Psychomorphia by Messiah

The best is difficult to say but most Vader EP's are very good.
I also like Kreator-Out of The Dark...Into The Light and Testament-Live at Eindhoven
Of course Mentally Murdered, Suffer The Children and Mass Appeal Madness.
Entombed-Crawl, Blood-Recognize Yourself, Sepultura-Bestial Devastation...(didn't know I like so much EP's)
and maybe it's not so difficult to say after all: my favorite EP would/could be: Pungent Stench-Extreme Deformity. Fun guaranteed.

I would say Rompeprop Menstrual Stomphulk. Good fun, if ya see it and you like goregrind, buy it.

I love EP's, there's something very "containable" about them, for want of a better word. In many cases a band's EP can be their best work. Some examples of these:

Deathspell Omega - Kenose
Sigh - Ghastly Funeral Theatre
Alcest - Le Secret
The Meads of Asphodel - In the Name of God, Welcome to Planet Genocide
Ofermod - Mysterion tes Anomias
The Axis of Perdition - Physical Illucinations in the Sewer of Xuchilbara
Wrath of the Weak - Persse
Bloodbath - Breeding Death

And not their best but among my all time faves:

Blut aus Nord - Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - PCP Torpedo
Meshuggah - I

And not forgetting:

Children of Maani - The Veil of Osiris

EchoSilence / Distorted Horizon

I was so stoked after listening to their initial 4 songs, wondering what would come next from this promising progressive metal act....then they quit

Probably DSO's "Kenose". I can't say I listen to many EP's, though Vader's "The Art of War" is great as is Bloodbath's "Breeding Death" and "Unblessing the Purity".

Atomkraft - Queen of Death

I've only got 2 or 3 eps (excluding those that came as a bonus with an album), but the answer will probably always be the Thorr's Hammer ep (not gonna bother trying to spell it).

Some of my favorite eps are:
Griftegård - Psalm Bok
Dødheimsgard - Satanic Art
Spektr - Mescalyne
Blotted Science - The Animation Of Entomology
Deathspell Omega - Kénôse
Dordeduh - Valea Omului

Woods Of Ypres first EP is a great Black metal album.

There's more, but I'm having a massive brain fart right now :/

Destruction - Sentence of Death, awesome teutonic thrash metal
Pantera - Alive and Hostile EP, contains 5 songs from Cowboys from Hell
Can't remember other EPs right now but I'm sure there are a lot of good ones.

Kind of a tie between Bloodbath's Unblessing the Purity and The Forests Dream Eternally by Behemoth.

Two that are coming to mind:
Gorod - Transcendence
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies

Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies (EP, 1994)
Possessed - The Eyes Of Horror (EP, 1987)
Abnormality - The Collective Calm in Mortal Oblivion (EP, 2010)
Immolation - Providence (EP, 2011)
Hail Of Bullets - Warsaw Rising (EP, 2009)
Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate (EP, 1982)
Insision - End Of All (EP, 2011)

Edit/Added: Celtic Frost - Emperor's Return (EP, 1985) ...how could I forget this?

Only one that comes to mind is the Diamond Plate Relativity EP. There's probably some others that I'm just not thinking of though.

Mercyful fate- mercyful fate (1982)
agalloch- faustian echoes(2012)
agalloch- the white(2008)
agalloch- of stone, wind and pillor(2001)
slayer- haunting the chapel(1984)
altar of oblivion- salvation(2012)
woods of ypres- against the seasons:cold winter songs from the dead summer heat(2002)
celtic forst- morbid tales(1984)
gallowbraid-ashen eidolon(2010)
hellhammer- apocalyptic raids(1984)

Written by bran on 08.08.2012 at 08:21

Mercyful fate- mercyful fate (1982)

still my favourite e.p. (as anyone could guess from my avatar

Quote:

slayer- haunting the chapel(1984)
altar of oblivion- salvation(2012)

Both awesome e.p.'s as well.

I don't remember much of them at this moment, but there are a few I would mention...

Saturnus - For The Loveless Lonely Nights
This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain
Jesu - Silver

Plague Widow - Plague Widow (it's more like this year favourite)

I'm not a big fan of EPs, but I've been enjoying these:
Agalloch - Faustian Echoes
Oak Pantheon - The Void
Blut Aus Nord - What Once Was... Liber II

Adultery - Slovanská Krev (epic folk metal from Czech republic)
Agalloch - The White + Faustian Echoes (no need to introduce, eh?)
Njiqahdda - Of Beasts And Blossoms (quite extraordinary atmospheric black from USA)
Summoning - Nightshade Forests ("Flesh And Blood" is one of their most majestic tracks ever)

but thinking about it, i dont really know too much EPs...

Godkiller's Rebirth Of The Middle Ages is the pinnacle of black metal, and the best EP in metal history. Seriously. Listen to this. I can't explain how amazing it is.

Written by [user id=111774] on 19.08.2012 at 12:39

Godkiller's Rebirth Of The Middle Ages is the pinnacle of black metal, and the best EP in metal history. Seriously. Listen to this. I can't explain how amazing it is.

Not bad.

I've decided I'm quite fond of Between The Buried And Me's The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues.

Meshuggah - I
1 song, 21 minutes. Fuck Yeah!

BtBaM Hypersleep Dialogues have been growing on me as of late too

For me, it's obviously "Lament" by Obolus.
http://theflenser.bandcamp.com/album/lament

+ 1 for Immolation - Providence
Samael - Antigod: not the best but highly enjoyable with the title song and the 2010 Into The Pentagram version
Anorexia Nervosa - The September EP: mainly for the Darkthrone cover
Dissection - Where Dead Angels Lie: very good overall

Mayhem Deathcrush
its fuckin awesome album full of raw energy

Ulver - A Quick Fix of Melancholy - This one really gave me shivers when I was driving home in the dark.

Definitely Kénôse by DsO.

Easy question for me.
Ovid's Withering - The Cloud Gatherer