Things have been quiet around Avantasia's camp. But now AFM Records is taking a trip down memory lane and the band's milestone albums The Metal Opera Part I and The Metal Opera Part II will be reissued as picture vinyls. April 17th will see the release of these albums for the first time ever as 180g double picture vinyl editions limited to 1000 units worldwide.

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Power metallers Wizard will reissue four studio albums in 2015, via Limb Music. You can get your hands on new editions of Bound By Metal (1999), Head Of The Deceiver (2001), Odin (2003) and Magic Circle (2005), which have been remastered by Markus Teske (Vanden Plas, Mob Rules, Symphony X), and will include bonus tracks. Moreover, the Odin and Magic Circle reissues will also include bonus video clips.

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Two classics of New Orleans' sludge metal pioneers Eyehategod, namely In The Name Of Suffering (1992) and Take As Needed For Pain (1993), will be reissued on 180g vinyl. Both titles are set for release on April 13th, 2015 via Century Media and can already be pre-ordered as of now.

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Remember the 1982 No Life 'Til Leather demo? And cassettes? Well, Metallica will celebrate this year's "Record Store Day" with the release of an exact duplication of the band's 1982 demo tape as a limited-edition cassette on April 18th. The artwork was made from Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich's own copy and will feature his handwriting. At the time, the group consisted of vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield, lead guitarist Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), bassist Ron McGovney and drummer Ulrich. Some of the songs from this demo became classics of the band and all but "The Mechanix" would appear on their debut Kill 'Em All.

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As their fans wait for their next album, Punishment 18 Records is preparing to reissue Borknagar classic album The Olden Domain. Originally released in 1997 by Century Media Records, their second full-length album marks the beginning of Borknagar's transition to a new extreme metal vision, following an evolution of a more progressive approach to Viking-themed metal artistic movement, according to the label.

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Music For Nations, the celebrated and legendary heavy metal, rock and prog record label, has returned and it brings good news for Anathema fans. Available in April (and to pre-order here now), the label is set to release a series of special reissues covering the Anathema's MFN catalogue including a special box set. Check out all of the details below.

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Vic Records and death doom metallers Officium Triste have announced today their cooperation to bring back to life the 2004 album Reason. Originally released by the now defunct Displeased Records Reason, the album is considered by many to be the highlight of Officium Triste's output. The album has been out of print for a while now and will be reissued as a digipack with additional liner notes. Stay tuned for the exact release date.

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Century Media Records has announced the reissue of two groundbreaking technical death metal albums, Obscura and From Wisdom To Hate, by long-running Canadian legends Gorguts on April 6th, 2015 in Europe and April 7th in North America. These 2015 editions were created in close cooperation with Luc Lemay, who reveals the entire history of these ambitious records in the accompanying liner notes and both are dedicated to the memory of former members Steeve Hurdle (R.I.P. 2012) and Steve MacDonald (R.I.P. 2002). Are you interested?

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Gothic and death rock pioneers Christian Death will have two of their trail-blazing early albums reissued on deluxe vinyl! To celebrate their 30th anniversary, milestones Catastrophe Ballet and Ashes will be released on black and limited edition coloured vinyl by Season Of Mist on January 19th (March 24th in North American shops).

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Black metal duo Inquisition are now revealing the artwork of the reissue of their praised second full-length Invoking The Majestic Throne Of Satan which has been scheduled for release on February 23rd, 2015 (one day later in North America). This is part of Season Of Mist exclusively releasing the official catalogue of the band. Invoking The Majestic Throne Of Satan will come as all reissues with new artwork by the renowned artist Paolo Girardi, who already created the cover art for Inquisition's latest album Obscure Verses For The Multiverse (2013). The original artwork will be included as well with each re-release. These will have the original masters; no remixes and no remastering.

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Parlophone Records (BMG/INgrooves Music Group for the USA) follow the 2012/13 Iron Maiden vinyl picture disc reissues of the first eight Iron Maiden albums, which spanned the 1980s, with brand new pressings of the albums in heavyweight 180g black vinyl. In conjunction with these premium album releases, a strictly limited one-off run of the 7" singles from each respective album will be made available. These highly collectable black vinyl singles will be cut from the original analogue master tapes. You can watch below two behind-the-scenes videos about the artwork and sound production of the new vinyl reissues.

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Nasum have officially announced via their website and Facebook page that all of their four full-length albums will be reissued on vinyl by Relapse Records early next year. The release date is set for January 27th, 2015 and the pre-order is available now here.

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Century Media Records is presenting a morbid triple threat of quintessential death metal with proper vinyl re-editions of Bloodbath's Breeding Death (2000), Resurrection Through Carnage (2002), both featuring Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) on vocals, and Nightmares Made Flesh (2004), featuring Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy) on vocals, set for release on November 17th, 2014.

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After a long silence, Dragonland have awoken to let us know that there are some reissues being prepared. For the symphonic power metallers 15th anniversary, the group is releasing their two first albums The Battle Of The Ivory Plains and Holy War as deluxe editions on December 5th through AFM Records. Both albums will include new cover artworks and bonus tracks. Take a look at the covers below.

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As announced by their label EarMUSIC, Finnish power metal legends Stratovarius are going to reissue their 2003 albums Elements Part I and Elements Part II in a compilation, predictably named Elements Part I & II - Complete Edition, on December 5th, 2014.

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