Malleus Maleficarum (album)

Malleus Maleficarum
Studio album by Pestilence
Released	26 September 1988
Genre	Thrash metal death metal
Length	36:51
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Kalle Trapp
Pestilence chronology
Malleus Maleficarum (1988) Consuming Impulse (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Malleus Maleficarum (stylized as Mallevs Maleficarvm) is the debut studio album by the Dutch death metal band Pestilence, released in 1988. Although the sound of this album is technically death metal, its direction is notably different from the band's subsequent work, leaning more towards the thrash metal genre with punk influences, known as crossover thrash.[2][3][4] This is the only Pestilence album to include guitarist Randy Meinhard, who was replaced by Patrick Uterwijk prior to the making of their next album Consuming Impulse (1989).

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Malleus Maleficarum/Antropomorphia"	4:12
2.	"Parricide"	3:47
3.	"Subordinate to the Domination"	4:17
4.	"Extreme Unction"	1:29
5.	"Commandments"	5:17
6.	"Chemo Therapy"	4:48
7.	"Bacterial Surgery"	5:04
8.	"Cycle of Existence"	3:17
9.	"Osculum Infame"	1:52
10.	"Systematic Instruction"	4:08
Total length:		36:51

Bonus tracks

The album was re-issued in 1998 on Displeased Records with two earlier demos as bonus tracks:

Demo 1 Dysentery 87

11. "Against the Innocent"
12. "Delirical Life"
13. "Traitor's Gate"
14. "Throne of Death"

Demo 2 Penance 88

15. "Into Hades (Intro)"
16. "Before the Penance"
17. "Affectation"
18. "Fight the Plague"

Credits

• Martin van Drunen - vocals[5]
• Patrick Mameli - guitar, bass
• Randy Meinhard - guitar
• Marco Foddis - drums
• Kalle Trapp - synthesizer on Osculum Infame; producer

References

1. Malleus Maleficarum at AllMusic
2. ""PESTILENCE" Interview - Metalheads Forever Magazine". mhf-mag.com. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
3. "Review: "Pestilence: Malleus Maleficarum (remaster)"". seaoftranquility.org. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
4. "Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum (album review)". sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
5. "Martin Van Drunen - Voices From The Darkside". Retrieved August 14, 2022.