1990 105 dated entries
Genres held to have emerged
- Alt-country / Americana rock
- Death-doom metal
- Deathgrind metal
- Groove metal metal
- Metalcore metal
- Mincecore metal
- Pagan / Viking black metal metal
- Skate punk rock
- Stoner rock rock
- Viking metal metal
- War metal / bestial metal
A genre's date is an approximation historians argue about, unlike the events above it — the same distinction the timeline draws.
Bands formed
- Anathema
- Arcturus
- At the Gates
- Blur
- Brutal Truth
- Converge
- Crossed Out
- Drive Like Jehu
- Earth
- Fear Factory
- Fu Manchu
- In Flames
- Lagwagon
- Live
- Merauder
- My Dying Bride
- Opeth
- Pearl Jam
- Regurgitate
- Sigh
- Skyclad
- Sleep
- Spiritualized
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Thergothon
- Tool
Bands that ended
Scenes that began
- 1990 Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden · 1990–1999