1997 114 dated entries
Genres held to have emerged
- Black 'n' roll metal
- Post-metal / atmospheric sludge metal
A genre's date is an approximation historians argue about, unlike the events above it — the same distinction the timeline draws.
Bands formed
- Akercocke
- American Football
- Finntroll
- Flogging Molly
- Interpol
- Isis
- Kid Dynamite
- Lacuna Coil
- Liquid Tension Experiment
- New Found Glory
- Orchid
- Paysage d'Hiver
- Pig Destroyer
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- The White Stripes
- Thursday
Bands that ended
Scenes that began
- 1997 Montreal Montreal · 1997–2010