UPDATE, 12:45pm EST: Full tour dates have been added to the itinerary below.

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The Dillinger Escape Plan sure went from 0 to 60 in a hot second: since announcing they signed with Sumerian Records last November, they announced an appearance at this year’s New England Metal and Hardcore Fest, revealed their new album’s title and cover artwork, announced said album would be released in May and said they’ll be appearing at Metallica’s Orion + More Music Festival in June. Whew! And now they’ve just announced a full, proper tour too. The new album promotional machine is in full swing for Dillinger.

Dillinger will bring the unlikely pairing of The Faceless and Royal Thunder along with them on their tour. The Faceless make some sense as a touring partner for DEP; both bands play highly technical music on the extreme side of the spectrum, even if that music comes from different branches on the metal family tree (and both bands share a record label). But I’m sure there are going to be a lot of confused looks in the crowd when Royal Thunder take the stage; they could well gain a few new fans, but for Royal Thunder’s sake I sure hope they’re prepared to have some serious venom spit their way. As a fan myself, though, I love it: three awesome bands together on one bill.

Here are the tour dates, per a press release from Sumerian Records. The press release also revealed a concrete release date for One of Us is the Killer: May 14th.

Sat 4/20/2013 Worcester, MA New England Metal Fest

Mon 4/22/2013 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club

Tue 4/23/2013 Albany, NY Upstate Concert Hall

Wed 4/24/2013 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom

Thu 4/25/2013 Pittsburgh, PA Altar Bar

Fri 4/26/2013 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer

Sat 4/27/2013 Brooklyn, NY Converse Rubber Tracks @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Sun 4/28/2013 New Haven, CT Toads Place

Tue 4/30/2013 Columbus, OH A&R Bar

Thu 5/2/2013 LOS ANGELES, CA GOLDEN GODS/NOKIA THEATER

Sat 5/4/2013 Newport, KY Southgate House

Sun 5/5/2013 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection

Tue 5/7/2013 Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theater

Wed 5/8/2013 Chicago, IL Reggies

Thu 5/9/2013 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s

Fri 5/10/2013 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon

Sat 5/11/2013 St. Louis, MO The Firebird

Sun 5/12/2013 Lawrence, MO The Granada

Tue 5/14/2013 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre

Thu 5/16/2013 Boise, ID Knitting Factory

Fri 5/17/2013 Reno, NV Knitting Factory

Sat 5/18/2013 Sacramento, CA Ace Of Spades

Sun 5/19/2013 San Francisco, CA DNA Lounge

Mon 5/20/2013 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction

Wed 5/22/2013 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad

Thu 5/23/2013 El Paso, TX Tricky Falls

Fri 5/24/2013 Austin, TX Mohawk

Sat 5/25/2013 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks

Sun 5/26/2013 Birmingham, AL Zydeco

Tue 5/28/2013 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern

Wed 5/29/2013 Charlotte, NC Amos’ South End

Thu 5/30/2013 Carborro, NC Cats Cradle

Fri 5/31/2013 Asheville, NC Orange Peel

Sat 6/1/2013 Richmond, VA Kingdom

Sun 6/30/2013 Dessel, Belgium Graspop

Fri 7/05/2013 Roskilde, Denmark Roskilde Festival

Sat 7/06/2013 Gothenburg, Sweden Metaltown Festival