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F1R3PR00F · Number of posts: 137 Registration date: 2009-03-15

anybody have any ep's the really like?

strangerhoncho · Number of posts: 357 Registration date: 2007-04-20

I think EPs are usually lame. I do like the Zao/Training for Utopia split, though. And Frost Like Ashes--Pure as the Blood Covered Snow.

**ultmetal** · Number of posts: 3414 Registration date: 2006-12-26

I have a ton of them that I love. EPs give bands a chance to put out odd stuff they wouldn't put on a normal album...

Here are a few I thought of right away.
QUEENSRYCHE - EP
ULTIMATUM - Til the End!
ACCUSER - Confusion Romance
NEVERMORE - In Memory
TESTAMENT - Return to the Apocalyptic City
HIRAX - Assassins of War
HIRAX - Chaos & Brutality
ANTHRAX - Armed & Dangerous
JACKYL - Stayin' Alive (though it's actually long enough to be a full length)

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**alldatndensum** · Subject: Re: eps Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:31 pm

I'm not big on EPs. I'd rather the band wait until they have enough material or enough cash to put out a full length CD.

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**ultmetal** · Number of posts: 3414 Registration date: 2006-12-26

EPs leave listeners wanting for more. They are usually cheaper than album. The EPs I've listed so far I listen to fairly regularly. I think they are great.

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angelofdarkness · Number of posts: 555 Age: 32 Registration date: 2009-05-14

I love em as well.
Favourites:
Witchery ~ Witchburner
Ulver ~ Silencing the Singing
Ulver ~ Silence Teaches You How To Sing
Ulver ~ A Quick Fix of Melancholy
Ulver Metamorphosis
Kampfar ~ Kampfar
Bloodbath ~ Unblessing The Purity
Fireball Ministry ~ FMEP
Satyricon ~ Intermezzo
Taake ~ Nekro

among many others...

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**alldatndensum** · Subject: Re: eps Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:09 am

There is one good thing about the MP3 market nowadays. At least if there is an EP I might be interested in, I just buy the MP3s. I hate buying a CD less than half full.

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Ludey7 · Number of posts: 18 Registration date: 2009-10-08

Stavesacre 'Against The Silence' and 'Bull Takes Fighter'

**arttieTHE1manparty** · Subject: Re: eps Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:57 am

I like a lot of them. As Ult said, it gives bands a chance to do out of the ordinary things, like covers or experimental songs.

Arttie

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metalheaded · Number of posts: 435 Age: 37 Registration date: 2007-12-01

Anthrax - Armed & Dangerous
Ultimatum - ...til the end!
Grave Digger - Pray
Testament - Live At Eindhoven
Overkill - F*** You!
Possessed - The Eyes Of Horror
Megadeth - Cryptic Sounds-No Voices In Your Head
Metallica - Garage Days Re-Revisited-The $9.98 EP (or $5.98 EP, on cassette)
Helloween - Judas
Nuclear Assault - Brain Death
Nuclear Assault - The Plague

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strangerhoncho · Number of posts: 357 Registration date: 2007-04-20

ultmetal wrote:

EPs leave listeners wanting for more.

I think that's why I don't usually like them. They just tease you and leave you unsatisfied, wanting more. It's a good strategy I suppose for a band that wants to keep fans interested, but personally I don't like feeling unsatisfied.

I like albums that leave me feeling as full as a big, hearty meal.

**Tall Tyrion** · Subject: Re: eps Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:37 am

I like em. Smile

Some that haven't yet been mentioned:

Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
Tykkus - Umlaut
Metal Church - 4 Hymns

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Staybrite · Number of posts: 966 Registration date: 2007-04-08

I have several EPs that I really like, it is a fantastic way for young/broke bands to get some of their music out, or a good way for bands to keep up new releases when they don't have a lot of new material written.

Also cool for bands to release odd stuff that might never make a typical band release (like Tourniquet's "Carry the Wounded" EP)

Here are a few of my favorite EPs

Aava - A Night in the Wild Garden
Amos - Lost Essence
Faith Factor - 7/7/07
Illuminandi - Demos 1 & 2
Impellitteri - Victim of the System
Place of Skulls - Love Through Blood
Saint - Warriors of the Son
Tourniquet - Carry the Wounded
Tykkus - Umlaut
Venia - In Our Weakness

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oteis · Number of posts: 157 Age: 30 Registration date: 2009-07-29

I actually really like EP's. Especially because there are songs on EP's that would normally not make the album, but are to good to get lost in thin air.

Antestor - Det Tapte Liv
Tourniquet - Carry The Wounded
Deuteronomium - Retaliatory Strike
Extol - Paralysis

metalheaded · Number of posts: 435 Age: 37 Registration date: 2007-12-01

Quote:

Antestor - Det Tapte Liv
Extol - Paralysis

Good ones!

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Disposable HERO · Number of posts: 982 Age: 38 Registration date: 2008-01-20

It's all about the songs. I don't care how long it is, if the songs are good it's worth getting and if they're bad it's worth skipping.

The Italian label Underground Symphony has released some great power metal and they released some EPs, presumably to test how bands would do on the market. Ambermoon, Arachnes, Wonderland, others... Doesn't matter that they're not full length, because they've got good songs.

Ben Grimm · Number of posts: 164 Age: 34 Registration date: 2007-04-08

Usually with an ep I, come away feeling disapointed. Not enough good material, it seems like you got 4 songs with one good one, or bands pack them with remixed versions, or you get cover songs that no one should cover. The only ep's I have ever been happy with is Extol - Mesmerized,
and Outcry - Hope for the Torn Heart

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Sutekh · Number of posts: 232 Age: 36 Registration date: 2008-07-25

Some good choices so far. I'd chuck in a couple more that I really like:
Cruciai Kick -In Your Faith
Mortification -Noah Sat Down...
Sixpence none the Richer -Tickets to a Prayer Wheel
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**Tall Tyrion** · Subject: Re: eps Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:34 am

Sutekh wrote:

The Intense Live series

YES!!!

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