Caleb Shomofirst turned the pain of his struggle with mental health and self-image into music in2013.Beartoothbegan as a living document, a diary, a journal of repressed rage and depression. Alonein his basement studio, screaming and singing, playing all the instruments, and self-producing a batchof furious but melodic songs filled with reflection andconfession, the Ohio native stared into theabyss, initially with no intention of returning to the heavy music world that burned him as a teen.A decade later, the different pieces of his body of work connect in title, sound, and spirit. As thefrontmanhits 30, Beartooth’s fifth album,The Surface,completes this era in 2023. Even moreimportantly, it kicks off a new chapter filled with surprising optimism and just as honest.Depressionisa sick, disgusting, aggressive disease below the surface. Caleb stands ready to bask in the light.Like Nine Inch Nails,Beartoothremains a one-person band in the studio.On the heels of theintroductorySickEP (2013),Disgusting(2014) produced BEARTOOTH’s firstGold single, “InBetween.”Aggressive(2016) andDisease(2018) expanded on the desperation and pain, each a stepcloser to a balance between the blood and tears of classic recordings and the shimmer of modernity.Rolling Stoneheralded Beartoothas one of 10 Artists You Need to Know. The rabid response toCaleb’s musicdemonstratedhow many people related to his struggle for self-acceptance.Below(2021) topped the Rock and Alternative charts and several Best Rock/Metal Albums of the Year lists.As of 2023, theBeartooth catalog boasts more than 1 billion streams across all platforms.Beartoothbegan as both bomb and balm, an outright refusal to suffer in silence, weaponizingradio-ready bombast,deliveringraw emotion mixed with noise-rock chaos. Other bands play the“devastating riffs and catchy hooks” game, but this music is the difference between life and death, andnow, a sort of life after death while still here. The bandForbessees“inching towards atipping pointof becoming the latest arena headliner” is now one step closer