Mayhem have introduced the cancellation of their Fall North American fortieth anniversary tour due a medical emergency inside the band.
The information comes just below per week earlier than the trek was set to launch on November twelfth in Montreal. All six of the deliberate North American tour dates, working by November twenty third, have been nixed; nevertheless, Mayhem’s European dates in December will proceed as deliberate (get tickets right here).
The Norwegian black steel legends shared the unlucky growth in a Fb put up, promising US and Canadian followers a shock someday subsequent yr:
“MAYHEM regrets to tell followers that the upcoming fortieth anniversary performances in North America are cancelled because of a member of the band having a medical emergency that requires instant surgical procedure, which can lead to a protracted restoration interval. Tickets might be refunded at level of buy.
Fret not, American and Canadian legion, as Mayhem may have one thing arising subsequent yr that can make this as much as these of you who’ve been dissatisfied by this information.”
The upcoming tour dates marked 4 many years because the band’s formation in 1984. Thought-about one of many chief pioneers of black steel, Mayhem spearheaded the style’s “second wave” and the Norwegian scene of the late Nineteen Eighties/early Nineties, as depicted within the 2018 film Lords of Chaos. They had been additionally on the heart of the violence that surrounded the scene on the time, together with the notorious 1993 homicide of guitarist Euronymous by the hands of former band member and Burzum founder Varg Vikernes.
The band has endured by the years with numerous lineups — anchored by longtime members Necrobutcher (bass), Hellhammer (drums), and Attila Csihar (vocals) — and most lately launched the Daemonic Rites reside album in 2023 and the Atavistic Black Dysfunction EP in 2021.
Under you possibly can see Mayhem’s tour cancellation put up.