has managed to take the styles of death metal, punk, grind, and noise rock and turn it into a sound distinctly theirs. The guys from Yautja tell us, “The members of Yautja have been fans of Relapse artists and releases since middle school and the label has always been an outlet for discovering new and subversive music for us. We couldn’t be more stoked to share the music we’ve been working on over the past few years through this label.” So far Yautja has two fulllength albums under their belt as well as a 12" EP and a few demos and splits that were released through Forcefield Records, Gilead Media and Anti-Corporate Music Inc. Yautja has also built up quite a reputation for their live shows, and has toured with bands such as Revocation, Exhumed, Dropdead, Inter Arma, Cult Leader, Rivers of Nihil, Black Breath, and more. This year the band recorded their new album at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio in Chicago. The album was engineered by Scott Evans/Antisleep Audio and mastered by Brad Boatright/ Audiosiege. Next year will see the release of this new project and we plan on keeping you informed of it in the pages of Rock And Blues International.
Sign To Relapse Records; New Full-Length Album Coming 2021 By Greg Fontaine Relapse Records are happy to announce that they have just signed the underground Nashville metal trio, Yautja. In addition to that, Yautja is also happy to announce that their new album for Relapse Records will be released this
PITCHFORK had this to say about Yautja: “Nashville trio Yautja are a prog-minded act that combines grindcore and Amphetamine Reptile-era noise with the artier shades of hardcore and death metal. Yautja doesn’t just stack hairpin turn after hairpin turn—an approach that was tired by next year in 2021. Yautja was originally technical death metal’s mid-’90s peak. formed in 2010 and they have been Instead, bassist Kayhan Vaziri, guitarist making quite a name for themselves in Shibby Poole, and drummer Tyler the metal realm since their inception ten Coburn create a highly malleable, years ago. The band was formed by mercury-like alloy that changes shape members from the bands Thou, Coliwith liquid ease yet retains the solidity of seum, Mutilation Rites and more. Yautja its structure.” November 2020 • Rock and Blues International 83
