Maleficium (album)

For other uses, see Maleficium (disambiguation).

Maleficium is the fifth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay.

Maleficium
Studio album by Morgana Lefay
Released	5 November 1996
Recorded	Wavestation L.A., Sweden
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal, thrash metal, groove metal
Length	64:43
Label	Black Mark Records
Producer	Morgana Lefay and Ulf Peterson
Morgana Lefay chronology
Sanctified (1995) Maleficium (1996) Fata Morgana (1998)

The album received reviews of 4/5 from AllMusic,^[1] 8/10 from Metal Storm,^[2] 88/100 from Metallized.it,^[3] and 9/10 from Rockhard.de.^[4] In the Swedish mainstream press, the album got 3/5 in Aftonbladet^[5] and a score of "3 wasps" in Expressen.^[6]

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Morgana Lefay, except "Nemesis" by Thomas Persson.

1. The Chamber of Confession – 2:15
2. The Source of Pain – 5:26
3. Victim of the Inquisition – 4:55
4. Madness – 6:58
5. A Final Farewell – 6:35
6. Maleficium – 5:37
7. It – 1:29
8. Master of the Masquerade – 4:39
9. Witches Garden – 4:31
10. Dragons Lair – 4:16
11. The Devil in Me – 6:34
12. Where Fallen Angels Rule – 4:00
13. Creatures of the Hierarchy – 5:08
14. Nemesis – 2:20

Total length = 64:43

Credits

• Charles Rytkönen – vocals
• Tony Eriksson – guitar
• Daniel Persson – guitar
• Joakim Heder – bass
• Jonas Söderlind – drums

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Metal Storm review
3. Metallized.it review
4. Rockhard.de review
5. Review by Annika Sundbaum-Melin, Aftonbladet 8 November 1996
6. Review by Martin Carlsson, Expressen 1 November 1996