Merzbow Concert & Tour History (Updated for 2026)

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Concert

Venue

Location

Dec 14, 2018

Merzbow

Oakland Metro Operahouse

Oakland, California, United States

Dec 08, 2018

Merzbow

Hospital Fest

Knockdown Center

New York, New York, United States

Dec 08, 2018 –
Dec 09, 2018

Hospital Fest 2018

Autoerotichrist / Silent Servant / Pod Blotz / Final / Shifted / Merzbow / Ancient Methods / Black Leather Jesus / 51717 / Vitriol / Jesu / Prurient / Ron Morelli / Oscar Mulero / Country Club / Becka Diamon / Linekraft / Power Trip / Kelly Moran

Setlists

Knockdown Center

New York, New York, United States

Nov 09, 2018

Merzbow / Stephen O'Malley

Red Bull Music Presents Drone Activity Chicago

Saffron Rails

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Oct 14, 2017

"Skanu Mezs Festival" / Roscoe Mitchell / Moor Mother / Mary Lattimore / DJ Jeff Zeigler / Merzbow

Skanu Mezs Festival

Skanu Mezs Festival Grounds

Riga, Riga, Latvia

May 29, 2017

Merzbow

The Underworld

London, England, United Kingdom

May 25, 2017

Merzbow / Keiji Haino / Balázs Pándi / Puce Mary / Afrirampo

Le Trabendo

Paris, Île-de-France, France

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Oct 29, 2016	Merzbow	Shibuya WWW X	Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Oct 01, 2016	Merzbow / Poulomi Desai / Ewa Justka Setlists	Cafe OTO	London, England, United Kingdom
Sep 29, 2016	Merzbow / She Spread Sorrow / Iron Fist Of the Sun Setlists	FAC251 - Factory Manchester	Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Sep 28, 2016	Balázs Pándi / Mats Gustafsson / Merzbow / Thurston Moore	Hackney Church	London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 04, 2015	Merzbow Tullikamari, Tampere, Finland	KlubiTullikamari	Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Sep 16, 2015	Incubate Festival "Incubate Festival" / Kimya Dawson / Merzbow / Full of Hell / Sun Araw / Zs / The Glockenwise / Primitive Man / Dengue Fever / Melvins / Hundred Waters / Ensemble Economique / To Live & Shave In L.A. / ZA / Bast / Cartographer / Shit and Shine Setlists	Various Venues	Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
Sep 15, 2015 – Sep 18, 2015	Incubate Festival "Incubate Festival" / Full of Hell / Jeffrey Lewis / Merzbow / Useless Eaters / Dan Mangan + Blacksmith / Tearist / Melvins / Gilla Band / Rats On Rafts / The Weather Station / Newmoon / White Jazz / Partisan / The Vickers / Samuel Kerridge / Esplendor Geometrico / King Midas Sound Meets Fennesz / Lumerians Show all bands Setlists	Various Venues	Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands

Sep 14, 2015 – Sep 20, 2015	Incubate 2015 Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Mr. Scruff / Surfer Blood / Neneh Cherry / Sun Kil Moon / Melvins / Mercury Rev / Great Lake Swimmers / Hundred Waters / Kevin Morby / Converge / Daedelus / Girlpool / Husky / Cayucas / Dan Mangan / JEFF the Brotherhood / Maze / Sóley / Adam Green / The Soft Moon / Gabriel Garzón-Montano / Julianna Barwick / Norman Blake / This Is The Kit / Alcest / Mark Kozelek / Dengue Fever / Torres / La Luz / Fennesz / Laurel Halo / Hookworms / Junior / Lady Lamb / No Joy / Factory Floor / Eternal Summers / Cabaret Voltaire / Vök / The Weather Station / East India Youth / Giant Sand / Happyness / Errors / The Warlocks / Wand / Plastician / Jaakko Eino Kalevi / Sun Araw / Outfit / Three Trapped Tigers / YAK / The Rebel / EF / Sylvain Chauveau / Sophia / King Dude / King Midas Sound / Indian Jewelry / Full of Hell / Merzbow / Acid Arab / Helena Hauff / Tess Parks / Ed Rush / Perc / The Ex / Brutus / Peach Kelli Pop / Willard Grant Conspiracy / Jennie Abrahamson / Arve Henriksen / Empyrium / Powell / Destruction Unit / Lumerians / Tarwater / Idaho / Noveller / Meg Baird / Terakaft / Circuit Des Yeux / Primitive Man / Of the wand & The moon / Kathryn Joseph / Camera / Spectres / K-X-P / Useless Eaters / Blank Realm / Turzi / Hans-Joachim Roedelius / Dope Body / Paula Temple / DRALMS / Shit and Shine / Victims / Totally Mild / The Ruins of Beverast / Anton Newcombe / Orlando / Death & Vanilla / Lakker / Secrets of the Moon / Corrina Repp / Lusts / Zs / Grave Pleasures / Esplendor Geometrico / Tearist / Za! / Dornenreich / Rocketnumbernine / J.C. Satàn / Wynn / Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat / Lower / Yast / Bad Breeding / Bölzer / Rats On Rafts / PC Worship / Ensemble Economique / Radar Men From The Moon / Evol / JESSICA93 / Fumaça Preta / Black To Comm / Russell Haswell / Xosar / Leafcutter John / Priests / Monophona / The Black Heart Rebellion / Beastmilk / Truss / Forward Strategy Group / Uma / Disentomb / Eric Chenaux / Klara Lewis / Yussuf Jerusalem / Necros Christos / Rapoon / Daggers / Cristobal and the Sea / Picture / Andrew Hung / Barbarisms / The Glockenwise / Happy Meals / Heretic / Emptiness / Throats / SHINING (NOR) / Vales / Newmoon / The Vickers / Samuel Kerridge / Group Rhoda / Go!Zilla / Toner Low / Cocaine Piss / Iguana Death Cult / M185 / Maurice Louca / Dehumanized / Burial Hex / Los Pirañas / Vision Fortune / Veil Of Light / Terrible Truths / Beasts / Lemontrip / We Never Learned to Live / Perfume Advert / Giobia / NHK'Koyxen / Izegrim / Rocky Marsiano / Spires That In The Sunset Rise / Khyam Allami / Islam Chipsy / vermin womb / Basic House / Sex Swing / A Thousand Fuegos / Nate Hall / Moaning Cities / Sun Worship / Ekman / Sly & the Family Drone / Speedtrap / Bleaching Agent / Wanda Group / Cairo Liberation Front / Profligate / Rites Wild / Radare / Napoleon Gold / Nick Klein / Teethgrinder / Good Throb / Partisan / KETEV / Blue Crime / The Outskirts / Selvhenter / Dead Neanderthals / uKanDanZ / Entrapment / Lean Left / Hella Comet / Alexander Rishaug / Drowned / Oblivionized / Onmens / Mind Rays / Banganagangbangers / Sterling Roswell / To Live And Shave In L.a. / FUZ / Dirk Serries / Yasunao Tone / Roedelius Schneider / Jeffrey Lewis & The Jrams / Sunpower / Those Foreign Kids / Polaroid Fiction / Snob / James Welburn / Tamarin Desert / Jochen Arbeit / VVOVNDS / Bloodrocuted / Jad Fair & Norman Blake / IIVII / Deuil / Crowd Of Chairs / Canute / El Yunque / Mia Zabelka / White Jazz / Yamantau / Hand of Dust / TV Wonder / Hoek / Richie Dagger / The Mary Hart Attack / Youff / Sam Aaron / Alex Mclean / Zazazozo / Razen / Reinier Van Houdt / Monnik / Fckn Bstrds / A Million Squeeks Will Do You No Harm / Pure Muna / Coàgul / Zentralheizung of death des Todes / Umungus / Landverraad / Josh Graham / Doop vs Subp Yao / System Overthrow / Rob Gordon / Ful / Barchan / Die Wirklichkeit / Fire! (SE) / Norah Lorway / Droppings / Camargue / Jesus Police / Miguel Alvarino / Afework Nigussie / Dwellings & Druss / Silenxce / Hun Bed / Köhn (BE) / Arend B. Blauw / Koen Nutters / PAND7090 / Tarantino (Netherlands) / Afghan Gold / Liquid Loft / Bow Aether Group / DJs Goe Vur In Den Otto / Renaat Show all bands Setlists		Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
May 13, 2015	"Red Bull Music Academy Festival" / Merzbow / Pharmakon / Prurient Red Bull Music Academy Festival	Output	New York, New York, United States
Nov 29, 2014	Merzbow	Init	Rome, Latium, Italy
Jun 04, 2014	Tim Hecker / Merzbow	WWW	Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
May 23, 2014	Merzbow	Red Gate	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
May 22, 2014	Merzbow	Palomino Smokehouse & Social Club	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
May 18, 2014	Merzbow	Pyramid Cabaret	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Genres:

Experimental

Noise Rock

Industrial

Experimental Rock

Avant-Garde

Noise

Drone

Japanese

Dark Ambient

Free Jazz

Drone Metal

Electroacoustic

Free Improvisation

Musique Concrète

Experimental Electronic

Power Electronics

Post-Industrial

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Concerts Per Year:

2026	13 concerts
2025	2 concerts
2024	1 concert
2023	1 concert
2020	1 concert
2019	1 concert
2018	4 concerts
2017	3 concerts
2016	4 concerts
2015	5 concerts
2014	10 concerts
2013	3 concerts
2012	6 concerts
2011	5 concerts
2010	6 concerts
2009	7 concerts
2008	5 concerts
2007	8 concerts
2005	8 concerts
2004	6 concerts
2003	2 concerts
2002	7 concerts
2000	5 concerts
1999	1 concert
1998	2 concerts
1997	1 concert
1996	9 concerts
1995	7 concerts
1991	1 concert
1990	3 concerts
1989	1 concert

Attendees (115)


SacramentoShows
Bill Forbes
NONONOLIMITS
Alpoh
MichelleMabelle
Tiago Esteves
Alexander Giersz
Howard Jones
DaanHolth
Be My Friend In Exile
jellibat
[email protected]
H.O.P.E
encosion
Laerm
lastchanceforaslowdance
circuitflow
David Martijn
Jane Fox
Ersatzmeister