MESHUGGAH’s New Album is Coming this Fall

by | May 12, 2016

Yeah, you read it right. The mighty Meshuggah are on course to releasing a new record later this year. It’ll be their eighth studio album and a follow-up to their 2012 effort Koloss.

After laying low for the past year or so, the band will be back on the road this fall to support the album. They’ll be doing a European trek with High on Fire in November/December, and hopefully a US run after that.

Here’s a teaser for their new material.

Meshuggah tour dates:

Nov 22 Berlin, GER @ Astra
Nov 23 Amsterdam, NLD @ Melkweg Max
Nov 24 Tilburg, NLD @ O13
Nov 25 Antwerpen, BEL @ Trix
Nov 26 Stuttgart, GER @ LKA Longhorn
Nov 27 Villeurbanne, FRA @ Le Transbordeur
Nov 29 Madrid, ESP @ La Riviera
Nov 30 Barcelona, ESP @ Razzmatazz 1
Dec 01 Montpellier, FRA @ Rokstore
Dec 02 Bologna, ITA @ Estragon
Dec 03 Milan, ITA @ Alcatraz
Dec 05 Pratteln, CHE @ Z7
Dec 06 Paris, FRA @ Le Bataclan
Dec 07 Köln, GER @ Essigfabrik
Dec 08 Hamburg, GER @ Markthalle

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