1996 116 dated entries
Genres held to have emerged
- Symphonic metal metal
- Symphonic power 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
- Belle and Sebastian
- Camera Obscura
- Cattle Decapitation
- Drive-By Truckers
- Dropkick Murphys
- Nightwish
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Shining
- Unexpect
Bands that ended
Scenes that began
- 1996 Finnish metal Finland · 1996–2010
Scenes that ended
- 1996 Palm Desert Palm Desert, California · 1987–1996