Maleventum

{{for|the Italian city formerly known as Maleventum|Benevento}}

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{{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.{{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}}{{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}} 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.