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"Having been a band for just more than two years THE YELLOW SIGN have put together an impressive resume. Having self released and EP in 2009 and opened for big names like THE FACELESS, PARKWAY DRIVE, and WINDS OF PLAGUE it seems like the rest of the year holds nothing but promise. Despite their epic death metal tunes the boys in TYS keep a positive look on their music. Bassist Mike Bielenda tells us, "We genuinely love metal and i think that our passion for what we write and our live show is something that everyone can enjoy as much as we enjoy playing it." Great attitudes in tow, the band just finished up a mid-west tour and plans to hit the west coast before the year ends : For fans of SUICIDE SILENCE, IMPENDING DOOM and MESHUGGAH" – Jacob Round (Hails & Horns Magazine)

“These guys are ready for the future: With riffs, heavy as a sledgehammer, melodies, that make one's blood run cold, and a thick dark atmosphere ANCIENT makes its mark. In doing so The Yellow Sign grace the different genres and mix everything together to a massive force of Death-, Doom-, Modern- & Progressive Metal. Furthermore every song has a tang of epic, but the quintet never loses its groove. And the groove makes quite a few things tremble, when the duly down tuned guitars begin to roar - due to the very good production your own four walls will shake. Added is an evil growling voice. All round an excellent piece of Death Metal. Try it!” – Florian Krapp (Metal Hammer Magazine - Germany)

“These guys are absolutely talented. They mildly remind me of Job For A Cowboy due to an extremely talented range on vocals. The drummer in this band is probably the best drummer I have seen live. He was absolutely out of control and has a very unique style. They played one hell of a set and really got a lot of crowd participation. They are fantastic performing live; they move more then any other band that I have seen.”
– Danny Weiss (Under The Gun Review)

“During my tenure here I've learned to be wary about how bands describe themselves. I've had bands bigging themselves up as progressive death and been presented with stuff even Miley Cyrus would call too pussy. So, I wasn't expecting much from The Yellow Sign, who described themselves as such. And what did I get for my ennui? A giant slap in my stupid face. The Yellow Sign ARE progressive death metal, and bloody good whilst they're at it. Some of it recalls the monstrously low tuned _Nothing_ by Meshuggah… The Yellow Sign are at their most interesting when they're being slow and sludgy with some squalling guitar going off in the background. They're nicely atmospheric in a way many of their peers fail to be. Even some of the more melodic moments are alright. Also in their favor is a production job so ludicrously chunky and heavy, that I actually spilled my tea when a new track popped on.”
- Daniel Cairns (Chronicles of Chaos)

“Bringing their own breed of brutality to the table is Michigan’s own The Yellow Sign with self-released EP, Ancient. These guys mean business, delivering crushing guitar riffs and seriously brutal vocals with such an impact you won’t know what hit you. Ancient has a dark, gloomy atmosphere with progressive elements and melodies that run somewhat in the background but ensure this is not just another simple death metal album. As they experiment with and refine their technique we can surely expect good things from The Yellow Sign in the future. For a band just appearing on the scene these guys have already been proving themselves worthy and have shared the stage with such notable bands as The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, and Suicide Silence. If you’re a fan of death metal, keep an eye on this band.”
- Leanne (Metal Pulse)

“Ancient a word with a wide range of meanings behind it; it can be used for book titles, television shows, radio reports, you name it but did you know that it was recently used as the name of an EP? That’s absolutely right, Ancient, is the name of the five track EP by death metallers The Yellow Sign, a brutalizing force of nature just eager to unleash upon its all mighty prey, you, the listener. These deathcore break-through musicians can easily befriend you or grow hatred upon your soul shoving their well crafted music down your throat. With its fast paced guitar riffs, your throat will suffer from internal bleeding instantly. The opening tune Silence indeed breaks the silence in a micro second. Having adrenaline racing drum beats, ripping guitar solos and breaking riffs, you won’t know what hit your ear drums except utter destruction. The vocal work on the opener is well sung not missing a note; growling until their throat is sore and bleeding with pleasure. Juggernaut's repeating drum tone sends an echoing force field ringing in your ears throughout the entire piece allowing the guitars and vocals to take over and break down the music for you nice and easy as the music builds up to an finale that will have you crapping your pants.The rest of Ancient is as it claims to be called with nothing but pure aggressive music with an attitude to match - nothing but pure energy with fast edged force that pounds and beats itself hard into your skull, letting the blood pour out all over the ground spelling the words that are The Yellow Sign. Fans of The Red Chord, Abigail Williams, and All Shall Perish will fall head over heels for these deathcore metallers just wanting to taste your first droplet of blood.” – Natalie Perez (Metal Forge)

“The Yellow Signs “Ancient” showcases a band with a leaning toward the DM extremities of Oceano. What’s different in comparison are the more progressive, melodic and doom sections that unfortunately don’t quite make the focus of the record. The tracks themselves having the above in their undercurrent are excellently put together that tether the drum and riff work subliminally… The tracks on display through the EP are no-frills, hands-down worth departing every penny for.” – Andrew Danso (Metal Mayhem)

“Tyler Lamoreaux (vocals) and Nate Wittock (drums) lead a progressive death metal band from Michigan that is already running for best breakthrough of the year, together with Xerath. The difference between the two bands is mainly that The Yellow Sign does not belong to Candlelight Records, but many labels would challenge to sign them. In their case, references to Job For A Cowboy, Whitechapel and Meshuggah are visible, but they have already a compositive personality at great levels and you can never think of facing a surrogate band. The five tracks in the self-released mini have their own soul, they balance between death and grindcore, they can cause pain but even see further, and find in the horizon what the future will bring. If you're fanatics of extreme metal and recently you liked Augury, Oceano and Iwrestledabearonce, give them a chance and you won't regret it.” – Lorenzo Becciani (Dagheisha.com)

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER (metal blade)
WHITECHAPEL (metal blade)
SUICIDE SILENCE (century media)
WINDS OF PLAGUE (century media)
PARKWAY DRIVE (epitaph)
MISERY SIGNALS (ferret)
SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY (ferret)
GWEN STACY (ferret)
VEIL OF MAYA (sumerian)
BORN OF OSIRIS (sumerian)
STICK TO YOUR GUNS (sumerian)
THE FACELESS (sumerian)
IMPENDING DOOM (facedown)
AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK (mediaskare)
WITH DEAD HANDS RISING (mediaskare)
DEAD TO FALL (victory)
PREMONITIONS OF WAR (victory)
WITHIN THE RUINS (victory)
ENDWELL (victory)
RED I FLIGHT (victory)
BENEATH THE MASSACRE (prosthetic)
YEAR OF DESOLATION (prosthetic)
OCEANO (earache)
WITH PASSION (earache)
FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW (blackmarket)
ANIMOSITY (blackmarket)
DANCE CLUB MASSACRE (blackmarket)
ARCHITECT (blackmarket)
THE BREATHING PROCESS (siege of amida)
ROSE FUNERAL (metal blade)
MY CHILDREN MY BRIDE (solidstate)
INHALE EXHALE (solidstate)
ONCE NOTHING (solidstate)
IT PREVAILS (rise)
FOR THE FALLEN DREAMS (rise)
AMERICAN ME (rise)
AT THE THRONE OF JUDGEMENT (rise)
THE HANDSHAKE MURDERS (goodfellow)
KNIVES EXCHANGING HANDS (tragic hero)
FROM THE SHALLOWS (tribunal)
CATALEPSY (stillborn)
THE SWELLERS (search & rescue)
YEARS SPENT COLD (eulogy)
SALT THE WOUND (rotten)
SAINTS NEVER SURRENDER (blood & ink)
THE JONAH VEIL (13 star)
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (13 star)
THE ANALYST (innerstrength)
FOR TODAY (facedown)
KINGSTON FALLS (facedown)
THERE FOR TOMORROW (hopeless)
ISCARIOT (567)
xTYRANTx (seventh dagger)
BROTHER VON DOOM (deathcote)
KING (equal vision)
CHOLERA (compton)
AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH (statik factory)
CHELSEA GRIN (statik factory)
ATTILA (statik factory)
CDC (ghosttown)
THE CONTORTIONIST
SUFFOKATE
SLEEP SERAPIS SLEEP
VERSA EMERGE
PLAGUE OF SHADOWS
A DEAD CALLING
SENDER RECEIVER