
Title: Mallevs Malleficarvm
Catalog number: ARlp221_V1
Format: 12"LP (black)
Genre: Progressive Death Metal
Origin: The Netherlands
Release date: 2023
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Black LP with original layout.
2023 re-release, remastered to significantly improve on overall audio quality. The remaster was done by Satanic Audio ( Behemoth , Azarath ).
?Malleus Maleficarum? is the debut album of PESTILENCE ; a band?s whose input ? that stretches across nearly 40 years ? blazed the trail for generations of progressive death metal artists.
Every journey has a first step, and PESTILENCE has taken its in 1986, as a trio consisting of Patrick Mameli (currently sole original member; at the time bassist, guitarist and vocalist), Randy Meinhard (guitars) and Marco Foddis (drums). With a 1987 demo ?Dysentery? to their name, they were joined by Martin van Drunen , who took over vocal duties from Mameli ; and, who - similarly to Mameli - is currently the sole original member of Apshyx . The fourpiece recorded a second demo, ?The Penance? , and then moved onto completing the material for ?Malleus Maleficarum? , which surfaced a year later, in September of 1988.
The album was originally released in cassette on RC Records (a sub-label of Roadracer Records , which later changed name to Roadrunner Records ) and today, stands firmly as a monument of early-day death metal heavily mixed with thrash. ?Malleus Maleficarum?s? history traces back to the beginnings of the genre; the album preceded Death ?s ?Leprosy? by a month, while Morbid Angel was yet to release its first album.
A must-have for all PESTILENCE fans, and a perfect looking glass into the dawning of a legendary group!
Commented by Patrick Mameli : ?As we were still very young and unexperienced with recording an album in a studio, trying to find our own style, we managed just fine here. Very Thrashy style with some hints to Possessed, Slayer and Infernal Majesty?.
Tracklisting:
1. Malleus Maleficarum / Anthropomorphia
2. Parricide
3. Subordinate to the Domination
4. Extreme Unction
5. Commandments
6. Chemo Therapy
7. Bacterial Surgery
8. Cycle of Existence
9. Osculum Infame
10. Systematic Instruction