Caleb Shomo Traces the Personal Turn Behind Beartooth’s ‘Pure Ecstasy’

Caleb Shomo’s path from the Ohio scene to Beartooth has always been marked by directness, but his conversation on the latest Lipps Service podcast makes clear that Pure Ecstasy required a different kind of honesty. Sitting with host Scott Lipps, Shomo walked through the full arc: his early years in Attack Attack!, the decision to build Beartooth as his own creative outlet, and the personal turn that reshaped the band’s newest album.

Shomo spoke about publicly coming out and how that shift changed his writing. Rather than protecting uncertainty, he started treating lyrics as a place for unguarded detail. He credited producer Jordan Fish with pushing him toward that openness—urging him to commit to the most personal material instead of settling for safer versions.

The conversation also covered Shomo’s broad listening habits, moving between his picks for the heaviest bands in metal and newer pop artists. It’s a fitting frame for an album that tries to hold both extremes at once. Throughout, Shomo’s tone was practical rather than promotional, treating the record as a document of where he now stands.