Black Sails EP

Black Sails EP
EP by AFI
Released	April 27, 1999
Genre	Hardcore punk, horror punk
Length	11:50
Label	Nitro
AFI chronology
A Fire Inside EP (1998)A Fire Inside EP1998 Black Sails EP (1999) Black Sails in the Sunset (1999)Black Sails in the Sunset1999

Black Sails EP is an extended play by the American rock band AFI. It was released on April 27, 1999, through Nitro Records. Only 5,000 copies were pressed. It is a sampler of the band's fourth studio album Black Sails in the Sunset.

Background

The first three tracks can be found on the album Black Sails in the Sunset, with several minor changes. On the full-length album, "Porphyria" is re-titled "Porphyria Cutanea Tarda" and contains a crossfade into the next track, "Exsanguination". "Who Knew?" is a B-Side from the full-length album, and appears on the Japanese edition of Black Sails in the Sunset.

Track listing

1. "Porphyria" – 2:09
2. "Malleus Maleficarum" – 4:04
3. "The Prayer Position" – 3:30
4. "Who Knew?" – 2:14