2019 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 2019.

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

December

Albums released

January

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
4 Iihtallan Festerday First full-length album [38]
11 Verkligheten Soilwork Nuclear Blast [39]
18 Last Call: Live in Helsinki Remu & Hurriganes [40]
Covered in Blood Arch Enemy Compilation album [41]
25 Songs for the Dead Live King Diamond Live album & Blu-Ray DVD [42]

February

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
1 And Then Comes The Night Mats Eilertsen, Harmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen ECM [43]
Lotus Soen [44]
8 Dualistic Dualistic (Bernt Moen, Fredrik Sahlander, Tobias Solbakk) Losen [45]
Tana Sverre Gjørvad Losen [46]
Æ Anton Eger Edition Produced by Petter Eldh and Anton Eger, Executive producer Dave Stapleton [47]
22 Quilter Thomas T Dahl Losen Produced by Thomas T Dahl [48]
The Door to Doom Candlemass Featuring Tony Iommi [49]
Come Home Rigmor Gustafsson ACT [50]
Esoteric Oppression The Moth Gatherer Agonia Records [51]

March

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
1 Human Darkwater [52]
Léon Léon Léon Recordings Digital download only [53]
Sucker Punch Sigrid Island Records Produced by Martin Sjølie [54]
Westkust Westkust Run for Cover Records Vocalist Julia Bjernelind plays guitar alongside Brian Cukrowski, drummer Philip Söderlind and new bassist Pär Karlsson [55]
8 Wings of Fire Brymir [56]
Beyond the Void Iron Fire [57]
Hexed Children of Bodom Danger Johnny Produced by Mikko Karmila [58]
Voyage Daniel Herskedal Edition Produced by Daniel Herskedal, Executive producer Dave Stapleton [59]
15 Teipillä tai rakkaudella Anna Abreu [60]
22 Sounds Of 3 Edition 2 Per Mathisen feat. Ulf Wakenius and Gary Husband Losen [61]

April

Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
12 Hamferð Ódn (EP) [62]
19 Per Wiberg Head Without Eye Despotz Records First solo album [63]
26 Arvingarna I do Columbia Records [64]
Helheim Rignir Dark Essence Records [65]
Månegarm Fornaldarsagorna [66]
Promoe The Art of Losing [67]

May

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
3 Ofidians Manifest Kampfar Indie Recordings [68]
10 Glory Chord Bigbang Grand Sport Records [69]
Dark Morph Dark Morph Collaboration between Jónsi and Carl Michael von Hausswolff [70]
Departure Eyolf Dale Edition Records In collaboration with Andre Roligheten [71]
11 Drone Activity Ulver [72]
17 The King Live in Paris Avatar Live album [73]
24 Northbound Eivind Austad Trio Losen [74]

June

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
7 Första klass Einár Self-released Digital download; reached no 1 in Swedish charts
One Fire Combichrist [75]
12 & Co. Daði Freyr Samlist ehf [76]
14 Return to Eden Timo Tolkki's Avalon Frontiers Music [77]

July

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
5 Outstrider Abbath Season of Mist Named one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019 by Loudwire[78] [79]
Live Bullet Live album [80]
19 The Great War Sabaton Nuclear Blast Produced by Jonas Kjellgren [81]
26 Recordead Live – Sextourcism in Z7 Lordi AFM Records First official Live DVD of the band [82]

August

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
2 Rewind, Replay, Rebound Volbeat Vertigo, Republic, Universal First studio album with Kaspar Boye Larsen on bass [83]
16 Dominion HammerFall [84]
30 In the Raw Tarja Turunen earMUSIC featuring Björn "Speed" Strid, Tommy Karevik and Cristina Scabbia [85]

September

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
5 Nummer 1 Einár Self-released Digital download; reached no 1 in Swedish charts [86]
13 Rust Crashdïet Diet Records; Frontiers Music Srl First full-length album with Gabriel Keyes as vocalist [87]

October

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
4 Heart Like a Grave Insomnium Century Media Records Mixed by Jens Bogren [88]
18 Alpha and the Omega Konkhra Hammerheart Records [89]
25 Transition Art Nation Gain Music Entertainment Third studio album [90]
Pitfalls Leprous InsideOutMusic [91]
Daemon Mayhem Century Media [92]

November

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
8 Songs the Night Sings The Dark Element Featuring Anette Olzon and Jani Liimatainen [93]
The Enemy: Reality Wolfbrigade Southern Lord [94]
15 Fairytale – Joulun taikaa Saara Aalto Warner Music Formats: Digital download, CD
Non Debellicata Ragnarok [95]

December

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
3 9 Elu Laura Põldvere Oh! Joy productions [96]
6 Brave Tin World The Murder of My Sweet Frontiers Music [97]
Decades: Live in Buenos Aires Nightwish Nuclear Blast Live album issued as Blu-ray digibook, 2CD digipak, Blu-ray+2CD earbook and 3LP [98]

Classical works

Film and television scores

Musical films

Eurovision Song Contest

Deaths

References

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