Finnish heavy-metal outfit Children of Bodom [ tickets ] will follow up a European festival run and South American jaunt with a North American tour this fall, all in support of the group's forthcoming album, "Skeletons in the Closet."

The fall outing--the band's second US run this year--will touch down in 20 cities beginning Sept. 18 in Providence, RI, and continuing through an Oct. 14 appearance in Honolulu. A large portion of the itinerary takes the group north of the US border for a total of nine Canadian performances, including stops in Quebec City (9/22), Toronto (9/26), Winnipeg (9/30) and Calgary (10/2), among others. Details are included below.

The metal quintet will follow last year's "Blooddrunk" with "Skeletons in the Closet," a covers album that is set to hit shelves in September on Spinefarm Records. Though the group is known to cover a range of hits--from Ozzy Osbourne's "Shot in the Dark" to Britney Spears' "Oops!...I Did it Again"--there's no word yet on what songs will make the new record.

Earlier this year, Children of Bodom set out with Lamb of God and a handful of other bands for a spring tour of the US, but had to cut the road trip short when singer/guitarist Alexi Laiho broke his shoulder and suffered internal bleeding after falling from his bunk on the band's tour bus.

"After the New York show [May 9], I knew it was going to be over," Laiho said in an official statement announcing the band's early exit from the run. "During the third song, I started feeling like someone was stabbing me in my lungs, my heart and my ribs. So, I decided to listen to everyone around me, who were telling me the best thing to do would be to go home and get some proper rest and give my shoulder some time to heal."

Laiho has since made a full recovery.