UMUR "Deliver Me unto Pain" is the debut full-length studio album by US death metal act Banished. Or maybe more correctly it´s the 2nd full-length studio album by Baphomet. The band had, after releasing their debut full-length studio album "The Dead Shall Inherit" in 1992, been forced to change their name from Baphomet to Banished because the German thrash metal act Baphomet owned the rights to the name. But that wasn´t the only problem for the band as their label Deaf Records (sub-label to Peaceville Records) had lost their US distribution and therefore "Deliver Me unto Pain" wasn´t released in the US. I guess that qualifies them to be one of the most unlucky bands in the business. They would disband soon after the release of "Deliver Me unto Pain".

As for the actual music the music style is pretty much a continuation of the brutal US death metal style on "The Dead Shall Inherit (1992)". Brutal deep and almost unintelligible growls (although slightly more intelligible than the case was on the debut), blasting and mid-paced sections and unfortunately also the lack of a personal sound (which was also something that mared the debut). The sound production is pretty standard for the genre too and overall Banished isn´t a band that stands out much from the standards in US death metal from the early- to mid-nineties. The material is decent but never really great and I guess a 3 star (60%) rating is fair.

UMUR "The Dead Shall Inherit" is the debut full-length studio album by US death metal act Baphomet. The album was released through Deaf Records (sub-label to Peaceville Records) in May 1992. The band was formed in 1987 and they used the Baphomet name until 1992 when they were forced to change name to Banished because of the German thrash metal band which owned the rights to the Baphomet name. They released the "Deliver Me unto Pain (1993)" under the Banished monicker and then disbanded.

The music on "The Dead Shall Inherit" is fairly standard US death metal in the, for the time, brutal end of the spectrum. There is good rythmic variation with both blasting and mid-paced more groove based sections. The vocals are almost completely unintelligible growls and quite frankly a bit monotone. The sound production is decent but not really great and overall "The Dead Shall Inherit" is not a death metal album that stands out from the pack. That doesn´t mean it´s a bad quality album, but to my ears Baphomet lack a personal sound. A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.