SLAYER reveal World Painted Blood cover art

Above you can see the cover art for SLAYER's upcoming release, World Painted Blood (out November 3rd). Well, sort of. You see, this is a map ("illustrated with human skulls and bones") that has 4 pieces to it, and the only way to get all four pieces of the map would be to buy four copies of the CD. Brilliant marketing move! SLAYER fans are super die-hard, as drummer Dave Lombardo had said in our recent interview, and I can see them totally going nuts for this! Will you buy all 4 copies?

Also, there is going to be a special edition with a different map. Official press release after the jump…

Die-hard Slayer fans, get ready.

World Painted Blood will initially ship with four special collector's edition CD covers. Each of the four covers will display one-fourth of a continental map illustrated with human skulls and bones; when placed together, the four images form a complete and grisly map of the world.

All four of the initial CD packages will include a special blood-red, see-through top panel with the map displayed beneath it.

The World Painted Blood Deluxe Edition will have its own special layout of the map cover art and will be in a double-digipak housed in a blood-red, see-through plastic sleeve. The Deluxe Edition will include the World Painted Blood CD, the "Playing With Dolls" DVD, a 20-minute animated graphic novel featuring music from the album (including part of a new non-album song), and an expanded booklet.