Hypocrisy were s’posed to follow-up the November release of their excellent new album, A Taste of Extreme Divinity, with a North American tour – with Children of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho playin’ the gee-tar, no less. We were super stoked for that tour, but unfortunately, the swine in U.S. immigration wouldn’t let Peter Tagtgren and company into the country, presumably because The Man wants us all to keep fighting each other so we don’t notice that He’s screwing us, and He knew that a North American Hypocrisy tour could maybe, just maybe, bring peace and love to the huddled masses. Either that, or the band’s paperwork wasn’t quite in order. But either way, it blew goats.

Luckily, it seems that Hypocrisy’s problems are now behind them, and they’ve announced another North American tour. And while, unfortunately, it seems like Laiho won’t be in tow this time out, they will have Hate, Blackguard and Swashbuckle with them. So that’s not bad.

Get dates after the jump.

May 11 – Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
May 12 – Mesa, AZ @ UB’s
May 13 – West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
May 14 – Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theatre
May 15 – Ramona, CA @ Ramona Mainstage
May 16 – San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
May 17 – Portland, OR @ Peter’s Room
May 18 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
May 19 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
May 22 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s
May 23 – St Paul, MN @ Station 4
May 24 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
May 25 – Louisville, KY @ Uncle Pleasants
May 26 – Detroit, MI @ Blondie’s
May 27 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
May 28 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium
May 29 – Toronto, ON @ Wreck Room
May 30 – Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Électriques
May 31 – Quebec City, QC @ Imperial
Jun. 01 – Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey

-AR