to coincide with the album's 20th anniversary, peaceville records released a special two-disc edition of "severed survival" on february 23, 2009. it includes rare rehearsal and live material for a bonus disc as well as demo versions of two songs — "mauled to death" and "human genocide" — which did not make the final cut on the original album. also featured in the package is a booklet with notes by the band themselves, detailing the history of autopsy's early years, with rare photos and images. the reissue also includes two new autopsy tracks that were recorded in september 2008, and are included on the reissue's second disc.