Dutch drone/noise masters Gnaw Their Tongues will see the vinyl reissue of their 2011 album Per Flagellum Sanguemque, Tenebras Veneramus this July via ConSouling Sounds.

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Source:	consouling.be
Band profile:	Gnaw Their Tongues

Remember Morbid Saint? The song "Crying For Death", originally on US thrashers Morbid Saint's debut album Spectrum Of Death, is now available for streaming below as a teaser for the album's vinyl reissue on June 19 via Relapse Records.

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The Death To All Tour, a tour hosted by Sweet Relief in memory of Chuck Schuldiner, has recently confirmed technical death metal acts Gorguts and Atheist as the openers of the shows. Gorguts will be appearing on the first four dates of the tour, while Atheist will perform on the remaining three.

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Source:	deathtoall.info
Band profile:	Death

French metallers ETHS's first full-length album Soma, originally released in 2004, will be re-released on May 14th through Season Of Mist. This new version will include 4 previously unreleased exclusive bonus tracks from the 2003 demo sessions.

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Source:	season-of-mist.com
Band profile:	ETHS

"Dominus Illuminatio Mea", a brand-new song from French blackened death metallers Vorkreist can now be streamed on ReverbNation.

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Source:	reverbnation.com
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US stoner metallers Sleep have revealed the cover art for the deluxe reissue of their Dopesmoker album, to be released this year through Southern Lord. The cover art was created by Arik Roper and can be viewed below. More details about this release were previously reported here.

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Band profile:	Sleep

French black/death metallers Vorkreist will be releasing their new album Sigil Whore Christ on April 24th in Europe and May 22nd in North America via Agonia Records. The band has now posted online a new track, "Maledicte", from the upcoming release and you can listen to it at their Reverbnation page.

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Southern Lord has announced a deluxe reissue of the album Dopesmoker from US stoner metallers Sleep.

The following press release was issued: "For the 2012 reissue, there are some very notable changes. The original studio tapes have been remastered presenting the album as the band had originally intended. The audio is clearer, louder, and at last brings a true representation of Sleep's hour-plus Weedian chronicle. Exclusive to this Southern Lord edition is brand new artwork by long time Sleep artist Arik Roper, to be unveiled in the coming weeks. Additionally, this reborn version of Dopesmoker boasts an unreleased live recording of one of the band's best all-time performances: 'Holy Mountain' from San Francisco's I-Beam in 1994."

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Band profile:	Sleep

After reissuing Cowboys From Hell in 2010, US legends Pantera plan on doing the same with Vulgar Display Of Power this year and drummer Vinnie Paul said in a recent interview with Loudwire that the forthcoming Vulgar Display Of Power 20th anniversary reissue will feature a previously unreleased song titled "Piss". The release date for the reissue hasn't been set yet and no further details were revealed.

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Source:	loudwire.com
Band profile:	Pantera

On January 17th, 2012, Metal Blade will re-issue the three Bolt Thrower albums Mercenary, Honour - Valour - Pride and Those Once Loyal on vinyl. Metal Blade Records Europe released their versions on October 21st/24th, and they can be ordered now at this location.

Bolt Thrower comments on their 25th Anniversary: "Anniversaries are kind of easy to achieve. For a band, just don't split up and you'll reach one, whether it's 10, 20 or 35 years. And this year we've reached '25 years of not splitting up'!"

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Source:	metalblade.com
Band profile:	Bolt Thrower

Official press release

The deluxe re-issue of Death's legendary Individual Thought Patterns album is streaming online now at this location. The follow-up album to Human, Individual Thought Patterns has been remixed by Alan Douches and re-packaged to include a second and third bonus disc worth of previously unreleased demos and a full live set recorded in Germany during a 1993 European tour. Also included on the third bonus disc exclusive to this re-issue are rare riff tracks from the Chuck Schuldiner archives.

Individual Thought Patterns is available today in North America (on October 28th in the Benelux/Germany, and October 31st in the UK and rest of Europe) as a deluxe 3-disc set, a 2-disc standard set, and a deluxe digital download. CD orders with an extensive line of exclusive Death merch are available here, with the digital version available via iTunes here.

Individual Thought Patterns tracklist:

Disc I
01. Overactive Imagination
02. In Human Form
03. Jealousy
04. Trapped In A Corner
05. Nothing Is Everything
06. Mentally Blind
07. Individual Thought Patterns
08. Destiny
09. Out Of Touch
10. The Philosopher

Disc II
01. Leprosy
02. Suicide Machine
03. Living Monstrosity
04. Overactive Imagination
05. Flattening Of Emotions
06. Within The Mind
07. In Human Form
08. Lack Of Comprehension
09. Trapped In A Corner
10. Zombie Ritual
+ Individual Thought Patterns - Studio Outtake
1 - The Exorcist

Disc III
01. Overactive Imagination
02. In Human Form
03. The Philosopher
04. Trapped In A Corner
05. Individual Thought Patterns
06. Jealousy
07. Nothing Is Everything
08. Destiny
09. Mentally Blind
10. Out Of Touch
+ Individual Thought Patterns - Chuck's Riff Tape - 1992
1 - In Human Form
2 - The Philosopher
3 - Trapped In A Corner

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Source:	relapse.com
Band profile:	Death

Swedish metallers Katatonia have announced that the rare mini-album For Funerals To Come will be reissued through Peaceville Records on vinyl with two extra tracks and limited to only 1500 copies.

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Source:	myspace.com
Band profile:	Katatonia

As previously announced, US hydrogrinders Cephalic Carnage were to reissue their third full-length album Lucid Interval, which can now be streamed on their Bandcamp profile.

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US hydrogrinders Cephalic Carnage have stated they will reissue their third full-length album, Lucid Interval, with an exclusive as-yet-untitled bonus track.

The Lucid Interval reissue will be released on September 13 through Relapse Records.


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Source:	shop.relapse.com
Band profile:	Cephalic Carnage

Death's seventh and final album The Sound Of Perseverance will see its official reissue on February 15th in North America (February 21 internationally) via Relapse Records and is available for pre-order now at this location.

The first in a series of official Death re-issues slated for 2011, The Sound Of Perseverance has been remastered from the original studio tapes and expanded to include a second disc of previously unreleased demo material. The re-issue will also include enhanced artwork (viewable below) and liner notes from the original cover artist Travis Smith as well as liner notes from Death guitarist Shannon Hamm and never-before-seen photographs from The Sound Of Perseverance era.

The Sound Of Perseverance is streaming online now at the official Death Facebook page.

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Source:	emptywords.org
Band profile:	Death