Season Of Mist has issued the following update regarding Swedish black metallers WATAIN:

To celebrate the 10 cursed years of madness and magic that have passed since Swedish black metal tyrants WATAIN crawled out of their molten caskets, Season Of Mist is now releasing their first two full length albums, Casus Luciferi and Rabid Death's Curse on digipack CD's, respectively on October 13th and 27th.

Both albums have been remastered in Necromorbus Studio were they were originally recorded, and will also feature two rare bonus-tracks, one being the title-track from the bands debut 7" EP The Essence of Black Purity and the other an unreleased live-version of the VON anthem, 'Watain'. Both releases will also include extensive liner notes from the band along with additional photos and illustrations.

"Watain's first two albums have both been hailed as monumental and groundbreaking within the underground for their undeniably magical content and fanatic intensity, yet they are also considered collectors items which to this day are still hard to come by", leader Erik states. "As Watain never wanted their divine art to be something restricted for collectors and rich eBay kids only, we have now chosen to reveal to all of the world our dark and fiery past. A past that came to shape one of the most terrible abominations ever to stalk the Metal scene!"

As previously reported, dates for Watain's North American trek (also featuring WITHERED and BOOK OF BLACK EARTH) are as follows:

October

3 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
4 - Montreal, QC - Katacombes
7 - Boston, MA - The Middle East
8 - New York, NY - Knitting Factory
9 - Pittsburgh, PA - 31st St. Pub
10 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
11 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's Rock Club
12 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
13 - Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
14 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
15 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
16 - Portland, OR - Rotture
17 - Oakland, CA - Metro
18 - Hollywood, CA - Knitting Factory
19 - San Marcos, CA - Jumping Turtle
20 - Tempe, AZ - The Sets
21 - Farmington, NM - Gator's
23 - Dallas, TX - Reno's Chop Shop
24 - Victoria, TX - Mario's Ballroom (with RITUAL KILLER)
25 - Austin, TX - Red 7 (with Ritual Killer)
26 - New Orleans, LA - Red Dragon (with Ritual Killer)
28 - Tampa, FL - Brass Mug
29 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
31 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx

November

1 - Allentown, PA - Sterling Hotel

A previous message from Watain reads: "In late September, Watain will embark on a mini-tour in Finland together with NIFELHEIM. Thus the two Tyrants of todays "black metal elite" will be united for the first time under one banner!

Joining in on the tour as well are the Singaporean beasts IMPIETY and UK's SPEARHEAD. This will certainly will be one of the strongest and most deadly tourpackages ever to strike this little shithole of a world..."

Dates for the Finnish mini-tour include:

September

25 - Hella - Tampere, Finland
26 - S-Osis - Turku, Finland
27 - Gloria - Helsinki, Finland