The rotating tour line-up is becoming more and more of a fixture in metal. Depending on where you catch a tour, you might see very different opening acts from the ones on a band’s announcement poster. What sucks is that usually, there’s one leg of a tour with cool openers and one without. No matter what, someone ends up disappointed.

However, KEN mode have just announced a massive North American tour with a rotating cast of openers, and it seems pretty solid across the board. Bands who will play on this tour include Conduct, Child Bite, Fuck The Pacts, Lo Pan, We Are Hex, Life In Vacuum, and one comedian, Garrett Jamieson. In fact, Jamieson is the only opener who appears to be attending all of these shows, but if you’re bringing out a comedian to open for your metal band, you probably don’t just want to bring him in on a smattering of dates.

Anyway: this tour should rule. Check out the dates below to find out when you can see KEN mode and who you’ll be seeing them with:

09/09 Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s Cantina (feat. Conduct)

09/10 Edmonton, AB – Wunderbar (feat. Conduct)

09/11 Calgary, AB – Broken City (feat. Conduct)

09/12 Vancouver, BC – Hindenburg (feat. Fuck The Facts)

09/14 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey (feat. Child Bite)

09/15 Spokane, WA – The Pin (feat. Child Bite)

09/16 Portland, OR – High Water Mark (feat. Child Bite)

09/18 Oakland, CA – Golden Bull (feat. Child Bite)

09/19 Los Angeles, CA – Loaded in Hollywood (feat. Child Bite)

09/20 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar (feat. Child Bite)

09/22 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge (feat. Child Bite)

09/23 Denver, CO – Three Kings Tavern (feat. Child Bite)

09/24 Kansas City, MO – miniBar (feat. Child Bite)

09/25 Austin, TX – Mohawk (feat. Child Bite)

09/26 Dallas, TX – Sons of Herman Hall (feat. Child Bite)

09/27 New Orleans, LA – Siberia (feat. Child Bite)

09/29 Birmingham, AL – Syndicate Lounge (feat. Child Bite)

09/30 Tallahassee, FL – Liberty Bar (feat. Child Bite)

10/01 Miami, FL – Churchill’s (feat. Child Bite)

10/02 Orlando, FL – Will’s Pub (feat. Child Bite)

10/03 Atlanta, GA – 529 (feat. Child Bite)

10/04 Johnson City, TN – The Hideaway (feat. Child Bite)

10/06 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 (feat. Child Bite)

10/07 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter (feat. Child Bite)

10/08 Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie (feat. Child Bite)

10/09 Brooklyn, NY – The Acheron (feat. Child Bite)

10/10 Rochester, NY – Bug Jar (feat. Child Bite & Life In Vacuum)

10/11 Boston, MA – Mid East Upstair (feat. Life In Vacuum)

10/13 St. John, NB – Pub Down Under (feat. Life In Vacuum)

10/14 Halifax, NS – Gus’ Pub (feat. Life In Vacuum)

10/15 Fredericton, NB – Capital Complex (feat. Life In Vacuum & Fuck The Facts)

10/16 Quebec City, QC – L’Anti (feat. Life In Vacuum)

10/17 Montreal, QC – Turbo Haus (feat. Life In Vacuum)

10/18 Sherbrooke, QC – Le Murdoch (feat. Life In Vacuum)

10/19 Ottawa, ON – House of Targ (feat. Life In Vacuum)

10/20 Kingston, ON – The Mansion (feat. Life In Vacuum)

10/21 Toronto, ON – Smiling Buddha (feat. Life In Vacuum)

10/22 Hamilton, ON – Absinthe (feat. Life In Vacuum)

10/23 London, ON – Call the Office (feat. Life In Vacuum)

10/24 Windsor, ON – Dominion House (feat. Life In Vacuum)

10/25 Detroit, MI – PJ’s Lager House (feat. We Are Hex)

10/26 Cleveland, OH – Now That’s Class (feat. We Are Hex)

10/27 Pittsburg, PA – Mr. Roboto Project (feat. We Are Hex)

10/28 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups (feat. We Are Hex & Lo-Pan)

10/29 Indianapolis, IN – Joyful Noise (feat. We Are Hex & Lo-Pan)

10/30 Columbia, MO – Social Room (feat. Lo-Pan)

10/31 St. Louis, MO – The Demo (feat. Lo-Pan)

11/01 Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge (feat. Lo-Pan)

11/02 Dubuque, IA – The Lift (feat. Lo-Pan)

11/03 Milwaukee, WI – The Cactus Club (feat. Lo-Pan)

11/04 Madison, WI – Dragon Fly Lounge (feat. Lo-Pan)

11/05 Sioux Falls, SD – Total Drag (feat. Lo-Pan)

11/06 Minneapolis, MN – TBA (feat. Lo-Pan)

11/07 Winnipeg, MB – the Windsor (feat. Conduct)

[via The PRP]