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What happened

• — Metallica release Kill 'Em All NWOBHM riffs at hardcore tempos, and thrash metal exists.

Genres held to have emerged

• Bay Area thrash metal
• Noise rock rock
• Thrash metal metal
• US 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

• Bathory
• Coroner
• Destruction
• Faith No More
• Guided by Voices
• Living Colour
• Megadeth
• Melvins
• Morbid Angel
• My Bloody Valentine
• NOFX
• Omen
• Poison
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Rites of Spring
• Samhain
• Testament
• The Flaming Lips
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• The Waterboys
• This Mortal Coil

Bands that ended

• Minor Threat
• The Animals