1995 125 dated entries
What happened
- — At the Gates release Slaughter of the Soul The most copied metal record of its decade.
Genres held to have emerged
- Instrumental prog metal metal
A genre's date is an approximation historians argue about, unlike the events above it — the same distinction the timeline draws.
Bands formed
- Bongzilla
- Creed
- Devourment
- Hatebreed
- His Hero Is Gone
- Mogwai
- Moonsorrow
- Nickelback
- PFM
- Rhapsody of Fire
- Silencer
- Slipknot
- System of a Down
- The Berzerker
- The Promise Ring
- Within Temptation
- Xasthur
Bands that ended
Scenes that ended
- 1995 Tampa Tampa, Florida · 1987–1995