Human Waste is the debut EP by death metal band Suffocation.

[6] "Infecting The Crypts", "Mass Obliteration", and "Jesus Wept" were re-recorded on the following album, Effigy of the Forgotten.

Subverting what were considered "traditional song structures even in thrash metal circles", the EP's tracks are built around sequences of riffs, and are performed at what has been described as "blitzkrieg" tempos.

[7] Crypta bassist Fernanda Lira says the string skipping required on "Infecting the Crypts" makes it the "at least in the top five hardest bass riffs".

[8] Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic called the EP "formative but still pretty respectable.