Beartooth- Below (June 25, 2021)

Tracklist:

1. Below
2. Devastation
3. The Past Is Dead
4. Fed Up
5. Dominate
6. No Return
7. Phantom Pain
8. Skin
9. Hell of It
10. I Won’t Give It Up
11. The Answer
12. The Last Riff

 

I definitely like Devastation a lot more than The Past Is Dead, but excited nonetheless.

 

Both singles don't sound too different from Disease, but I really enjoyed that one so I'm excited to hear all of Below too.

 

3rd single “hell of it” is out now

 

now that's a catchy chorus

 

Yeah this rips.

 

This is an absolute ripper. But here was a shocker:

Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo Talks New Album ‘Below’ And How It’s A ‘Time Capsule Of 2020’

Does Caleb really do all this shit on his own and then just have real guys for live shows? If so, HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

 

That’s my understanding

 

Oh yea I forgot this was coming out today. Disease kind of bored me but I still fuck with their first two records and I think I listened to 2 singles from this and thought they were alright enough, I'll probably give it a chance at some point

 

This is their strongest effort since the debut album. Songwriting is very consistent throughout and Caleb sounds better than ever.

 

I enjoy this in the same way I really enjoyed the new Silverstein record last year. It’s a great balance of super heavy, almost thundering instrumentals and vocals that go between dirty clean and guttural. Even the chorus of some thing as poppy as Skin, which is a fantastic song, has some grit to it. Really happy with this one.

 

I think this rivals their debut. Outstanding songwriting and vocally Caleb absolutely nails it. Instrumental song is beautifully heavy and caps a great album! Kudos for them included it.

 

If anyone has a Peloton and does Scenic rides, I can confirm that putting on headphones and blasting this album is a great way to crush your workout.

 

Side note really only knew a few singles from this band prior to this album. Sounds like their debut is the place to start for a new fan?

 

Absolutely! I quote Enjoy their entire catalog but their debut EP Sick as well as their full length debut are among their best.

 

Yeah, he does. I've known a couple guys who play/played in the band live who mentioned that he'll consult them about certain things or ask for advice on certain riffs / parts, but he ultimate writes and records everything himself.

But yeah, agreed for the most part about this record. Loved the debut, was really turned off by a lot of the cheese on Aggressive, felt 50/50 about Disease. Some super cool riffs, but also some stuff that just didn't work for me. This one is pretty cheesy to me, but it almost feels a little tongue in cheek and it totally works for me.

 

Gave it a listen, it's pretty good on first listen. Some of the songs run a bit a same-y to me but there are definite standouts, and The Last Riff being a pure instrumental is pretty sick and I wasn't expecting.

 

This record rips

 

Can’t wait for my purple variant to arrive. Amazing how I can go from a passive interest in this band just a few weeks ago to wanting a special edition vinyl.

That’s how good this record is.

 

Deluxe version out Friday 30 total tracks. 3 new songs and audio from the entire the journey below live stream