Meshuggah celebrates its fortieth year with Testament and Blood Incantation

Meshuggah is forty. To mark it, the Swedish band will tour North America in 2027. The tour is called "The Forty-Year Anomaly". The special guests are Testament and Blood Incantation. The tour was announced on 27 October, and Live Nation is promoting it.

There are 35 dates on the calendar. The first show is on 12 February at the Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, and the last stop is Milwaukee Metal Fest on 14 May. Two more festivals are on the route: Welcome To Rockville in Daytona Beach on 8 May, and Sonic Temple in Columbus on 13 May. All three bands are on the Sonic Temple bill. The other two festivals haven't announced their line-ups, so nobody knows yet which dates the guest bands will sit out. There is also a show on 21 April at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. According to Blabbermouth, it will be the band's first time on that stage.

Presales started on 27 October. General sale opened on 30 October at 10:00 local time. The announcements don't give ticket prices.

The line-up hasn't changed: Jens Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal, Mårten Hagström, Dick Lövgren and Tomas Haake. The bill is where it gets interesting. One of thrash's old guard and Denver's cosmic death metallers will play on the same night. That pairing alone is worth the ticket.