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Opeth To Release "The Throat Of Winter" As Limited Edition Vinyl For Record Store Day

posted Mar 16, 2011 at 6:03 PM by xFiruath.  (2 Comments)

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Exclusive for U.S. Record Store Day 2011, Opeth will release a 7” vinyl edition of “The Throat of Winter” on April 16th. The track, which was originally featured on the "God of War: Blood & Metal" digital EP, will see its first and only physical incarnation with this special release.

Side B of the 7” is etched with the band’s logo and jacket artwork was created by longtime Opeth collaborator Travis Smith, with direction from Mikael Åkerfeldt. A very limited number of only 40 units will go on sale on Opeth's official web store on Monday, April 18th with a signed Watershed promo card.

Additional information on Record Store Day can be found at this location.

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1. adace1 writes:

Yawn. Don't really care about that. What's the status on the new album?

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2. metaljus writes:

yes the next album...my mouth waters
need a opeth fix

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