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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2021.
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Welfare Jazz | Viagra Boys | YEAR0001 | [25] | |
| 15 | En gång i tiden | Benjamin Ingrosso | TEN Music | Ingrosso's first album in Swedish language | [26] |
| 22 | Leviathan | Therion | Nuclear Blast | [27] | |
| Kvitravn | Wardruna | Norse Music | Postponed from April 2020 | [28] | |
| Never Say Die | Wig Wam | Frontiers Records | [29] | ||
| 29 | Imperial | Soen | Silver Lining Music | [30] | |
| Where the Gloom Becomes Sound | Tribulation | Metal Blade (U.S.); Century Media | [31] | ||
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | The Raging River | Cult of Luna | Red Crk Recordings | EP; guest appearance by Mark Lanegan | [32] |
| Jylhä | Korpiklaani | Nuclear Blast | Digital album, CD, black vinyl and green vinyl | [33] | |
| Sturle Dagsland | Sturle Dagsland | Debut album, recorded in Stavanger | [34] | ||
| Oakland moments: cello, voice, reuniting (rejoicing) | Torben Ulrich & Lori Goldston | via Bandcamp | [35] | ||
| 12 | Riddles, Ruins & Revelations | Sirenia | Napalm Records | [36] | |
| 19 | Among Ashes and Monoliths | Ablaze My Sorrow | Black Lion Records | [37] | |
| Neyslutrans Remixed | Hatari | Svikamylla | Remixes of songs that appeared on Hatari's debut album, Neyslutrans | [38] | |
| 26 | North Star | Einherjer | Streaming via Bandcamp | [39] | |
| Escape of the Phoenix | Evergrey | [40] | |||
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Necro Sapiens | Baest | [41] | ||
| Poster Girl | Zara Larsson | TEN, Epic | #3 on Swedish album chart | [42] | |
| The Sognametal Legacy | Windir | Season of Mist | Compilation album, on vinyl | [43] | |
| 12 | Heart Healer | Heart Healer | Frontiers Records | Magnus Karlsson's project to create the first metal opera using female singers only. | [44] |
| Royal Destroyer | The Crown | Metal Blade Records | [45] | ||
| 19 | Live by Fire II | Enforcer | Nuclear Blast Records | Live album | [46] |
| Ding Dong. You're Dead. | Hedvig Mollestad Trio | Rune Grammofon | [47] | ||
| Happy Heroes | Trollfest | Napalm Records | EP | [48] [49] | |
| 26 | Earthrise | The Quill | Ninth full-length album | [50] | |
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Shadows of Iconoclasm | Darkthrone | Peaceville Records | Box set | [51] |
| 9 | Norwegian Gothic | Årabrot | Pelagic | Produced by Jaime Gomez Arellano | [52] |
| Vultures Die Alone | Arion | Produced by Matias Kupiainen | [53] | ||
| 16 | Have Courage Dear Heart | Liv Kristine | Nuclear Blast | 9-track EP; digital version only released on this date | [54] |
| 23 | Paint the Sky with Blood | Bodom After Midnight | Napalm Records | EP; featuring final work of Alexi Laiho | [55] |
| 30 | Out of the Ashes Into the Fire | Axewitch | Pure Steel Records | First album since 1985 | [56] |
| Ups!de Down | Electric Boys | Mighty Music | Recorded at Ghost Ward studios; co-produced with David Castillo | [57] | |
| Wild North West | Vreid | Season of Mist | [58] | ||
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Valley Live | Candlemass | Peaceville | Live album, including one new track | [59] |
| 7 | Virgo | Sarah Klang | Pangur Records | [60] | |
| Seek Shelter | Iceage | Mexican Summer | First album featuring Casper Morilla Fernandez. Two tracks feature the Lisboa Gospel Collective. | [61] | |
| 21 | Welcome | Daði Freyr | AWAL | EP | [62] |
| Witness | VOLA | Mascot Records | The band's first top ten album on the UK Rock Albums chart | [63] | |
| 28 | Creatures of the Dark Realm | Bloodbound | AFM Records | 9th studio album | [64] |
| Svartrviðr | King of Asgard | Mixed and mastered by Magnus Devo Andersson at Endarker Studio (Sweden) | [65] | ||
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Lay Down and Be Counted | General Surgery | EP | [66] | |
| Needles of Rust | This Ending | Black Lion Records | Recorded, mixed and mastered at Wing Studios by Sverker Widgren | [67] | |
| 18 | The Enigma Birth | Timo Tolkki's Avalon | Frontiers Music Srl | featuring Raphael Mendes | [68] |
| 25 | Eternal Hails | Darkthrone | [69] | ||
| Opus Ferox – The Great Escape | Loch Vostok | [70] | |||
| Fun Is Not a Straight Line | Sasu Ripatti | Planet Mu | [71] | ||
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | The Nightmare of Being | At the Gates | Century | Mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren | [72] |
| 9 | Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies | Snoh Aalegra | ARTium, Roc Nation | [73] | |
| Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando | Mayhem | Century | EP | [74] | |
| 23 | Parabellum | Yngwie Malmsteen | Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group | [75] | |
| 30 | Sprinkles | Kasper Bjørke | Instrumental | [ citation needed ] | |
| Arete | Netherbird | Eisenwald | [76] | ||
| 20 Years of Gloom, Beauty and Despair – Live in Helsinki | Swallow the Sun | Century Media Records | Live album | [77] | |
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Negative | Act of Denial | Crusader Records/Golden Robot Records | Debut album | [78] |
| 20 | Hexahedron – Live at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter | Ulver | Live album recorded in April 2018 | [79] | |
| 27 | Aphelion | Leprous | InsideOut Music | Recorded at studios in Sweden and Norway | [80] |
| The Tritonus Bell | Hooded Menace | Mixed by Andy LaRocque | [81] | ||
| Vanagandr | Thyrfing | Despotz Records | Co-recorded and co-produced by Jakob Herrmann at Top Floor Studios, Gothenburg; mixed by Jacob Hansen | [82] | |
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Back on Track | M.ill.ion | AOR Heaven | Mixed by Simon Hanhart and mastered by Tim Debney | [83] |
| Strong | Anette Olzon | Frontiers Music Srl | Written and composed in collaboration with Magnus Karlsson | [84] | |
| 17 | Argent Moon | Insomnium | Century Media Records | EP | [85] |
| 24 | Companion | Skepticism | Svart Records | First album since 2015 | [86] |
| Shaman (EP) | Orbit Culture | Seek & Strike | Produced, mixed and mastered by Niklas Karlsson | [87] | |
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mnemosynean | Katatonia | Peaceville Records | Compilation album | [88] |
| 8 | Imperial Congregation | Blood Red Throne | Nuclear Blast | [89] | |
| Wired | Eclipse | [90] | |||
| 15 | God Ends Here | Aeon | Metal Blade Records | [91] | |
| Måsstaden under vatten | Vildhjarta | Century Media | First album with Buster Odeholm as drummer | [92] | |
| 22 | Arsonist of the Soul | Burning Point | AFM Records | First album for five years | [93] |
| 29 | The Sixth Storm | Count Raven | I Hate Records | First album for 12 years | [94] |
| WoduridaR | Helheim | Dark Essence | Recorded at Conclave & Earshot Studio | [95] | |
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Voyage | ABBA | Polar Music/Universal Music | Produced by Benny Andersson | [22] |
| Origin | Omnium Gatherum | Century Media Records | Mixed by Jens Bogren and mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios | [96] | |
| Allsighr | Sarke | Soulseller Records | Recorded by Børge Finstad and Kevin Kleiven at Top Room Studios | [97] | |
| 12 | Angel of Carnage Unleashed | Darkwoods My Betrothed | Napalm Records | Featuring Tuomas Holopainen | [98] |
| Won't Let the Sun Go Down | The Mamas | Universal Music | EP | [99] | |
| 19 | Moonflowers | Swallow the Sun | Bonus instrumental album composed for strings and recorded at Sipoo Church in Finland | [100] | |
| 26 | Worship the Eternal Darkness | Archgoat | Debemur Morti Productions | [101] | |
| Heaven in Hiding | Imminence | We Are Triumphant Records | [102] | ||
| The Bleeding Veil | In Mourning | Agonia Records | [103] | ||
| Lordiversity | Lordi | Box set of seven albums | [104] | ||
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Victory in Blood | Unanimated | First studio album for 10 years | [105] | |
| Servant of the Mind | Volbeat | Republic Records | Featuring Stine Bramsen | [106] | |
| 10 | Praesentialis in Aeternum | Funeral | mixed and mastered by Børge Finstad | [107] | |
| A Gentleman's Legacy | The Murder of My Sweet | Featuring Mike Palace and Patrick Janson | [108] | ||
| 17 | 1349 | Memory Garden | No Remorse Records | First full-length album for 8 years | [109] |