Mortification (album)

Mortification is the eponymously self-titled debut studio album by Australian Christian metal band Mortification. This album leans more towards death metal than the band's demo album Break the Curse, but retains thrash metal elements. Five songs from the demo album were re-recorded for Mortification. In 2002, The Billboard Guide to Contemporary Christian Music described the album's sound as "punk-meets-metal grind-core".[1] A bundle containing Mortification and Scrolls of the Megilloth was released on KMG Records in 1998 and on Rowe Productions in 2015, with the latter being exclusively on cassette. The album was re-released in 2020 on Soundmass Records with five bonus tracks.

Mortification
Studio album by
Mortification
Released12 October 1991
Recorded1991
StudioPower Plant Studio, Carlton in Melbourne, Australia
GenreChristian metal, death metal, grindcore
Length38:01
LabelIntense, Nuclear Blast
ProducerRoger Martinez
Mortification chronology
Break the Curse
(1990)		 Mortification
(1991)		 Scrolls of the Megilloth
(1992)

Jayson Sherlock's original cover art (seen above, nicknamed the "gnarly cover") was censored by some Christian bookstores; the label shipped them a version with an alternate album cover solely containing the band's logo. The 2020 reissue contains both album covers.

Although not as popular as its 1992 follow-up album Scrolls of the Megilloth, Mortification became reputive in both Christian and secular metal scenes for its remarkably brutal output.[2] There are two short grindcore songs: "Turn" (33 s.) and "The Majestic Infiltration of Order" (1:07). The latter is commonly known as "God Rulz" because those are the only lyrics in the song. It is still often played in the band's concerts. "The Majestic Infiltration of Order" was later re-recorded as "God Rulz" for Hammer of God, Mortification's eighth studio album, in 1999. Music videos were shot for "Turn," "Until the End," "The Destroyer Beholds," and "The Majestic Infiltration of Order" by film maker Neil Johnson. These videos were released on the video compilation Grind Planets.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mortification.

No.TitleLength
1."Until the End"3:47
2."Brutal Warfare[a]"3:57
3."Bathed in Blood"4:31
4."Satan's Doom"6:05
5."Turn[a]"0:33
6."No Return"2:42
7."Break the Curse[a]"2:43
8."New Awakening"5:04
9."The Destroyer Beholds"3:19
10."Journey of Reconciliation[a]"4:13
11."The Majestic Infiltration of Order[a][b]"1:07
Total length:38:01
a Songs re-recorded from Mortification's Break the Curse demo album
b Re-recorded as "God Rulz" on Hammer of God (1999)
2020 reissue exclusive bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Until the End (Live 1992)"3:36
13."Brutal Warfare (Live 1992)"3:57
14."Satan's Doom (Live 1992)"6:09
15."Journey of Reconciliation (Live 1992)"4:29
16."Bathed in Blood (Live 1991)"4:22
Total length:60:34

Credits

Mortification

Additional musicians

  • Derek Sean - lead guitar
  • Roger Martinez - backing vocals
  • Andrew Tompkins - backing vocals

Production

References
  1. Alfonso, Barry (1 October 2002). The Billboard Guide to Contemporary Christian Music (Digital). New York: Random House Digital. p. 200. ISBN 9780823077182. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. Lahtonen, Jussi (25 October 2005). "White Metal". Sue Rock Punk Metal Zine (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
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