Pitchfork

Not all metal bands are the same, but you'd be forgiven for thinking so considering how many of the best ones are touring together this fall.

Today (September 16), Swedish baroque metalheads Opeth kick off their grand North American tour, featuring gobs of dates with Oakland's High on Fire, Savannah, Georgia's Baroness, Chicago's Nachtmystium, and Berlin's the Ocean. It's an international metal melting pot!

Opeth are supporting their new album Watershed on the tour, while High on Fire support last year's Death Is This Communion and Nachtmystium support this year's Assassins: Black Meddle, Pt. 1, leading us to call this the "Watershed Death Assassins" tour. Or "Water Is Black". Or maybe "Shed This Part"? The combinations are (not literally) endless.

In addition to their dates together, Opeth and Nachtmystium also have ample shows apart this fall, with the latter sharing many bills with Wolves in the Throne Room.

Opeth:

09-16 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom *#
09-17 Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero *#
09-18 New York, NY - Nokia Theatre *#
09-19 Worcester, MA - The Palladium *#
09-20 Quebec City, Quebec - Imperial *#
09-21 London, Ontario - Centennial Hall *#
09-23 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues *#
09-24 Chicago, IL - House of Blues *#
09-25 Grand Rapids, MI - The Orbit Room *#
09-26 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave/Eagles Club *#
09-27 Maplewood, MN - Myth *#
09-29 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Garrick Center *#
09-30 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - The Odeon *#
10-01 Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Events Centre *#
10-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom *#
10-04 Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market *#
10-06 San Francisco, CA - Regency Center Grand Ballroom *$
10-07 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre *$
10-08 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues *$
10-09 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre *$
10-10 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre *$
10-11 Denver, CO - Odgen Theatre *$
10-13 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *$
10-14 Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont *$
10-15 Dallas, TX - House of Blues *$
10-16 Austin, TX - The Monarch *$
10-17 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *$
10-18 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues *$
10-20 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution *$
10-21 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues $
10-22 Atlanta, GA - Center Stage *$
10-23 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's *$
10-24 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre *$
10-25 Norfolk, VA - NorVa *$
10-26 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live! *$
11-08 Aalborg, Denmark - Aalborg Metal Festival
11-17 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC %
11-18 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street %
11-19 Birmingham, England - Academy %
11-20 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire %
11-21 Bristol, England - Academy %
11-22 Nottingham, England - Rock City %
11-23 Manchester, England - Academy %
11-25 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg %
11-26 Brussels, Belgium - AB %
11-27 Paris, France - Elysée Montmartre %
11-28 Toulouse, France - Havana Cafe %
11-29 Bilbao, Spain - Cafe Antzokia %
11-30 Madrid, Spain - Heineken Club %
12-02 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz %
12-03 Lyon, France - Transbordeur %
12-04 Milan, Italy - Alcatraz %
12-05 Zurich, Switzerland - Rohstofflager %
12-06 Munich, Germany - Backstage Werk %
12-07 Vienna, Austria - Arena %
12-09 Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn %
12-10 Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall %
12-11 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof %
12-12 Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle %
12-13 Gothenburg, Sweden - Brew House %
12-15 Helsinki, Finland - Cable Factory %
12-17 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Medis %
03-06 Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Desert Rock Festival

* with High on Fire
# with Nachtmystium
$ with Baroness
% with Cynic, the Ocean

Nachtmystium:

10-07 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
10-10 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan *
10-11 Ashland, CA - Stillwater *
10-12 Oakland, CA - Metro *
10-14 Phoenix, AZ - The Phix *
10-17 Austin, TX - Red 7 *
10-18 Denton, TX - Rubbergloves Rehearsal *
10-19 Tulsa, OK - The Marquee *
10-20 Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room *
10-21 Iowa City, IA - The Picador *
10-23 Louisville, KY - Uncle Pleasant's *
10-24 Lansing, MI - Mac's Bar *
10-25 Chicago, IL - Reggies *
11-29 Oslo, Norway - Gunfest

* with Wolves in the Throne Room