Stone Temple Pilots

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

It was a year with grunge on the way out and nu-metal's explosion about a year away. Let's look at the transitional year of rock and metal albums from 1996.

Here is a breakdown of the best rock and metal albums of all-time that have been released form each day of June.

September is traditionally the month where the biggest releases of the year are issued. So what rock + metal albums have left their marks on the ninth month?

From grunge to nu-metal, pop-punk to Brit-rock and all the alternative stuff around it, the '90s were a great period for rock music.

Going deep, but you're still listening.

From grunge to nu-metal, pop-punk to Brit-rock and all the alternative stuff around it, the '90s were a great period for rock music.

There were some REALLY diverse line-ups back then!