UMUR "Rising to the Sun" is a single release by Swedish death metal act Afflicted. The single was released through Nuclear Blast Records in 1992. The single features 2 tracks and a total playing time of 9:40 minutes. The A-side was recorded during the sessions for the band´s debut full-length studio album "Prodigal Sun" from December 1992 and is also included on the album. The B-side is "Ivory Tower" which is culled directly from the November 1991 "Wanderland" demo.

It was already obvious from the material on "Wanderland" (1991) that Afflicted weren´t your regular Swedish death metal act, as the demo is loaded with adventurous songwriting ideas and unconventional riffs and rhythm changes, and "Rising to the Sun" more than continues that tradition. It actually further expands on the progressive part of the band´s sound and it´s quite the creative and progressive death metal track. "Ivory Tower" is a strong death metal track too, but not quite as weird and challenging as "Rising to the Sun".

The sound production on both tracks are powerful, detailed and well sounding. The two tracks sound a bit different as they were recording during two different recording sessions, and in that regard the single isn´t the most coherent release, but as both tracks are of such a high quality it´s still a great release by Afflicted and a 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.