The Best EPs?

I was having a conversation with someone on another board about the new Hirax EP and he suggested that all EPs suck. I personally like them as I feel they give bands a chance to release odd stuff not available on full length albums and such. What are some of your favorites?


a few that came to mind for me immediately:
TT QUICK - s/t
HIRAX - Assassins of War
QUEENSRYCHE - s/t
NUCLEAR ASSAULT - The Plague
ULTIMATUM - ...til the End!
CELTIC FROST - Emperor's Return
TYKKUS - Umlaut
THIN LIZZY - New Day
ANTHRAX - Armed & Dangerous
METALLICA - Garage Days Re-Revisited
POWERMAD - The Madness Begins...

all good ones, Ult

Slayer - Live Undead
Amorphis - Black Winter Day
Omen - Nightmares
B!tch - Damnation Alley
Savatage - The Dungeons are Calling

were the first I thought of.

Yeah that guy was right. They obviously ALL suck.

Just to name some cool ones:
SAMSON:AND THERE IT IS....from 1988
WARRANT:FIRST STRIKE from 1985
WITCHKILLER:DAY OF THE SAXONS from 1984
OBSESSION:MARSHALL LAW from 1984
WITCH:THE HEX IS ON from 1984
FREHLEYS COMET:LIVE+1
ANTHEM(JAP):READY TO RIDE from 1985
AXEWITCH:PRAY FOR METAL from 1982
WARLORD:DELIVER US from 1983
CALIBRE 38:CALIBRE 38 from 1988
GRAVE DIGGER:YESTERDAY from 2006
MARS:METALDRONE from 1987

Can't believe I missed Marshall Law, good call, krokus.

another...

Mass - Take You Home

Yes, can't believe I forgot the Mass and Frehley's Comet EPs. Love 'em both.

ult

Some more that i love:
ATOMKRAFT:QUEEN OF DEATH from 1986
HELIX:GET UP from 2007
RAVEN:MAD from 1986
IRON CHRIST from 1988
IVORY SPIDER:IVORY SPIDER from 2002
RUTHLESS:METAL WITHOUT MERCY from 1984
DAMIEN:DAMIEN from 1984
CRIMSON GLORY:WAR OF THE WORLDS from 2000
KORZUS:AO VIVO from 1986
KYMERA:ANIMALITY from 1989
OSTROGOTH:FULL MOON´S EYES from 1983
POSEIDON:THE FINAL GATE from 1989
MEDIEVAL:MEDIEVAL from 1986
RATT:RATT
RAGE:EXTENDED POWER from 1990

Accu§er - Confusion Romance

While I like EP's, I rarely put them on, except when they are new.

Slayer - Haunting The Chapel

Some more, WHY NOT??? LOL. Love them.
ASSASSIN:INTERSTELLAR EXPERIENCE from 1988
GOTHAM CITY:BLACK WRITS from 1983
HARDWARE:IN COLD BLOOD from 1985
JINX:STAND UP FOR ROCK´N´ROLL POWER from 1986
JOSHUA:THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE from 1982
ODIN:DON´T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER from 1985
OXENKILLER:MONSTER OF STEEL from 1987
GRAVE DIGGER:SYMPHONY OF DEATH from 1993
EARTHSHAKER:TOKYO from 1984
EPIDEMIC:FUTUREDOOM from 1989
INTENSE:DARK SEASON from 1997
MARTYR:FOR THE UNIVERSE from 1985

Rage-Extended Power
Rage-Beyond the Wall
Cathedral - Soul Sacrifice
Cathedral - Hopkins Witchfinder General

a change of seasons is a pretty good one too.

I like the idea of EPs but with little income and even less spending savy, I try to stick with full lengths. However if it is an extended EP at a reasonable price (or I really want the extra tracks), I will buy it. Here are the only EPs I have or remember having:

Dream Theater-A Change Of Seasons
Amorphis-Black Winter Day
Amorphis-My Kantele
Leaves' Eyes-Legend Land
Iced Earth-Overture Of The Wicked
Metallica-the origional Garage Days Revisited (had it on tape and the tape got eaten up in a tape player )

BARREN CROSS - Believe

Deliverance - California Metal

More of a comp but, it was there first bit of exposure I think. I had it on tape!

krokus wrote:

RAVEN:MAD from 1986

This was the first one I thought of but of course Krokus beat me to it. You're too fast for me, man!!

Some more from my collection:
WITCHTRAP:WITCHING METAL
ATOMKRAFT:CONDUCTORS OF NOISE from 1987
TURBO:OSTATRI IVOJOIVNIK from 1987(polish edition)
VENOM:All those ASSAULT mini-lps from the mid 80s.
BATTLEAXE:NIGHMARE ZONE from 2005
WORLD WAR III:WORLD WAR III from 1985
METALUCIFER:HEAVY METAL HUNTER from 1996
ZNOWHITE:KICK´EM WHEN THEY ´RE GONE from 1985
smurfette:DAMNATION ALLEY from 1982
SPECIAL FORCES:TOOLS OF THE TRADE from 1982
VODU:NO WAY from 1990
MELIAH RAGE:LIVE KILL from 1989
DARXON:TOKYO from 1985
ANGELES DEL INFIERNO:INSTINTO ANIMAL from 1986
NIGHTMARE:ASTRAL DELIVERANCE from 1999
RECIPIENTS OF DEATH:FINAL FLIGHT from 1990
CLOVEN HOOF:CLOVEN HOOF from 1984
MYSTIC FORCE:ANOTHER WORLD from 1992
THUNDERSTICK:FEEL LIKE ROCK´N´ROLL from 1983
HYAENA:GREY SKY from 1990
KRATOS:KRATOS from 1997
MALICE:CRAZY IN THE NIGHT from 1989
LOVE GUNN:BAD LOVE FOR SALE from 1986
CUSTARD:GOD OF STORM
ARMED FORCE:LET THEIR BE METAL from 1984
DEMON FLIGHT:DEMON FLIGHT
SACRIFICE:THE FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE UNKNOWN 84
NASTY SAVAGE:WAGE OF MAYHEM from 2003
OCTOBER 31:VISIONS OF THE END from 1998(first edition)
HEAVY LOAD:METAL CONQUEST from 1981
ROSA VISTA:YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT from 1985
SHIRE:SHIRE from 1984
NIGHTCRAWLER:NIGHTCRAWLER from 1996/98
OZZY OSBOURNE:JUST SAY OZZY
PROTECTOR:MISANTHROPY from 1987
ATTAKK:ATTAKK from 1988
CROSSFIRE:SHARPSHOOTER from 1986
OVERLORDE:OVERLORDE from 1987
POISON ASP:BEYOND THE WALLS OF SLEEP
DORO:FOR LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP from 2006
NECRONOMICON BEAST:HELL THRASH WAR from 2002
NEW YORK:CARRY THE TORCH from 1984
PANTHER:PANTHER from 1986

Fat Freddy wrote:

krokus wrote:

RAVEN:MAD from 1986

This was the first one I thought of but of course Krokus beat me to it. You're too fast for me, man!!

Sorry.
HEADS UP from 1991 by RAVEN is an other great mini cd.

krokus wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

krokus wrote:

RAVEN:MAD from 1986

This was the first one I thought of but of course Krokus beat me to it. You're too fast for me, man!!

Sorry.
HEADS UP from 1991 by RAVEN is an other great mini cd.

Indeed it is! Why didn't I think of THAT one??

Fat Freddy wrote:

krokus wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

krokus wrote:

RAVEN:MAD from 1986

This was the first one I thought of but of course Krokus beat me to it. You're too fast for me, man!!

Sorry.
HEADS UP from 1991 by RAVEN is an other great mini cd.

Indeed it is! Why didn't I think of THAT one??

It is dificould to remember everything. I have all my cds, single, maxi singles, picture discs, mini lps and lps listed on A4 papers and like that i can find stuff easy. Without those papers i would not remember 20%

Armored Saint - S/T
Raven - Mad
Possessed - The Eyes Of Horror
Metallica - Garage Days Re-Revisited
Heretic - Torture Knows No Boundary
Place Of Skulls - Love Through Blood
Nevermore - In Memory

Queensryche EP

Danzig - "Thrall-Demonsweatlive"

DOGS D'AMOUR- "Graveyard Of Empty Bottles"
RATT- s/t (debut )
MOTHER LOVE BONE- "shine"
W.A.S.P.- "F*** Like A Beast"
LIZZY BORDEN- "Terror Rising"

those are some of my favorites

My favorites:

Queensryche ~ Queensryche
Leaves' Eyes ~ Legend Land
Sirenia ~ Sirenian Shores