UMUR "Perspectives" is the second full-length studio album by Canadian industrial death metal act Inner Thought. The album was released through Witchhunt Records in 1995. It´s the successor to "Worldly Separation" from 1993. Inner Thought is a one-man project featuring Bobby Sadzak who performs all guitars, keyboards, and drum programming. The growling/high pitched screaming vocals on this album are performed by Dennis Balesdent. The remaining instruments and occasional female vocals are performed by sessions/guest musicians.

Listening to "Perspectives" is could almost seem like Sadzak had read my review of "Worldly Separation", because some of my issues with that album have been solved on "Perspectives". The sound production is heavier and the music is generally more dark and brutal than on the debut album and less ethereal and dominated by keyboards. Of course there are still keyboards in the music and the drums are also still programmed, but Sadzak have found a better balance on "Perspectives".

The churning heavy riffs and rhythms, the aggressive growling vocals, and they atmosphere enhancing keyboards and lead guitar parts go hand and hand on this album and don´t feel disconnected. So while this isn´t a masterpiece recording by any means, it´s a good quality release which is certainly worth a listen to two. A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.

UMUR "Disorder of Battles" is an EP release by Canadian industrial death metal act Inner Thought. The EP was released through Witchhunt Records in 1993. It´s a companion release to Inner Thought´s debut full-length studio album "Worldly Separation".

...and companion release is the right term to use here, because you get absolutely nothing new by purchasing "Disorder of Battles" as the two tracks featured on the EP are culled directly from "Worldly Separation" and both appear here in the exact same versions as the versions featured on the album. So this is one of those completely redundant EP releases where you can´t help think what the label was thinking. They could at least have put one song on the EP, which hadn´t already appeared on the album...but no.

So upon conclusion "Disorder of Battles" is a redundant/unneccesary release, which does feature some decent quality industial death metal, but you should of course purchase the full-length studio album instead. A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted for the actual content of the EP. The idea to release the EP gets a 0,5 star (10%) rating.

UMUR "Worldly Separation" is the debut full-length studio album by Canadian industrial death metal act Inner Thought. The album was released through Witchhunt Records in 1993. Inner Thought was formed in 1989 by Bobby Sadzak. Sadzak had been a member of Canadian thrash metal act Lethal Presence in the mid-80s, and joined Slaughter in 1987 and subsequently also co-founded post-Slaughter act Strappado with Dave Hewson. The early 90s was spend with recording and touring with Strappado, but Sadzak always had Inner Thought as a one-man project on the side and as activitives with Strappado came to a hold in 1993 he opted to spend time recording "Worldly Separation".

Stylistically this is industrial tinged death metal featuring both drum programming and an omnipresense of keyboards (and occasional samples and spoken words sections). The sound production is a bit thin, which is a shame because I´m sure that a more massive and heavy sounding production could have elevated the music to a higher state. The current sound production leaves a bit to be desired, although it´s not an amaturish sounding release.

The album is dedicated to all innocent victims of war and that theme is obvious from the lyrics and the atmosphere of the album. This is a melancholic album displaying despair at the state of the world. Heavy riffs and rhythms, growling snarling vocals, and atmosphere enhancing keyboards and lead guitars. I must admit that I enjoy this album most when it´s darkest, heaviest, og most brutal, and less when it´s too ethereal and carried by the keyboards and the programmed drums. But that´s a subjective observation and objectively evaluated this is a good quality industrial tinged death metal release. A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.