1993 107 dated entries
Genres held to have emerged
- Avant-garde metal metal
- Beatdown / metallic hardcore metal
- Blackened death metal metal
- Britpop rock
- Death 'n' roll metal
- Drone metal metal
- Folk metal metal
- Mathcore rock
- Melodic death metal metal
- Raw black 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
- Aura Noir
- Belphegor
- Botch
- Deeds of Flesh
- Dimmu Borgir
- Electric Wizard
- Jimmy Eat World
- Korn
- Limbonic Art
- Melechesh
- Moonblood
- Mournful Congregation
- Six Feet Under
- The Hives
- Theatre of Tragedy
- Waylander
Bands that ended
Scenes that ended
- 1993 Stockholm death metal Stockholm · 1988–1993