Break the Curse

Break the Curse is a demo album recorded in 1990 by Australian Christian metal band Mortification and released in 1994. The album focuses on Mortification's thrash metal style rather than their later death metal. Several of the album's songs were re-recorded for other Mortification albums. It was re-released on Rowe Productions in 2001 with updated artwork, an updated album booklet, and remastered audio. The album was re-released on Roxx Records as Break the Curse 1990–2010: 20th Anniversary Gold Edition in 2010 as a two-disc set with a CD containing bonus tracks and a DVD containing footage from Mortification's first crossover concert on 15 June 1990 at Harvest Centre in Melbourne, Australia, and later on vinyl as Break the Curse 1990: 25th Anniversary in July 2015.

For the Iron Savior song, see Live At The Final Frontier (album).
Break the Curse
Demo album by
Mortification
Released1994
RecordedApril 1990
StudioTimbertop Recording Studios
GenreChristian metal, thrash metal, death metal
Length32:08
LabelNuclear Blast, Rowe Productions, Roxx Records
ProducerMarkus Staiger
Mortification chronology
Break the Curse
(1994)		 Mortification
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cross Rhythms[1]
Powermetal.de9.50[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mortification.

No.TitleLength
1."Blood Sacrifice"3:34
2."Brutal Warfare[a]"4:01
3."Impulsation[b]"4:27
4."Turn[a]"0:56
5."New Beginnings"2:36
6."Break the Curse[a]"2:37
7."Illusion of Life"4:55
8."Your Last Breath"3:24
9."Journey of Reconciliation[a]"4:26
10."The Majestic Infiltration of Order[a][c]"1:07
Total length:32:08
a Re-recorded for Mortification's self-titled debut studio album (1991)
b Re-recorded for Post Momentary Affliction (1993)
c Re-recorded as "God Rulz" on Hammer of God (1999)
Nuclear Blast version exclusive bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Butchered Mutilation"4:46
Total length:36:54
Break the Curse 1990–2010: 20th Anniversary Gold Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Time Crusaders (studio version)"4:43
12."Eyes of Destruction[d]"5:37
13."Envision a Beginning/Buried into Obscurity[e]"5:34
14."Steve talks/Noah Was a Knower[e]"4:07
15."Interview with Steve[e]"10:51
Total length:63:03
d Song from Lightforce's debut album, Battlezone (1987)
e Songs from Noah Sat Down and Listened to the Mortification Live E.P. While Having a Coffee (1996)

Break the Curse 1990–2010: 20th Anniversary Gold Edition DVD
  1. "Blood Sacrifice"
  2. "Brutal Warfare"
  3. "Illusion of Life"
  4. "Break the Curse"
  5. "Journey of Reconciliation"
  6. "Searching"
  7. "Infectious Growth"
  8. "City Streets"
  9. "Impulsation"
  10. "Bathed in Blood"
  11. "Eyes of Destruction"
  12. "Your Last Breath"
  13. "New Beginnings"
  14. "The Majestic Infiltration of Order/Turn"
Break the Curse 1990: 25th Anniversary bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Time Crusaders (studio version)"4:43
Total length:36:51

Credits

Mortification

  • Cameron Hall – guitar
  • Steve Rowe – bass guitar, vocals
  • Jayson Sherlock – drums

Production

  • Markus Staiger – producer

References
  1. Cummings, Tony (1 February 1992). "Mortification - Mortification: Break The Curse" (online). Cross Rhythms Magazine. Cross Rhythms (10). Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. Weihrauch, Georg (27 June 2010). "Mortification – Break the Curse 1990–2010 20th Anniversary Gold Edition" (online). Powermetal.de. Weihrauch Median Verlang. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
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