Today in 1998 Mortification released the album Triumph of Mercy Moorabbin, Melbourne, Victoria,Australia Thrash/Death Metal Status:Active Years active: 1990-present 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. Nuclear Blast Steve Rowe Vocals, Bass Keith Bannister Drums Lincoln Bowen Guitars 1. At War With War (4:54) 2. Triumph of Mercy (6:59) 3. Welcome to the Palodrome (4:16) 4. From Your Side (4:18) 5. Influence (5:36) 6. Drain Dweller (2:45) 7. Raw Is the Stonewood Temple (4:20) 8. Unified Truth (5:01) 9. Visited by an Angel (4:21) Total Time: 42:34 Album was made after Steve Rowes victorious battle against cancer. Studio: St. Andrews Studio, Melbourne. Producer: Mark McCormack & Mortification. Reissued (limited to 2000 hand-numbered copies) 15.04.2008 with bonus tracks: 10. Dead Man Walking (studio) 11. Influence (live) 12. God Shape Void (studio) 13. 3 of a Kind (studio) Triumph of Mercy is the seventh studio album released by the Australian Christian metal band Mortification on 6 October 1998 youtube/watch?v=fTaMyUbb4So
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