Malleus Maleficarum (stylized as Mallevs Maleficarvm) is the debut studio album by the
Dutchdeath 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: