UMUR "Coprophagist" is the eponymously titled first demo recording by German death metal/grindcore act Coprophagist. The demo was independently released in 1990. Coprophagist formed in 1987 and only released this demo before disbanding.

So this is a pretty obscure band and an equally obscure demo recording, but evaluated on the quality of this demo, it´s a real shame that we didn´t get to hear more from Coprophagist. Stylistically they play a hybrid death metal and grindcore style, which quite often sounds like it´s greatly influenced by the death metal/goregrind style found on "Symphonies of Sickness" (1989) by Carcass. When I first heard the "Coprophagist" demo I thought the band were from Finland, because they have a lot if similarities to the Carcass influenced early demo death metal scene in Finland and artists like Xysma, Disgrace, and Lubricant. Which means the Carcass influence runs deep, but there´s also a filthy doomy death metal element found in the band´s music (Autopsy have not lived in vain).

The gory/sexually depraved lyrical content and imagery is also in place (how about songtitles like "The Degredation of a Necrophilia Indulgment" or "Addiction to Self Dismemberment") and it´s hard to call Coprophagist unique (maybe on the German scene but definitely not internationally), but in this case it doesn´t matter than much, because fans of the genre should be delighted to listen to this as Coprophagist are a high quality act on the scene and this demo is an absolute blast. It´s well produced and well performed too featuring some sick and brutal growling vocals (quite varied too), so all in all a high quality death metal/goregrind release and a 3.5 star (70%) rating is fully deserved.