Post Momentary Affliction Explained

Post Momentary Affliction
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mortification
Cover:	Post momentary affliction cover.jpg
Released:	1993
Recorded:	1993
Studio:	Toybox Studios in Northcote, Melbourne, Australia
Length:	50:48
Label:	Intense, Nuclear Blast
Producer:	Doug Saunders, Mark Staiger
Prev Title:	Scrolls of the Megilloth
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Live Planetarium
Next Year:	1993

Post Momentary Affliction is the third studio album by Australian Christian death metal band Mortification, 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 Nuclear Blast and included "Butchered Mutilation" as a bonus track, releasing on 18 November 1996. In 2008, a reissue was released by Metal Mind Productions, 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, HM Magazine ranked Post Momentary Affliction No. 70 on the Top 100 Christian metal albums of all-time list.^[1]

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 Intense Records and Nuclear Blast, 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 – vocals, bass guitar
• Michael Carlisle – guitar
• Jayson Sherlock – 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 (Ultimatum) – 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 Cornerstone Festival on 1 July 1994 in Bushnell, Illinois.

Notes and References

1. Van Pelt. Doug . 2010 . Top 100 Christian metal albums of all time . HM Magazine . August .