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Roman Doez
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June 25, 2025
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I've gone through albums and demos already, the time has now come for EPs!
I figured 50 would be a good cut-off point but some releases were really hard to exclude, I may expand it in the future.
Enjoy and feel free to recommend more!
50.
1.
Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons
Progressive metal, USA, 1995.
50.
2.
Behold The Arctopus - Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning
Avant-garde / progressive metal, USA, 2005.
50.
3.
Judas Iscariot - Dethroned, Conquered And Forgotten
Black metal, USA, 2000
50.
4.
Μνήμα - Drowned In Hallucinogenic Visions
Black metal / noise, Greece, 2025
50.
5.
Bølzer - Aura
Black / death metal, Switzerland, 2013
50.
6.
Nine Inch Nails - Broken
Industrial metal, USA, 1992
50.
7.
Meshuggah - I
Progressive metal / djent, Sweden, 2004
50.
8.
Funeral Mist - Devilry
Black metal, Sweden, 1998
50.
9.
Molested - Stormvold
Death metal, Norway, 1997
50.
10.
Effluence - Ballistic Bloodspray
Avant-garde brutal death metal, USA, 2001
50.
11.
Unexpect - _We, Invaders
Avant-garde metal, Canada, 2003
50.
12.
Tantric Bile - Befoulment!!!
Gorenoise / free jazz / avant-garde metal, USA, 2022
50.
13.
Thorr's Hammer - Dommedagsnatt
Death doom, USA, 1996
50.
14.
Godkiller - The Rebirth Of The Middle Ages
Black metal, Monaco, 1996
50.
15.
GGUW - BEHAUPTUNGSANIMALITÄT
Avant-garde black metal, Germany, 2017
50.
16.
Katharsis - Fourth Reich
Black metal, Germany, 2009
50.
17.
Mayhem - Wolf's Lair Abyss
Black metal, Norway, 1997
50.
18.
Malva Silvestre - Desvios III
Black metal, Spain, 2022
50.
19.
Kausis - I
Black metal, Russia, 2023
50.
20.
Somme - Prussian Blood
Black metal, 2021
50.
21.
Urfaust - Einsiedler
Black metal, Netherlands, 2009
50.
22.
Slayer - Haunting The Chapel
Thrash metal, USA, 1984
50.
23.
Pan.thy.monium - Dream II
Avant-garde death metal, Sweden, 1991
50.
24.
Burzum - Aske
Black metal, Norway, 1993
50.
25.
Forest Of Shadows - Where Dreams Turn To Dust
Death doom metal, Sweden, 2001
50.
26.
Morbus Chron - A Saunter Through The Shroud
Progressive death metal, Sweden, 2012
50.
27.
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is A Dead Scene
Mathcore, USA, 2002
50.
28.
Forgotten Woods - Sjel Av Natten
Black metal, Norway, 1995
50.
29.
Suffocation - Human Waste
Brutal death metal, USA, 1991
50.
30.
Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust
Avant-garde death metal, Canada, 2016
50.
31.
Katatonia - For Funerals To Come
Death doom / black metal, Sweden, 1995
50.
32.
Botch - An Anthology Of Dead Ends
Mathcore, USA, 2002
50.
33.
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Under The Running Board
Mathcore, USA, 1998
50.
34.
Emperor - Reverence
Symphonic black metal, Norway, 1997
50.
35.
Μνήμα - Gathering Sorcery To The Eternal Portals Of The Past Pt III
Black metal / noise, Greece, 2022
50.
36.
Volahn - El Tigre Del Sur
Black metal, USA, 2019
50.
37.
Somme - Somme
Black metal, 2020
50.
38.
Mute Ocean - Corps Sans Organes
Avant-garde black metal, Russia, 2024
50.
39.
Gehenna - First Spell
Black metal, Norway, 1994
50.
40.
Godflesh - Godflesh
Industrial metal, USA, 1988
50.
41.
Kostnatění - Oheň Hoří Tam, Kde Padl
Avant-garde black metal, USA, 2023
50.
42.
Nocturnus - Nocturnus
Progressive (kinda) death metal, USA, 1993
50.
43.
Shining - Submit To Selfdestruction
DSBM, Sweden, 1998
50.
44.
The 3rd And The Mortal - Sorrow
Doom metal, Norway, 1994
50.
45.
Dødheimsgard - Satanic Art
Avant-garde (kinda) black metal, Norway, 1998
50.
46.
Mgła - Mdłości
Black metal, Poland, 2006
50.
47.
Cryptic Tales - Valley Of The Dolls
Death doom / folk metal, Poland, 1994
50.
48.
The 3rd And The Mortal - Nightswan
Doom metal, Norway, 1995
50.
49.
Fleurety - A Darker Shade Of Evil
Black metal, Norway, 1994
50.
50.
Daedalia - Dream Of A Manikin
Avant-garde black metal, France, 2024
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After tackling full lengths and demos, I figured EPs were next, enjoy!
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There’s definitely some I’d recommend here but I’m not sure they’ll fit with what you have 😅

No Sadness or Farewell
Monster in the Creek
Cenotes
The Eye of Needle
Concealing Fate
Spylacopa
Orbital
Tardigrade Inferno
Memories in My Head
From the Cradle to Enslave
Emovere

These would all be somewhere among my favorite EPs. You have some unexpected picks in a good way and a lot that I’ve never listened to or heard of, so I have some discovering for the future
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Written by Vellichor on 04.07.2025 at 22:45

There’s definitely some I’d recommend here but I’m not sure they’ll fit with what you have 😅

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These would all be somewhere among my favorite EPs. You have some unexpected picks in a good way and a lot that I’ve never listened to or heard of, so I have some discovering for the future

I have listened to literally none of your suggestions lol I'll have to check them out, thank you!
Hope you manage to find some good stuff in my list as well then
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