1990s

It's the '80s and '90s that's left with Metallica and Pantera going head to head in the March Madness championship.

Bands like Nine Inch Nails, Sublime and Deftones have dipped back into the past to give a hit from the '80s a second life.

Rock, grunge, pop-punk, alternative, metal, Brit-rock, funk rock, ska punk and more populated the airwaves in 1996.

See Loudwire's picks for the best metal song of each year since 1970, alongside the runner-up choices!