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Australian band Mortification is the first Christian death metal band to have burst forth onto major metal record labels such as Nuclear Blast and Metal Blade over the years. Formed in the late 80s by Steve Rowe of Lightforce, the band has gone through several times of difficulty bankruptcy and cancer, only to pull together in the end and manage another release year after year. After their fourth album, Mortification changed styles from death metal to thrash, and even took on power metal and traditional metal influences in their later days. The band has recently returned to their thrash/death metal roots from their “glory” days. The line-up has also changed many times, but bassist and vocalist SMortification is an Australian Christian extreme metal band. As one of the first and most successful Christian extreme metal bands in the world, they serve as inspiration for many of today’s Christian metal bands. The group was formed in 1990 from the ashes of Christian power metal band Lightforce by Steve Rowe, Cameron Hall and Jayson Sherlock. Over the years Mortification has released over twenty records and several videos on major record labels such as Nuclear Blast.

During the early 1990s Mortification “belonged to the elite of the death metal movement,” especially with their widely praised album Scrolls of the Megilloth. After the departure of their original drummer Mortification began experimenting with groove metal, hardcore punk and power metal.
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  • Tormentor666666

    their early albums are amazing! the only thing about this band that i don't like is the lyrics of the song Turn of Break the Curse album with its proselytism that say 1000 ways of how i will suffer if i keep don't believing in christ, blah

    14 Apr 3:00am Reply

  • SunSoulOne

    The albums, Mortification & Scrolls of the Megilloth both contain some brilliant musik: indeed young, inspired, raw and most important, its honest. Its the confidence of ignorance factor.These 2 albums alone are klassiks and people will be returning to them way into the future.

    15 Mar 1:42pm Reply

  • CanIUseThis

    The US Mortification isn't too far off from the Australian one, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_c0OtCna8s

    8 Mar 3:37am Reply

  • sowiesometal

    I would be honored just to shake Steve Rowe's hand! (2)

    5 Mar 5:46am Reply

  • wilsonss22

    and by the way, the best logo ever!! MORTIFICATIOOOON!!!!!!!!!

    1 Feb 6:00pm Reply

  • wilsonss22

    Post Mommentary Affliction the best Mort's album ever!!!! These last days I started to listen to some of their albums again, after many years, and it's a great blessing.. I grew up in the gospel with these guys

    1 Feb 5:59pm Reply

  • mrmichel0927

    I would be honored just to shake Steve Rowe's hand!

    11 Jan 3:53am Reply

  • HonyMead

    Fucking amazing band

    6 Jan 10:37pm Reply

  • Vermonol

    Great stuff. I Remember when they played at Newcomb Highschool Hall back in the early 90s. Awesome!

    11 Dec 2012 Reply

  • adriaan_gtr2

    This is pure thrash metal!!

    27 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Happy_Funeral

    Well everyone that calls their early albums shit just talks shit or dislike awesome old school death metal :)

    6 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Happy_Funeral

    Join: Mortification

    6 Oct 2012 Reply

  • mrmichel0927

    @kOrBa007 Wow, that was an intelligent argument.

    13 Sep 2012 Reply

  • kOrBa007

    shit

    3 Aug 2012 Reply

  • shineisdead

    I LOVE the new EP. These are some of Steve's best songs, the vocals are great (I worry about Steve's ability to reproduce the singing live). The guitar solos are fairly good, as are the lyrics. The drumming isn't as good as the classic material but I'd say its on par with most of their more recent material. Album art is poor, surprising considering Scott Waters did it. The bonus tracks are kinda pointless for anyone who follows the band. Would have been nice if Steve included some rare classic tracks instead (Here's looking at you Butchered Mutilation, Time Crusaders, etc.) If you've ever liked Mort - their old stuff, recent stuff, or both, you should get this.

    5 Jul 2012 Reply

  • KevinMustaine

    underrated only because is one christian band.... ignorance everywhere

    2 Jul 2012 Reply

  • shineisdead

    @mrmichel0927 yeah, later Mortification has definitely blessed me. I find myself constantly returning to "Brain Cleaner," "Erasing" and "evil." Unfortunately I have not had a chance to hear Scribes yet. There are definitely some choice songs on "Silver," but that being said it is the only Mort album I find boring and turn off. I make it through all the others and enjoy them... sometimes I skip some tracks on "Hammer" and "Relentless" because I feel those records are overlong, but I still enjoy them more than Silver Cord. Oddly though, even though I don't like it as an album that much, "Silver Cord" definitely has nostalgic value for me because it was one of the first Christian metal CDs I owned after becoming a Christian 11 years ago... and it was also the first Mort album I bought as a new release. God bless brother.

    19 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Tormentor666666

    Butchered Mutilation is evil as fuck

    18 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Happy_Funeral

    and nazcapilot! :)

    15 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Happy_Funeral

    Thanks mrmichel0927! :)

    15 Jun 2012 Reply
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