Winter Tour w/ Trapped Under Ice, Cruel Hand, Naysayer, and Maximum Penalty

Winter tour w/ Trapped Under Ice, Cruel Hand, Maximum Penalty and Naysayer starts January 1st in Syracuse for the New Years Show. We will have "the lower depths" lp's and cd's to sell for that whole tour so be sure to come by the merch table and pick one up. The new years show in syracuse will be our record release (sort of...) so if you live around the area you do not want to miss out. If you haven't already be sure to go pick up "The Lower Depths" online at either our merchnow webstore or directly from reaper records.

Jan 1 2010 The Lost Horizon, Syracuse, NY
Jan 2 2010 ICC, Boston, MA
Jan 3 2010 Ethical Humanist Society of LI, Garden City, NY
Jan 4 2010 Dingbatz Clifton, NJ
Jan 5 2010 Barbary Philadelphia, PA
Jan 6 2010 Alley Katz Richmond, VA
Jan 7 2010 The Brewery Raleigh, NC
Jan 8 2010 New Brooklyn Tavern West Columbia, SC
Jan 9 2010 The Pit Jacksonville, FL
Jan 10 2010 The Dugout Miami, FL
Jan 11 2010 Transitions Tampa, FL
Jan 12 2010 PS Warehouse Atlanta, GA
Jan 13 2010 The Hideaway Johnson City, TN
Jan 14 2010 Warsaw Arena Cincinnati, OH
Jan 15 2010 Static Age Romeo, MI
Jan 16 2010 Forward Hall Erie, PA
Jan 17 2010 Sonar Baltimore, MD

Pre Order "The Lower Depths" LP

Pre Order Now @ The Reaper Records Store

Forfeit is a band birthed by the inspiration that its members drew from the legacy of their local scene. Having all been in previous hardcore outfits, Steve Hornyak, Ben Shaw, and TomDom felt a strong pull towards the roots of Syracuse hardcore.

In 2007 the group started writing and playing songs in that vein together as Forfeit. That same year they recorded a demo at More Sound Studio. The following year brought the addition of both Brian McGee and Pat Benson to fill out the lineup and the sonic void. In 2008, Forfeit released their first EP, "Visions" on Reaper Records. Touring to support the release with bands such as Trapped Under Ice, Death Before Dishonor, Terror, Blacklisted, Cro-Mags, Have Heart and Down to Nothing. Bringing the music to new fans of the band as much as they can and developing a great following in a short time.

2009 brings a new LP recording from the group that is being released this fall on Reaper Records. The album is entitled "The Lower Depths" and promises to build and expand on their musical vision. The group plans to tour extensively to support the release and bring both pride and glory to the scene that spawned them.

The Lower Depths Cassette Tapes

These will be available starting October 3rd in Toronto and will be available on the Backtrack tour. Comes with legit layout and everything

Go to one of the Backtrack/Forfeit dates to pick one up.

Oct 3 2009 7:00P
The Poor Alex Theatre w/ Born From Pain and Backtrack Toronto, ON
Oct 4 2009 6:00P
1511 w/ Backtrack Indianapolis, IN
Oct 5 2009 7:00P
Knickerbockers w/ Backtrack Lincoln, NE
Oct 6 2009 8:00P
Blast-o-Mat w/ Backtrack Denver, CO
Oct 7 2009 7:00P
Fort Ryland w/ Backtrack Reno, NV
Oct 8 2009 7:00P
Sub-Mission Art Space w/ Backtrack San Francisco, CA
Oct 9 2009 7:00P
Galindos w/ Backtrack and Downpresser Murrieta, CA
Oct 10 2009 7:00P
Mike Jensens Mainstage w/ Backtrack and Downpresser Santa Barbara, CA
Oct 12 2009 7:00P
The Pharaoh’s Den w/ Backtrack Riverside, CA
Oct 13 2009 7:00P
The Living Room w/ Backtrack Tucson, AZ
Oct 14 2009 7:00P
The Ten Eleven w/ Backtrack San Antonio, TX
Oct 16 2009 8:00P
Now That’s Class Cleveland, OH

pics of the tapes will be up shortly.

Release date for The Lower Depths LP will be November 17th. street date tba

thank you.



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Fall 2009 Tour w/ Born From Pain

We will be hitting up the East Coast this fall after The Great American Hardcore Fest w/ Born From Pain. Check the dates below for more details on where we will be playing and venue info.

Also keep on the lookout for pre-ordering information for "The Lower Depths"LP. More info will be announced soon so keep your eyes peeled. We should have the records to sell for this tour, everything is finalizing as we speak.

9/20 Boston, MA @ The Great American Hardcore Fest

9/21 Albany, NY @ Bogie’s
9/22 Wallingford, CT @ Wallingford American Legion
9/23 Amityville, NY @ Broadway
9/24 Philadelphia, PA @ TBA
9/25 Baltimore, MD @ Sidebar
9/26 Richmond, VA @ TBA
9/27 Pfafftown, NC @ West Central Community Center
9/28 Johnson City, TN @ The Hideaway
9/29 Cincinnati, OH @ Warsaw Arena
9/30 Chicago, IL @ The Beat Kitchen
10/1 Romeo, MI @ The Static Age
10/2 Syracuse, NY @ Westcott Community Center
10/3 Toronto, ON @ The Poor Alex Theater

The Lower Depths is Coming...

more info on the way...

Tour with Downpresser Starts Next Week

A week from tomorrow we will be out on the road with our good friends in Downpresser, be sure to check the dates below or on our page for more info. We will be out until the 14th then we will be hanging at This is Hardcore for all three days so come and hang.

Also, keep on the lookout for "The Lower Depths" posters and cards, they were printed and shipped to us a few weeks ago, so keep your eyes open. We will be posting the artwork up here very soon, so keep patient. It looks siiiickkk!

Back in the States - Tour w/ Downpresser in August

So yesterday was the final straw of our tour in Europe. We had a blast over there even though a lot of things didn't go our way. First off we would like to apologize for the shows that were cancelled (especially the Venice and Poland show) unfortunately we just couldn't make the drive to both of those shows with one driver and make it back in time to catch our flight back home. Despite what you may or may not of heard that is the real reason.

We're still very excited about Europe and we had a great time and met a lot of awesome people, expect us back in the future very soon. For those of you reading check out a few of the bands who've we have met over there, Cornered and New Morality. Both bands have helped us out a lot and we have managed to make god friends with those dudes when we were over there. Can't wait to make our way back and to see both those bands again.

Our driver Frank runs a record label and distro so if you live over there be sure to check his stuff out, or if you live in the states check out the bands he has put out and buy his stuff online. Crucial Attack Records and he also runs Not Just Words Records. Both labels have a lot of great European hardcore bands so check it out.

We will be leaving in about three weeks with our good friends in Downpresser hitting up the midwest and east coast a little bit. Check the dates below and if you live anywhere near the shows come and check it out. Downpresser is a sick band, they are next best thing out of California right now.

• August 6th The Tower - Cleveland, OH
  
• August 7th Inside Out Gallery - Traverse City, MI
  
• August 8th The Eagles Nest - Milwaukee, WI
  
• August 9th The Ghost House - Lincoln, NE
  
• August 10th Mission Theater - Kansas City, MO
  
• August 11th Smith Seven House - Memphis, TN
  
• August 12th TBA - St.Louis, MO
  
• August 13th The Murphy Building - Indianapolis, IN
  

After that we will be playing the Great American Hardcore fest in Boston and around that time we will be having our record release show in Syracuse. We are still working on that right now so check back in a few weeks for more info on when the LP is coming out and when the record release shows will be. Go pick up some records at the Reaper Records webstore.

Euro Tour Update: Yo Patat

We've committed treason im afraid, we have currently been undergoing a tour over in Europe and right now we have about one week left of the tour then we are flying home on the 20th of july. Right now we are doing pretty good but this tour started off with some rough patches, needless to say we are still having fun over here.

We drove down to NYC to leave for D.C. Turned out our connecting flight to D.C. was delayed. They told us that it would leave in plenty of time for us to catch our plane in D.C. to Brussels (Belgium). Well they were wrong on that one. We landed in D.C. about an hour after the plane landed.

So after waiting in the customer service line for over 2 hours we went to go talk to some higher up people for another 3hrs. They had told us that the next flight to Brussels was not until 6pm the next day, it was about that time when we landed. They could not hook us up with a place to stay so we were forced to sleep in the terminal for over a day until our flight the next day.

Luckily we got on that flight okay and landed fine. We were picked up by some of the dudes in the Setup in Brussels, loaded up the van with our gear and we went on our way to the U.K. (so we thought). We were all out of it, no one got good sleep really. We found out that our working papers never came in, which we need to play in the U.K. without having to pay the government. So we showed up at the border, instead of walking the bridge like most people do we went into the building. None of us had a game plan so we all told them complete different stories. They knew we were a band and we were detained for about 6 hrs. They had told us that we were denied and we had to go back to Belgium.

We heard that Have Heart was playing somewheres near by so we all hoped in the van and drove 3 hrs to go see them. We showed up and they had about 2 songs left. The show was outside, really weird vibe. Turns out there were bloc parties all over the place so after the show we walked around for a while. Couple of the dudes with us pretended to vomit all over pretty young ladies it was awesome (it was orange fanta i beleive).

We met up with our driver Franke and road Dawg Neils at the show, both dudes are awesome and we've been with those guys for the whole tour so far. We've played some really cool shows with New Morality and the Mongoloids along with a show with Cold World, No Turning Back, Dirty Money and others. That show was chaos, No Turning Back killed it for sure that night, such an awsome band and they are all great dudes. We also played a boat in Paris with the Mongoloids and New Morality that was pretty fun as well.

We have about a week left of tour, hopefully its smooth sailing from here on out. When we get back home we will be hitting up the road for over a week or so in August with our good friends in Downpresser from California, awesome band if you havnt already you need to check them out. Check the dates below and come out to the shows:

• August 6th The Tower - Cleveland, OH
• August 7th Inside Out Gallery - Traverse City, MI
• August 8th The Eagles Nest - Milwaukee, WI
• August 9th The Ghost House - Lincoln, NE
• August 10th Mission Theater - Kansas City, MO
• August 11th Smith Seven House - Memphis, TN
• August 12th TBA - St.Louis, MO
• August 13th The Murphy Building - Indianapolis, IN
  

We will be chilling at This is Hardcore fest for all three days, then we will be heading back home. We wont be playing much more shows outside NY until The Great American Hardcore fest. We have a couple of tours after that we will be announcing soon, just laying down the dates and what not, shits going to be cool.

Check back for more updates, hopefully we make it out of europe alive, if not its been fun playing in the states and we will continue as a european hardcore band but i dont see that happening. YO PATAT!

also we made a twitter account so if your on that as well be sure to follow us at -  http://twitter.com/Forfeit

-forfeit crew

Forfeit/The Setup Euro Tour News

So a week from today our tour starts in Europe with The Setup (be) We will be on most of this tour and then we will be flying back home on the 20th. If your in Europe come out to any of the shows and show us what hardcore is like overseas. We will have some posters for the new record along with new merch so get on it.

We are waiting on one more date for this tour, so check back for more info.

• July 3 De Choke - Herselt, Belgium
• July 4 The Cross King - London, UK
• July 5 Harry's Bar - Stoke, UK
• July 6 The Old Angel - Nottingham, UK
• July 7 JH Tydee - Mol, Belgium
• July 8 La Peniche Alternat - Paris, France
• July 9 The Stage - Amhem, The Netherlands
• July 10 Rote Flora - Hamburg, Germany
• July 11 Midsummer Hardcore Fest- Vriezenveen, The Netherlands
• July 12 Zwichenfall - Bochum, Germany
• July 15 Schaubude - Kiel, Germany
• July 16 Juha - Rosswein, Germany
• July 18 Open Hardcore Fest - Piaseczno, Polan
• July 19 Shelter - Vienna, Austria

Right after we get back we will be hitting up the U.S. again. Check back with us soon with more details on where we will be playing and who will be doing that tour with us. Also we just got added onto the lineup for The Great American Hardcore Fest. 

More news is on the way for the LP titled "The Lower Depths". We just got the artwork finished up and have been working on the layout this past week. We are very excited on this release and can't wait for it to be done. Check back for more news on that.

Live in Tampa 6/8/09 - New Song

This video was recorded earlier this month at are tampa show. The first song is a new song that will be off our full length "The Lower Depths", the song is titled "Bloodletting".

Click on the link below for the rest of the set. There are three other parts including some new songs that will also be on the LP so check them out. http://www.youtube.com/user/faceupcollective

Post Tour Update #2: "right?"

It's been a little while since i've updated this, but we've been home now for almost two weeks. Currently we are getting ready to head over to Europe, more news on that in a couple of days. 

This past tour was great, every show we played was a blast and had great turnouts which surprised us all a little. We have done a lot of damage since i last updated this so ill try and dig deep and try and remember all the nonsense that ensued.

Right after we left texas we headed are way up to Johnson City, TN. That show was really fun for us, we played there last time with Down to Nothing, Swamp Thing, and more. We had to quickly get out of their and drive 10 or 11 hours to play in Brooklyn for the Black N Blue Bowl. It felt great to be able to play that fest. Every year that happens and there are always bands we get excited about seeing and it was great to be one of the bands on that flyer. Some of the highlight were Crown of Thornz, Indecision, Earth Crisis and many more.

After the superbowl we worked our way down to east coast all the way to Florida. On the way we caught on a few shows with Naysayer, Bracewar, and Bad Seed. Those shows were really great. We played a basement show with those bands outside of Baltimore, and i have to say that that was the smallest basement ever and that place got torn apart. The day before we had a day off in baltimore but somehow one of our friends hooked us up to get us on a show with Stigma and wisdom in chains at a bar, us being huge AF fans we glady took him up on the offer. That show was a blast, it was a little weird because it was the normal bar crowd but it was cool to get on a show with stigma.

After those shows we worked our way down the coast and finally ended up in florida. Whenever we are down there we are always lucky to stay with our good friend Sam (BBB Records). We had a blast the last time we stayed at his house with foundation on the last summer tour and this time was just as great. We ate at the infamous "Sonnys BBQ" and everyone was in shock that i finished my meal (that never happens by the way). 

The shows down there were fun and it was good to see some of our good friends down there. On our way back we stopped in Daytona beach and got all suited up for a day at the beach. Shaw thought the dolphin were sharks and a creepy creature crawled around his leg so he was out in no time.

We worked our way back up the east coast to finish off the last few days of the tour. The one that was really awsome for us was Atlanta. We were able to spend some time hanging with our boys in Foundation. We had an awsome BBQ at Hanks house, and jumped off his dock. It took me a good hour to do it because i am deathly afraid of heights (mind you the dock was like 20ft tall, not your normal dock) but eventually i maned up and did it with wildcat and it was a blast. The show was later on that day at this venue the Warehouse. It was are first time playing there and it was a good first impression. Kids went nuts and foundation killed it. Their new shit sounds like Buried Alive...so siked!

We left atlanta the next day after getting our back window smashed in, kind of a bum out but it didn't matter, we had a good time hanging with those dudes. We left for columbus and the show fell through but luckily we were able to hop on a show with our good friends in Cruel Hand. the show was the craziest venue and the fact that I'm a huge wrestling fan made it even crazier because we played in a wrestling wring. Im bummed i didn't take photographic evidence. We were hoping the ropes would be up but they weren't, still the weirdest stage we've ever played on. It seems like whenever we meet up with Cruel Hand its always the weirdest of shows.

This tour was a lot of fun for us, we had little van trouble and met a lot of great people, can't wait to get back on the road in the U.S. again. We will be leaving to head out for europe in a couple days. Check back for a post with more info on that, just waiting on the tour poster so i will be posting that up here as well. We will be touring over there with this band called The Setup, if you have yet to check them out please do they are an awsome band.

-FF Decontrol

Tour Update #1: "The Lower Depths"

So we have been out for over a week now, you would think that we would be in the midwest somewhere but in fact we just did a weekend in California with Downpresser and Creatures and we are currently working our way back up to play the Superbowl of Hardcore.

The weekend with Creatures and Downpresser was insane, we played the Gilman and that was awsome to be able to play that venue. The shows in Santa Barbara and Long Beach. The house show in Long Beach was complete madness. Check out both Creatures and Downpresser, both bands are sick.

We've had some pretty crazy drives so far on this tour. We ended up driving from St. Paul Minnisota to Seattle Washington. The drive was roughly 26 hours. We hit a lot of states that we've never been to, one being Montana and that was pretty intense. There was a lot to see at some parts driving through and then it would go straight to nothing, but it was still cool. Driving through Washington was really awsome as well.

The weather has been pretty intense out here, through montana and washington it went from cold to extremely hot, so of coarse we went swimming. We stopped off at an exit and snuck into this hotel with a waterslide coming out of the fucking building. Of coarse im such a child that i had a blast. On the way to california we stopped in Portland to go to this famous Donut shop. Now for starters, the donuts were amazing and completely ridiculous, for example i purchases a donut with fruit loops cereal on top of vanilla frosting, it was delicous. If you are ever in Portland go and hit up Voodoo Donuts. 

Now if you ever end up in Portland, stop and turn around and go back home because there are freaks everywhere. Mind you we were there on a thursday in the morning in the part of town where men dress up as girls and people pay to watch them dance around a pole. One guy came out of this night club screaming "I KISSED A MALE, I KISSED A MALE", we knew where he was earlier that night thats for sure. So to make it short... if you ever find yourself in Portland on a thursday night your going to see some serious shit.

This tour has been cool doing it by ourselves and two road dogs (reggie and dougy), the last full u.s. we did was with foundation. It's always fun to tour with other bands but so far there has been no complaints with it just being us.Right now we are currently in San Antonio, TX. We played the warehouse last night with Cruel Hand and a million other bands. The show was total fantasy. The venue was huge and the mixture of bands was very weird. Almost every band had a banner so we felt the need to make one of our own. 

Today we play Houston then work our way up to play Johnson City, TN and then to Brooklyn to play the Black N Blue Bowl (Superbowl of Hardcore). Check back for another update at the end of the tour.

We might as well announce it on here that the title of the LP will be called "The Lower Depths". Its been a long process coming up with a name and we had many choices but the lower depths fits the lyrics and the overall theme of the record. The artwork is being drawn up now by Mike Tommyrot (Black SS, Halo Tattoos) and the layout will be finished as soon as we get back home. Check back for more news on the LP and we will be posting Europe Dates soon as well. Hit us up on the road, go to the Superbowl and listen to Downpresser and Creatures.

New Song Up: Burnt Earth

We posted up a rough (unmastered) new song on our myspace titled "Burnt Earth" so go check it out. This song will be on our upcoming LP on Reaper Records in the Summer. More news on the record coming soon. http://www.myspace.com/forfeitny

GHOST RIDE THE WHIP

new van

leave in less than 2 weeks
bringing the best road dogs

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

-Almost done recording the LP - expect a new song and announcement of artwork and record title soon.....
-Spring Tour
-Europe in July
-August tour with Living Hell (more info soon)

Here's the tentative Spring Tour Schedule:
Just waiting on some venue information right now but this is the jist of it. Shoutouts to Creatures and Downpresser playin' the Cali shows with us

• May 16 2009 9:00P  The Tower - Cleveland, OH 
• May 17 2009 6:30P Static Age - Romeo, MI 
• May 18 2009 6:30P Johnny’s Coffeehouse - Metamora, IL 
• May 19 2009 7:00P Eclipse Records - St. Paul, MN 
• May 21 2009 5:00P The Viaduct - Tacoma, WA 
• May 22 2009 7:00P 820 El Camino Real - Belmont, CA 
• May 23 2009 7:00P Casa De La Raza - Santa Barbara, CA 
• May 24 2009 6:00P Hickey Underworld - Long Beach, CA 
• May 25 2009 6:30P The Living Room - Tucson, AZ 
• May 26 2009 7:00P Rock Bottom - San Antonio, TX 
• May 27 2009 7:00P The Junction - Houston, TX 
• May 28 2009 7:00P The Alamo - Ft. Worth, TX 
• May 29 2009 6:30P The Hideaway - Johnson City, TN 
• May 30 2009 2:00P Studio B - Superbowl of Hardcore - Brooklyn, NY 
• May 31 2009 8:00P The Clara Barton Hall - Edison, NJ 
• Jun 1 2009 8:00P TBA - Dover, DE 
• Jun 2 2009 7:00P Corpse Fortress - Silver Spring, MD 
• Jun 3 2009 5:30P The Brickhouse - South Nitro, WV 
• Jun 4 2009 8:00P TBA - Greensboro, NC 
• Jun 5 2009 6:00P Ben’s House - Charleston, SC 
• Jun 6 2009 8:00P TBA - Tallahassee, FL 
• Jun 7 2009 7:00P The Blackbox Collective - Orlando, FL 
• Jun 8 2009 7:00P Transitions Art Gallery - Tampa, FL 
• Jun 9 2009 7:00P TBA - Pensacola, FL 
• Jun 10 2009 7:00P The Warehouse - Atlanta, GA 
• Jun 11 2009 8:00P TBA - Columbus, OH 
• Jun 12 2009 7:00P Mohawk Place - Buffalo, NY

The kids will have their say...

You take their shit
Stand up and fight
Fuck those rules
And show your might

United Blood Tomorrow, More Shows Added!

Getting ready to head down to united blood, we leave tonight and should be getting into richmond early in the morning. we're going to be there for both days and we are playing around noonish on saturday so make sure you come out early to check out our set. parking is going to be insane so keep on top of that.

After united blood we are hitting up a week of shows around the upper east coast area so check the dates below and come out if you live near any of those cities...see you all soon!

• Mar 27 2009 12:00P Alley Katz (United Blood) Richmond, Virginia
• Mar 28 2009 12:00P Alley Katz (United Blood) Richmond, Virginia
• Mar 29 2009 6:00P Alfishway Washington DC, MD
• Mar 30 2009 6:00P Wallingford American Legion Wallingford, CT
• Mar 31 2009 8:00P The Land of Heaviness and Joy Pawtucket, RI
• Apr 2 2009 6:00P Anchors Up Haverhill, MA
• Apr 3 2009 6:00P Crescent Cafe Worcester, MA
• Apr 4 2009 6:00P Basement of Core Wilbraham, MA
• Apr 10 2009 5:30P The Dungeon Watertown, NY
• Apr 11 2009 7:00P The Landing Zone Latham, NY

No Alpha, No Omega Interview w/ TomDom

I got the chance to interview Tomdom, the bassist from forfeit (basically my favorite band). I never realized how young he was and was completely surprised by his age. Anyways heres the interview.

So lets get down to brass tax. Who are you and what do you do?

I'm tomdom and I play bass In Forfeit from Syracuse, new York.

How did you get involved in hardcore and the music scene?

I met our drummer, Ben Shaw, in 7th grade in ecology and he was all decked out in gear and I went to go see what's up. From there he took me to my first show and we've been in bands ever since.

What are your biggest influences when writing and playing in Forfeit?

My biggest influences when writing in Forfeit is definitely Life Of Agony, Metallica, Pantera and Entombed. Honestly, One of the biggest influences besides music is anger and frustration. I usually lock myself in my room and write in my journal and pull out my guitar and just write.

What is your opinion on the direction of where hardcore is going presently?

I'm only 19 so I can't be one of those people who say hardcore is better or worse than it was ten years ago but I am very excited for hardcore. I like a lot of the current bands out now.

Where was the best show you have ever played? where did kids go off is what I'm really asking?

That is a tough question. One of the best shows definitely has to be either our record release show at the Westcott Community Center or the Have Heart show we played at the Westcott; there is a video of it on the Internet.

Where do you see the band going in the future?

Well We are almost done writing our first lp that will be released on Reaper Records in late Spring and have plans of touring from May until late August. From there I can only see us wanting to play more and touring more- hopefully touring the rest of the world.

Shoutouts to Patrick Kitzel and Reaper Records, Paulyedge, The Brotherhood, Forfeit Crew, Foundation, Unholy, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice, Outbreak and The Mongoloids

conducted by James Morgan: http://noalphanoomega.blogspot.com/

Update 3/9/09: WRITING IS COMPLETE

So we finished up the writing process for the LP yesterday. We are very excited on the outcome of all the songs, each one as a their own unique style. 

There will be ten songs on the LP, eight new songs and two re-recorded songs that we will announce in the future. Right now we are currently working on putting lyrics to each of the songs in which we are almost near the final stage of that. 

We have been throwing around ideas for the title of the record, we will be announcing that soon as well. Next week we will be going into the studio to start drum tracking with Jocko at MoreSound and then finishing up all the guitars and vocals with Josh Coy (Wayne Manor). We will be keeping you updated on how everything is going, maybe a small clip on what to expect.

As for other related forfeit activities, we will be hitting up Toronto on the 19th with Bane, Cruel Hand, End of the Year and more so come check out that show if you live near the area. Toronto has been very good to us in the past so we are very excited to play there again. 

After that we will be heading back into the studio until we head out to United Blood. We are playing day two with the Cro-Mags and many more so come and check it out. Drive out, mosh hard, and support all the bands. 

After united blood we will be hitting up the upper east coast for the following week so check out our show listings to see if we're playing your town. Keep checking back for more updates, peace!

And so I begin...

Brotherhood is strong... even in cellphone pictures. Taken post As One Fest. The Pit was no joke, inside or out of the venue.


What up, world? It's Steve. So I've not yet posted anything here, but I feel like no one's reading this but us, so it won't really make a difference if I start posting as well. I've been reading my good friend (read: 'mortal enemy') Tracker's blog over at http://www.polarblogclub.com/ recently and pouring over his remarkable dry wit and hilarious anecdotes about life on the road with a hard-working (HA!) rock and roll band like Polar Bear Club. Regardless, While sifting through the bullshit Trevor writes over there (all of which is actually true, despite what he may attempt to pass off as lies. Some of that is actually a lie), I had a shocking and absolutely disheartening revelation. Trevor Backer is good at something. And worse... he's better at something than I am. If you've met that unfortunate man, you can possibly begin to comprehend what a crushing blow to my inflated ego that really is.

After weeping solemnly whilst listening to "Convinced I'm Wrong" (criers of the world, unite and get fucked), I decided that it was time to not only step up my blog game, but also, and more importantly, to step up my shit-talk. Anyway, those dudes recently signed to Bridge 9 Records and are out in Europe with The Gaslight Anthem and Frank Turner. They're probably running that alcohol-fueled party-cruise they call a band directly into the ground, so go see them while you still have a chance.

As for team Forfeit, We're writing and practicing and all the shit you're supposed to do when you're in a band and getting ready to start recording in under a month for the as-of-yet-untitled LP we'll be releasing through Reaper Records and have some sweet shows coming up including Toronto with Bane, and also United Blood Fest in Richmond. Hard. I'll be back to post tour dates for the US and Europe this summer when it all gets locked down for sure and any other boring stuff like that in a few weeks.
Reaper has some crazy stuff coming out really soon, too so head over there for info on Maximum Penalty, Naysayer, Born From Pain and all kinds of other Pit-related soundtracks.

I swung home to shovel my parents driveway and be a responsible son, and now I'm going to go raid the fuck out of their refrigerator and take it for all it's worth... See ya when I see ya.

I'll leave you with an audio interview we did last summer at the start of our full US tour. Kyle and Sawyer conducted (and subsequently lost complete control of) the interview for Bystander Fanzine out of Albany. I think it has it's moments.

http://bystanderfanzine.com/theboard/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=6148

I still want to talk to Kyle about his sister more, but he's much bigger than me.

In dark or horror the parallel world is often a hiding place for unpleasant things, and often the protagonist is forced to confront effects of this other world leaking into his own

UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE!

So we've been working the past few months on writing new songs that will be put out on an LP around late spring on Reaper Records. This past tour we played a few songs that will be on it, so far we are really excited and anxious to record and get it out there. We will be hitting the studio in the middle of march to record.

We are shooting for 10 or 11 songs, so far we have 8 songs and a few more in the process of being put together. So far every song has come together really well, each different in their own way. The songs have defiantly progressed from the last record but in a good way. Defiantly some helmet influence on a few of the riffs but basically....its HARD AS FUCK!

We will be playing day two of United Blood this year with Converge, Cold World and more so be sure to check out some of the new songs we will be playing at that show. This summer we will be hitting the road to support the LP, chances are we ill be gone almost the entire summer, so keep on the lookout for that. Make sure you keep checking out Reaper Records for future release, there is a lot of cool stuff coming out like the new Reaper Comp featuring, Naysayer, bad seed, alpha omega and a few others along with the new Maximum Penalty record and so much more.

I'm sure we will keep updating this when we are recording to let you know how everything is going and other plans for the future.

UNITED BLOOD 2009

Shows this Weekend w/ Polar Bear Club/Like Wolves

LIMITED 1/20/09 TSHIRTS// ALL PROFITS GO TO THE WESTCOTT!

TOUR UPDATE #2

So...we just got back home yesterday from tour. The last week of shows have been amazing, couldn't have asked for anything better. Unfortunately we had to cancel the last week of the tour due to an emergency. To everyone who was going to come out to all of those shows we are truly sorry and hope that you understand that we needed to be home to get everything situated. Thank you to all of the promoters who booked us on this tour and to the ones that booked the shows that we were not able to play.

We will make sure to come through those cities we did not hit up on the next tour. Now to recap the last few shows, the Atlanta show was amazing, one of the best shows we played on this tour. We've played there numerous times before and the reaction we got was insane, it was good to hang with some of our Atlanta friends again for a few days and hang out in the city.

After Atlanta we hit up Harrisonburg, VA and then Baltimore, MD both shows were really fun. From Baltimore we drove a few hours and stayed in Brooklyn for a few days with our good friend Reggie, it was a blast just having the day off going through the city eating a ton of vegan food and checking out all the stores. Wildcat was able to hang with Katie Holmes as she was shopping at some expensive store, keep on the lookout for any paparazzi shots with wildcat in the background, look out Tom Cruise! The next day we played Brooklyn, the show was awesome, the venue was a sick as well. Unfortunately before our set Wildcat suffered some head trauma, the best way to understand what really went down is to look below at the diagram and figure it out for yourself...



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This is what happens when champ decides to join in on all of the fun, he clearly failed. Moving on the show went well, we played the set without Wildcat and ended up only playing like 4 songs, but what are ya going to do. Incendiary played the show as well and they were awesome, i picked up their 7" and it rules, make sure you check them out if you haven't already. We left Brooklyn the next fay for Edison, NJ, we played their a few weeks ago with the Mongoloids and Trapped Under Ice, both shows were really fun.

I'm glad I chose not to ride in the foundation van that night, because 30 minutes into their drive towards Syracuse they were pulled over and searched for drugs for over an hour, of coarse the cherry toppers didn't find anything except for fireworks which were seized. Luckily they made it back to cuse well after we did. The Syracuse show was great, thanks to everyone that came out and showed their support! Its Alive played that night as well and they were tight as ever, they just got added to reaper so be ready to check that out, their integrity cover was ill. We left that morning for Boston and were able to hang in the city for a while, tomdom and i decided to get ignorant and get forfeit crew dog tags made, hard. We played Haverhill that night and it was a fun show, the venue was really cool. One of the coolest venues we got to play on this tour. That show was foundation's last show and ended up being our last show of the tour as well. Again thanks for everyone who came out to all of the shows, and all the promoters for letting us play, and to Whitey and Sam Yarmuth for being great road dawgs.

Right now we are home working on writing new songs for the LP, that will be out in early summer on Reaper. I'm sure we will be updating you on the writing process and how everything is going in the studio in the near future, in the meantime check out the new comp coming out on Reaper Records.


he wasn't their...bummer

TOUR UPDATE #1

We are one week into our tour now and it has been going great. Last night we played the Cave 9 in Birmingham, AL with Down to Nothing, the Mongoloids, Swamp Thing, Mother of Mercy and Bad Seed. It was the last show at Cave 9 and it couldn't have gone any better. Looking forward to come through Birmingham and play at the new cave 9 down the road.

The night before on new years eve we played Chattanooga, TN. It was at a house and was surprisingly a good time amidst the endless amount of dirty punk druggers. React! records own Mindset had a killer set and an awesome Warzone cover to boot.

We met up with our good friends in Foundation a few days ago and will be playing the next 12 or so days with them. Tonight we're playing Atlanta with Foundation, Down to Nothing and more. Check back for more updates!