Sweden’s Meshuggah are forced to cancel their upcoming Scandinavian gigs. The group\'s drummer, Tomas Haake, has recently suffered from back-related problems that have been messing with his right foot/leg when playing drums. Tomas had an MRI last week, indicating that he suffers from a herniated disc in his lower back that has been causing problems for him when playing. Explains the band:\"Tomas reports that he has no pains or real discomforts from this - just the fact that his right foot doesn’t seem to ‘act out’ what Tomas’ brain is telling it to do. It seems this is a quite common symptom when having a herniated disc in this (lumbar) area of the back, since the protruding part of the ‘broken’ disc (depending on hernia location) can put pressure on the sciatic and nearby nerves. The band’s focus right now is for Tomas to try to get surgery done as soon as possible so this condition doesn’t affect the upcoming summer shows and festivals in Europe.”
Tomas Haake states he is sincerely sorry but feels that it\'s necessary to cancel the planned tour:
\"With [our style of] music, there’s really no room for half-measures and sloppy bass drum work, but that’s what’s happening with this herniated disc: it messes with my control of my right foot and even though it’s possible to get through a show, it just sounds like crap as my right foot/leg won’t really do what I mean for it to do - which is very frustrating to say the least!\"
