Beartooth

with Don Broco, Magnolia Park & Windwaker Pure Ecstasy World Tour Caleb Shomo showed us the Sick Disgusting Aggressive Disease Below The Surface . In painful, lonesome catharsis and with reckless determination, the frontman and multi-instrumentalist forged Beartooth into a weapon. Pain blasted out as anthems as he ripped himself open, a raw nerve exposed. Beartooth is now one of the most important, vibrant, and visceral acts in modern rock. In 2026 , roughly ten years after the gold “Hated” and platinum “In Between,” Caleb is finally… Free . The opening salvo from Beartooth’s new partnership with Fearless Records is a seismic-sized single. Inviting, melodic, powerful, loud, and crushing in equal measure, “Free” ignites a brand-new season. Beartooth began in Caleb’s Ohio basement in 2013 . He self-produc ed and play ed all the instruments on an arsenal of angry yet melodic songs filled with reflection and confession. Beartooth remains his message in a bottle, hurled into a hungry sea from an island of depression, repression, and confusion. Shomo’s unapologetic insistence on growth, no matter how daunting or dangerous, is a creative musical and emotional salve for a legion of listeners, one that shimmers, shines, and shakes as it heals . The discography, through 2023’s The Surface (which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard ’s Alternative and Hard Music charts and No. 2 on the Album Sales, Rock Albums, and Vinyl Albums chart s) , wove together a bombastic narrative. “Might Love Myself ” sho t to No. 1 on Billboard ’s Mainstream Airplay and Mediabase charts. “I Was Alive” was the No. 6 th most played song on Rock Radio in 2024, and Beartooth was among the Top 10 most played artists. Beartooth in 2026 is a n even mightier animal. Rolling Stone hailed Beartooth as one of 10 Artists You Need to Know. These songs are both bomb and balm, a refusal to suffer in silence, and a declaration for all who struggle with self-acceptance. Forbes wrote that the band is “inching towards a tipping point of becoming the latest arena headliner.” Tantalizing, suggestive, and unashamed, “Free” is the sound of a luminous artist clawing through to the other side. The nerve remains exposed, but the decay is fading, making way for a sharper ‘Tooth.