The irrepressible Shai Hulud have announced plans to hit the road again, this time with Metal Blade's The Red Chord.

The band had this to say:

We haven't gone anywhere, just been here in Poughkeepsie with our slide rules, protractors, and complete works of Shakespeare working on new material, inaugurating singers, craving curries, and what have you. The sweet sounds of Testament, Uniform Choice, Thin Lizzy, and Tragedy often fill the air here. We even did a jigsaw puzzle the other day. The point is, it's business as usual on our end. Oh sure, we talked about changing our band's name here and there. Merely a trifle. Our good friends in Prodigal Zoo said we shouldn't bother doing so. So we didn't. Didn't Shakespeare say something about "a rose and a smelly name" once? I can't remember.

A proper update on things will be posted on our ghost town of a site soon. Don't choke now. This blurb is just to confirm that our pals in The Red Chord have indeed asked us to accompany them on a few dates next month, and we excitedly said "We do". Red Chord kills, and we, well, we do jigsaw puzzles. Nonetheless, we all hope to see you soon.

In related news, the band's longtime label Revelation Records recently announced some reissue plans for releases from . The label plans to re-release Hearts Once Nourished With Hope and Compassion and Profound Hatred of Man and both records will be remastered and packaged with new artwork. The band's full length debut, Nourished is also expected to include bonus material.