Beartooth in New York

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 + New York

Beartooth played Palladium Times Square in New York on January 26, 2024, and brought some surprises. The 17-song set opened with "Sunshine!" instead of the usual "Devastation" and featured a cover of The Killers' "Mr. Brightside" tucked in after "The Last Riff." Deep cuts like "The Better Me" and "Might Love Myself" mixed with staples like "Disease" and "Hated." The encore was the real highlight -- "Riptide" into "In Between" into a genuinely unhinged "You've Got a Friend in Me." Yes, the Toy Story song. New York got a weird, wonderful Beartooth show.

Beartooth in New York News

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Live Music in New York

New York's metalcore and heavy music scene is sprawling and unforgiving. The city's venues range from cramped Brooklyn basements to massive Manhattan theaters, and bands have to prove themselves across all of them. Beartooth fits into a lineage of heavy acts that treat New York as essential territory—bands that can't just rely on flash but need substance to survive here.

New York road trip to see Beartooth?

Stay in the Upper West Side near Central Park—quieter than Midtown, better restaurants, and close enough to everywhere that matters. Dinner at Balthazar in SoHo if you want classic New York energy, or Gramercy Tavern if you prefer something less scene-y. Spend your afternoon at the Met or catching live music at Blue Note or The Basement—both venues where you'll see the players who influenced Mars's sound. Walk through Washington Square Park, grab a coffee, remember why New York mattered to music in the first place.