[6] The artwork was done by Gus Sazes,[7] and the album featured a guest solo by Tomy Laisto from the Finnish melodeath band Mors Principium Est.

In October 2008, Universum embarked on their first Australian national tour, with the UK's power metal band DragonForce.

On the back of releasing Leto Destinatus, Universum picked up a string of endorsements and in March 2010 Michael Soininen and Stephen Murphy were fortunate enough to be the first Australian guitarists listed on the Ibanez guitars web page artist roster.

Universum released their 2nd album Mortuus Machina intended for 15 December 2010 but pushed back to 1 January 2011, and it featured guest appearances from vocalist Christian Älvestam (ex Scar Symmetry, Miseration), vocalist Tommy Tuovinen (myGRAIN), as well as guest guitar solos from Nightrage guitarists, Marios Iliopoulos[8] and Olof Mörck.

Jens Bogren of Sweden's Fascination Street Studios (Opeth, Soilwork, Amon Amarth, Katatonia) once again handled both mixing and mastering duties.