Malleus Maleficarum (album)
Encyclopedia
Malleus Maleficarum is the debut album by the Dutch
death metal
band Pestilence
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with two earlier demos as bonus tracks:
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band Pestilence
Pestilence (band)
Pestilence is a death metal band from the Netherlands founded in 1986. Later they incorporated more jazz and fusion elements into their music. After disbanding in order to pursue other musical directions in 1994, Pestilence has reunited in 2008...
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Track listing
Bonus tracks
Album was re-issued in 1998 on Displeased RecordsDispleased Records
Displeased Records is a Dutch independent record label, founded by Lars Eikema and Ron Veltkamp. The label has many Dutch and other extreme metal bands on its roster, but has also rereleased many classic albums, including albums by Agathocles , Cryptopsy, Infernäl Mäjesty, Sadus, Toxik and Whiplash...
with two earlier demos as bonus tracks:
Demo 1 Dysentery 87
- Against the Innocent
- Delirical Life
- Traitor's Gate
- Throne of Death
Demo 2 Penance 88
- Into Hades (Intro)
- Before the Penance
- Affectation
- Fight the Plague
Credits
- Patrick MameliPatrick MameliPatrick Mameli is a Dutch death metal singer and guitarist who is best known for his work with technical death metal band Pestilence....
- guitar, bass - Randy Meinhard - guitar
- Martin van DrunenMartin van DrunenMartin van Drunen is a Dutch death metal vocalist, who started out in the band Pestilence. In this band, he also performed the bass duties live. He recorded two albums with them, Malleus Maleficarum and Consuming Impulse. After his departure from Pestilence, he joined Asphyx as the singer and bass...
- vocals - Marco Foddis - drums
- Calle Trapp - syntesizer on Osculum Infame