UMUR "Latest Jesus" is the 2nd full-length studio album by German thrash metal act Baphomet. The album was released through Massacre Records in September 1992. It´s the successor to "No Answers" from 1991. "Latest Jesus" features the exact same lineup who recorded "No Answers (1991)". Thomas Hertler (vocals), Gernot Kerrer (guitars), Hansi Bieber (bass), and Manuel Reichert (drums).

The music on the album is pretty basic thrash metal with some raspy aggressive vocals in front. A few times during the playing time, lead vocalist Thomas Hertler delivers a more extreme death metal type growl, but that´s not the dominant vocal style. Baphomet occasionally add keyboards to their sound for effect, and while it´s pleasant enough distraction from the rather monotone thrash featured on the album, it´s nothing too interesting.

The material on the 8 track, 39:56 minutes long album is generally not very interesting nor is it memorable beyond the album´s playing time. In fact I dare use the word mediocre regarding just about everthing featured on the album. The musicianship is not more than decent, the songwriting is unremarkable, and the sound production thin sounding. The bass features quite the hideous powerless sound, and the same can be said about the drums. The guitar tone also lacks rawness and power, and the vocals...well the vocals are actually the most interesting thing about this release, and they aren´t even that great.

When that is said "Latest Jesus" is actually a step up from "No Answers (1991)", which was an even less appealing album, but I still can´t give it more than a 2.5 star (50%) rating. There are simply so much better music out there, that this album is better left to obscurity.