Pestilence "Malleus Maleficarum (1998 Reissue, Displeased Records)"

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. 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).

Tracklist:

1. Malleus Maleficarum / Antropomorphia 04:12
2. Parricide 03:49
3. Subordinate to the Domination 04:18  
4. Extreme Unction 01:30
5. Commandments 05:18   
6. Chemo Therapy 04:49   
7. Bacterial Surgery 05:04   
8. Cycle of Existence 03:18   
9. Osculum Infame 01:54  
10. Systematic Instruction 04:07   
11. Against the Innocent 04:04  
12. Delirical Life 04:45  
13. Traitor’s Gate 04:22  
14. Throne of Death 04:03  
15. Into Hades (intro) 01:05   
16. Before the Penance 06:42  
17. Affectation 03:26  
18. Fight the Plague 04:00   

Time:   01:10:46

 

- Bonus tracks 11-14 taken from their 1987 Dysentery demo.

- Bonus tracks 15-18 taken from their 1987 The Penance demo.

- Two tracks are listed as track 14 on the rear cover: "Throne of Death" and "Into Hades (intro)".

Under license from Roadrunner Records.

Recording information:

- Tracks 11-18 recorded, mixed & mastered in '87 at Frans K Studios, Germany.