UPRISING FORMALHAUT

Uprising Formalhaut biography
As many other bands from the so-called Neformat scene of Kiev, Ukraine, UPRISING FOMALHAUT were formed by the guys who played with each other for a long period of time. UF's founding members were guitarists Yuriy Nagorniy (NICE WINGS ICARUS!) and Mike, who both played previously in emo-band TASTE OF TIRAMISU. Later joined by Roman (bass), Nikita (drums) and Alexey (vocals), UF began working on their new material, which can be characterized as something between FALL OF EFRAFA's dark epic crust, YEAR OF NO LIGHT's progressive sludge and AMENRA's haunting post-metal. Shortly after releasing debut self-titled EP Mike leaves the band and UF continue as quartet, occasionally having some guest guitar players for live shows. Aesthetically UF has nothing to do with common prog-rock music, they're more close to emo/DIY ideals, but musically they're one of the most interesting underground bands in Post-Metal genre. 2011 might be the last one for the band - they are about to release their second EP and go separate ways, which is painful but frequent tradition for Neformat scene.

Bio by Igor (Prog-jester)