Columbus, OH rock band Beartooth are pleased to announce the details of their third studio album’s release. Entitled Disease, the band’s third effort is a stark look inward and the next installment chronicling frontman Caleb Shomo’s battle with his own demons. Disease will be released globally on September 28th but today fans can pre-order the album and receive instant downloads of album tracks “Bad Listener” and “Disease”. Preorders at the band’s website include limited and exclusive Disease vinyl and merch bundles.
Disease is a painstaking, riff-driven examination of the unshakeable throes of depression. While there are moments of positivity, this isn’t the sound of triumph. This is music about survival.
Beartooth – Disease (Official Music Video)
Beartooth’s new album “Disease” out now – click to listen – https://ffm.to/disease Director: Drew Russ Executive Producer: Daniel Livschultz Producer: Alex Valentine Production Company: VILAS Entertainment If I fall again, will it be the end? I know it’s wrong You think I’m strong but I just pretend Is it taking over?
“The album is a whirlwind of emotion,” Shomo explains. “Crazy highs, crazy lows, and lots of intensity. This record isn’t about winning anything. It’s about trying to even begin to learn how to deal with things. It’s hard to process just how dark you can get, what you can really put yourself through with expectations. It’s like starting from the beginning all over again. At the end of the day, it is a very dark album.”
Even as Shomo and his bandmates played to sold-out crowds across Europe, the battle against mental illness and childhood issues returned, and the seed for Disease was planted. The title track was the first song written for it, setting the overall tone.
As always, Shomo recorded vocals, guitars, bass, and drums, and mixed the album himself with assistance from an engineer, now with executive producer (and Grammy winner) Nick Raskulinecz, who has worked with Foo Fighters and Rush.
To further enhance the emotional realism Beartooth champions, the third full-length album was tracked in a brand new environment, with an old-school urgency. After crafting the songs in his usual basement domain, Shomo made the trip from the familiar comfort of his equipment and isolation in Ohio to Blackbird in Nashville. The famous recording studio was the birthplace of pivotal work from a massive list of legends, tastemakers, and up-and-comers; like Alice In Chains, Taylor Swift, and Greta Van Fleet.
Beartooth – Bad Listener (Audio)
Beartooth’s new album “Disease” out now – click to listen – https://ffm.to/disease You say my vision’s not a vision at all There’s no degree in rock n roll Say it’s a waste of time Say I’ll never get a real shot I’ll be banging my head till my brain rots
In celebration of Disease, Beartooth will be taking off on a headline tour in the fall. Kicking off on September 14th in Grand Rapids MI the tour takes the band all across the states and back, wrapping up at Express Live! in their hometown of Columbus OH on November 17th. A full list of dates can be found below. Tickets go on sale Friday 7/27 @ 10am local.
“We’ve have been planning this tour for months now and we’re so excited for everyone to see what we’ve put together!! Very stoked to have our friends Knocked Loose and Sylar along for the ride as well!. Come rock out with us.”
Beartooth On Tour:
8/14 Feldkirch, Vorarlberg Austria @ Altes Hallenbad Feldkirch
8/18 Hamburg Germany @ Elbriot Festival 2018
8/19 Oberhausen Germany @ Kulttempel Oberhausen SOLD OUT
8/20 Oberhausen Germany @ Kulttempel Oberhausen SOLD OUT
8/21 Paris France @ Petit Bain
8/22 Tilburg Netherlands @ Poppodium 013 SOLD OUT
8/25 Reading UK @ Reading & Leeds
8/26 Leeds UK @ Reading & Leeds
9/14 Grand Rapids MI @ Intersection
9/15 Toronto ON @ Danforth
9/16 Montreal QC @ Metropolis
9/19 Albany NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
9/21 Boston MA @ House of Blues
9/22 Brooklyn NY @ Warsaw
9/23 Brooklyn NY @ Warsaw
9/25 Rochester NY @ Anthology
9/26 Pittsburgh PA @ Stage AE
9/28 Ft Wayne IN @ Clyde Theatre
10/01 Chicago IL @ House of Blues
10/03 Indianapolis IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
10/05 Silver Spring MD @ The Fillmore
10/07 Richmond VA @ The National
10/09 Norfolk VA @ The NorVa
10/10 Charleston SC @ Music Farm
10/12 Charlotte NC @ The Fillmore
10/13 Atlanta GA @ Buckhead Theatre
10/14 Lake Buena Vista FL @ House of Blues
10/16 Ft Lauderdale FL @ Revolution
10/17 Tampa FL @ Orpheum
10/19 New Orleans LA @ House of Blues
10/20 Houston TX @ House of Blues
10/21 Corpus Christi TX @ Brewster St
10/23 Dallas TX @ House of Blues
10/24 San Antonio TX @ Alamo City Music Hall
10/26 Albuquerque NM @ Sunshine Theater
10/27 Phoenix AZ @ The Pressroom
10/28 San Diego CA @ House of Blues
10/30 Los Angeles CA @ Belasco
10/31 Anaheim CA @ House of Blues
11/01 Las Vegas NV @ House of Blues
11/03 Sacramento CA @ Ace of Spades
11/04 Berkeley CA @ UC Theatre
11/06 Portland OR @ Crystal Ballroom
11/07 Seattle WA @ Showbox SoDo
11/09 Salt Lake City UT @ The Depot
11/10 Denver CP @ Oriental Theater
11/12 Lawrence KS @ Granada Theater
11/13 Omaha NE @ Sokol Auditorium
11/14 Minneapolis MN @ Varsity Theater
11/15 Sauget IL @ Pop’s
11/17 Columbus OH @ Express Live!
