| The Laws of Scourge | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Sarcófago |
| Cover: | The Laws of Scourge.jpg |
| Released: | August 1991 |
| Recorded: | 1991 at J.G. Studios (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil) |
| Studio: | J.G. (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) |
| Length: | 31:44 |
| Label: | Cogumelo Music for Nations |
| Producer: | Sarcófago |
| Prev Title: | Rotting |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Crush, Kill, Destroy |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
The Laws of Scourge is the second studio album by the Brazilian extreme metal band Sarcófago. It was on this album that the band's lyrical content shifted from Satanism to more realistic subject matter; "Midnight Queen" is about a prostitute, while "Screeches from the Silence" is about living life in a care-free manner. After the lo-fi black/thrash metal style of I.N.R.I., The Laws of Scourge marks a change in musical style, with the band playing clearer and more proficient death/thrash metal.[1] This was also the last full-length record to feature a human drummer, as from Hate onwards, the band would use a drum machine.