Meshuggah - the Forty-Year Anomaly

A London concert at OVO Arena Wembley headlined by Meshuggah, the Swedish extreme and progressive metal band, with Periphery and Vildhjarta also on the bill. The title refers to the band's forty years since formation.

Meshuggah are a Swedish extreme, progressive and avant-garde metal band formed in Umeå in 1987. The band is signed to the Nuclear Blast label, and its first album, Contradictions Collapse, was released in 1991. Their music is built on heavy, intricate rhythmic patterns, which is why the group is central to the progressive end of extreme metal.

The evening also features Periphery and Vildhjarta. Vildhjarta are a Swedish band formed in 2005 in Hudiksvall, working between progressive metal and djent. Their debut album, Måsstaden, was released on Century Media Records in 2011. Periphery adds a second progressive metal act to the line-up, placing the night firmly within the heavier end of the genre.

OVO Arena Wembley is an arena on Arena Square in London. Its programme is mainly concerts, centred on pop, rock and indie music. This show suits listeners following progressive and extreme metal, who can see several bands from that scene on one bill at a single London venue.