GWAR share HD ‘School’s Out’ video ahead of Beyond Hell 20th-anniversary reissue
Meta description with personality: GWAR revisit Beyond Hell with a remastered 20th-anniversary edition, an HD “School’s Out” video and a new North American tour this autumn.
GWAR have released an HD version of their video for “School’s Out”, their cover of the Alice Cooper track, ahead of a 20th-anniversary edition of Beyond Hell arriving on 25 September.
Originally released in 2006, Beyond Hell has been newly remastered by Paul Logus, whose credits include Anthrax and Killswitch Engage. The anniversary edition also adds a previously unreleased outro recorded during the original album sessions.
The record was produced by Devin Townsend, who recalled how his involvement with GWAR began after meeting the late Dave Brockie while the two were on tour.
“I had been a GWAR fan since I was a kid. I loved the freedom, the metal, the spectacle, and the passion that went into it all,” Townsend said. “I met Brockie on a tour we did together and, after cornering him in an elevator basically telling him I’d work for free, I found myself co-producing Beyond Hell. Dave and Corey came to Vancouver to stay with me, and we recorded at Profile Studios. The drums and basic tracks were done at Slave Pit in Richmond, Virginia, and the whole process took about three months.”
He added: “GWAR were, and are, an amazing combination of artistic freedom, absurdity, and hard work bundled up with metal and performance. Loved them then, love them now.”
The 20th-anniversary release also marks the first vinyl pressing of Beyond Hell. The record comes on 180-gram vinyl in a tri-fold sleeve designed to unfold into an inverted cross, while the CD edition includes a fold-out poster.
A standard gold vinyl edition is limited to 2,000 copies, while the announcement also lists a 300-copy “Blood Moon” edition associated with GWAR’s official store and a 200-copy “Blood Smear” edition through Metal Injection. The press release separately states that the vinyl release has sold out through the GWAR store, so current availability of those variants should be confirmed before publication.
The anniversary edition runs to 13 tracks:
- Intro
- War Is All We Know
- Murderer’s Muse
- Go to Hell!
- I Love the Pigs
- Tormentor
- Eighth Lock
- Destroyed
- The Ultimate Bohab
- The One That Will Not Be Named
- Back in Crack
- School’s Out (Alice Cooper cover)
- Outro
GWAR will follow the reissue with their “Gor Gor Must Die!” tour, beginning on 27 October in Charlottesville, Virginia. Midnight provide direct support, with Mac Sabbath opening each night. X-COPS and Atomic Rule will appear on selected dates.
The announced dates are:
27 October — Charlottesville, VA — The Jefferson Theater *
28 October — Atlanta, GA — The Masquerade (Heaven) *
29 October — Jacksonville, FL — FIVE *
30 October–3 November — Miami, FL — The Headbangers Boat
4 November — Fort Lauderdale, FL — Revolution *
5 November — Orlando, FL — The Beacham *
6 November — Myrtle Beach, SC — House of Blues *
7 November — Winston-Salem, NC — The Ramkat *
8 November — Nashville, TN — Brooklyn Bowl *
9 November — Little Rock, AR — The Hall *
10 November — Dallas, TX — AM/FM *
12 November — Denver, CO — Ogden Theatre +
13 November — Salt Lake City, UT — Rockwell at The Complex +
14 November — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl +
15 November — Reno, NV — Cargo Concert Hall +
17 November — Tempe, AZ — The Marquee +
18 November — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues +
19 November — Berkeley, CA — The UC Theatre +
20 November — Chico, CA — Senator Theatre +
21 November — Bend, OR — Midtown Ballroom +
23 November — Seattle, WA — Showbox SoDo +
24 November — Spokane, WA — Knitting Factory +
25 November — Vancouver, BC — Vogue Theatre +
27 November — Edmonton, AB — Midway Music Hall +
28 November — Calgary, AB — MacEwan Hall +
30 November — Winnipeg, MB — Burton Cummings Theatre +
2 December — Lincoln, NE — Bourbon Theatre +
3 December — Milwaukee, WI — The Rave *
4 December — Pontiac, MI — The Crofoot Ballroom *
5 December — Cleveland, OH — House of Blues *
6 December — McKees Rocks, PA — Roxian Theatre *
8 December — Washington, DC — 9:30 Club *
9 December — Worcester, MA — The Palladium *
10 December — New York, NY — The Palladium Times Square *
11 December — Philadelphia, PA — The Fillmore Philadelphia *
12 December — Norfolk, VA — The NorVa *
* X-COPS
+ Atomic Rule
The band have also recently announced Mutant Football League 2: Antarctica Scumdogs, a downloadable expansion for Mutant Football League 2. The DLC is due in October 2026 for PlayStation 5, Steam and Xbox Series X|S and features GWAR members as playable characters.
More information on the game is available at https://www.mutantfootballleague.com/.
