crossover/Grindcore/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Fastowl
|Grindcore
|Athens, Ohio
|-
|Fastplant
|Thrashcore/Thrash Metal
|Ashtabula, Ohio
|-
|Fatal Method
|Progressive Melodic Death Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|Fatelancer
|Black Metal
|Lima, Ohio
|-
|Father Horror
|Death Metal/Deathcore
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Fear of Drowning
|Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Feargrinder
|Groove/Thrash Metal/Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Fenhollen
|Heavy Metal
|Vermillion, Ohio
|-
|Festinate
|Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore
|Independence, Ohio
|-
|Fetus Omelet
|Goregrind
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Fever Nest
|Black Metal/Punk
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Fictional Prison
|Power/Melodic Thrash Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|Final Notice
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Finality
|Thrash Metal
|Wadsworth, Ohio
|-
|Firebrand
|Doom Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Fires of Babylon
|Power Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|First Bite
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|First to Resist
|Groove/Death Metal
|Mansfield, Ohio
|-
|Flatline
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Flaw
|Stoner/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Flesh Warfare
|Blackened Death/Thrash Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Floodwalker
|Sludge Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Fool's Crown
|Groove Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Forces of Nature
|Thrash Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Forever in Terror
|Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore
|Streetsboro, Ohio
|-
|Forever Lost
|Melodic Death Metal/Grindcore
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Forever Untouched
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Forged in Flame
|Stoner Rock/Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Forged in Gore
|Brutal Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Forlorn
|Thrash/Speed Metal (early), Heavy/Sludge Metal (later)
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Foul Spirits
|Death 'n' Roll
|Kent, Ohio
|-
|Foul Stench
|Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Four Star Revival
|Heavy Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|From the Depths
|Death/Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|From the Shallows
|Deathcore
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Full Blown AIDS
|Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|[[Fully Consumed]]
|Technical Death Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Funeral of God]]
|Black Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|[[Funeral Pyre]]
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Funeral Sickness]]
|Grindcore/Death Metal
|Findlay, Ohio
|-
|[[Furious Hatred]]
|Heavy Metal
|Poland, Ohio
|-
|[[Further Lo]]
|Groove Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Fury]]
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Hamilton, Ohio
|-
|[[Gabriels Hounds]]
|Melodic Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Gallow's Eve]]
|Thrash Metal
|Amherst, Ohio
|-
|[[Gargantua]]
|Heavy Metal
|New Philadelphia, Ohio
|-
|[[Gatlin]]
|Heavy/Power Metal (early), Hard Rock (later)
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Gemisuadi]]
|Brutal Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Genocyde]]
|Death Metal
|Xenia, Ohio
|-
|[[Geoffe Hein & Frozen Ghost]]
|Progressive/Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Ghost Eyes]]
|Black Metal/Hardcore
|Bradner, Ohio
|-
|[[Glory in Vengeance]]
|Melodic Death Metal/Grindcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Goatmill]]
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[God Forbid]]
|Industrial Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Godhead]]
|Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|[[Godslayer]]
|Death Metal
|Shadyside, Ohio
|-
|[[Goodbye Goats]]
|Black/Heavy Metal
|Athens, Ohio
|-
|Gorepunch
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Goresick
|Brutal Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Gorroth
|Death Metal
|South Point, Ohio
|-
|Gower
|Black Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Grandfather Dragon
|Heavy Metal
|Oxford, Ohio
|-
|Grave Plague
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Gravediggers Ball
|Doom Metal
|Mansfield, Ohio
|-
|Gravity
|Progressive Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Gremlin
|Blackened Death/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Grey Host
|Doom/Sludge Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Grim Feast
|Grindcore/Death Metal
|Hamilton, Ohio
|-
|Grimace
|Thrash Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Grimlock
|Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Grinder
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Coshocton, Ohio
|-
|GripShifter
|Thrash Metal
|Tiffin, Ohio
|-
|Ground Zero
|Thrash Metal
|Perrysburg, Ohio
|-
|Ground Zero
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Gudger
|Heavy/Stoner Metal/Hard Rock
|Lancaster, Ohio
|-
|Gutted
|Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Gutwrench
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|H.A.T.E.
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Hadak Ura
|Black Metal/Grindcore
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Half-Lit
|Groove/Southern Metal/Rock
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Halomachine
|Thrash/Death Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|Hammer Horde
|Melodic Death/Viking Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Hammr
|Black/Speed Metal/Punk
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Hangnail
|Thrash Metal/Grindcore
|Painesville, Ohio
|-
|Happy Rainbow Death
|Death Metal/Experimental
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Harlequin's Voice
|Death Metal/Experimental
|Youngstown, Ohio
|-
|Harsh Manner
|Thrash/Heavy Metal
|North Canton, Ohio
|-
|Hate Theory
|Death Metal/Metalcore
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Hatecore, Inc.
|Death Metal/Metalcore
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|HateDriven
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Flushing, Ohio
|-
|Hatrix
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Haxxan
|Black Metal
|Wellsville, Ohio
|-
|Hear o Israel
|Doom/Death Metal
|Mason, Ohio
|-
|Heinous Killings
|Brutal Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Hemdale
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Hemlock
|Speed/Power Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|Here Lies Another
|Technical Death Metal/Deathcore
|Mentor, Ohio
|-
|Heritech
|Avant-garde Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Hex Noir
|Black Metal/Punk
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Hidden Revenge
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Hollow Point
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Holy Ghost
|Thrash/Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Hookerspitwindex
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Horlet
|Melodic Death/Thrash Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Horst
|Blackened Melodic Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Hott Roxx
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Hraesvelg
|Folk/Black Metal
|Territorial, Ohio
|-
|Human Incineration
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Human Prey
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Hung from the Rising Sun
|Doom/Sludge Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Hyperion Fallen
|Stoner Metal
|Athens, Ohio
|-
|Hypothermea
|Power Metal
|Defiance, Ohio
|-
|Ichabod Crane
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Imbortir
|Melodic Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Immaculate Molestation
|Brutal Death Metal
|Franklin, Ohio
|-
|Immortal Soul
|Speed/Thrash Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Imperthean
|Black Metal/Industrial
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Impia
|Drone/Doom Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Impudent
|Black Metal
|Hubbard, Ohio
|-
|Impulsive Mutilation
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Geneva, Ohio
|-
|Inanimate Prognosis
|Brutal Death Metal/Deathcore
|Sandusky, Ohio
|-
|Infernal Faith
|Doom/Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Influence of Anger
|Heavy/Thrash/Groove Metal
|Bridgeport, Ohio
|-
|Infrared
|Progressive/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Inner Terror
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Inoculation
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Insurrect
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Internal Tension
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Newark, Ohio
|-
|Intestinal Loudness
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Into Nothing
|Death/Black Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Intoxicator
|Death/Thrash Metal/Grindcore
|Hubbard, Ohio
|-
|Invultation
|Black/Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Iron Cross
|Heavy Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Ironflame
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Martins Ferry, Ohio
|-
|Ironic Punishment Division
|Stoner/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Ivory Hall
|Progressive/Melodic Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Jacobs Dream
|Power Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|James D. Gilmore
|Progressive/Technical Heavy Metal, Shred
|Mason, Ohio
|-
|Jesus Skin
|Death Metal/Industrial
|Fairview Park, Ohio
|-
|JJ Grim
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Jonas Grumby
|Power Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Jonel Mandres
|Symphonic Power Metal/Shred
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Juggernaut Four
|Thrash/Sludge Metal
|Lancastar, Ohio
|-
|Junior Crime Fighters
|Stoner/Doom Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Kastrophy
|Thrash Metal
|Clyde, Ohio
|-
|Keelhaul
|Progressive Stoner/Sludge Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Kenoma
|Melodic Atmospheric Sludge Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Kerberos
|Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Kerkergeist
|Black Metal
|Amherst, Ohio
|-
|Ketamine
|Death Metal/Hardcore
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Khelos
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Findlay, Ohio
|-
|Kill Procedure
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Kill the Messenger
|Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Killbot Zero
|Progressive Metal
|Bowling Green, Ohio
|-
|Killer Refrigerator
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Killjoy
|Thrash Metal
|Wellsville, Ohio
|-
|King Oracle
|Atmospheric Black Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|King Stench
|Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|King Travolta
|Sludge Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Kings Ransom
|Heavy Metal
|Conneaut, Ohio
|-
|Kingsblood
|Melodic Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Kitchen Knife Conspiracy
|Brutal Death Metal
|Girard, Ohio
|-
|Klingsor
|Depressive Black Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|KLNZR
|Industrial Heavy/Groove Metal
|Marietta, Ohio
|-
|Kormeth
|Black Metal
|Fairborn, Ohio
|}
{| class="display dataTable"
|Krankenstein
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Kratos
|Power/Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Kriadiaz
|Sludge/Southern/Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Kryptaker
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Kryptik Embrace
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Bryan, Ohio
|-
|Kunfind
|Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Kurnugia
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Kvasir's Blood
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|L.O.U.D.
|Thrash Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|Laid to Rest
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Lanz End
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Law of Destruction
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Leather
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Lectoblix
|Atmospheric Post-Black Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Legacy
|Progressive/Power Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Legacy
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Legion
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Legions of Fire
|Melodic Thrash Metal
|Circleville, Ohio
|-
|Lester Maddox
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Lethal Conception
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Levelled
|Death Metal
|Piqua, Ohio
|-
|Lick the Blade
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Lifeproof
|Depressive Black Metal/Noisegrind
|Streetsboro, Ohio
|-
|Lightning Tree
|Progressive Metal/Rock
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Lilin
|Black Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Limbsplitter
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Liquid Nation
|Melodic Power/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Lo-Pan
|Stoner Rock/Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Locusta
|Death/Progressive/Black Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Lord Asmodeus
|Black Metal
|Monroeville, Ohio
|-
|Lost Soul
|Gothic Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Lost Souls Divided
|Progressive Metal/Rock
|Lisbon, Ohio
|-
|Love and War
|Heavy Metal
|Youngstown, Ohio
|-
|Lowdead
|Groove/Sludge Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Lower 13
|Heavy/Speed Metal/Hard Rock
|Parma, Ohio
|-
|Lucian the Wolfbearer
|Acoustic/Folk (early), Funeral Doom Metal (later)
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Lucifixion
|Death Metal
|Wauseon, Ohio
|-
|Ludaci
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Lunarium
|Celtic Folk Metal
|Waverly, Ohio
|-
|Lvngs
|Progressive Sludge Metal/Post-Rock
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Mach II
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Maddoxx
|Thrash/Death Metal
|Medina, Ohio
|-
|Madman Mundt
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Madness on the Mountaintop
|Death Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Maggot Crown
|Death Metal
|Mississippi, Ohio
|-
|Magi
|Heavy Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Magnitude 9
|Progressive/Neoclassical Metal
|Ohio / Colorado
|-
|Magog
|Thrash/Black Metal
|Blaine, Ohio
|-
|Maharaja
|Stoner/Sludge Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Malachi
|Speed/Power Metal
|Wooster, Ohio
|-
|Maligon
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Mandrake
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Mangled Reality
|Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Manimals
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Manticore
|Black/Death Metal
|Euclid, Ohio
|-
|Mantus
|Heavy Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Maranatha
|Sludge Metal/Death 'n' Roll/Hardcore
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Mark Boals
|Power Metal
|Youngstown, Ohio
|-
|Marquis de Sade
|Heavy Metal
|Sandusky, Ohio
|-
|Martini
|Melodic Heavy Metal
|New Philadelphia, Ohio
|-
|Masdecay
|Thrash/Death Metal (early), Groove Metal (later)
|New Philadelphia, Ohio
|-
|Mass Murder Phenomena
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Matrixx
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Max Panic
|Heavy Metal
|Lakewood, Ohio
|-
|Mayhem
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Mazafakt
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Germantown, Ohio
|-
|Meatyard
|Death Metal, Crossover
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Medalyon
|Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Megachurch
|Stoner/Sludge Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Megaton Hammer
|Southern/Stoner Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Merciless Reign
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Mercurial Void
|Progressive Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Mercury
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Meridian
|Symphonic/Progressive/Folk/Melodic Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Metalourd
|Speed/Thrash Metal
|Salem, Ohio
|-
|Methuselah
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Michael Harris
|Progressive Metal/Shred
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Midevil
|Heavy Metal
|Lakewood, Ohio
|-
|Midnight
|Black/Speed Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Milkman
|Melodic Black Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Millenia
|Groove Metal
|Chillicothe, Ohio
|-
|Mindscape
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Mindsink
|Progressive Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Mindtraveler
|Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Miscarriage
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Misery Rising
|Thrash Metal/Metalcore
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Mistreater
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Mithridium
|Melodic Thrash Metal/Metalcore
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Mithril
|Heavy Metal
|Vermillion, Ohio
|-
|Mo Rage
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Mob Scene
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Mobile Deathcamp
|Thrash Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Mockingbird
|Atmospheric Sludge Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Moloch
|Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Monstrella
|Progressive Heavy/Thrash/Death/Groove Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Montez
|Speed/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Morality Check
|Progressive Heavy/Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Morbid Wizard
|Sludge Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Moribund Fiend
|Death Metal
|New Carlisle, Ohio
|-
|Mortal Immunity
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Holgate, Ohio
|-
|Morticite
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Mortifier
|Thrash Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|Most High
|Heavy Metal
|Warren, Ohio
|-
|Mothers Worry
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Mouth of the Architect
|Post-Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|MSOD
|Power/Thrash/Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Mugsy Croftshire
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Mutant Soldier
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Mutilation
|Death Metal
|Parma, Ohio
|-
|Mutilatred
|Brutal Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Mystik
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Myth
|Viking Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Mythrias
|Melodic Death/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Nagryth
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Nailblack
|Black/Death Metal
|Kent, Ohio
|-
|Naildown
|Crossover/Thrash/Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Naked Force
|Progressive Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Naked Truth
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|NDE
|Groove/Thrash/Power Metal
|Streetsboro, Ohio
|-
|Near Death
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Necessary Evil
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Necrodamus
|Black/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Necrolatry
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Necromancy
|Heavy/Thrash/Speed Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Necrophagia
|Death Metal
|Wellsville, Ohio
|-
|Necrosadist
|Brutal Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Necrotic Disgorgement
|Brutal Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Neil Hess
|Industrial Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Nekro Warfare
|Raw Black Metal
|Ashtabula, Ohio
|-
|Neon Warship
|Stoner Metal/Rock
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Neonatal Death
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Neverending
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Nevermet
|Heavy Metal
|Medina, Ohio
|-
|New Beginning
|Technical Groove Metal
|Lima, Ohio
|-
|New Régime
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Night Soil
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Nightcrawler]]
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Nitefall]]
|Heavy/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Nithing]]
|Blackened Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[No Candy]]
|Death Metal/Grindcore/Crossover
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Noctuary
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Norselaw]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Nova Prospect
|Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore
|Steubenville, Ohio
|-
|Nythis
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Oath of an Exile
|Metalcore/Melodic Death Metal
|Sidney, Ohio
|-
|Oblivion
|Progressive Death Metal
|Lima, Ohio
|-
|[[Obscurité]]
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Odious Sanction
|Death Metal/Hardcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Olathia]]
|Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Omegacell]]
|Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Once Flesh]]
|Death Metal
|Avon Lake, Ohio
|-
|Order 66
|Thrash/Death Metal/Hardcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Orwellian
|Metalcore/Melodic Groove Metal
|Youngstown, Ohio
|-
|Otis Driftwood
|Death Metal/Deathcore
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Outline
|Heavy/Speed Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|P.T. Boat
|Heavy/Speed Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Pale Creation
|Progressive Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Pale Grey Lore
|Psychedelic Doom Metal/Rock
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Pandemonium Diabolico
|Sludge/Noise/Doom Metal
|Mentor, Ohio
|-
|Panoptitron
|Progressive/Death Metal/Fusion
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Papaleo
|Heavy/Stoner/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Paradoxical Obscurity
|Thrash/Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Paragon
|Power Metal
|Springfield, Ohio
|-
|Paralyser
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Path of Damnation
|Black/Thrash/Death Metal
|Lima, Ohio
|-
|Pathology
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Medina, Ohio
|-
|Patton
|Heavy Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Pavidus
|Progressive Technical Death Metal
|Findlay, Ohio
|-
|Pawns in Chess
|Technical Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Perspective X IV
|Progressive Rock/Metal
|Middletown, Ohio
|-
|Phobophobia
|Industrial Death Metal
|Doylestown, Ohio
|-
|Phore
|Crossover/Groove Metal
|Massillion, Ohio
|-
|Pillowhumpers
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Pillärs
|Sludge/Doom Metal/Crust Punk
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Pissmongrel
|Thrash Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Pitch Black Forecast
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Plugger
|Doom Metal/Stoner Rock
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Pogrom
|Thrash Metal
|Athens, Ohio
|-
|Potters Field
|Heavy Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Pottersfield
|Death Metal
|Mansfield, Ohio
|-
|Poultry Death
|Death Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Precipice
|Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Prizanor
|Heavy Metal
|Galion, Ohio
|-
|Procrustus
|Sludge/Death/Groove Metal
|Brooklyn, Ohio
|-
|Prodigy
|Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Progzilla
|Progressive Metal
|Bowling Green, Ohio
|-
|Project Alcazar
|Neoclassical Progressive Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Prometheus
|Symphonic Death Metal
|Ottawa, Ohio
|-
|Proper Burial
|Death Metal
|Marietta, Ohio
|-
|Propulsion
|Heavy/Thrash/Groove Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Prosanctus Inferi
|Black/Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Psycho Face
|Progressive Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Psycho Scenario
|Death/Thrash/Groove Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Psyclosarin
|Groove/Death Metal
|Salem, Ohio
|-
|Psycopath
|Thrash Metal
|Vermillion, Ohio
|-
|Public Outcry
|Heavy/Speed Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Pulsating Anus
|Grindcore
|Athens, Ohio
|-
|Punished Existence
|Sludge Metal/Metalcore
|Lorain, Ohio
|-
|Punisher
|Thrash Metal
|Millbury, Ohio
|-
|Puppet
|Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|}
{| class="display dataTable"
|Purgatory
|Thrash/Power/Speed Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|R.U. Deadly
|Thrash/Power Metal
|Salem, Ohio
|-
|Race of Devils
|Stoner Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Radiatrix
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|Raging Grace
|Heavy/Progressive/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Rancid Nut Sauce
|Brutal Death Metal
|Gibsonburg, Ohio
|-
|Raven X
|Gothic/Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Raw Energy
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Raw Sewage
|Thrash/Death Metal
|Mount Blanchard, Ohio
|-
|Real Steel
|Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Reality
|Heavy Metal
|Sandusky, Ohio
|-
|Rebellious Angel
|Power/Speed Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Rebreather
|Stoner/Doom Metal
|Youngstown, Ohio
|-
|Reclaiming Elysium
|Melodic Death Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Reclusa
|Death/Doom Metal, Black/Noise/Industrial
|Byesville, Ohio
|-
|Red Giant
|Stoner/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Red Herring
|Groove Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Reign
|Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Remains of Eden
|Melodic Death/Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Restless Breed
|Power/Speed/Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Retribution
|Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Ringworm
|Thrash Metal, Hardcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Ripcord
|Groove Metal
|Mount Vernon, Ohio
|-
|Riphead
|Death Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|Ritual
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Ritual
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Ritual of Torment
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Roadies Nightmare
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Rob Johnson
|Progressive Metal/Shred
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Robert Dzurilla
|Progressive Metal/Rock, Shred
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Robot Lords of Tokyo
|Heavy/Doom/Stoner Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Rogue Arsenal
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Salem, Ohio
|-
|Ron George
|Technical Death/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Rose Funeral
|Deathcore
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Rosie
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Rotterdam
|Progressive Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Rotting Mutilation
|Death Metal
|Kent, Ohio
|-
|Rotting Souls
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Rough Honor
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Rue
|Sludge/Stoner Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Rune
|Technical Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Russian Winter
|Heavy Metal
|Youngstown, Ohio
|-
|Rusted Valor
|Melodic Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Sabre
|Sludge/Doom Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Sabre
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Sacraticus
|Technical Thrash/Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Sacred Few
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Sacred Heart
|Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Sacred Reign
|Melodic Heavy Metal
|Chillicothe, Ohio
|-
|Sacrifix
|Heavy Metal
|Strongsville, Ohio
|-
|Saddleback Shark
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Saints of Pain
|Doom/Death Metal
|Mentor, Ohio
|-
|Salem Hollow
|Melodic Black Metal
|Nelsonville, Ohio
|-
|Salt the Wound
|Melodic Death Metal/Deathcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Samuel Dell
|Progressive/Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Sanctorum
|Melodic Death/Thrash/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Sanhedrin
|Death Metal
|Parma, Ohio
|-
|Sarcoma
|Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Sardonic Sanctum
|Death/Black Metal
|Burgoon, Ohio
|-
|Sattarium
|Thrash/Heavy Metal
|Huron, Ohio
|-
|Scarlet
|Melodic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Scarum
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Scelestus
|Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Schallkrieg
|Progressive Metal/Metalcore
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Schnauzer
|Death/Thrash Metal/Grindcore
|Parma, Ohio
|-
|Scum Lord
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Scumchrist
|Sludge Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Sea of Treachery
|Deathcore
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Seductive Blasphemy
|Thrash/Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Seekers Pass
|Progressive Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Seraph of the Dawn
|Black Metal
|South Vienna, Ohio
|-
|Set Free Among the Dead Themselves
|Progressive/Melodic Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Setekh
|Atmospheric Black Metal/Dark Ambient
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Setting Fire to Yours Truly
|Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Seven Seraphim
|Neoclassical Progressive Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Seventh Circle
|Black/Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Seventh Jester
|Progressive Metal
|Wooster, Ohio
|-
|Seventh Plague
|Metalcore/Death/Thrash Metal
|Streetsboro, Ohio
|-
|Seventh Seal
|Power Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Severe Warning
|Speed/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Severed Remains
|Brutal Death Metal
|Mayfield Heights, Ohio
|-
|Shades of Remembrance
|Progressive Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Shadow of the Mountain
|Death/Doom Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Shadowcast
|Progressive Power Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Shadowplay
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Shall Be the Conqueror
|Progressive Death Metal
|Chillicothe, Ohio
|-
|Shanghai
|Heavy Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Shatter Messiah
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Shed the Skin
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Shok Paris
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Shores of Elysium
|Melodic Death Metal/Deathcore
|Colombus, Ohio
|-
|Shotgun Sodomy
|Brutal Death Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Shrine of Suffering
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Sicarii
|Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Siegelord
|Melodic Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Silent Knight
|Death/Thrash Metal, Speed Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Silver Cypher
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Simon Magus
|Doom Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Sin Nombre
|Sludge/Stoner Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Sin Origin
|Black Metal
|Canfield, Ohio
|-
|Sin-Eater
|Death Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Sinister
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Siren
|Heavy/Black Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|Skar
|Heavy Metal
|Amherst, Ohio
|-
|Skeletonized
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|New London, Ohio
|-
|Skeletonwitch
|Melodic Death/Thrash Metal
|Athens, Ohio
|-
|Slain Faith
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Slaughterhog
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Athens, Ohio
|-
|Sledge
|Heavy Metal
|Bowling Green, Ohio
|-
|Sleepers Awake
|Progressive Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Sludgethrone
|Doom/Sludge Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Social Decay
|Thrash Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|Sodomized
|Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore
|Grafton, Ohio
|-
|Sofa King Killer
|Sludge/Doom Metal/Southern Rock
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|Solidification
|Brutal Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|Somnus
|Black/Gothic Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|Sorrow Lasts
|Melodic Death/Power Metal
|Mount Orab, Ohio
|-
|Sothoros
|Death Metal
|Athens, Ohio
|-
|Soul Destruction
|Groove Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|Souldevice
|Power Metal
|Springfield, Ohio
|-
|Soulless
|Melodic Death/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Sourblood]]
|Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Space Monkey]]
|Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Spade Shovel Atrophy]]
|Death Metal
|Midvale, Ohio
|-
|[[Sparrowmilk]]
|Doom/Sludge Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Spawn]]
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Spike]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Spike Opera]]
|Thrash Metal
|Springfield, Ohio
|-
|[[Spinegrinder]]
|Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore
|Doylestown, Ohio
|-
|[[SplatterTech]]
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Gibsonburg, Ohio
|-
|[[Split the Abyss]]
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[SSA]]
|Technical Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Stagnated]]
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Stagnated Corpse]]
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Stealth]]
|Heavy Metal
|Vermillion, Ohio
|-
|[[Stillborn Prodigy]]
|Death/Thrash Metal/Hardcore
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|[[Stitch]]
|Death Metal/Grindcore/Crossover
|New Philadelphia, Ohio
|-
|[[Stohl-N]]
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|[[Stonelayer]]
|Progressive Metal/Rock
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Stresslord]]
|Death/Thrash Metal, Hardcore
|Painesville, Ohio
|-
|[[Strigoi VII]]
|Black Metal
|Hamilton, Ohio
|-
|[[Strikken]]
|Metalcore
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Struck by Lightning]]
|Sludge Metal/Hardcore
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Strych-9]]
|Heavy/Thrash/Groove Metal
|Uniontown, Ohio
|-
|[[Stryker]]
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Stutz]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[SubtleFeud]]
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Succorbenoth]]
|Atmospheric Black/Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Sudden Rage]]
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Mansfield, Ohio
|-
|[[Sulphur Grace]]
|Thrash Metal/Crust
|Piketon, Ohio
|-
|[[Sulphuric Blood]]
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Sunless Sky]]
|Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Superkreep]]
|Heavy/Southern Metal
|Middletown, Ohio
|-
|[[Suspect Earth]]
|Stoner Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Swallowed by Apathy]]
|Progressive/Melodic Death Metal
|Newark, Ohio
|-
|[[Sweaty Mammoth]]
|Sludge/Stoner Metal/Rock
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Sweet Roxx]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Sword]]
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Sycho Blue]]
|Crossover/Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Sykosis]]
|Metalcore
|Ashtabula, Ohio
|-
|[[Synastryche]]
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Syphilic Diarrhea]]
|Death Metal/Goregrind
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[T.H.A.L.]]
|Stoner Metal/Rock
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Takacs]]
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Taken by Talons]]
|Death Metal/Deathcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Tank Destroyer]]
|Stoner/Doom Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Teeth of the Hydra]]
|Doom Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Tempest]]
|Technical Thrash/Speed/Power Metal
|North Olmstedt, Ohio
|-
|[[Temple]]
|Psychedelic Heavy/Doom Metal/Punk/Rock
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Tempo Tantrum]]
|Progressive/Power Metal
|Youngstown, Ohio
|-
|[[Terminal Lovers]]
|Stoner/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Terminator]]
|Death/Thrash Metal/Grindcore
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|[[Terriible Tayviiss]]
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Terror]]
|Thrash Metal, Death Metal (mid)
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[The Allknowing]]
|Southern/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[The Apocalyptic Fist of the Black Death]]
|Progressive Metalcore
|Newton Falls, Ohio
|-
|[[The Art of Choking]]
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[The Awakening]]
|Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[The Bag Men]]
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[The Bastard Squad]]
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[The Beneath]]
|Progressive Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[The Black Antler]]
|Sludge Metal/Hardcore/Crust
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[The Black Stripes]]
|Doom Metal
|Middletown, Ohio
|-
|[[The C.O.A.S.T.]]
|Melodic Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[The Coffin Birth Conspiracy]]
|Melodic Death Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|[[The Conquering]]
|Viking/Folk/Black Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[The Dagger Rebellion]]
|Progressive/Melodic Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[The Dark and Bleak]]
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[The Dead Hate the Living]]
|Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[The Disease Concept]]
|Sludge/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[The Fear That Lies Beneath]]
|Metalcore
|Warren, Ohio
|-
|[[The Filthy Creeps]]
|Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[The Forgotten]]
|Death Metal
|Parma Heights, Ohio
|-
|[[The Hartford Circus Fire]]
|Blackened Death Metal/Metalcore
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[The Phantom in the Woodwork]]
|Progressive Death Metal/Metalcore
|Mansfield, Ohio
|-
|[[The Psychodox]]
|Gothic/Sludge/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[The Rebirth of Humanity]]
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Lima, Ohio
|-
|[[The Reefer Hut]]
|Death Metal (early), Experimental Metal (later)
|Piqua, Ohio
|-
|[[The Requiem]]
|Melodic Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[The Reverie]]
|Melodic Thrash, Symphonic Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|}
{| class="display dataTable"
|[[The Spawn of Satan]]
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[The Spudmonsters]]
|Thrash Metal/Hardcore/Crossover
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Theater of Madness]]
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Sandusky, Ohio
|-
|[[This Tortured Soul]]
|Heavy/Groove Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Thorns of the Carrion]]
|Atmospheric Gothic/Death/Doom Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Thou Shalt Not]]
|Death Metal
|Twinsburg, Ohio
|-
|[[Thrashantos]]
|Thrash Metal
|Brunswick, Ohio
|-
|[[Threefold Law]]
|Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Throne of Decay]]
|Melodic Death/Black Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Throne of Choronzon]]
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Throttle Z]]
|Groove Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Thruster]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Thy Demise]]
|Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|[[Tilt]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Tim Ripper Owens]]
|Heavy Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[To Dust]]
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[To Our Grave]]
|Deathcore
|Sandusky, Ohio
|-
|[[Tomorrow]]
|Doom Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|[[TON]]
|Death Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|[[Tondra]]
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Torment]]
|Speed/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Torn Flesh]]
|Thrash Metal
|Chesapeake, Ohio
|-
|[[Torture Wheel]]
|Funeral Doom Metal
|Hamilton, Ohio
|-
|[[Tortured by Disgust]]
|Thrash/Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Toxikdeth]]
|Thrash/Heavy Metal (early), Thrash Metal/Crossover (later)
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|[[Traitors Return to Earth]]
|Stoner/Sludge/Doom Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Trazom]]
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|[[Treachery]]
|Progressive Power/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Triangra]]
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Uhrichsville, Ohio
|-
|[[Triangulum]]
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Trigger Zone]]
|Thrash Metal
|Newark, Ohio
|-
|[[Trioxin]]
|Death Metal
|Shadyside, Ohio
|-
|[[Truth Ascension]]
|Progressive/Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|[[Tryblith]]
|Black Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|[[Trëllebörg]]
|Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Twist of Fate]]
|Melodic Progressive Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Tzalemoth]]
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Ulcifer]]
|Black Metal
|Mansfield, Ohio
|-
|[[Ultralord]]
|Doom/Sludge Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Ultrix]]
|Experimental/Progressive/Thrash Metal
|Parma, Ohio
|-
|[[Ulven]]
|Black Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Unbodied]]
|Progressive/Sludge Metal
|Mingo Junction, Ohio
|-
|[[Unbound]]
|Melodic Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Under a Dead Sky]]
|Deathcore
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Undertaker]]
|Thrash Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|[[Unholy Death]]
|Black/Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Unkured]]
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Unnatural End]]
|Death Metal
|Westerville, Ohio
|-
|[[Unrest]]
|Raw Black Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Unwilling Flesh]]
|Death Metal
|Martins Ferry, Ohio
|-
|[[V-N-R]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Vaitikas]]
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Valdrin]]
|Melodic Black Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Vanadium]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Vanguard]]
|Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Vanik]]
|Heavy/Speed Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Vanitas]]
|Sludge/Black Metal
|Oberlin, Ohio
|-
|[[Vatican]]
|Heavy Metal
|Sandusky, Ohio
|-
|[[Veiled in Sorrow]]
|Neoclassical/Progressive Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Velvet Sleep]]
|Melodic Black/Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|[[Vengeance Within]]
|Melodic Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Venomin James]]
|Stoner/Doom Metal
|Kirtland, Ohio
|-
|[[Venomous Walrus]]
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Defiance, Ohio
|-
|[[Verrucose]]
|Crossover/Thrash Metal
|Kent, Ohio
|-
|[[Vicious Grave]]
|Death/Thrash Metal/Grindcore
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|[[Victory Flag]]
|Crossover
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Vigilant]]
|Power Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Vile Indignation]]
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Vince Vatican]]
|Heavy Metal
|Sandusky, Ohio
|-
|[[Vindicator]]
|Thrash Metal
|South Amherst, Ohio
|-
|[[Vine]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Vintage Warlords]]
|Death/Doom Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Violence]]
|Thrash Metal
|Brunswick, Ohio
|-
|[[Violent Dissorder]]
|Death Metal
|Bethel, Ohio
|-
|[[Violent Night]]
|Progressive Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Violet Wind]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Viravoid]]
|Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Virgin Destroyers]]
|Crossover/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Virulent Resurgence]]
|Black/Death Metal
|Maumee, Ohio
|-
|[[Vit]]
|Experimental Black Metal
|Groveport, Ohio
|-
|[[Voidgazer]]
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Volkskampf]]
|Black Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Vomitrocity]]
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Von Dymon]]
|Progressive Heavy Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Vultaria]]
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Newark, Ohio
|-
|[[VXN]]
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|[[Wags Metal Inc]]
|Heavy Metal
|New Philadelphia, Ohio
|-
|[[War Elephant]]
|Black/Doom Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Warchylde]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Warminister]]
|Heavy Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|[[Waste]]
|Sludge/Doom/Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Weed Demon]]
|Sludge/Stoner/Doom Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Weeping Prophet]]
|Progressive/Thrash Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Well of Night]]
|Melodic Black Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|[[White Friday]]
|Heavy Metal
|Wellston, Ohio
|-
|[[White Night]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[White Wolves]]
|Stoner/Sludge Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Wicked Angel]]
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Wicked Aura]]
|Heavy Metal
|Helena, Ohio
|-
|[[Wicked Lester]]
|Power Metal
|Canton, Ohio
|-
|[[Wicked Truth]]
|Thrash/Doom Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Widdiful]]
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Wild Child]]
|Progressive Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
|Mount Vernon, Ohio
|-
|[[Winter Heart]]
|Atmospheric Black Metal
|Perrysburg, Ohio
|-
|[[Winterhymn]]
|Folk Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Winters Bane]]
|Power Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Witch]]
|Heavy Metal
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|[[Witchery]]
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Witchhelm]]
|Stoner/Doom Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Wizzard Beasts]]
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Athens, Ohio
|-
|[[Woe of Tyrants]]
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Chillicothe, Ohio
|-
|[[Wolfen Society]]
|Death Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Wolvesbeard]]
|Southern Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Wraith of the Ropes]]
|Funeral Doom Metal
|Hamilton, Ohio
|-
|[[Wrath Icon]]
|Heavy Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Wreck of the Hesperus]]
|Thrash Metal
|Bellville, Ohio
|-
|[[Wreckless Opp]]
|Heavy/Power Metal (early), Crossover (later)
|Sandusky, Ohio
|-
|[[Wretched Vermin]]
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Gibsonburg, Ohio
|-
|[[Wretches]]
|Thrash Metal
|Bowling Green, Ohio
|-
|[[Wycked]]
|Speed/Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Wytchord]]
|Doom Metal/Psychedelic Hard Rock
|Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[X-Caliber]]
|Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
|Fostoria, Ohio
|-
|[[Xenolith]]
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Worthington, Ohio
|-
|[[Xero]]
|Death Metal/Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Xerostomia]]
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Years of Fire]]
|Thrash Metal/Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Youth Forgotten]]
|Thrash Metal/Hardcore
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Z]]
|Progressive Death Metal
|Toledo, Ohio
|-
|[[Zanister]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Zeta]]
|Melodic Black/Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Zion Reign]]
|Melodic Heavy Metal
|Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Zitsquatch]]
|Death Metal/Grindcore
|Parma, Ohio
|-
|[[Zone Eleven]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Zuel]]
|Progressive Death Metal/Deathcore
|Dayton, Ohio
|-
|[[Zuraith]]
|Black/Gothic Metal
|Hamilton, Ohio
|-
|[[Zygmythkaupt]]
|Black Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Zyklone]]
|Power/Speed Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Antithesis]]
|Power/Thrash/Progressive Metal
|Akron, Ohio (early), Cleveland, Ohio (later)
|-
|[[The Wakedead Gathering]]
|Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio (early); Columbus, Ohio (later)
|-
|[[Angelrust]]
|Death/Thrash Metal
|Martin's Ferry, Ohio
|-
|[[Blueprint for Murder]]
|Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore
|Nelsonville/Athens, Ohio
|-
|[[Brutalitarian Supremacy]]
|Black Metal
|Zanesville/Colombus, Ohio
|-
|[[Buffalo Creek Disaster]]
|Black/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland/Bellville, Ohio
|-
|[[Datum Point]]
|Groove/Thrash Metal
|Kentucky / Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Decrepit]]
|Death Metal (early), Black/Death Metal (later)
|Parma/Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Defy the Tide]]
|Melodic Heavy/Progressive Metal
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Ohio
|-
|[[Dissolute]]
|Technical Groove Metal/Metalcore
|Akron/Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Fighting the World]]
|Heavy Metal
|Mayfield / Middletown, Ohio
|-
|[[Fistula]]
|Sludge/Doom Metal
|Cleveland/Akron, Ohio
|-
|[[Hell Scorched Earth]]
|Melodic Death Metal
|Bethel / Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Indigestible Suppuration]]
|Brutal Death Metal
|Celina/Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Marks of Sin]]
|Sludge Metal
|Dayton/Springfield, Ohio
|-
|[[Masters of Luxury]]
|Stoner/Sludge Metal
|Akron/Columbus, Ohio
|-
|[[Monolith]]
|Black/Death/Thrash Metal
|McConnelsville, Ohio
|-
|[[Necromancing the Stone]]
|Melodic Death/Thrash/Power Metal
|St. Clairsville, Ohio
|-
|[[Necrotherion]]
|Black Metal
|Martin's Ferry, Ohio
|-
|[[Once Pure]]
|Groove Metal/Metalcore
|Washington Court House, Ohio
|-
|[[Phil Hatchet]]
|Thrash Metal/Hardcore
|Cleveland, Willoughby, Ohio
|-
|[[Psychomancy]]
|Thrash/Groove Metal
|Lower Eastside Newtonsville, Ohio
|-
|[[Regurgitation]]
|Brutal Death Metal
|Washington Court House, Ohio
|-
|[[Rightful Heir]]
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Youngstown/Poland, Ohio
|-
|[[Sancre Tor]]
|Black Metal
|Springfield/Urbana, Ohio
|-
|[[Satanicon]]
|Black Metal
|Lakewood/Parma, Ohio
|-
|[[Scum Guilt]]
|Grindcore
|Columbus/Laurelville, Ohio
|-
|[[Solipsist]]
|Death/Thrash/Groove Metal/Metalcore
|Cleveland/Lakewood, Ohio
|-
|[[Son of Jor-El]]
|Sludge/Thrash Metal
|Ohio/Arkansas/California
|-
|[[Suffice]]
|Progressive Death Metal
|Toledo/Sylvania, Ohio
|-
|[[Trioxin]]
|Death Metal
|Dayton/Piqua, Ohio
|-
|[[Verment]]
|Death Metal
|Hamilton/Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Witchnipple]]
|Stoner Metal
|Washington Court House, Ohio
|-
|[[Wrathskeller]]
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Township of Washington, Ohio
|-
|[[After the Sun]]
|Doom Metal
|Geneve-on-the-Lake, Ohio
|-
|[[Afterlight]]
|Black Metal
|Cleveland/Canton/Brewster, Ohio
|-
|[[Cremated Remnants]]
|Death Metal
|Fairborn, Ohio / Richmond, Indiana
|-
|[[Desire]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio/Kentucky
|-
|[[Fleshwound]]
|Heavy Metal
|Montpelier, Williams County, Ohio
|-
|[[Harbinger]]
|Power/Speed Metal
|East Liverpool/Wellsville, Ohio
|-
|[[Harbinger A.D.]]
|Groove/Thrash Metal
|East Liverpool/Wellsville, Ohio
|-
|[[Lost Grip]]
|Thrash Metal/Crossover
|Port Clinton/Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Open Burn]]
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio/Kentucky
|-
|[[Sarsen]]
|Heavy/Progressive Metal
|Erie, Pennsylvania/Cleveland, Ohio
|-
|[[Sixx]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio / Bochum, Germany
|-
|[[Sons of Belial]]
|Melodic Black/Death Metal
|Cleveland/Akron/Canton, Ohio
|-
|[[Strikeforce]]
|Heavy Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio relocated to Illinois
|-
|[[Surgikill]]
|Death Metal
|Cincinnati, Ohio/Kentucky
|-
|[[Ventriculostomy]]
|Brutal Death Metal
|Akron, Ohio / Baltimore, Maryland
|-
|[[War Curse]]
|Heavy/Thrash Metal
|Cincinnati/Hamilton/Dayton, Ohio
|-
|[[Aequus Nox]]
|Atmospheric Black Metal
|Marysville, Ohio (early), New Washington, Ohio (later)
|-
|[[Elusive Travel]]
|Doom/Death Metal
|Rochester, New York / Cincinnati, Ohio
|-
|[[Forever]]
|Heavy Metal
|Dayton, Ohio / Chicago, Illinois (later)
|-
|[[Gomorrah]]
|Progressive Thrash/Melodic Death Metal
|Edina, Missouri (early), Cincinnati, Ohio (later)
|-
|[[Integrity]]
|Hardcore Punk, Metalcore
|Cleveland, Ohio (early), Belgium (later)
|-
|[[Marsh Dweller]]
|Melodic Black Metal
|Columbus, Ohio (early); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (later)
|-
|[[Mary Cries Red]]
|Death/Thrash Metal/Hardcore
|Florence, Kentucky (early), Cincinnati, Ohio (later)
|-
|[[Nekrofilth]]
|Death/Thrash Metal/Hardcore Punk
|Cleveland, Ohio (early), Denver, Colorado (later)
|-
|[[Nunslaughter]]
|Death Metal
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (early), Cleveland, Ohio (later)
|-
|[[Pitboss 2000]]
|Hardcore/Crossover/Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio (early), Venice, California (later)
|-
|[[Savior from Anger]]
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Naples, Italy (early), Erie, Ohio (later)
|-
|[[Scott von Heldt]]
|Heavy Metal/Hard Rock/Shred
|Sandusky, Ohio (later Los Angeles, California)
|-
|[[Sloth]]
|Sludge Metal/Experimental/Noise (early), Harsh Noise Wall (later)
|Mentor, Ohio (early); Tampa, Florida (later)
|}
{| class="display dataTable"
|[[Twenty Third Chapter]]
|Death Metal/Hardcore
|Dayton/Akron, Ohio / Bloomington, Indiana
|-
|[[White Boy and the Average Rat Band]]
|Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
|Toledo, Ohio (early), Richlands, Virginia (later)
|-
|[[Wicked Ways]]
|Power Metal
|Ohio (early), Orlando, Florida (later)
|-
|[[Acheron]]
|Death/Black Metal
|Tampa, Florida (early), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (mid), Columbus, Ohio (later)
|-
|[[Bloodsick]]
|Death Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio (early); New Orleans, Louisiana (later)
|-
|[[Death Sigh Ritual]]
|Black Metal
|Mansfield, Ohio (early), New Orleans, Louisiana (later)
|-
|[[Early Man]]
|Heavy/Speed/Thrash Metal
|Columbus, Ohio (early), New York City (mid), Los Angeles, California (later)
|-
|[[Gravewürm]]
|Black/Death Metal
|Clarion, Pennsylvania (early), Oakton, Virginia (mid), Lakewood, Ohio (later)
|-
|[[Jack the Ripper]]
|Power Metal
|Columbia, South Carolina (early), Columbus, Ohio (later)
|-
|[[Jagged Edge]]
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio (early), Los Angeles, California (later)
|-
|[[Lamentations of the Ashen]]
|Black Metal
|Albuquerque, New Mexico (early, later), Ohio (mid)
|-
|[[Le Chant Funebre]]
|Atmospheric Black/Doom Metal
|Chicago, Illinois / Columbus, Ohio / Richmond, Virginia
|-
|[[Population Reduction]]
|Death/Thrash Metal/Grindcore
|Oberlin, Ohio (early) / San Francisco, California (later)
|-
|[[Ripped]]
|Progressive Death/Thrash Metal
|North Canton, Ohio (early), Tampa, Florida (mid), Houston, Texas (late)
|-
|[[Spiritus Mundi]]
|Thrash Metal
|Sylvania, Ohio - Dachau/Munich, Bavaria, Germany
|-
|[[The Approach and the Execution]]
|Melodic Death/Power Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio (early), Los Angeles, California (later)
|-
|[[Wretch]]
|Power/Thrash Metal
|Cleveland, Ohio (early, later), Los Angeles, California (mid)
|-
|[[Carri-On]]
|Heavy/Power Metal
|Danville, Kentucky (89-90), Cleveland, Ohio (90-96), Los Angeles, California (later)
|}
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