Meshuggah announce 2027 40th anniversary tour with Testament, Blood Incantation

Meshuggah have announced a North American tour for 2027 to mark their 40th anniversary, with Testament and Blood Incantation joining them. Loudwire reports that The Forty-Year Anomaly Tour opens February 12 in Toronto, with dates currently booked through May 14 in Milwaukee.

Loudwire describes Testament as veteran thrashers and Blood Incantation as rising death metal stars. Its report says the tour is Meshuggah's anniversary celebration, as the band started in 1987, made their first recorded impression with a self-titled EP in 1989 and released their debut album, Contradictions Collapse, in 1991. They have put out nine studio albums in total, according to the same report.

Festival dates and what is still unconfirmed

Three of the dates are festival appearances. The May 13 stop in Columbus, Ohio, is at Sonic Temple, and Loudwire says all three bands are on that bill. The other two, Welcome to Rockville in Daytona Beach, Florida, on May 8 and Milwaukee Metal Fest on May 14, have not had their full lineups revealed yet.

Tour dates

The listed dates fall into two blocks, with nothing announced between March 6 and April 15.

- Feb. 12: Coca-Cola Coliseum, Toronto, Ontario - Feb. 13: Place Bell, Laval, Quebec - Feb. 16: Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, Mich. - Feb. 17: The Salt Shed, Chicago, Ill. - Feb. 19: The Armory, Minneapolis, Minn. - Feb. 20: The Midland Theatre, Kansas City, Mo. - Feb. 21: Steelhouse Omaha, Omaha, Neb. - Feb. 23: The Factory, Chesterfield, Mo. - Feb. 24: The Truth, Nashville, Tenn. - Feb. 26: The Dome by Rutter Mills, Virginia Beach, Va. - Feb. 27: The Paramount Baltimore, Baltimore, Md. - Feb. 28: Citizens Live at The Wylie, Pittsburgh, Pa. - March 2: The Met Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. - March 3: The Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn, N.Y. - March 5: College Street Music Hall, New Haven, Conn. - March 6: MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Boston, Mass. - April 15: PNE Forum, Vancouver, British Columbia - April 16: Theater of the Clouds, Portland, Ore. - April 17: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Wash. - April 19: The Union Event Center, Salt Lake City, Utah - April 21: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colo. - April 24: Fox Theater, Oakland, Calif. - April 25: YouTube Theater, Inglewood, Calif. - April 27: Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix, Ariz. - April 30: Bayou Music Center, Houston, Texas - May 1: Boeing Center at Tech Port, San Antonio, Texas - May 2: The Criterion, Oklahoma City, Okla. - May 4: Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Irving, Texas - May 6: Fillmore New Orleans, New Orleans, La. - May 7: Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta, Ga. - May 8: Welcome to Rockville, Daytona Beach, Fla. - May 9: War Memorial, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - May 11: Greensboro Special Events Center, Greensboro, N.C. - May 13: Sonic Temple, Columbus, Ohio - May 14: Milwaukee Metal Fest, Milwaukee, Wis.

How tickets are being released

Sales are staggered. According to Loudwire, the artist pre-sale began Tuesday, October 27, at 10 a.m. PT. The outlet gives the Eastern equivalent as 1 a.m., which does not match that Pacific time, so check the band's website for the exact start. U.S. Citi cardmembers have separate pre-sale access beginning Tuesday, October 27, at noon ET through the Citi Entertainment program.

General on-sale is set for Friday, October 30, at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets are available through the Meshuggah website, per the report.