2009 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2009.

Contents

Events

New works

Film scores and incidental music

Albums released

January

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
23 Sirenia The 13th Floor Nuclear Blast Records Partly recorded in the US [25]
30 Deathstars Night Electric Night Nuclear Blast [26]

February

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
3 This Ending Dead HarvestMetal Blade [27]
25 Syster Sol Dömd att bli bedömdRudeboy Records [28]
27 Arch Enemy Manifesto of Arch Enemy Century Media Records Compilation album [29]

March

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
11 Nightwish Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places) Spinefarm, Roadrunner, Nuclear BlastLive album [30]
31 March 2009 (US)
Dark the Suns All Ends in Silence Firebox Records [31]

April

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
9 Beherit Engram Spinefarm Records [32]
15 Ajattara NoitumaaRanka Recordings [33]
21 Bloodbound Tabula RasaBlistering Records [34]
27 Unanimated In the Light of Darkness Regain RecordsFirst album after a ten-year break [35]

May

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
6 Amoral Show Your Colors SpinefarmFirst album with Ari Koivunen [36]
13 Amberian Dawn The Clouds of Northland Thunder KHY Suomen Musiikki [37]
29 Alexander Rybak Fairytales EMI Debut album [38]

June

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
16 Madder Mortem Eight Ways Peaceville Records [39]
24 Elias Viljanen Fire-Hearted Spinefarm Records [40]

July

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
29 Pantheon I Worlds I Create Candlelight Records [41]

August

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
28 Jorn Dukebox AFM Records Compilation of tracks from Jørn Lande's solo albums [42]

September

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
7 Solveig Slettahjell & Slow Motion OrchestraTarpan Seasons Universal Music Group [43]
22 Children of Bodom Skeletons in the Closet Spinefarm Records Compilation album [44]

October

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
2 Scar Symmetry Dark Matter Dimensions Nuclear BlastFirst album without Christian Älvestam [45]
14 Decadence ChargepointUniversal [46]
Waltari Below Zero Stay Heavy Records [47]
12 Tord Gustavsen Ensemble Restored, Returned ECM Records Featuring Kristin Asbjørnsen, Tore Brunborg, Mats Eilertsen and Jarle Vespestad [48]

November

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
2 Katatonia Night Is the New Day Peaceville Records [49]

December

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
9 Yngwie Malmsteen High Impact Rising Force Records Compilation album [50]

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