The Melancholy E.P.

EP by Iced Earth

Released

April 19, 1999 (First Issue)
January 8, 2001 (Reissue)

Genre

Power metal

Length

23:15

Iced Earth chronology

Something Wicked This Way Comes
(1998)

The Melancholy E.P.
(1999/2001)

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 all of the songs from the limited edition plus two additional tracks: 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 track listing mix-ups.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Melancholy (Holy Martyr)"	Jon Schaffer	Something Wicked This Way Comes	4:47
2.	"Shooting Star" (originally by Bad Company)	Paul Rodgers	Straight Shooter	5:16
3.	"Watching Over Me"	Jon Schaffer	Something Wicked This Way Comes	4:28
4.	"Electric Funeral" (originally by Black Sabbath)	Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward	Paranoid	4:53
5.	"I Died for You"	Jon Schaffer	The Dark Saga	3:47

Bonus tracks (re-release)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Original album	Length
6.	"The Ripper" (originally by Judas Priest)	Glenn Tipton	Glenn Tipton	Sad Wings of Destiny	2:44
7.	"Colors" (from Alive in Athens sessions)	Jon Schaffer	Randall Shawver, Jon Schaffer	Iced Earth	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

Iced Earth

Jon Schaffer Troy Seele Stu Block Luke Appleton Brent Smedley See the complete members list

Studio albums	Iced Earth Night of the Stormrider Burnt Offerings The Dark Saga Something Wicked This Way Comes Horror Show The Glorious Burden Framing Armageddon The Crucible of Man Dystopia Plagues of Babylon The Judas Goat

Live albums	Alive in Athens Festivals of the Wicked Live in Ancient Kourion

Cover albums	Tribute to the Gods

Extended plays	Enter the Realm The Melancholy EP Overture of the Wicked 5 Songs

Singles	"Frankenstein" "The Reckoning" "Setian Massacre" "Ten Thousand Strong" "I Walk Among You" "Dante's Inferno 2011"

Songs	"Dante's Inferno" "Wolf" "Ghost of Freedom" "Dystopia" "Anthem"

Compilations	Days of Purgatory The Blessed and the Damned Enter the Realm of the Gods

Box sets	Dark Genesis Slave to the Dark Box of the Wicked

Video albums	Gettysburg (1863) Alive in Athens – The DVD Festivals Of The Wicked Live in Ancient Kourion

Tours	Dystopia World Tour Worldwide Plagues Tour

Related articles	Discography Something Wicked Saga Demons and Wizards Sons of Liberty Morrisound Recording

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