''Live Planetarium'' is the first live album and fifth release of Australian

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band Mortification, released in 1993. It contains live versions of material from the band's three previously released studio albums, ''Mortification'' (1991), ''

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'' (1992), and ''

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'' (1993), as well as two new songs, "Symbiosis" and "Time Crusaders", and a cover of "Black Snake" by American Christian metal band

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. 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 ''

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'' album and American Christian metal band

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'' 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

:Song not included on the 2019 or 2020 reissues.

Personnel

Mortification *

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– vocals, bass guitar *Michael Carlisle – guitar *

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– 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 (

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) – design, layout (2019 and 2020 versions) {{Authority control Mortification (band) live albums 1993 live albums Live death metal albums