{{for|the Italian city formerly known as Maleventum|Benevento}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | italic_title = yes | name = Maleventum | type = studio | artist = Opera IX | cover = Opera_IX_Maleventum.jpg | alt = | released = January 2002 | recorded = 2001 | venue = | studio = | genre = Symphonic black metal, gothic metal | length = 54:17 | label = Avantgarde Music | producer = Opera IX | prev_title = The Black Opera: Symphoniæ Mysteriorum in Laudem Tenebrarum | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Anphisbena | next_year = 2004 }}

'''''Maleventum''''' is the fourth studio album by Italian symphonic black metal band Opera IX, released in 2002 through Avantgarde Music.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Manouras |first1=Chris |title=OPERA IX - Maleventum |url=https://metal-temple.com/review/opera-ix-maleventum/ |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=Metal Temple Magazine |date=April 23, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Renner |first1=Christian |title=Review of Opera IX - Maleventum |url=https://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=467 |website=The Metal Crypt |date=April 24, 2002}}</ref> It was the only album of the band that featured Madras on vocals and Taranis on drums; they replaced former vocalist Cadaveria and drummer Flegias, who departed the band the year before.

==Track listing== {{tracklist | all_writing = Opera IX | title1 = Maleventum | length1 = 5:56 | title2 = Princess of the Ancient | length2 = 7:50 | title3 = In the Dark I Found the Reflection of the Hidden Mirrors | length3 = 5:31 | title4 = Unearthed Arcana | length4 = 10:21 | title5 = Muscaria | length5 = 9:04 | title6 = Forgotten Gods | length6 = 7:56 | title7 = In the Raven's Eyes | length7 = 7:39 }}

==Personnel== ; Opera IX * Madras — vocals * Ossian D'Ambrosio — guitars * Vlad — bass * Taranis — drums * Lunaris — keyboards

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