2021 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2021.
(Go to last year in Scandinavian music or next year in Scandinavian music.)

Events[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

  • 20 February
    • In the final of Melodi Grand Prix 2021, the 59th edition of Norway's national selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest, Tix is selected as the country's representative, with the song "Fallen Angel".[5]
    • In the Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021, the 10th edition of Finland's national selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest, the rock group Blind Channel are selected as the country's representatives, with their song "Dark Side".[6]

March[edit]

May[edit]

May[edit]

  • 19 May – It is announced that two members of Gagnamagnið, Iceland's competitors at the Eurovision Song Contest, have tested positive for COVID-19, meaning that their appearance in the semi-final and final have to be based on footage from their rehearsal at Rotterdam Ahoy, recorded on 13 May.[11][12]
  • 20 May – In the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, Denmark fail to qualify for the final.[13]
  • 22 May – In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, held in Rotterdam, Netherlands,[14] Iceland finish in 4th place, Finland in 6th place, Sweden in 14th place, and Norway in 18th place.[15]

June[edit]

July[edit]

  • 7 July – Bingsjöstämning, an annual folk festival held near Uppsala, Sweden, takes place online, the live festival having been cancelled because of continuing COVID-19 restrictions.[18]

August[edit]

October[edit]

November[edit]

Albums released[edit]

January[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
8 Welfare Jazz Viagra Boys YEAR0001 [24]
15 En gång i tiden Benjamin Ingrosso TEN Music Ingrosso's first album in Swedish language [25]
22 Leviathan Therion Nuclear Blast [26]
Kvitravn Wardruna Norse Music Postponed from April 2020 [27]
Never Say Die Wig Wam Frontiers Records [28]
29 Imperial Soen Silver Lining Music [29]
Where the Gloom Becomes Sound Tribulation Metal Blade (U.S.); Century Media [30]

February[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
5 The Raging River Cult of Luna Red Crk Recordings EP; guest appearance by Mark Lanegan [31]
Jylhä Korpiklaani Nuclear Blast Digital album, CD, black vinyl and green vinyl [32]
Sturle Dagsland Sturle Dagsland Debut album, recorded in Stavanger [33]
Oakland moments: cello, voice, reuniting (rejoicing) Torben Ulrich & Lori Goldston via Bandcamp [34]
12 Riddles, Ruins & Revelations Sirenia Napalm Records [35]
19 Among Ashes and Monoliths Ablaze My Sorrow Black Lion Records [36]
Neyslutrans Remixed Hatari Svikamylla Remixes of songs that appeared on Hatari's debut album, Neyslutrans [37]
26 North Star Einherjer Streaming via Bandcamp [38]
Escape of the Phoenix Evergrey [39]

March[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
5 Necro Sapiens Baest [40]
Poster Girl Zara Larsson TEN, Epic #3 on Swedish album chart [41]
The Sognametal Legacy Windir Season of Mist Compilation album, on vinyl [42]
12 Heart Healer Heart Healer Frontiers Records Magnus Karlsson's project to create the first metal opera using female singers only. [43]
Royal Destroyer The Crown Metal Blade Records [44]
19 Live by Fire II Enforcer Nuclear Blast Records Live album [45]
Ding Dong. You're Dead. Hedvig Mollestad Trio Rune Grammofon [46]
Happy Heroes Trollfest Napalm Records EP [47][48]
26 Earthrise The Quill Ninth full-length album [49]

April[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
2 Shadows of Iconoclasm Darkthrone Peaceville Records Box set [50]
9 Norwegian Gothic Årabrot Pelagic Produced by Jaime Gomez Arellano [51]
Vultures Die Alone Arion Produced by Matias Kupiainen [52]
16 Have Courage Dear Heart Liv Kristine Nuclear Blast 9-track EP; digital version only released on this date [53]
23 Paint the Sky with Blood Bodom After Midnight Napalm Records EP; featuring final work of Alexi Laiho [54]
30 Out of the Ashes Into the Fire Axewitch Pure Steel Records First album since 1985 [55]
Ups!de Down Electric Boys Mighty Music Recorded at Ghost Ward studios; co-produced with David Castillo [56]
Wild North West Vreid Season of Mist [57]

May[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
1 Green Valley Live Candlemass Peaceville Live album, including one new track [58]
7 Virgo Sarah Klang Pangur Records [59]
Seek Shelter Iceage Mexican Summer First album featuring Casper Morilla Fernandez. Two tracks feature the Lisboa Gospel Collective. [60]
21 Welcome Daði Freyr AWAL EP [61]
Witness VOLA Mascot Records The band's first top ten album on the UK Rock Albums chart [62]
28 Creatures of the Dark Realm Bloodbound AFM Records 9th studio album [63]
Svartrviðr King of Asgard Mixed and mastered by Magnus Devo Andersson at Endarker Studio (Sweden) [64]

June[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
11 Lay Down and Be Counted General Surgery EP [65]
Needles of Rust This Ending Black Lion Records Recorded, mixed and mastered at Wing Studios by Sverker Widgren [66]
18 The Enigma Birth Timo Tolkki's Avalon Frontiers Music Srl featuring Raphael Mendes [67]
25 Eternal Hails Darkthrone [68]
Opus Ferox – The Great Escape Loch Vostok [69]
Fun Is Not a Straight Line Sasu Ripatti Planet Mu [70]

July[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
2 The Nightmare of Being At the Gates Century Mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren [71]
9 Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies Snoh Aalegra ARTium, Roc Nation [72]
Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando Mayhem Century EP [73]
23 Parabellum Yngwie Malmsteen Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group [74]
30 Sprinkles Kasper Bjørke Instrumental [citation needed]
Arete Netherbird Eisenwald [75]
20 Years of Gloom, Beauty and Despair – Live in Helsinki Swallow the Sun Century Media Records Live album [76]

August[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
13 Negative Act of Denial Crusader Records/Golden Robot Records Debut album [77]
20 Hexahedron – Live at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Ulver Live album recorded in April 2018 [78]
27 Aphelion Leprous InsideOut Music Recorded at studios in Sweden and Norway [79]
The Tritonus Bell Hooded Menace Mixed by Andy LaRocque [80]
Vanagandr Thyrfing Despotz Records Co-recorded and co-produced by Jakob Herrmann at Top Floor Studios, Gothenburg; mixed by Jacob Hansen [81]

September[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
10 Back on Track M.ill.ion AOR Heaven Mixed by Simon Hanhart and mastered by Tim Debney [82]
Strong Anette Olzon Frontiers Music Srl Written and composed in collaboration with Magnus Karlsson [83]
17 Argent Moon Insomnium Century Media Records EP [84]
24 Companion Skepticism Svart Records First album since 2015 [85]
Shaman (EP) Orbit Culture Seek & Strike Produced, mixed and mastered by Niklas Karlsson [86]

October[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
1 Mnemosynean Katatonia Peaceville Records Compilation album [87]
8 Imperial Congregation Blood Red Throne Nuclear Blast [88]
Wired Eclipse [89]
15 God Ends Here Aeon Metal Blade Records [90]
Måsstaden under vatten Vildhjarta Century Media First album with Buster Odeholm as drummer [91]
22 Arsonist of the Soul Burning Point AFM Records First album for five years [92]
29 The Sixth Storm Count Raven I Hate Records First album for 12 years [93]
WoduridaR Helheim Dark Essence Recorded at Conclave & Earshot Studio [94]

November[edit]

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 [95]
Allsighr Sarke Soulseller Records Recorded by Børge Finstad and Kevin Kleiven at Top Room Studios [96]
12 Angel of Carnage Unleashed Darkwoods My Betrothed Napalm Records Featuring Tuomas Holopainen [97]
19 Moonflowers Swallow the Sun Bonus instrumental album composed for strings and recorded at Sipoo Church in Finland [98]
26 Worship the Eternal Darkness Archgoat Debemur Morti Productions [99]
Heaven in Hiding Imminence We Are Triumphant Records [100]
The Bleeding Veil In Mourning Agonia Records [101]
Lordiversity Lordi Box set of seven albums [102]

December[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
3 Victory in Blood Unanimated First studio album for 10 years [103]
Servant of the Mind Volbeat Republic Records Featuring Stine Bramsen [104]
10 Praesentialis in Aeternum Funeral mixed and mastered by Børge Finstad [105]
A Gentleman's Legacy The Murder of My Sweet Featuring Mike Palace and Patrick Janson [106]
17 1349 Memory Garden No Remorse Records First full-length album for 8 years [107]

Eurovision Song Contest[edit]

Classical works[edit]

Opera[edit]

Film and television music[edit]

Deaths[edit]

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