Break the Curse

Break the Curse
Demo album by Mortification
Released	1994
Recorded	1990
Studio	Timbertop Recording Studios
Genre	Thrash metal, death metal, Christian metal
Label	Nuclear Blast, Rowe Productions
Producer	Markus Staiger
Mortification chronology
Break the Curse (1990) Mortification (1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Cross Rhythms	[1]
Powermetal.de	9.50[2]

Break the Curse is a demo album recorded in 1990 by Australian Christian metal group Mortification and released in 1994. The album focuses on Mortification's thrash metal style rather than their later death metal. Four tracks were re-recorded for the band's eponymous debut studio album, Mortification (1991).

Track listing

All tracks written by Mortification

1. "Blood Sacrifice" – 3:37
2. "Brutal Warfare" – 4:10*
3. "Impulsation" – 4:30
4. "Turn" – 0:57*
5. "New Beginnings" – 2:37
6. "Break the Curse" – 2:38*
7. "Illusion of Life" – 4:56
8. "Your Last Breath" – 3:25
9. "Journey of Reconciliation" – 4:27*
10. "The Majestic Infiltration of Order" – 1:09*

Bonus track on Nuclear Blast version

1. "Butchered Mutilation" – 4:47

'*' – Tracks which were re-recorded for the band's eponymous debut studio album, Mortification (1991).

Credits

Mortification

• Cameron Hall – guitar
• Steve Rowe – bass guitar, vocals
• Jayson Sherlock – drums

Production

• Markus Staiger – producer

References

1. Cummings, Tony (1 February 1992). "Mortification - Mortification: Break The Curse" (online). Cross Rhythms Magazine. Cross Rhythms (10). Retrieved 6 July 2012.
2. Weihrauch, Georg (27 June 2010). "Mortification – Break the Curse 1990–2010 20th Anniversary Gold Edition" (online). Powermetal.de. Weihrauch Median Verlang. Retrieved 6 July 2012.