VIRGIN STEELE has issued the following:

SPV / Steamhammer is proud to re-release Virgin Steele‘s “Life Among The Ruins” album. This 2 CD digipak re-release comes with massive bonus tracks, a huge booklet with new liner notes and many rare photos.

Release Date Europe: June 18th, 2012
Release Date: Germany: June 15th, 2012
Release Date USA/Canada: July 17th, 2012

Life Among the Ruins was the fifth full length studio album by the US heavy metal band.

David DeFeis comments on the re-release:

“We will shortly be re-releasing the LIFE AMONG THE RUINS album. This 2012 version will be in digi-pak form and contain not one…but 2 discs with a large amount of extra ingredients. On the first disc we include 5 rare & unvarnished acoustic recordings, plus a full band bonus track. On disc #2 we have a total of 20 tracks. These tracks consist of a large amount of newly recorded material completed this past month, as well as alternate mixes of some of the album’s original tracks. And in addition we have also included a never released track from somewhere around that period of time. All the material has been re-mastered, and the package will feature copious liner notes, photos and unique packaging….we hope you will enjoy it”