Top 5 EPs Of 2012

I wanted to try something this year end. It seems that, while many bands release quite a few EPs in their lifetime, few EPs are truly considered the bands best work. Often times an EP is two or three new songs with some remixes, or a single with some acoustic covers and such, but there are times when an EP is truly a masterpiece for a band. Take the Zombie EP by The Devil Wears Prada, easily their best and most focused work to date. However EPs still get overshadowed by full lengths when it comes to year end lists, and I can honestly say that with the large number of full length vying for my year end list, I probably wouldn't have put an EP on there. So in order to honor some of those EPs out there, here is a top five list.

In Reverence - Hallucinations

It’s hard to stand out in a genre as crowded and popular as Deathcore, but the internet has its ways of pushing the best bands up to the surface and getting their names out there. In Reverence is one such band. They aren’t too widely known but I have a feeling things are going to be looking up for them.

The band’s sound is a best described as culmination of the best parts of Whitechapel, Carnifex, and Impending Doom. Heavy hitting atmospheric deathcore with a tad bit of The Last Felony-esque technicality. If that concoction sounds good to you then you should get onto listening to the band’s first outing Hallucination.