The Melancholy E.P.

Infobox Album | Name = The Melancholy E.P.
Type = EP
Artist = Iced Earth


Released = April 19, 1999 (First Issue)
January 8 2001 (Reissue)
Recorded =
Genre = Power metal Thrash metal
Length = 23:15
Label = Century Media
Producer = Iced Earth
Reviews =
Last album = "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
(1998)
This album = "The Melancholy E.P."
(1999/2001)
Next album = "Alive in Athens"
(1999) |

"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 as a bonus track on the limited edition release of "The Dark Saga" and 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

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title1 = Melancholy (Holy Martyr)
note1 = originally from "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
lyrics1 = Jon Schaffer
music1 = Schaffer
length1 = 4:47

title2 = Shooting Star
note2 = originally by Bad Company
lyrics2 = Paul Rodgers
music2 = Rodgers
length2 = 5:16

title3 = Watching Over Me
note3 = originally from "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
lyrics3 = Schaffer
music3 = Schaffer
length3 = 4:28

title4 = Electric Funeral
note4 = originally by Black Sabbath
lyrics4 = Geezer Butler
music4 = Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Butler, Bill Ward
length4 = 4:53

title5 = I Died for You
note5 = originally from "The Dark Saga"
lyrics5 = Schaffer
music5 = Schaffer
length5 = 3:47

Bonus tracks (re-release)

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title6 = The Ripper
note6 = originally by Judas Priest
lyrics6 = Glenn Tipton
music6 = Tipton
length6 = 2:44

title7 = Colors (live in Athens)
note7 = appeared as a bonus track on "Alive in Athens"
lyrics7 = Schaffer
music7 = Randall Shawver, Schaffer
length7 = 5:15

Credits

* Jon Schaffer − Lead/Rhythm Guitars
* Matt Barlow − Lead Vocals
* Larry Tarnowski − Guitar solos
* Randall Shawver − Lead Guitars (on track 5)
* James MacDonough − Bass Guitars
* Dave Abell − Bass Guitars (on track 5)
* Mark Prator − Drums (on tracks; 1, 3, 5)
* Brent Smedley − Drums (on tracks; 2, 4, 6, 7)

External links

* [http://www.icedearth.com/]