Ufych Sormeer · Anthem to the Glory of the Great Octagon (FULL ALBUM incl. Lyrics & Story)
Here's the full album \"Anthem to the Glory of the Great Octagon\" by the French band Ufych Sormeer. I've scanned the booklet and added the lyrics to the respective parts of the songs, so it's easy to follow the story of this concept album. === TRACKLIST AND FURTHER INFO:
00:00 — The Bells of the Nebulous Limbo Vomit Their Prophecy (Intro)
03:11 — Summoning the Fiend from the Temple of the Howling Priestess
06:26 — Crowned As the New Wielder of the Holy Blade
10:12 — In the Undivided Reign of the Horde Enslaving the Northern Islands
14:09 — The Funeral Song of the Demonsword Resounds Beyond the Ice-Veiled Caves
19:43 — Round the Banner of the Heort Sovereign
20:56 — The Great Battle of Kalugan Vale
27:31 — The Triumph of the Tentacular Chaos is Sealed By the Blood of the Sorcerer
32:56 — Anthem to the Glory of the Great Octagon (Outro)
This (heavily BAL-SAGOTH-inspired) album is quite obscure and very rare nowadays. It was made sometime between 1998 and 2001 (the info you'll find on the internet greatly differs, but the first release of the album was most likely in 1999). Sadly, a follow-up album that continues this album's story was never released. After this album's release, the band's lineup changed and so did their style.
The band DID, however, create a continuation of the \"Octagon\" storyline in text form! It's called \"The Order Forces Strike Back\" and can be read in its entirety here: http://ufych.sormeer.free.fr/concept2.htm (use the Google translate function to translate the French text into English if you like).
Ufych Sormeer's style became more accessible on their 2005 EP \"The Whimsical Have a Dream\". This stylistic progression then led to their 2006 album \"Crazy MAC\", on which the band sounds a bit like a more chaotic version of the Norwegian band Pagan's Mind, I'd say. Their last album \"All Stars\" from 2010 is the greatest departure from their previous style, incorporating some kind of wild west/cowboy atmosphere and a somewhat classic Heavy Metal style. A matter of taste, I guess.
