Guess who’s strapping on their guitars and dusting off the ol’ death growls? The Swedish prog-metal legends OPETH are hitting the road again for “The Last Will And Testament North American Tour Part 2” in February 2026. Tagging along for the ride? None other than fellow Swedes KATATONIA (because who doesn’t want a side of melancholic doom with their progressive stew?).
Ticket panic starts NOW: artist pre-sale goes live at 12 p.m. ET today. If you miss that, general sales kick off Friday, September 26 at 10 a.m. local time. Set those phone reminders, people.
Tour dates (a.k.a. your 2026 social calendar):
Feb. 05 – Montclair, NJ @ The Wellmont Theater
Feb. 06 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
Feb. 07 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
Feb. 10 – Detroit, MI Masonic @ Jack White Theatre
Feb. 11 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
Feb. 12 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Feb. 14 – Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
Feb. 15 – Houston, TX B@ ayou Music Center
Feb. 16 – San Antonio, TX @ Majestic Theatre
Feb. 18 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Pikes Peak Center
Feb. 20 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl
Feb. 21 – Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Feb. 22 – Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24
Feb. 24 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
Feb. 25 – Vancouver, BC @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
In a recent chat with Brazil’s Monsters Of Rock TV, OPETH’s brainiac frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt (who probably owns more vintage prog records than your local vinyl shop) dropped some wisdom about the band’s ever-shifting sound. Cue the “abandoning our roots” drama:
“I don’t really pay too much attention to our roots, to be honest. They are there regardless if I want it or not… I think that some of our fans would probably disagree and say that we have abandoned our roots, and to some extent, I suppose that’s true…”
Translation: “Yes, we’re not playing ‘Blackwater Park 2.0,’ deal with it.” He also reminisced about teenage Mikael juggling death metal, jazz fusion, and ABBA records (wait, ABBA? Maybe that’s where the disco groove in “Sorceress” came from).
