UMUR "Exitus Letalis" is the first demo recording by Finnish death metal act Disinter. The demo was indpendently released in February 1993. It was recorded on a 4-track recorder at the band´s rehearsal space in February 1993. It´s the only item released by Disinter before they disbanded.

Considering that this is more or less a self-produced effort and it´s not recorded on professional studio recording equipment, Disinter have managed to produce a both powerful and well sounding demo. Of course it´s not a professional sounding release, but the rawness of the sound production perfectly fits with the brutality of the music...

...and brutal this is. Which isn´t surprising given that many contemporary Finnish death metal artists were also quite brutal in nature, but what is more surprising is that the material on "Exitus Letalis" doesn´t sound Finnish at all. Instead Disinter have gone for a brutal and technically well played US, Florida influenced death metal sound, which is strongly influenced by Deicide in particular. Disinter have two vocalists. One performs brutal deep growling, while the other performs higher pitched snarling vocals (often doubled), and together they mimmick Glen Benton pretty well.

So it´s fans of Deicide and their ilk who should find "Exitus Letalis" an entertaining release, rather than fans of the more traditional Finnish death metal sound. That doesn´t make it any better or worse than most other contemporary Finnish death metal demos, and although it´s certainly not the most original sounding demo from 1993, it´s both well performed, well composed, and decently produced. A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.