Meshuggah brings its 40th-anniversary tour, with Testament and Blood Incantation, to The Armory

The Forty-Year Anomaly hits Minneapolis on Feb. 19, a much bigger room than the band's last Twin Cities stop at The Fillmore in 2023.

When Meshuggah last played the Twin Cities, on Dec. 1, 2023, it was at The Fillmore Minneapolis. The return is a step up in every sense: Meshuggah plays The Armory on Friday, Feb. 19, 2027, at 7 p.m., with Testament and Blood Incantation on the bill.

Tickets run $77.60 to $159.90 through Ticketmaster. The Armory holds about 8,400, and the general on-sale opened Oct. 30 after presales that started the day the tour was announced.

That announcement came on Oct. 27, when the band unveiled The Forty-Year Anomaly, a 2027 North American tour marking Meshuggah's 40th anniversary. TicketNews counts it at 35 dates. It launches Feb. 12 in Toronto and is booked through May 14 in Milwaukee, so Minneapolis lands in the opening week: the band is in Detroit at the Masonic Temple Theatre on Feb. 16 and here three nights later. Later in the run comes a Red Rocks date in Colorado in April.

The name fits. Four decades in, Meshuggah is still the reference point for a whole school of rhythmically complex, crushingly heavy metal, and an anniversary run is a chance to hear that catalog presented as a body of work rather than an album cycle.

Forty years, a three-band bill that spans thrash to experimental death metal, and an 8,400-capacity room.

The bill is what makes this one worth circling. Testament is the veteran Bay Area thrash band — a group with its own long history, and a support slot most headliners would struggle to follow. Blood Incantation, the Colorado death-metal band known for its experimental approach, is the newer name and the one more likely to send people home talking. Putting the three together gives you a cross-section of heavy music across generations in a single night.

The venue matters too. Going from The Fillmore to The Armory is a big jump in capacity, and it says something about where Meshuggah's audience is now. A 7 p.m. start with three bands means you'll want to get there early; Blood Incantation's set alone is worth being on time for.

On price, the range is wide. Check the tiers before you buy so you know whether you're getting floor, seating or something extra.

What to expect: a long night, a heavy one, and a headliner celebrating four decades on the road with two bands that each deserve their own headline slot. It's a Friday in February in Minneapolis. Dress warm for the line and leave it at coat check.

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