Maleficium | ||||
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Released | November 5th 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 | |||
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Maleficium is the fifth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay.
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]
All music and lyrics by Morgana Lefay, except "Nemesis" by Thomas Persson.
Total length = 64:43
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