Malum

'Malum' by Mayhem is a 2019 track from the album 'Daemon'. Its lyrics mix Latin fragments with a stark moral register, repeatedly returning to the idea of a malignant force that is alternately extinguished and stirred, alongside images of death and liberation. A chorus chant of “Malum magnum excito” sits over this cycle, framing the song as an invocation of wrongdoing rather than a story with narrative detail. The piece is built from short, declarative sections, with verse and bridge materials echoing the same handful of phrases.