In the two years since their debut album was cooked up in front man Caleb Shomo’s basement, #beartooth has catapulted into heavy music’s stratosphere.
They have collected over 10 million views on YouTube and shared the stage with Slipknot, Pierce The Veil, Bring Me The Horizon and Sleeping With Sirens. They’ve earned multiple Alternative Press and Kerrang! award nominations, gotten airplay on Radio 1 and SiriusXM Octane and been named a “New Artist You Need To Know” by Rolling Stone.
For Aggressive, Shomo again retreated to his home studio to write, perform and produce the album’s 12 tracks, re-teaming with John Feldmann (The Used, Blink-182) for a songwriting contribution and enlisting David Bendeth (Killswitch Engage, Paramore) to mix the release. The resulting songs have as much in common with stomping metalcore as old-school punk, vintage screamo and harder-edged pop punk.
“This music isn’t for telling stories, it’s for really feeling the energy,” Shomo explained recently. “The first record was sad and self-deprecating, but this one is way more pissed off. I let that happen. I try not to overthink it. It’s hopeful but pissed off, pursuing happiness violently and aggressively.
Beartooth Summer Tour Dates:
Jun 10 – Download France – Paris, France
Jun 11 – Download Festival – Derby, United Kingdom
Jun 12 – Nova Rock Festival – Nickelsdorf, Austria Jun 15 – Kiff – Aarau, Switzerland*
Jun 16 – Legend Club – Milano, Italy*
Jun 19 – Mergener Hof – Treves, Germany*
Jun 20 – Grillen – Colmar, France*
Jun 21 – CCO – Lyon, France**
Jun 22 – Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, Germany*
Jun 24 – Copenhell Festival – Copenhagen, Denmark
Jun 25 – Jera On Air Festival – Ysselsteyn, Netherlands
Jun 26 – Capitol – Hanover, Germany**
Jun 27 – Mega Club – Katowice, Poland**
Jun 28 – Proxima – Warsaw, Poland**
Jun 30 – hansa 39 – Munchen, Germany**
Jul 02 – Vainstream Festival – Mu?nster, Germany
Jul 03 – With Full Force Festival – Lobnitz, Germany
Jul 16 – Chicago Open Air – Bridgeview, IL
Aug 06 – Rise Above Fest – Bangor, ME
Aug 07 – Heavy Montre?al Festival – Montreal, Canada
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