YAUTJA

The past year has been a whirlwind for Nashville, TN upstarts YAUTJA. February saw the release of their highly heralded debut LP Songs of Descent followed by a relentless tour schedule. Over the stretch of the past year the band has logged well over 100 shows and spent roughly a third of the year in the van including a full US tour with Salt Lake City’s nihilistic caustic metalcore cretins CULT LEADER (Deathwish), a Canadian tour with Wisconsin grind freaks NO BRAINER, as well as a short stint with BLACK BREATH, MUTILATION RITES, and THEORIES that included a stop at Maryland Death Fest. The band also performed at the inaugural Southern Darkness Festival, Greensboro’s Suck Fest, as well as string of dates at this past year’s SXSW music festival in which they were hand picked to be part of NPR’s ‘Austin 100′ music sampler released each year for the festivities.