Earache Records reports:

Irish thrashers GAMA BOMB decided to break the mold in 2009 when they released their brand new album, Tales From The Grave In Space, online as a free download. Following many requests from fans for a physical release, Tales From The Grave In Space will be available on CD and vinyl from January 28th.

Tales From The Grave In Space will be released on limited edition vinyl in black (only 700 made) and ultra-limited edition green (only 300 made), as well as on CD. The limited edition CD version of the album also comes with an exclusive bonus EP, titled Half Cut, which includes 5 brand new, extra tracks.

View the CD edition of the album at on the left (click image to enlarge).

Gama Bomb frontman Philly Byrne comments: "When we released Tales from the Grave in Space as a free download last year, one of the most common responses from our fans was 'When can I get this album on CD?' Which was both surprising and reassuring.

We're giving our fans what we'd ideally like from a band we love; banging thrash you can either listen to for free or own as a high-quality physical package if you prefer something for your shelf.

We worked hard, very hard, on the tracks which make up Half Cut. When we spent days recording Tales... in the studio, we were working on Half Cut in the kitchen of our cottage at night. We recorded on weekends and at home long after recording had finished. These are the freshest songs we've written, but they're quite different from the songs on Tales... they're a bit meaner, a bit more evil.

We're lucky we had the talent of Rory McGuigan to design the album sleeve. He's made something that looks better to us than any thrash album ever made. This is exactly the kind of CD we were always meant to have, and we hope our fans agree.

People asked us 'where's the CD?' and we're happy we can finally say 'Here it is, go crazy'."

View an example of the comic book-styled CD booklet at this location.

Tales From The Grave In Space is out in Europe on January 28th and is available to pre-order now at this location.

For fans in North America, the limited edition CD and vinyl versions of Tales From The Grave In Space are only available from the Earache USA webstore (still shipping for January 28th) at this location.

A regular CD edition of the album, without the bonus EP, will be available in retail stores in the USA from March 8th.

You can still download Tales From The Grave In Space for free, powered by RapidShare, at this location.

More on Gama Bomb here.