Mortification

Item: Post Momentary Affliction
Author: D_Lister

Post Momentary Affliction

(1993)

Reviewed by D_Lister

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Label Intense RecordsDead Zine2002

death metal doom metal grindcore power metal

The great debate. Which is Mortification's finest album of all time? The battle usually wages between Scrolls of the Megilloth and Post Momentary Affliction. Without a doubt these are Mortification's heaviest most death influenced albums and are the albums that made Christian death metal a serious force to be reckoned with. For my money PMA takes a very narrow back seat to SotM but it's such a close call I find it hard to fully make that statement even now years later.

I guess it just comes down to the songs on SotM are a bit more memorable to me, but let's talk PMA right now. This CD is nothing short of fantastic. It's extreme, heavy, fast, and brutal. I will go out on a limb and say it does contain one of Mortification's heaviest (not really all that fast) songs of all time in the classic 'Distarnished Priest' and with the intro track 'Illusions From the Valley of Darkness' setting the creepy mood for this CD there is nothing bad to be said at all.

The line up is simply legendary consisting of Steve Rowe, Jayson Sherlock and Michael Carlisle. Each member does their best to create a sound as brutal as possible with them all exceeding the mark. Sherlock's double bass, and triplets being spewed all over the place, blast beats in appropriate places and creative fills. Carlisle's changing speeds and leads that traverse a wide range of styles. Rowe's bass lines thick and heavy and vocals that change from deep guttural growls to harsh spoken shouts.

Bottom line here is this is the follow up to SotM and is a superb album. Is it their best ever? Well that's up to you to decide. This is sheer brutality and you need to have this somewhere in your collection if you don't already.

9.5/10