Beartooth will release its third album, “Disease”, on September 28 via Red Bull Records. The video for the disc’s title track, which can be seen below, was directed by Drew Russ, who has previously worked with the band on clips for ‘Lips’, ‘In Between’ and ‘The Lines’.
“Disease” was recorded at BlackBird studio in Franklin, Tennessee with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Deftones, Korn, Foo Fighters). Vocalist Caleb Shomo told AltPress.com about the LP: “I would say sonic photo album is the best way to describe this record. I came up with the title and the whole concept in December of 2016. Realistically, I’ve been sitting on the idea of this album for a year and a half. I wrote the song ‘Disease’, about a month or two later. From there, it was really a process of taking all those songs of written over that year and a half and within two months, kind of like really narrowing it down and deciding what would fit best all together. This is the first record I made with a ton of time, and I think it shows because there’s a kind of spectrum to this record.
“There are songs where I was kind of more in a chipper place, where I was feeling more melody-driven or just flat-out heavy metal,” he continued. “It’s a great depiction of what it’s like to make a record over the course of a year and a half. ‘Aggressive’ was made in, what, two months? And I think you can hear that as well on this new record. Obviously, I don’t hate it, but I feel it lacked the same dynamic the first record had, compared to this one. I’m just glad I achieved the dynamic I was going for.”
Last week, a new Beartooth song leaked out to fans, so the band decided to keep the leak flowing. Not only did they post a link to the song, titled ‘Infection’, they also shared details of their next album, including a look at the artwork.
Shomo wrote on Instagram: “After a year and a half of coming up with the title and concept, writing songs, writing more songs, (and…) writing more songs, tracking, writing more songs, recording, mixing, having panic attacks, losing countless hours of sleep, traveling thousands and thousands of miles, laughing, crying, and non-stop rocking… I have finished my masterpiece.
Tracklist:
1. Greatness Or Death
2. Disease
3. Fire Lyrics
4. You Never Know
5. Bad Listener
6. Afterall
7. Manipulation
8. Enemy
9. Believe
10. Infection
11. Used And Abused
12. Clever
Upcoming Shows:
Tue, AUG 14 – Poolbar Festival, Feldkirch, Austria
Thu, AUG 16 – Frequency Festival, St Polten, Austria
Fri, AUG 17 – Summer Breeze Festival, Dinkelsbuhl, Germany
Sat, AUG 18 – Elbriot Festival, Hamburg-nord, Germany
Sun, AUG 19 – Kulttempel, Oberhausen, Germany
Mon, AUG 20 – Kulttempel, Oberhausen, Germany
Tue, AUG 21 – Petit Bain, Paris, France
Wed, AUG 22 – Poppodium 013, Tilburg, Netherlands
Fri, AUG 24 – Reload Festival, Sulingen, Germany
Sat, AUG 25 – Reading Festival, Reading, United Kingdom
Sun, AUG 26 – Leeds Festival, Leeds, United Kingdom
Fri, SEP 14 – Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI
Sat, SEP 15 – Danforth, Toronto, Canada
Sun, SEP 16 – Metropolis fka M-Telus, Montreal, Canada
Wed, SEP 19 – Upstate Concert Hall, Albany, NY
Fri, SEP 21 – House of Blues, Boston, MA
Sat, SEP 22 – Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY
Sun, SEP 23 – Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY
Tue, SEP 25 – Anthology, Rochester, NY
Wed, SEP 26 – Stage AE, Pittsburgh, PA
Fri, SEP 28 – Clyde Theatre, Fort Wayne, IN
Sat, SEP 29 – Self Help Festival, Sterling Heights, MI
Mon, OCT 01 – House of Blues, Chicago, IL
Wed, OCT 03 – Egyptian Room @ Old National Centre, Indianapolis, IN
Fri, OCT 05 – The Fillmore Silver Spring, Silver Spring, MD
Sat, OCT 06 – Rock Allegiance @BB&T Pavilion & Wiggins Waterfront Park, Camden, NJ
Sun, OCT 07 – The National, Richmond, VA
Tue, OCT 09 – The NorVa, Norfolk, VA
Wed, OCT 10 – Music Farm, Charleston, SC
Fri, OCT 12 – Fillmore, Charlotte, NC
Sat, OCT 13 – Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta, GA
Sun, OCT 14 – House of Blues, Orlando, FL
Tue, OCT 16 – Revolution, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Wed, OCT 17 – Orpheum, Tampa, FL
Fri, OCT 19 – House of Blues, New Orleans, LA
Sat, OCT 20 – House of Blues, Houston, TX
Sun, OCT 21 – Brewster St, Corpus Christi, TX
Tue, OCT 23 – House of Blues, Dallas, TX
Wed, OCT 24 – Alamo City Music Hall, San Antonio, TX
Fri, OCT 26 – Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, NM
Sat, OCT 27 – Pressroom, Phoenix, AZ
Sun, OCT 28 – House of Blues, San Diego, CA
Tue, OCT 30 – Belasco, Los Angeles, CA
Wed, OCT 31 – House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
Thu, NOV 01 – House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
Sat, NOV 03 – Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA
Sun, NOV 04 – UC Theatre, Berkeley, CA
Tue, NOV 06 – Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
Wed, NOV 07 – Showbox Sodo, Seattle, WA
Fri, NOV 09 – The Depot, Salt Lake City, UT
Sat, NOV 10 – Oriental Theater, Denver, CO
Mon, NOV 12 – Granada Theater, Lawrence, KS
Tue, NOV 13 – Sokol Auditorium, Omaha, NE
Wed, NOV 14 – Varsity Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Thu, NOV 15 – Pop’s, Sauget, IL
Sat, NOV 17 – Express Live!, Columbus, OH
Weblinks: Website / Facebook / Twitter
Video for ‘Disease’
Video (audio) for ‘Bad Listener’