Beartooth in Phoenix

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 + Phoenix

Beartooth hit Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix on July 1, 2025, with an 11-song set that mixed newer tracks with proven crowd-movers. "The Lines" and "The Past Is Dead" opened the show, and "ATTN." got an early spot in the rotation. "Disease" and "Doubt Me" carried the middle of the set, while "I Was Alive" and "Might Love Myself" added some range. They closed out with "You Never Know" into "Riptide" into "In Between" -- a trio of songs that hit differently in a desert amphitheater at night.

Beartooth in Phoenix News

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Live Music in Phoenix

Phoenix's music scene has a solid undercurrent of heavy music running through it. The city's outdoor venues like Talking Stick accommodate everything from arena rock to metalcore, and there's genuine appetite here for bands that don't soften their edges. Beartooth slots in alongside the local and touring acts that treat intensity as a feature, not a bug.

Phoenix road trip to see Beartooth?

Stay in Arcadia, where tree-lined streets and restored Craftsman homes give you actual neighborhood texture instead of generic sprawl. Eat at Otro, where the cooking is precise without being pretentious. Hit the Heard Museum if you want to understand what Arizona actually is beneath the tourism layer. Hike Camelback Mountain early morning before the heat makes it punishing. Spend an afternoon at Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home, which feels oddly fitting for a band that cares about emotional architecture. The whole city slows down at sunset in a way that makes Dashboard's introspection feel less like melancholy and more like clarity.