PORCUPINE TREE Announces Massive Fear Of A Blank Planet Box Set

Porcupine Tree is continuing to reissue their old material with an insane amount of bonus content, this time tackling their 2007 progressive metal masterpiece Fear Of A Blank Planet. The reissue is five discs and a BluRay containing everything from remastered versions of Fear Of A Blank Planet and the accompanying Nil Recurring EP, as well as a buncha extras. The full box is:

• 112-Page Hardback Book: The centrepiece of this collection is a 112-page book, with an in-depth examination of the process of creating the album by Stephen Humphries with interviews, alongside rare photographs from photographers Lasse Hoile & Carl Glover.
• Disc 1 (CD): 2024 remaster of Fear Of A Blank Planet.
• Disc 2 (CD): 2024 remaster of Nil Recurring EP.
• Disc 3 (CD): Approx 55 minutes of previously unreleased demos by both band and Steven Wilson, offering a rare insight into our creative process for the album, including 2 tracks not recorded for the final album.
• Disc 4 (CD): A live recording of a work-in-progress version of the album made at The Garage, Saarbrucken on 23^rd September 2006, while we were still refining and developing the material. This has been mixed from the multitrack tapes for the first time for this edition.
• Disc 5 (CD): A 5 track BBC radio session (Maida Vale Studios, 13th April 2007) plus an 8-song acoustic / unplugged in-store performance from Park Avenue, Orlando (4^th October 2007).
• Disc 6 (Blu-ray): Includes remastered stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes of Fear Of A Blank Planet and Nil Recurring, as well as a new 2024 documentary – ‘The Making of Fear Of A Blank Planet’. Also features 3 music videos, 3 songs performed live on film at The Palladium, Koln (4^th December 2007) and 2 live visual films (“Sleep Together” and “Anesthetize”).

The reissue of Fear Of A Blank Planet is out October 25. Pre-orders are available here.