Gold-selling Ohio-based rock band Beartooth have released their long-awaited fourth studio album Below via Red Bull Records.
To celebrate the release, the band is sharing the video for ‘Skin’, an earworm track whose visuals capture the live energy of a Beartooth live show, bathed in the same purple tones as the album artwork.
Singer Caleb Shomo says,
“‘Skin’ is the most ‘easy listening’ kind of song that you’re gonna get on this album. It’s definitely more melody-driven, a little more pop, a little more vibe-y. But lyrically, this one means a lot to me, and musically, I was super happy with the composition, and it just gave a new flavor to the album.”
Below is a pure distillation of rage — weaponizing its deceptively radio-ready bombast to deliver stone cold truth missives, each packed like a bomb with noisy rock chaos. Below also revels in the darker underbelly of traditional metal, soaked in stoner rock tones and doomy dirge. Beartooth offer no cure. The recovery comes in the process; the journey is the destination. As long as the dueling dichotomy of anguish and cathartic creative expression remain bound together, Beartooth will be here to oversee the show.
Beartooth harness the sacred and profane, purging inner darkness with a dizzying light. The fearlessly determined and boundlessly creative Midwest powerhouse perfects a sound sought by a generation of bands. Their marriage of colossally catchy choruses and post-hardcore, soaked in sweaty metal, is without rival. Its effect is evident by their religiously dedicated global audience; tours with Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon, Architects, and A Day To Remember; and a RIAA-certified plaque for their hit single ‘In Between’.
Cover photo: Johann Ramos
