Jag är inte rädd för mörkret

On 20 April 2012, the band posted four codes on their Twitter account that could be used to find four songs ("Tänd på", "Isis & Bast", "Jag ser dig" and "Petroleum") from the upcoming album on Spotify.[11] The day before the album was released, Kent held a large press conference in Stockholm.[12]

Anders Nunstedt of Expressen wrote: "There are no style changes here like Du och jag döden or Röd. The production is straight and uncomplicated, and the arrangements have a less electronic touch than that heard on the band's last three albums. [...] Kent has written some of their finest melodies, yet the great attraction lies in the lyrics. [...] The new songs often find a masterful harmony between heart and pain."[13]

Markus Larsson of Aftonbladet wrote: "But Kent has definitely made records with a more urgent character and clearer identity. For the first time in a long time, I miss more things than I get. Like the brilliant friction between the safe radio hits and the anxiety on Vapen & ammunition. Like the magnificent darkness on Du & jag döden, an album that the band members today call "a giant hangover". Like the evocative anger on Röd or a fantastic song like 'Columbus'. It was music from a band with a lot of passion. While Jag är inte rädd för mörkret is an album that a band perhaps mostly releases because they can."[14]

Jag är inte rädd för mörkret debuted at number one in Sweden, becoming Kent's ninth consecutive number-one album.[15] In Denmark, the album debuted at number two with first-week sales of 1444 copies. It is their highest-charting album there since Du & jag döden, which debuted at number two in 2005.[16] The album debuted at number five in Finland, becoming the band's lowest-charting album since Hagnesta Hill, which peaked at number six in 2000.[17] In Norway, Jag är inte rädd för mörkret debuted at number one, becoming Kent's first number-one album there since 2005's Du & jag döden.[18]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Jag är inte rädd för mörkret.