---
title: "Ólafur Arnalds"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/olafur-arnalds"
genre: "Heavy Metal"
country: "Iceland"
formed: 1986
---

# Ólafur Arnalds

**Ólafur Arnalds** is a heavy metal band, from Iceland, active 1986 to present.

Ólafur Arnalds is an Icelandic multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland. He mixes strings and piano with loops and beats, a sound ranging from ambient/electronic to atmospheric pop. He is also the former drummer for hardcore punk and metal bands Fighting Shit, Celestine, and others.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93lafur_Arnalds

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Ólafur Arnalds |
| Genre | Heavy Metal |
| Parent genre | Heavy Metal |
| Origin | Mosfellsbær, Iceland |
| Formed | 1986 |
| Releases in catalog | 22 |

## Genres

[Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | [Eulogy for Evolution](https://themetalnet.com/album/a817f678-7588-3e3e-8664-13c2e6cdab2c) | Album |
| 2008 | [Variations of Static](https://themetalnet.com/album/a6672b8c-00aa-3421-a92d-d982febd21e3) | EP |
| 2009 | [Found Songs](https://themetalnet.com/album/47fe472d-fc2a-3aa2-a676-51916087957d) | EP |
| 2010 | […and They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness](https://themetalnet.com/album/aee639f8-876d-4fac-9c52-759d4efeeca9) | Album |
| 2010 | [Endalaus](https://themetalnet.com/album/a90fe84b-3f6d-4229-bba8-549e9a21ab39) | EP |
| 2011 | [Living Room Songs](https://themetalnet.com/album/2279eda3-ba76-4955-90d3-285616b2d220) | EP |
| 2012 | [Stare](https://themetalnet.com/album/03f8328c-40a4-475a-9b0f-419b1ae404bb) | EP |
| 2013 | [For Now I Am Winter](https://themetalnet.com/album/3e4c0fe3-e9f5-42e2-b907-42dc234fe793) | Album |
| 2013 | [The Winter EP](https://themetalnet.com/album/7c52581a-375b-47b3-8c9f-192c23b4acd7) | EP |
| 2015 | [Loon](https://themetalnet.com/album/2c377e60-6fe6-43ad-9c9f-54675aa6a4b0) | EP |
| 2015 | [The Chopin Project](https://themetalnet.com/album/5d9c775d-0805-4c48-8673-6d37290b2542) | Album |
| 2016 | [Island Songs](https://themetalnet.com/album/42a876ed-6159-4b93-a237-6497d8bc3045) | Album |
| 2016 | [Trance Frendz](https://themetalnet.com/album/a2c4982e-8e7f-4380-b651-2a8c19a7abb9) | Album |
| 2018 | [re:member](https://themetalnet.com/album/8c1144c4-2dbc-470b-af0d-bcc24a27eb59) | Album |
| 2019 | [re:member — choir versions](https://themetalnet.com/album/238cfd62-a6a3-4eba-8eba-be31a6450905) | EP |
| 2019 | [re:member — string quartets](https://themetalnet.com/album/6f490c4d-dcc0-4a3c-894f-9c4bf2921f94) | EP |
| 2020 | [some kind of peace](https://themetalnet.com/album/ad1b40f2-f1a0-450a-9f3e-0f092e397b05) | Album |
| 2021 | [The Invisible](https://themetalnet.com/album/62ea7022-6973-44df-88d6-f7c221c76e10) | EP |
| 2021 | [The Invisible EP](https://themetalnet.com/album/89624847-8eae-4662-9e8d-dd47d386d12e) | EP |
| 2024 | [Ólafur Arnalds: Some Kind of Peace](https://themetalnet.com/album/285006c4-28da-4c30-bc6a-25a960e77457) | EP |
| 2025 | [A Dawning](https://themetalnet.com/album/6647815f-fd67-4873-ac0a-5f1ba91bb506) | Album |
| 2026 | [Sunrise Session III](https://themetalnet.com/album/f637f182-212a-4726-a422-8cd3fadce9c3) | EP |

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- [Gorgeous](https://themetalnet.com/band/gorgeous) (same tags)
- [Reaktor](https://themetalnet.com/band/reaktor) (same tags)
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## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/olafurarnalds
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olafurarnalds/
- x: https://twitter.com/OlafurArnalds
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7E3BRXV9ZbCt5lQTCXMTia
- bandcamp: https://olafurarnalds.bandcamp.com/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/265425550
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/277491
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9XfDqYSm6ezuw0y_u3t_4A

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/olafur-arnalds](https://themetalnet.com/band/olafur-arnalds). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt