Origin: Germany
Location: Bocholt, North Rhine‑Westphalia
Formed: 2011
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Status: Active
Label: NoiseArt Records
Themes: Death, Anti‑Christianity
Contact: mallevsofficial@gmail.com
Mallevs Maleficarvm is a modern German melodic black‑metal band forged in 2011, taking its name from the infamous medieval witch‑hunter’s manual Malleus Maleficarum. Their music channels that same spirit of persecution and darkness—razor‑sharp riffing, martial rhythms, and a melodic sensibility that never softens the underlying hostility. Their thematic focus on death and anti‑Christianity is delivered through a polished, aggressive sound that sits comfortably between traditional melodic black metal and the more contemporary German school of sharp, riff‑driven extremity.
The band’s first release, the single War (2016), set the tone with a direct, battle‑charged approach. Their full‑length Homo Homini Lupus (2017) expanded their sound into a more ambitious, melodic, and tightly structured form—cold, violent, and steeped in the idea that “man is a wolf to man.” Since then, Mallevs Maleficarvm has remained active, with a shifting lineup but a consistent core of musicians tied to the broader German black‑metal scene.
Mallevs Maleficarvm stands as a sharp, modern force in German melodic black metal—martial, melodic, and unflinching in its thematic darkness, carried by musicians deeply woven into the fabric of the German extreme‑metal underground.