INCOMING
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) |