Live Planetarium

Live Planetarium
Live Planetarium
Live album by Mortification
Released	1993
Recorded	1 October 1993 at the Blackstump Festival in Appin, New South Wales, Australia
Genre	Christian metal; thrash metal; death metal;
Length	58:41
Label	Intense Records
Producer	Doug Saunders
Mortification live chronology

Live Planetarium is the first live album and fifth release of Australian Christian death metal band Mortification, released in 1993. It contains live versions of material from the band's three previously released studio albums, Mortification (1991), Scrolls of the Megilloth (1992), and Post Momentary Affliction (1993), as well as two new songs, "Symbiosis" and "Time Crusaders", and a cover of "Black Snake" by American Christian metal band Bloodgood. A video version of Live Planetarium was released on VHS in 1994 and later on DVD in 2006. A segment on Mortification's history, from the video of Live Planetarium, was included on the Tourniquet/Mortification Collector's Edition CD Single in 1994; the disc also contained songs from Mortification's Blood World album and American Christian metal band Tourniquet's Vanishing Lessons album. A studio recording of "Symbiosis" was included on Blood World. Soundmass released a reissue of Live Planetarium in 2019 on vinyl with new cover art and on CD in 2020 with the studio version of "Time Crusaders" as a bonus track; the track "Black Snake" was removed from the reissues.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mortification except "Black Snake" by Bloodgood

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Original album	Length
1.	"Grind Planetarium"	Steve Rowe	Rowe	Post Momentary Affliction (1993)	5:16
2.	"Distarnish Priest"	Rowe	Rowe	Post Momentary Affliction (1993)	7:50
3.	"Brutal Warfare"	Rowe	Jayson Sherlock Rowe	Mortification (1991)	4:10
4.	"Destroyer Beholds"	Rowe	Rowe	Mortification (1991)	3:56
5.	"Inflamed"	Michael Carlisle	Carlisle	Scrolls of the Megilloth (1992)	3:32
6.	"Scrolls of the Megilloth" (3:37 on the 2020 reissue)	Rowe	Rowe	Scrolls of the Megilloth (1992)	3:29
7.	"Symbiosis" (5:43 on the 2020 reissue)	Carlisle	Carlisle	–	6:03
8.	"Time Crusaders" (5:41 on the 2020 reissue)	Rowe	Rowe	–	5:55
9.	"Black Snake^[a]" (Bloodgood cover)	Michael Bloodgood	Michael Bloodgood	Bloodgood (1986)	2:36
10.	"From the Valley of Shadows"	Carlisle	Carlisle	Post Momentary Affliction (1993)	8:12
11.	"Human Condition"	Rowe	Rowe	Post Momentary Affliction (1993)	5:45
12.	"The Majestic Infiltration of Order"	Rowe	Rowe	Mortification (1991)	1:10
13.	"This Momentary Affliction"	Carlisle	Carlisle	Post Momentary Affliction (1993)	0:47
Total length:					58:41

^a Song not included on the 2019 or 2020 reissues.

2020 CD reissue bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Time Crusaders" (studio version)	4:41
Total length:		59:46

Personnel

Mortification

Steve Rowe – vocals, bass guitar
Michael Carlisle – guitar
Jayson Sherlock – drums

Production

Doug Saunders – producer, studio production, location recording, mix engineer
Shaun Kerrigan – assistant engineer, location recording
Doug Doyle – mastering at Digital Brothers in Costa Mesa, California
Neil Johnson – video production, video editing, video direction, cameraman

Additional personnel

Troy Dunmire – cover illustration
Chris Dean – cover design
Kristy Hiller – design, layout (original version)
Matthew Duffy – A&R direction
Thom Roy – art direction
Keith Bannister – photography, roadie
Surfie – live photographer
Sean Moss, Trevor Smith – cameramen
Rehearsals at Jam Tin Studios in Chetelham, Melbourne, Australia
Mixed at Toybox Studios in Northcote, Melbourne, Australia, 11 October 1993 – 20 October 1993
Amber Waters – hand colouring (2019 and 2020 versions)
Scott Waters (Ultimatum) – design, layout (2019 and 2020 versions)