DEATH's seventh and final album,
"The Sound Of Perseverance", will be reissued on February 15, 2011 in North America (February 21 internationally) via
Relapse Records. The first in a series of official
DEATH reissues slated for 2011,
"The Sound Of Perseverance" has been remastered and expanded to include a second disc of previously unreleased demo material. The reissue will also include enhanced artwork (see 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. A special deluxe version of the
"The Sound Of Perseverance" reissue will also be made available exclusively via
Relapse mailorder and digitally via
iTunes. The deluxe version will include a third bonus disc of unreleased material. Additional reissue details, including pre-order options, will be announced shortly.
The bulk of
DEATH's catalog was made available digitally for the first time.
"Scream Bloody Gore",
"Leprosy",
"Spiritual Healing",
"Human",
"Individual Thought Patterns" and
"The Sound Of Perseverance" can be purchased via
iTunes at
this location.
Relapse recently released an expanded version of the classic debut album,
"The Fragile Art Of Existence", from
Schuldiner's progressive heavy metal band
CONTROL DENIED. The reissue includes bonus tracks, extra band photography, expanded art and packaging and more.
A
Chuck Schuldiner biography by
Ian Christe — author of
"Sound Of The Beast" and
"Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga", and host on
Sirius Satellite Radio's
Hard Attack — is also being planned.
Schuldiner passed away on December 13, 2001 at age 34 after a battle with pontine glioma, a rare type of brain tumor.
New artwork:
Original artwork:
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=151716
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