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

Maleficium
Studio album by
Released5 November 1996
RecordedWavestation L.A., Sweden
GenreHeavy metal, power metal, thrash metal, groove metal
Length64:43
LabelBlack Mark Records
ProducerMorgana 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

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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

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

References

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  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