Ufych Sormeer was founded in 1997 by Olivier Bourez (guitar/vocal), Fabien Waquet,(guitar/keyboards) and Nicolas Sanson (bass), three natives from the northern lands of the Kingdom of France. Permanent bad weather and desolate landscapes logically led them onto the way of Metal music.
The band learned to play, like many others, by doing covers from Metallica, Slayer , and so on… After that, we tried different styles : we began by old-school heavy metal, then trash metal ,then death, and even black metal. At that time, we added Keyboards to our music, obviously influenced by Bal-Sagoth's "Starfire…", an album that really had a deep impact on us. After that, Jérôme Pawlowsky joined us, first as a keyboard player, then as a drummer, replacing our former one, who was disappointed by the evolution of our music.

One year later, we had composed enough songs to do an album, the future "Anthem to the Glory of the Great Octagon"
Six months after the recording, we accepted an offer from Ancestral Craft Production. Even though we have no grudge against its boss, we are disappointed by the lack of real promotion of our album (Does anyone reading this biography remember having seen adverts for Ufych Sormeer?). However, regrets are useless, and we were already working on our next album.
But it was the beginning of a dark period for the band. First, Jérôme left us, disturbed by the growing complexity of our music, then a kind of feud beetween the remaining members occured, slowing down the composition process. At last, we had to face quite big personal problems. But we finally managed to triumph over those twists of fate, and began in 2002 the recording of our new album.
The new songs have a much more technical approach, this album is somehow more ambitious, and we are looking forward to the way listeners are going to react, as it will have nothing in common with the previous one. In order to defend the new drums parts for "The Whimsical Have A Dream" a guy called Julien Garniaux join us in december 2004. Yet, one year later, he suddenly throws up the sponge just before the signing with Holy Records.

In Order to concentrate on vocals, Olivier recruited two guitarists: Guillaume Singer and Guy Noël Hoareau (from Dead Season). For Drums, Grégoire Galichet (Hectic Patterns) joined the band in november 2005.

The moment they arrived, Ufych Sormeer turned out in full force over again...


(source : official site)