Beartooth have unveiled ‘Bullshit’, the latest preview of their forthcoming sixth album Pure Ecstasy, due for release on August 28 via Fearless Records. Arriving after the title track and ‘Free’, the new single finds Caleb Shomo reconnecting with the style that first defined the band’s cathartic approach to heavy music.
Driven by pummelling riffs and the unfiltered intensity that has long been Beartooth’s calling card, ‘Bullshit’ taps into familiar frustrations. For Shomo, the song represents a return to the emotional honesty that shaped Beartooth’s earliest material. Describing it as an exercise in confronting the things he is tired of in his own life, the frontman explains that sometimes the simplest response is to scream those feelings out as loudly as possible.
That sense of hard-earned self-reflection sits at the heart of Pure Ecstasy. Following the commercial success of 2023’s The Surface, which topped Billboard’s Alternative and Hard Music charts and yielded the rock radio hits ‘Might Love Myself’ and ‘I Was Alive’, the new album explores what lies beyond survival. Rather than dwelling exclusively on darkness, Pure Ecstasy embraces the possibility of growth, vulnerability and freedom.
It also marks a significant shift in the band’s creative process. While Beartooth has traditionally been almost entirely the work of Shomo, the new record sees a broader collaborative approach. Contributions from Skyler Accord and producer Fish helped shape the material, while bassist Oshie Bichar, guitarists Zach Huston and Will Deely, and drummer Connor Denis all played expanded roles during sessions at NRG Recording Studios. Notably, it is the first Beartooth album on which Shomo did not perform every instrument himself.
Since emerging from an Ohio basement in 2013, Beartooth have become one of modern heavy music’s defining acts, amassing more than 1.3 billion streams and building a reputation for emotionally charged songs and ferocious live performances. Their recent arena run with Bad Omens further underlined the band’s growing stature, while Australian audiences will have the chance to experience the next chapter when Beartooth return in 2027 following their acclaimed co-headline tour with Pierce The Veil in 2023.
With Pure Ecstasy on the horizon, ‘Bullshit’ serves as another reminder that even as Beartooth evolve, catharsis remains at the centre of everything they do.
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BEARTOOTH PURE ECSTACY AUSTRALIA HEADLINE TOUR 2027 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS FIT FOR A KING VOLUMES
TOUR DATES:
TUESDAY 26 JANUARY 2027 – THEBARTON THEATRE, ADELAIDE
THURSDAY 28 JANUARY 2027 – FESTIVAL HALL, MELBOURNE
SATURDAY 30 JANUARY 2027 – HORDERN PAVILION, SYDNEY
SUNDAY 31 JANUARY 2027 – FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE
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