Beartooth in Nashville

About Beartooth

Beartooth is Caleb Shomo's metalcore project, built on the foundation of a dude who's genuinely angry and isn't interested in hiding it. What started as a solo recording venture in 2013 turned into a legitimate band that trades in heavy, aggressive metal with hooks catchy enough to stick around after the song ends. Disgusting and Aggressive weren't subtle album titles, and they weren't meant to be. Shomo writes about mental health, frustration, and the kind of raw emotional discharge that metalcore does better than most genres. The band's live presence is where they earn their reputation—it's controlled chaos, the kind of show where the pit is actually a feature, not a bug. They've built a loyal crowd of people who come for the heaviness but stay because there's actual songwriting beneath the distortion. Beartooth keeps hitting the road and keeps making records that sound like someone finally snapped.

Beartooth shows are organized violence. The pit runs the whole set, crowd is locked in, and Shomo's not phoning it in from stage. He's in it with them. Heavy and controlled, not chaotic.

Known for Disgusting, Aggressive, In Between, Beaten in Lips, Body Bag

Beartooth + Nashville

Beartooth hit Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on May 10, 2025. The band has been working their way through arenas on recent tours, and Nashville got a stop on the circuit. Bridgestone is a big room for a metalcore band, but Beartooth has been steadily scaling up their live show over the past few years.

Beartooth in Nashville News

• BAD OMENS, BEARTOOTH & PRESIDENT Announce North American Tour Metal Injection · Oct 28, 2025
• Bad Omens Announce 2026 North American Arena Tour With Beartooth and President Loudwire · Oct 28, 2025
• BAD OMENS announce "DO YOU FEEL LOVE" North American tour Revolver Magazine · Oct 28, 2025
• Dates leak for rumored BAD OMENS, BEARTOOTH, and PRESIDENT tour Lambgoat · Oct 26, 2025
• Dates Leak Out For Rumored Bad Omens, Beartooth & PRESIDENT North American Tour Theprp.com · Oct 26, 2025

Live Music in Nashville

Nashville's reputation runs deep in country and Americana, but the harder edges exist here too. Metal and metalcore have carved out real space in the city—venues ranging from smaller clubs to Bridgestone host touring acts regularly. Beartooth fits into a scene that's learned to coexist with multiple genres, where screaming guitars and pounding drums find their audience alongside everything else the city's known for.

Nashville road trip to see Beartooth?

Stay in East Nashville, where the old theaters and independent venues give the area real character without the Broadway chaos. Dinner at Attaboy or The Stillery—places with actual craft to their food. Spend a day exploring The Ryman Auditorium if you haven't; it's impossible to ignore the gravity of that room. Walk through the honky-tonks on Broadway if you want context for what Shepherd's blues means in this particular music town. The Parthenon is worth an hour if you need something completely different from the music scene.