What is Mortification?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Mortification | Img = | Img_alt = | Img_capt = | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = Lightforce | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[Moorabbin]], Victoria, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[Christian metal]], [[death metal]],<ref>{{cite book|first=Eric|last=Strother|title=Unlocking the Paradox of Christian Metal Music|year=2013|publisher=University of Kentucky|url=http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=music_etds|format=PDF|pages=30}}</ref> [[thrash metal]], [[groove metal]] | Occupation = | Years_active = {{start date|1987}}–present | Label = [[Intense Records|Intense]], [[Nuclear Blast]], [[Rowe Productions|Rowe]] | Associated_acts = | URL = {{URL|roweproductions.com}} | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = [[Steve Rowe]]<br/>Adam Zaffarese<br/>Mick Jelinic | Past_members = [[Jayson Sherlock]]<br/>Phil Gibson<br/>Keith Bannister<br/>Bill Rice<br/>Dave Kilgallon<br/>Mike Forsberg<br/>Cameron Hall<br/>Michael Carlisle<br/>Lincoln Bowen<br/>Jeff Lewis<br/>Damien Percy }} '''Mortification''' is a [[Christianity|Christian]] [[extreme metal]] [[band]] from [[Australia]]. The band was formed in [[1987]] as '''Lightforce''' but changed its name in [[1990]]. They inspired many people as one of the first successful Christian death metal bands from Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-09|title=IMPE.fi|url=https://impe.fi/int_2.php?id=273|access-date=2024-09-03|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2020-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809013957/https://impe.fi/int_2.php?id=273|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> == Current members == *[[Steve Rowe]] - [[singer]] and [[bassist]] *Michael Jelinic - [[guitarist]] *Andrew Esnouf - [[drummer]] *Lincoln Bowen - [[backing vocals]] ==