''Post Momentary Affliction'' is the third studio album by Australian

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band

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, released in 1993. The album's sound has Mortification returning to their thrash metal roots, but with death metal elements still showing. It contains an alternate recording of the track "Impulsation" from the band's '' Break the Curse'' demo album. ''Post Momentary Affliction'' was bundled with Mortification's 1992 album '' Scrolls of the Megilloth'' on

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and included "Butchered Mutilation" as a bonus track, releasing on 18 November 1996. In 2008, a reissue was released by

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, which also included "Butchered Mutilation" and three live tracks. Soundmass released reissues in 2020 and 2022, with the former having three live tracks and the latter having new remastering and two discs, with the second CD containing fifteen live tracks¹; both reissues include "Butchered Mutilation". In 2010, ''

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'' ranked ''Post Momentary Affliction'' No. 70 on the Top 100 Christian metal albums of all-time list.

Recording

''Post Momentary Affliction'' was recorded at Toybox Studios in Northcote, Melbourne, Australia. Pre-production took place at Jamtim Studios in Cheltenham, Melbourne. The album was released on

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, with both versions having different cover artwork; the 2020 reissue contains both covers.

Track listing

: Re-recorded song from '' Break the Curse''

Personnel

Mortification *

Steve Rowe Steve Rowe (born 19 January 1965) is the founder, bass guitarist, and vocalist of the Australian Christian death metal band Mortification which was considered to be a major pioneer in the genre. Prior to forming Mortification he was in a tradi ...

– vocals, bass guitar *Michael Carlisle – guitar *

Jayson Sherlock Jayson Sherlock (born 1970) is a Christian metal musician from Australia. He began his career in the Australian death metal band Mortification, which was considered to be a major pioneer in the genre. Sherlock was the founder of the one-man pro ...

– drums Additional musician *Doug Saunders – keyboards Production *Mark Staiger – executive producer *Doug Saunders – producer, sound effects *Mark Tulk – assistant engineer *Doug Doyle – mastering at Digital Brothers in Costa Mesa, California Additional personnel *Jayson Sherlock – cover artwork *Michael Carlisle – cover concept *Andrew "Surfie" Stuivenberg – photography *Scott Waters (

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) – design, layout (2020 and 2022 versions) *Paul D. Clifford – remastering at PCP Studios in Australia (2022 version) *Rob Colwell – live audio mastering at Bombworks Sound in McKinney, Texas (2022 version) *Patrick Wolf – live audio tracks (2022 version)

Notes

^1. The 2022 reissue live tracks were recorded at

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on 1 July 1994 in Bushnell, Illinois.

References

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