The bands will hit the road on October 28th, in Lawrence KS. The tour will finish in Vancouver, on December 5. According to Hoglan\'s message on Strapping Young Lad\'s official web site, the band will embark for a European tour early 2006:

\"Directly after [the tour finish on December 5], we head on over to England for a handful of shows with our pals in Arch Enemy. We are planning the full-on European tour in January/February, too!\"

In related news: Gene Hoglan is featured as a session drummer on Ani Kyd\'s debut album \"Evil Needs Candy, Too\". The release was produced by Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys). Comments Hoglan:

\"I\'m in this band for fun. I dig the tunes, I really dig the people, and hearing Byron [Stroud of Fear Factory and SYL] just let \'er rip on the bass is a true smile-inducing factor in all of this for me! (...) One thing I should probably address here, cuz I sure as hell don\'t in any of my other bands, is the extremely righteous trend these days of girls allowing themselves curves! That has been a mighty fine turn of events over the past few years, I must say! Eat that cheeseburger, girlie, don\'t be a french fry! And, onstage, while all you folks are staring at the Kyd\'s ample assets, I\'m checkin\' out that kickin\' boo-tay of hers, which is definitely something I don\'t get to do in any of my other bands (\"Hey Dev! Nice rump!\")! Hahahaha!\"