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====== Lightforce ======

Hard Rock/Heavy Metal\\
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Lightforce are the band that [[Mortification]] was born out of. They attained a level of success in Australia, especially in the Melbourne metal scene, also landing support spots with [[Leviticus]] and [[Stryper]]. Mortification's //Break the Curse// was originally a Lightforce demo, with the name change coming shortly after its release.

===== Discography =====

| 1986 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/12/13/lightforce-blue-demo/|Blue Demo]] |
| 1986 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/12/16/lightforce-yellow-demo/|Yellow Demo]] |
| 1987 | Battlezone | 
| 1989 | Mystical Thieves | [[Pure Metal Records]]|
| 1990 | Break the Curse |
| 1994 | The Best of LightForce - Mortification's Beginning | [[Rowe Productions]] |
| 2003 | 1986 to 1989 | [[Rowe Productions]] |

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==== Blue Demo ====

1986 Independent

Phadrah Hirschfield – Lead vocals\\
Chris Miller – Guitars, additional vocals\\
Steve Rowe – Bass\\
Rohan McDowell – Drums

  - Your So Kind
  - Fishers of Men
  - Pictures
  - Come With Us
  - Ballad on the Beach
  - I Felt Your Love

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==== Yellow Demo ====

1986 Independent

Phadrah Hirschfield – Lead vocals\\
Chris Miller – Guitars, additional vocals\\
Steve Rowe – Bass\\
Rohan McDowell – Drums

  - Run from Darkness (2:59)
  - The Crunch (4:16)
  - Come with Us (3:30)
  - Fishers of Men (3:16)
  - Pictures (2:55)

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==== Battlezone ====

1987 Independent

Steve Johnson - Vocals, keyboards\\
Cameron Hall - Guitars\\
Steve Rowe - Bass\\
Errol Willenberg - Drums

  - Choose to Win (4:31)
  - Evil Desires (2:54)
  - Reigning with the King (5:40)
  - Eyes of Destruction (5:42)
  - I Won't Conform (2:41)
  - The Day Is Near (2:34)
  - Battlezone (2:44)
  - Fast Lane (3:52)

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====  Mystical Thieves ====

1989 [[Pure Metal Records]] (SPCN7900604022)

Steve Johnson - Vocals\\
Murray Adams - Guitars\\
Steve Rowe - Bass\\
Errol Willenberg - Drums

  - Mystical Thieves (8:05)
  - Crossfire (4:15)
  - City Streets (4:35)
  - Metal Missionary (5:26)
  - Children of Sorrow (3:54)
  - Searching (5:30)
  - Fastlane (3:52)
  - Babylon (7:00)

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==== Break the Curse ====

1990 Independent

Steve Rowe - Bass, vocals\\
Cameron Hall - Guitars\\
Jayson Sherlock - Drums

  - Journey of Reconciliation (4:27)
  - Blood Sacrifice (3:35)
  - Brutal Warfare (4:02)
  - Illusion of Life (4:56)
  - Break the Curse (2:38)
  - Impulsation (4:29)

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==== The Best of LightForce - Mortification's Beginning ====

1994 [[Rowe Productions]] (ROWE 003)

  - Babylon (7:01)
  - Eyes of Destruction (5:37)
  - Atomic Decay (6:01)
  - Searching (5:31)
  - I Won't Conform (2:41)
  - Epidemic of Injustice (5:48)
  - Metal Missionary (5:26)
  - Choose to Win (4:33)
  - City Streets (4:37)
  - Back to Basics (4:18)
  - Mystical Thieves (8:07)

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==== 1986 to 1989 ====

2003 [[Rowe Productions]]

  - Mystical Thieves (8:05)
  - Crossfire (4:16)
  - City Streets (4:35)
  - Metal Missionary (5:25)
  - Children of Sorrow (3:55)
  - Searching (5:31)
  - Fast Lane (3:52)
  - Babylon (7:05)
  - Choose to Win (4:32)
  - Evil Desires (2:56)
  - Reigning with the King (5:39)
  - Eyes of Destruction (5:46)
  - I Won't Conform (2:43)
  - The Day is Near (2:36)
  - Battlezone (2:50)
  - 12 Men (2:39)
  - Slay the Enemy (3:28)

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