''Scourge of Malice'' is the third studio album by the

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Track listing

All songs written by Stefan Fiori and Steve Unterpertinger, except where noted. # "Dreaded Time (Intro)" – 1:48 # "Unhallowed by the Infernal One" – 5:59 # "Abandoned by Heaven" - 6:08 # "Descending into Ethereal Mist" – 6:46 # "Threnody (Instrumental)" (Dedicated to Max Maccani) – 4:30 # "Demonic Dreams" – 7:23 # "

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cover) – 8:47 # "In Vengeance of Our Wrath" – 5:55 # "Ars Diaboli" (

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s) – 1:13 # "Sanctity Within Darkness" – 5:22

Personnel

Graveworm

* Stefan Fiori –

Vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Steve Unterpertinger – Lead-Guitar * Sabine Mair – Keyboards * Eric Treffel – Rhythm-Guitar * Diddi Schraffel –

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* Martin Innerbichler –

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Guest musicians

* Laura Jungwirt –

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* Severin Trogbacher –

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* Theresia Kainzbauern –

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* Peter Nietsche –

* Moritz Polin, Erwig Pfaffenzeller, Jorg Pfaffenzeller – Gregorianic chants on "Ars Diaboli" * Jorg Pfaffenzeller –

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* Herman Kühebacher – Scottish Warpipe Special Guest on "Threnody" by Boban Milunovic
All music written and composed by Graveworm except "

" by Steve Harris

Production

* Barbara Sitzmann, Foto Rapid – Photography * Markus Pfeifhofer – Design and Layout (Mp3) at Newport Graphics * Boban Milunovic – Mastering at Victor, Mixing, Recording * Reinhard Brunner – Editing at ATS Studio

Notes

External links

* Scourge of Maliceat

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