Meshuggah jumps from the Crystal Ballroom to the Moda Center for its 40th-anniversary tour

The Swedish metal band's first Portland show since 2018 brings Testament and Blood Incantation to the Rose Quarter on April 16.

In January 2018, Meshuggah played the Crystal Ballroom. Its next Portland show is at the Moda Center.

Meshuggah headlines the Moda Center on Friday, April 16, 2027, with Testament and Blood Incantation in support. The show starts at 7 p.m., and tickets are through Ticketmaster. It was announced Oct. 27, and the band's last Portland date was Jan. 25, 2018, at the Crystal Ballroom.

The occasion is The Forty-Year Anomaly, a 2027 North American tour marking Meshuggah's 40th anniversary, as Blabbermouth and Loudwire reported. The run launches Feb. 12 in Toronto and is booked through May 14 in Milwaukee, and it includes the band's debut at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The announcement promises a career-spanning set. General on-sale opened Oct. 30 at 10 a.m. local time, per Metal Injection, so tickets have been available for a week as of today.

Forty years in, Meshuggah is playing the biggest room in town.

The bill is stacked well past the headliner. Testament is the Bay Area thrash veteran, and Blood Incantation is the Colorado death-metal group known for its experimental approach, per the tour coverage. That is three generations of extreme metal on one night, which is reason enough to show up at 7 rather than 9.

The jump in room size is the local story. The Crystal Ballroom is a downtown dance hall; the Moda Center is the Rose Quarter arena, with a listed capacity of 19,980. Not every one of those seats will be in play for a metal show, but going from a ballroom to the arena where the Blazers play says something about where the band stands after four decades.

Live Nation has the event page with the full routing. In Portland, it's a Friday in April. Earplugs recommended. Not optional.

Sources: Ticketmaster: Meshuggah – The Forty-Year Anomaly w/ Testament, Portland, 04-16-2027 (ticketmaster.evyy.net); Blabbermouth: Meshuggah announces 'The Forty-Year Anomaly' 2027 North American tour (blabbermouth.net); Loudwire: Meshuggah 2027 tour with Testament, Blood Incantation (loudwire.com); Metal Injection: Meshuggah announces 40th anniversary tour (metalinjection.net); mxdwn: Meshuggah announce spring 2027 North American tour dates (music.mxdwn.com); Live Nation: Meshuggah – The Forty-Year Anomaly w/ Testament, Blood Incantation (livenation.com); JamBase: Meshuggah at Moda Center (jambase.com)