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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2020.
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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2 | Manifest | Amaranthe | Nuclear Blast | First album to feature Nils Molin | [24] |
10 | Cell-0 | Apocalyptica | Silver Lining Music | First album after a 4-year break | [25] |
17 | Contemporary Concertos by Pesson, Abrahamsen & Strasnoy | Alexandre Tharaud | Erato | Includes Left, Alone by Hans Abrahamsen | [26] |
To Fathom the Master’s Grand Design | Horned Almighty | [27] | |||
31 | Killection | Lordi | AFM Records | [28] | |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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7 | Valittu kansa | Antti Tuisku | Warner Music Finland | Tuisku's sixth number-one album | [29] |
14 | Telemark (EP) | Ihsahn | Candlelight | First of two companion five-song EPs | [30] |
Splid | Kvelertak | Rise Records | Recorded with Kurt Ballou at Godcity Studio | [31] | |
21 | No Absolution | Lost Society | Co-written with Joonas Parkkonen | [32] | |
Myopia | Agnes Obel | Strange Harvest Limited | [33] | ||
28 | The Great Conspiracy | Nils Patrik Johansson | Metalville | Concept album about the unsolved murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme | [34] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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6 | Violent Pop | Blind Channel | Ranka Kustannus | The band define their musical style as "violent pop" | [35] |
13 | Feeding the Machine | Wolf | Century Media Records | [36] | |
20 | Folkesange | Myrkur | Relapse Records | [37] | |
Gothica Fennica, Vol. 1 | Ville Valo | EP - First solo release | [38] | ||
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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3 | The Dark Delight | Dynazty | First single from album was released in January | [39] | |
10 | Human. :II: Nature. | Nightwish | Nuclear Blast | First album to feature Kai Hahto as an official band member | [40] |
17 | Global Warning | Turmion Kätilöt | Nuclear Blast | [41] | |
Í miðjum kjarnorkuvetri | JóiPé & Króli | Nuclear Blast | [42] | ||
24 | City Burials | Katatonia | [43] | ||
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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7 | KAJ 10 (Live) | KAJ | Live album | [ citation needed ] | |
8 | Leaves of Yesteryear | Green Carnation | Season Of Mist | The band's first new album for 14 years | [44] |
Cerecloth | Naglfar | Century Media | [45] | ||
Black Metal | Witchcraft | Nuclear Blast | Acoustic album | [46] | |
29 | Lamenting of the Innocent | Sorcerer | Metal Blade | Featuring guests Johan Langquist and Svante Henryson | [47] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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12 | We Are the Night | Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall | Frontiers Music Srl | Third album | [48] |
26 | From a Dying Ember | Falconer | Metal Blade Records | Ninth and final studio album | [49] |
Call for Winter | Daniel Herskedal | Edition Records | [50] | ||
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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3 | All That She Wants: The Classic Collection | Ace of Base | Edsel (Demon Music Group) | Commemorative box set | [51] |
10 | Thalassic | Ensiferum | Metal Blade Records | Featuring new vocalist Pekka Montin | [52] |
17 | Grim | Dark Sarah | Napalm Records | [53] | |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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7 | Hunter Gatherer | Avatar | eOne Music | [54] | |
28 | Panther | Pain of Salvation | InsideOut Music | Produced by Daniel Gildenlöw & Daniel Bergstrand | [55] |
Flowers of Evil | Ulver | House of Mythology | Mixed by Martin Glover and Michael Rendall | [56] | |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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4 | Swan Lake | Santtu-Matias Rouvali and the Philharmonia Orchestra | Signum Records | The Philharmonia's first recording with Rouvali as conductor. Recorded in 2019. | [57] |
18 | Vredesvävd | Finntroll | Century Media Records | [58] | |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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2 | Dance | Tingvall Trio | Skip Records | [59] | |
Manifest | Amaranthe | Nuclear Blast | With guest appearances by Noora Louhimo, Perttu Kivilaakso, Elias Holmlid and Heidi Shepherd | [60] | |
Utgard | Enslaved | Nuclear Blast | [61] | ||
9 | Dawn of the Damned | Necrophobic | Century Media | Video directed by Magnus Göthlund | [62] |
16 | Bluu Afroo | Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra | SteepleChase | [63] | |
23 | I svunnen tid | Ralph Lundsten | [64] | ||
Live! Against the World | HammerFall | Live album | [65] | ||
The Last Viking | Leaves' Eyes | AFM Records | Produced by Alexander Krull at Mastersound Studio. | [66] | |
30 | Under a Godless Veil | Draconian | Napalm Records | [67] | |
Formed by Mistakes | Small Time Giants | [68] | |||
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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6 | Endless Twilight of Codependent Love | Sólstafir | Season of Mist | [69] | |
20 | Moment | Dark Tranquillity | Nuclear Blast | First album featuring guitarists Christopher Amott and Johan Reinholdz (replacing Niklas Sundin) | [70] |
27 | Edder & Bile | Cadaver | Nuclear Blast | First full-length album for 16 years | [71] |
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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4 | Necromancy | Persuader | Frontiers Music | First album without Fredrik Hedström; includes their first single in six years | [72] |
A Whisp of the Atlantic (EP) | Soilwork | Nuclear Blast | [73] | ||