In case you haven't heard, Season Of Mist will re-release the first five albums of Greek extreme metal legends Septicflesh over the course of the year to come. Mystic Places Of Dawn the first of which will see its release on January 22nd in North America and January 25th worldwide. The re-issue will include the four tracks from 1991's EP Temple Of The Lost Race. Check out the new cover artwork of Mystic Places Of Dawn, designed by Spiros "Seth" Antoniou himself.

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Doom metallers The Gates Of Slumber have made the track "The Cloaked Figure" available for streaming online. You can listen to it below (courtesy of Axis Of Metal). The song will be featured on the reissue of The Awakening which will be available on November 13th via Abyss Records.

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Last year, psychedelic metal trio Horseback teamed up with contemporaries Locrian to record New Dominions, a collaborative EP that was released only as a limited vinyl pressing. Fast forward to 2012, Horseback released their fourth effort Half Blood in May while Locrian have now signed to Relapse Records and are working on a new album.

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Relapse Records will continue their Death reissue campaign with the landmark album Spiritual Healing, originally released in 1990. The Spiritual Healing deluxe reissue is set for a November 20th North American release date, November 23rd in the Benelux / Germany / Finland, and November 26th in the UK and rest of world. The label also released a remastered version of the track "Living Monstrosity", which can be streamed below.

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Official press release:

As we have successfully completed our last gig of the year at the awesomely organized and improbably pleasant Dublin Doom Days, it's time for self-reflection and some short updates about what we have been up to, and what we are about to do.

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French decadent metallers Wormfood have revealed the artwork of the upcoming reissue of their first album Eponym. The artwork was made by Hicham Haddaji (Strychneen Studio) and Saturne VII and can be seen below. Further details about this release were previously reported here.

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French avantgarde metallers Wormfood have recently inked deal with Apathia Records. The label will release a collector remastered and expanded reissue of Wormfood's first album Eponym, released in 2002 and sold-out for a long time now. A short trailer of the upcoming anniversary reissue of the first Wormfood album is now available below.

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The first two studio albums from Polish female-fronted act Crystal Viper, namely The Curse Of Crystal Viper (recorded in 2006, originally released in 2007) and Metal Nation (recorded in 2008, originally released in 2009), will be reissued on July 20th via AFM Records. Both albums will be packed with bunch of rare bonus tracks, and will have extended booklets with many previously unseen photos and all lyrics.

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British extreme metallers Cradle Of Filth have updated that their new album has now progressed into the mixing stage, with nothing more than the choirs and female vocals to be done. The new album is expected to be released this year under the indie label Peaceville Records.

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

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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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