The Melancholy E.P.
The Melancholy E.P. is an EP by American heavy metal band Iced Earth, and was originally released in 1999 as a radio promotion; however, some were sold directly to the fans.
The EP contains three original Iced Earth songs and two covers: "Shooting Star" by Bad Company, and "Electric Funeral" by Black Sabbath.
Only 1500 hand-numbered copies exist of the first edition.
In 2001, the EP was re-released in greater numbers due to demand. The re-release contains the songs from the limited edition plus two new ones: one is a Judas Priest cover of "The Ripper", which had appeared on the limited edition release of The Dark Saga as a bonus track and on the Judas Priest tribute album A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal Vol. 2, and the other is a live version of "Colors" (from Iced Earth), a song that didn't make it on to the Alive in Athens album, due to tracklisting mixups.
Track listing
Bonus tracks (re-release)
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Music |
Original album |
| 6. |
"The Ripper" (originally by Judas Priest) |
Glenn Tipton |
Glenn Tipton |
The Dark Saga European Limited Edition digipak |
2:44 |
| 7. |
"Colors" (from Alive in Athens sessions) |
Jon Schaffer |
Randall Shawver, Jon Schaffer |
None |
5:15 |
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