Vocalist/bassist Steve Rowe from Aussie-based Christian death metallers MORTIFICATION has issued the following update:

"Hello Rowe Productions and Mortification supporters. I am sorry that I did not post a January update. It is summer-time over here and, besides being on vacation with my wife and son, I have been busy with Mick Jelinic mixing the audio for our upcoming DVD release "Live Humanitarian". Yes, you heard it here first! "Live Humanitarian" will be out in the second half of this year. The audio sounds MASSIVE! It was recorded live at the delux but intimate Imax Theatre in Perth, Australia, late last year. It is a Mortification 17-year celebration featuring 24 track digital live recording and a 7 digital camera shoot. It will be coming out in Dolby 5.1 surround sound. This is the first full-length Mortification show ever to be done this well. Live Planetarium (1993) had only half the show on video (now re-issued and available on DVD) and the full show was only on the CD. We may be doing Live Humanitarian on CD also. We are very excited about this release so stay posted. I will send the audio and bonus material over to Perth this week for the visual cut to be completed in the coming months. This is a huge undertaking but with 7 cameras and surround sound, it will surpass any past official Mortification releases.

Pictured (click left) is the latest re-issue t-shirt from 1991. The self-titled album re-issue will be available from Soundmass.com soon. "The Lake Of Fire For The Dying Soul" shirt is available now from the Soundmass.com store. Thank you to the keen supporters who bought "The Destroyer Beholds" shirt. I am planning to re-issue all of them if the interest stays strong.

I pray that you are all very healthy and praise God that this past Saturday was my 10th Anniversary out of bone marrow transplant for leukemia. 10 years and one month ago I was given a maximum of 10 years to live. I still struggle with health issue but we plan to do some more touring this year if all things go to plan. So it is great to be alive and still working with the music and message that is so strong in my heart. I will be around for many years to come making metal for Jesus. It will be great to arrive at 25 Years Mortification in 2015.

Metal Blessings,

Steve Rowe.

P.S. I have just been given a pile of rare vinyl Christian metal and rock releases from the '70's and '80's. An old friend of mine involved in Christian missions gave them to me to sell as a fund raiser. He and his family are going to Thailand this year for a nine month missions trip. Through his church, he also supports much needed Christian missionary work. All money coming to Rowe Productions from the sale of these records will be going directly to Christian missions work. Included in the records, which are all mint condition, is the BARREN CROSS "Rock For The King" original Star Song pressing, the very first 1976 JERUSALEM album (extremely rare), RESURRECTION BAND "Rainbow's End" (with a magnificent double cover) and a gatefold of Resurrection Band "Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore", plus many more. These will be in the Soundmass.com store within the next few days. I already own all these releases from back in the day so can offer them to you guys. Prices are high but not over the top considering how great these records are and the cause for which the money is being raised. Thanks again for your support."