Vulcan (EP)

{{Infobox album

| name = Vulcan

| type = ep

| artist = Snake River Conspiracy

| cover = EP snake river conspiracy vulcan.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 5, 1999

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Industrial rock|industrial metal|electronic rock|electronica}}

| length = 11:18 (7" single)

26:26 (CD)

| label = {{hlist|Reprise|Morpehus (UK)}}

| producer = {{flatlist|

}}

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Sonic Jihad

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Snake River Conspiracy

| type = Single

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| title = Vulcan

| year = 1999

| next_title = How Soon Is Now?

| next_year = 2000

}}

Vulcan is the debut extended play by American industrial rock band Snake River Conspiracy. It was released on October 5, 1999. The five-song EP contains three renditions of the title track, along with a B-side and a cover of the Beatles song "She Said She Said."{{cite web

|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r441705|pure_url=yes}}

|title=Vulcan SRC EP track listing

|accessdate=2008-05-13

}} The song Vulcan was also included on the band's debut album, Sonic Jihad,{{cite web

|url={{AllMusic|class=song|id=t3729673|pure_url=yes}}

|title=Vulcan song album inclusions

|accessdate=2008-05-18

}} which came out in July 2000.

Reception

In a positive review from NME, Steven Wells described Vulcan as "Y2K Tourette’s Pop" and named it as the "Single of the Week", writing that "[I]t beats the living shit out every single other record released this week and then dances naked around a bonfire of their burning corpses daubed in satanic runes and gibbering like a traumatised gibbon."{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2005-09-12 |title=Snake River Conspiracy : Vulcan |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-4270-338709 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} In theVillage Voice, Chuck Eddy called it "a suburban s&m theme park set to wax, kinky in a really cute way" but noted "Nobody audibly utters 'vulcan" anywhere in the lyrics, but a different word keeps recurring."{{cite news |last=Eddy |first=Chuck |date=2000-05-09 |title=Singles Again |page=121 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/232263959/fulltextPDF/C48022D95B9148E2PQ/3 |work=Village Voice |location=New York |publisher=Village Voice Media Holdings LLC |access-date=2025-04-17 |via=ProQuest |id={{ProQuest|232263959}}}}