Malevolent Creation has been played on NTS shows including A Fist in the Face of God presents: Midnite Madness, with The Traitor Must Pay first played on 18 July 2023.

Malevolent Creation is a death metal band originally hailing from Buffalo, New York. Moving to Florida in 1988, they became a part of the emergent local death metal scene, landing a deal with Roadrunner Records. Their debut album, The Ten Commandments, became something of a landmark in the death metal underground, expanding on the early work of Slayer and fellow Floridians Death.

Its sequel, 1992's Retribution, was just as strong, featuring two new members added from…