Legendary Swedish grinders NASUM have announced a limited number of farewell performances for 2012 including their first ever tour on North American soil.

Nasum was hit hard by the passing of guitarist and co-founder Mieszko Talarczyk in the 2004 Asian tsunami, but announced the farewell performances to mark the band’s 20th anniversary and close the book on the wildly influential band.

The band will be bringing total devastation to North America beginning May 18th in Chicago, IL with grind-mates BRUTAL TRUTH and seminal hardcore troupe DROPDEAD for a series of Midwest and East Coast dates before co-headlining the 10th annual Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore, MD.

Immediately after, Nasum will head out to the West Coast for a series of shows including support from BLACK BREATH, FROM ASHES RISE, MASSGRAVE and more bands TBA. Nasum will wrap up this run at Chaos in Tejas in Austin, TX on May 31st.

In addition to the North American dates, Nasum has also been confirmed for a dozen festivals in Europe, including Wacken Open Air, Hellfest, Graspop Metal Meeting, Obscene Extreme and many more. A complete list of confirmed tour dates and festival appearances is available below with many more to be announced soon.

The members of Nasum (Anders Jakobson: drums, Jesper Liverod: bass/vocals, Urban Skytt: guitars, Jon Lindqvist: guitars/vocals) have enlisted the help of ROTTEN SOUND vocalist, Keijo Niinimaa to handle the screams for the forthcoming dates.

Anders Jakobson and Jesper Liverod commented on the upcoming North American Dates: "So, farewell America. We mean it. These are the gigs that will sew our mouths shut. No turning back, no regrets, no apologies - we offer nothing but blastbeats and good times. This is about making grindcore a threat once and for all.

This first leg of the last tour is ironically also the first tour Nasum leads in North America. Barring the infamous Contamination tour in 1999, and a bit of chaos at the Milwaukee metal fest in 2001, North America is untouched by our blasting. Kind of weird, considering Nasum's most dedicated following always came from Canada and the US.

So this one's for all you guys as much as for Mieszko and the rest of us. The North American Grind Finale!"

North American tour dates:

May

18 - Chicago, IL - Reggies (with Brutal Truth, Dropdead)
19 - Cleveland, OH - Now That’s Class (with Brutal Truth, Dropdead)
20 - Toronto, ON - Wreck Room (with Brutal Truth, Dropdead)
21 - Montreal, QC - Sala Rosa (with Brutal Truth, Dropdead)
22 - Providence, RI - as220 (with Brutal Truth, Dropdead)
23 - Philadelphia, PA - The Barbary (with Brutal Truth, Dropdead, Backslider)
24 - New York, NY - Europa (with Brutal Truth, Dropdead, Margrudergrind, Grudges)
25 - Baltimore, MD - Maryland Death Fest
26 - Seattle, WA - Highline (with Black Breath, Massgrave, Theories)
27 - Portland, OR - Branx (with From Ashes Rise, Massgrave)
28 - Oakland, CA - Metro
29 - Ventura, CA - Billy O's
30 - Los Angeles, CA - TBA
31 - Austin, TX - Red 7 – Chaos in Tejas

European tour dates:

June

2 - Nijegen, Netherlands - Forta Rock
15 - Clisson, France - Hellfest
16 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Metaltown
23 - Dessel, Belgium - Graspop Metal Meeting
29 - Lobnitz, Germany - With Full Force XVIII

July

5 - Salzburg, Austria - Extremefest
6 - Huenxe, Germany - Extremefest
7 - Martigny, Switzerland - Extremefest
8 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
13 - Trutnov, Czech Rep. - Battlefield (as part of Obscene Extreme Festival)
14 - Joensuu, Finland - Ilosaarirock

August

3-4 - Wacken, Germany - Wacken Open Air Festival XXIII