2010 88 dated entries
What happened
- — Babymetal are assembled as an idol subunit J-pop and metal combined on an apparently absurd premise, backed by some of Japan's finest session players.
Genres held to have emerged
- Emo revival rock
- Kawaii metal metal
- Progressive metalcore metal
A genre's date is an approximation historians argue about, unlike the events above it — the same distinction the timeline draws.
Bands formed
Bands that ended
Scenes that ended
- 2010 Finnish metal Finland · 1996–2010
- 2010 Montreal Montreal · 1997–2010