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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2022.
(Go to last year in Scandinavian music or next year in Scandinavian music.)
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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14 | Live at Montreux Jazz Festival | Anna von Hausswolff | Southern Lord, Pomperipossa Records | [16] | |
15 | Extreme | Molly Nilsson | Dark Skies Association, Night School | First album since 2018 | [17] |
21 | Circus of Doom | Battle Beast | Nuclear Blast | [18] | |
Acoustic Adventures – Volume One | Sonata Arctica | Atomic Fire | First acoustic album | [19] | |
28 | Flames of Perdition | Dawn of Solace | Noble Demon | [20] | |
Chimes at Midnight | Madrugada | Warner | [21] | ||
Motordrome | MØ | Columbia Records | [22] | ||
Live, New, Borrowed, Blue | The Quill | Compilation album | [23] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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11 | Halo | Amorphis | Atomic Fire Records | [24] | |
The Long Road North | Cult of Luna | Metal Blade Records | Featuring guest artists Colin Stetson and Laurent Brancowitz | [25] | |
Memoria | Trentemøller | In My Room | Featuring Lisbet Fritze | [26] | |
18 | Abyss Rising | Nightrage | Despotz Records | [27] | |
25 | Hammer of Dawn | HammerFall | Napalm Records | 12th studio album | [28] |
Return to the Void | Shape of Despair | [29] | |||
Kumbl | Svartsot | Mighty Music Records | 15th anniversary album | [30] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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4 | By Royal Decree | The Flower Kings | Inside Out Music | Double album | [31] |
The War to End All Wars | Sabaton | Nuclear Blast Records | Concept album | [32] | |
11 | Impera | Ghost | Loma Vista/Concord | Including "Hunter's Moon", which features in the film Halloween Kills | [33] |
Gate of the Gods | New Horizon | Frontiers Music Srl | Erik Grönwall with Jona Tee | [34] | |
18 | Bigfoot TV | Ronni Le Tekrø | TBC Records via Cargo Records | First solo album for six years | [35] |
A Night at the Nordic House | Týr | Metal Blade | Live album, recorded February 2020 | [36] | |
25 | Turborider | Reckless Love | AFM Records | Postponed from February | [37] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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1 | Avatars of Love | Sondre Lerche | Rough Trade | Double album; includes a duet with Aurora | [38] |
Shadowland | Wolf | Century Media | 9th studio album | [39] | |
8 | Isle of Wisdom | Hällas | Napalm Records | [40] | |
15 | Ynglingaättens Öde | Månegarm | Napalm Records. | [41] | |
Paradise Again | Swedish House Mafia | Republic | Featuring 070 Shake, ASAP Rocky, Connie Constance, Jacob Mühlrad, Mapei, Seinabo Sey, Sting, Ty Dolla Sign & the Weeknd | [42] | |
22 | Gult myrkur | Guðrið Hansdóttir | Nordic Notes | [43] | |
Black Miracles and Dark Wonders | Miseration | Massacre Records | Mixed and mastered by Plec | [44] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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6 | How to Let Go | Sigrid | Music for Nations | [45] | |
My Father's Son | Jani Liimatainen | Frontiers Music Srl | Featuring Tony Kakko, Timo Kotipelto, Antti Railio, et al | [46] | |
20 | Eyeye | Lykke Li | PIAS Recordings | [47] | |
27 | Justitia | Baest | Century Media Records | EP | [48] |
OMR | Omar Rudberg | Debut album | [49] | ||
Aerial | Anna Thorvaldsdóttir | Sono Luminus | Caput Ens; Nordic Affect; Iceland SO / Ilan Volkov et al (originally released on Deutsche Grammophon in 2014) | [50] | |
Flamingo Overload | Trollfest | Napalm Records | [51] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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3 | Be Here Soon | iamamiwhoami | To whom it may concern | First studio album for 8 years | [52] |
17 | Over the Horizon Radar | Jorn | Mixed and mastered by Alessandro Del Vecchio | [53] | |
Bliss | Tungsten | Arising Empire | [54] | ||
24 | Inhuman Spirits | Darkane | Massacre Records | [55] | |
Svartsyn | Khold | Soulseller Records | [56] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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8 | Wisdom | Altaria | Reaper Entertainment | 20th anniversary album (delayed by COVID-19) | [57] |
Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous | Blind Channel | Century Media Records | [58] | ||
22 | Nightside | Witchery | Century Media Records | [59] | |
29 | Deceivers | Arch Enemy | Century Media Records | [60] | |
Dead Inside | Torture Killer | The Other Records | EP - First release for 9 years | [61] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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5 | The Great Heathen Army | Amon Amarth | Metal Blade Records | [62] | |
12 | Days of the Lost | The Halo Effect | Century Media Records | Debut album | [63] |
Anti-Tank Dogs | Wolfbrigade | Agipunk / Armageddon | EP | [64] | |
19 | Drif | Heilung | Season of Mist | Recorded at Lava Studios Copenhagen | [65] |
Övergivenheten | Soilwork | Nuclear Blast | First album with Rasmus Ehrnborn as bassist | [66] | |
26 | Voices in the Sky | Brymir | Napalm Records | [67] | |
Final Advent | Dynazty | AFM Records | [68] | ||
March of the Obsequious | Tad Morose | GMR Music Group | Featuring Andreas Silén | [69] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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2 | Älskar | Nina Nesbitt | Cooking Vinyl | With Jack & Coke and Shy Martin | [70] |
9 | Ei Meillä Ole Kuin Loisemme | Ville Laihiala & Saattajat | Sakara Records | Debut solo album | [71] |
16 | The Great Seal | Spiritus Mortis | Svart Records | [72] | |
23 | Survive | Stratovarius | [73] | ||
30 | Fossora | Björk | One Little Independent Records | Inspired by the death of the artist's mother | [74] |
If the Sky Came Down | Lost Society | Nuclear Blast | [75] | ||
Acoustic Adventures – Volume Two | Sonata Arctica | Atomic Fire | [76] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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7 | En Är för Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog | Dungen | Mexican Summer | First album for 7 years | [77] |
If the Sky Came Down | Lost Society | Nuclear Blast | [78] | ||
14 | The Power of the Nightstar | Dragonland | AFM Records | [79] | |
Acoustic in Hell | Eleine | Atomic Fire Records | EP | [80] | |
Dirt Femme | Tove Lo | Pretty Swede Records | First independent release | [81] | |
21 | Death, Where Is Your Sting | Avatarium | AFM Records | [82] | |
Pandemonium | Gothminister | AFM Records | Largely recorded in Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo | [83] | |
Tár (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Deutsche Grammophon | Recorded at Abbey Road Studios | [84] | |
28 | Astral Fortress | Darkthrone | Peaceville Records | [85] | |
Grind Over Matter | Defleshed | Metal Blade Records | [86] | ||
Dystopia – Part II | Royal Hunt | NorthPoint Productions | Released on October 26 via King Records (Japan/SE Asia) | [87] | |
Leviathan II | Therion | Nuclear Blast | [88] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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11 | Til Klovers Takt | Kampfar | Indie Recordings | Ninth studio album | [89] |
18 | Sweet Evil Sun | Candlemass | Napalm Records | [90] | |
Seraph | Tine Thing Helseth | LAWO Classics | With Ensemble Allegria | [91] | |
25 | Diversum | In the Woods... | Soulseller Records | First album featuring vocalist Bernt Fjellestad | [92] |
Ofermodian Litanies | Ofermod | Shadow Records | Mini-album | [93] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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2 | Take a Chance – A Metal Tribute to ABBA | Amberian Dawn | Napalm Records | ABBA covers album | [94] |
25 | This Is Heavy Metal, Plain & Simple | Snowy Shaw | Compilation album | [95] | |
30 | Aamongandr | Satanic Warmaster | Werewolf Records | [96] |