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E! Online - Metallica is headed home.

Josh Grossberg

Metallica is headed home.

The hard-charging headbangers have unveiled the itinerary for their first North American tour in more than four years—an eternity for its U.S. and Canadian fan base—in support of their forthcoming album, Death Magnetic, hitting stores Sept. 12.

Per an official announcement on Metallica's website, James Hetfield and company will kick off the first leg of the highly anticipated nationwide trek in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Ariz., on Oct. 21, and wrap things up in Newark, N.J., on Jan. 31. Along the way, they'll make stops in such cities as Des Moines, Denver, St. Louis, Houston, New Orleans, Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago, among others.

Metallica will likely announce additional dates for next year in the coming months.

Death Magnetic is the thrash metal band's ninth studio album and has been in the works for over two years.

During that time, Metallica took a break from playing shows on its home turf in favor of overseas gigs at some of Europe's biggest summer festivals. (Though they did make a rare stateside appearance as one of the headliners at this year's Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee.)

The first single from Death Magnetic, "The Day That Never Comes," is expected to ship to radio stations later this month. Supporting Metallica for the entire length of the jaunt will be up-and-coming doom metal group the Sword. Other openers at various points include Down, Machine Head and Lamb of God.

Here's the list of tour dates announced so far:

Oct. 21 - Glendale, AZ @ Jobing Arena

Oct. 23 - Albquerque, NM @ Tingley Coliseum

Oct. 25 - Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center

Oct. 26 - Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena

Nov. 1 - Portland, OR @ Rose Quarter

Nov. 3 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Energy Solutions Arena

Nov. 4 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center

Nov. 6 - Omaha, NE @ Qwest Center

Nov. 8 - Moline, IL @ iWireless Center

Nov. 9 - Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center

Nov. 17 - St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center

Nov. 18 - Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center

Nov. 20 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center

Nov. 22 - Little Rock, AR @ Alltel Arena

Nov. 23 - New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Arena

Dec. 1 - Seattle, WA @ Key Arena

Dec. 2 - Vancouver, BC @ GM Place

Dec. 4 - Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome

Dec. 7 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place

Dec. 12 - Ontario, CA @ Citizens Bank Arena

Dec. 13 - Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center

Dec. 15 - San Diego, CA @ Cox Arena

Dec. 17 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum

Dec. 20 - Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena

Jan. 12 - Milwaukee, WI @ Bradley Center

Jan. 13 - Detroit, MI @ Joe Louis Arena

Jan. 15 - Washington, DC @ Verizon Center

Jan. 17 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center

Jan. 18 - Boston, MA @ TD Banknorth Center

Jan. 26 - Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena

Jan. 29 - Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum

Jan. 31 - Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

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