| A Cold-Blooded Epitaph | |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | the Black Dahlia Murder |
| Cover: | A cold-blooded epitaph.jpg |
| Released: | May 2002 |
| Recorded: | January 2002 |
| Studio: | Cloud City Studios in Detroit, Michigan |
| Genre: | Melodic death metal |
| Length: | 15:58 |
| Label: | Lovelost |
| Producer: | Mike Hasty |
| Prev Title: | What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | Unhallowed |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
A Cold-Blooded Epitaph is the first EP by American melodic death metal band the Black Dahlia Murder released in May 2002 on Lovelost Records, it is released as an MCD. This is the band's last release with guitarist John Deering.
"The Blackest Incarnation" and "Closed Casket Requiem" were to be later released on their following, full-length album, Unhallowed.
The EP features the cover of "Paint It Black", originally performed by the Rolling Stones in 1966.[1]