Grime ‘Deteriorate’ was one of CVLT Nation‘s top sludge albums of 2013 as well as made Heddbuzz’s list of top albums over at the Sludgelord.  Also today, the band has been announced to perform at the upcoming DESERTFEST in the UK.  The organizer’s had these kind words.

“GRIME BRING THE FILTH TO DESERTFEST 2014 The Adriatic coast of Italy isn’t one of first places that springs to mind when thinking of the nastiest kind of down-tuned, spite-filled, blackened sludge… but that’s exactly what Trieste’s Grime bring to the table in droves. Whether it’s the bloody history of Northern Italy’s past, or possibly the isolation of their hometown region? It’s left to be guessed, but Grime produce a sound that is most certainly dragged from the depths of despair, suffering and antipathy, crawling with venomous snarls and screeching, this is dark and heavy music at it’s best! That is not to say however that 2013’s crushing (Billy Anderson mixed) LP “Deteriorate” is lacking in soul. Far from it. In fact the band’s second offering is rich in warm tone and offers finely crafted riffmanship within interspersed chunks of head nodding weedy vibes. The overall feel of this band is a slow, brooding type of heavy that has initiated the band into doom / sludge circles with an instantly high regard. A European tour last year with Cough and shows with Steven O’Malley, Ufomammut and a Russian stint with Suma have cemented the trio as being a strongly anticipated soundtrack to a slice of post-smoke negativity when they make their UK debut on the human_disease_promo / when planet’s collide stage at DesertFest in April next year. We can’t wait… let the bad times roll on!!”

Yautja unveil cover art and track listing for their upcoming LP ‘Songs of Descent’ courtesy of American Aftermath.  Last week we mentioned you could stream the track “Concrete Tongue” over on Lambgoat.  The album will be available February 11th.  The band is planning an east coast trip around the release starting on the first of February.

February 1 –

February 2 – St. Louis

February 3 – Milwaukee

February 4 – Chicago

February 5 – Toledo or Detroit

February 6 – Pittsburgh

February 7 – Philly

February 8 – Brooklyn

February 9 – Boston

February 10 – Providence

February 11 – New Brunswick

February 12 – Baltimore or DC

February 13 – Richmond

February 14 – Asheville

If you are interested in helping in any way on a date please e-mail,  yautjatn@hotmail.com

The Catalyst played their farewell show this past Friday at Richmond’s premiere dive venue / barcade, Strange Matter.  RVA Magazine was on hand and offer up a great piece documenting the night and the end of an era, here.  We have put up the ‘Voyager’ LP at a discounted price of 6.66 in their memory over on the web-store.  Voyager more like Challenger.

Happy Holidays, pass me a stout and some whiskey.

Lambgoat.com is currently streaming the track “Concrete Tongue” off of Yautja’s upcoming LP ‘Songs of Descent’.  Please go take a second to check it out!

YAUTJA IN RICHMOND!

YAUTJA: Debut LP From Nashville Brutalizers Confirmed For Release Via Forcefield Records

This week, Forcefield Records is beyond stoked to announce the impending release of the debut LP from gnarled grind/death act, YAUTJA.

Featuring members of Coliseum, Gnarwhal, Nameless Cults and more, and hailing from the filthy underbelly of “Music City,” YAUTJA forges a potent mix of death metal, grind, and hardcore. Started in Nashville, Tennessee in January 2010 by vocalist/guitarist Shibby Poole and drummer/vocalist Tyler Coburn, the band began playing shows locally, released a live tape that August, and did some touring with then bassist Trey Stallings. In October 2010, bassist/vocalist Kayhan Vaziri joined the band, and in 2011, YAUTJA released a five-song EP, titled 2011, on Nashville-based label Tapes of a Neon God, which was followed by an East Coast tour. 2012 saw the band release a split 7” with Enabler, as well as complete a tour of the Southeast U.S.

Entitled Songs Of Descent, YAUTJA’s debut album presents the band’s ultra-intense metallic, grind-infused, tone-heavy hardcore aggression with thunderous, organic recording attributes, captured at Dark Art Studios with Mikey Allred (Inter Arma, Accross Tundras, Hellbender). Burning down everything in earshot with fourteen hook-laden crushers in just over thirty-seven minutes, Forcefield Records will release Songs Of Descent on LP and digitally in early February 2014; the digital version mastered by Mikey Allred and the vinyl mastered by Zack Allen of Obsidian Eye Studios (Loss, Recluse, Sky Burial).

Too anxious to devastate live audiences with the new material, YAUTJA is already out on the road on their first of many legs of intense touring in support of Songs Of Descent. The current tour kicked off over the weekend and currently places the band in Florida, hammering their way up the East Coast through the first week of December. The band is actually still trying to lock down shows in several cities at this time, so anybody who can offer the band a club, bar, garage or living room to invade on any of the open dates, please get in touch. More touring is to be announced in the coming weeks.

YAUTJA Tour Dates [REMAINING DATES]:
11/19/2013 The Shark Tank – Tallahassee, FL
11/20/2013 TBA – St. Pete, FL
11/21/2013 Epic Problem – Tampa, FL
11/22/2013 Grown Up House – Miami, FL
11/23/2013 the Space – Orlando, FL
11/24/2013 Shanghai Nobby’s – St. Augustine, FL
11/25/2013 Shantytown Pub – Jacksonville, FL
11/26/2013 TBA
11/27/2013 NEED HELP – North Carolina
11/29/2013 The East Wing – Richmond, VA
11/30/2013 NEED HELP – Washington, DC
12/01/2013 Ottobar – Baltimore, MD w/ Cleric
12/02/2013 JR’s – Philadelphia, PA w/ In Defense
12/03/2013 NEED HELP – Boston, MA
12/04/2013 Acheron – Brooklyn, NY
12/05/2013 Millhill Basement – Trenton, NJ
12/06/2013 NEED HELP – NJ or DC
12/07/2013 Crayola House – Harrisonburg, VA
12/08/2013 TBA – Louisville, KY

Nashville is iconic in the history of American music. People from all over the world have found themselves struggling there yearning for the unlikely chance at music immortality. Yet, for all of the starry-eyed dreamers busking on Broadway, we’re rarely exposed to the underbelly of Nashville’s much admired musical community. Aside from Across Tundras, Hellbender, Loss, Sky Burial and few others, Nashville is mostly quiet on the metal front these days. Enter YAUTJA; a ferocious three-piece destined to redefine what it means to be a band playing heavy music in Music City. At a time where more bands than ever are attempting to sail into uncharted waters, YAUTJA actually has the chops to do it. A merging of past, current, and future heavy metal timelines, they are poised to rip apart the space time continuum. At once a battering ram bludgeoning to bits the musical walls within which you’ve maintained a comfortable ignorance, and simultaneously a spaceship offering you transport to the newly discovered quadrant of heavy tunes, this cerberean monster is indiscriminately furious, and they’re not going to stand for the same regurgitated garbage anymore. Recommended for fans of Voivod, Melvins, Trap Them, The Jesus Lizard, Morbid Angel, and Trey Songz. Get your ears primed.

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I just want to pop in and say Forcefield is still alive and going.  I am sorry for slow turn arounds and lack of updates.  I am a one man operation and I am prepping to get married in T-minus two weeks.  In a whirlwind of pre-wedding celebrations with my closest friends and family paired with organizing the wedding pretty much entirely with my fiancee and I, Forcefield has really taken a back seat and I apologize for that.  Things will be back to normal come the second week of October  I know there have been a ton of web-store issues and they will be sorted out shortly as well as we have some announcements for new upcoming projects.  Thanks for all your support.