The joint track was written for the ‘Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker’ soundtrack
Tom Morello and Beartooth have joined forces for a brand new song called “Everything Burns.” The collaborative effort was written for the soundtrack to the all-new Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker. Stream the official audio below.
Tom Morello recently wrapped up a U.S. solo tour. The Rage Against the Machine guitarist played handful of dates with special guests Neighborhood Kids. The New York show at Irving Plaza included surprise guests Living Colour, Gogol Bordello, Jesse Malin, and Darryl McDaniels from Run DMC.
Last year, Morello teamed up with rock legends Def Leppard on the single. “Just Like 73.” The song notably marked the first collaboration between the iconic rock titans and the legendary guitarist, sonic innovator, and co-founder of Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave. The single revolves around a classic Def Leppard stomp fueled by a robust stadium-size beat, thick riffing, and a signature chant, “Rock with me, just like 73!” Meanwhile, a knockout gang vocal gives way to a signature fret-scorching solo from Morello. The instantly recognizable whammy bar wheezes as he shreds at lightspeed into one last head-nodding hook.
“I had a blast rocking a solo on “Just Like 73,” says Tom Morello. “I played ‘Rock of Ages’ in my college cover band almost 40 years ago and here Def Leppard are still killing it in stadiums with a brand new tune that’s one of their best.”
Last summer, Morello announced a brand new full-length solo rock album. The debut single, “Soldier In the Army of Love,” arrived on June 28. The track was co-written by Tom’s son, Roman Morello. A second single “Pretend You Remember Me” followed earlier this year.
Over the last few years, Morello has stayed busy, collaborating with the likes of Def Leppard, Måneskin, The Pretty Reckless, K.Flay, and more.
Next year, Beartooth are hitting the road with Bad Omens on a North American arena tour. The trek kicks off on February 22 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah and wraps up on March 27 at Oakland Arena in Oakland, California. Very special guests President will also be performing, as the tour makes stops in Denver, Detroit, Philadelphia, Nashville, San Antonio, and more.
Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo first turned the pain of his struggle with mental health and self-image into music in 2013. Beartooth began as a living document, a diary, a journal of repressed rage and depression. Alone in his basement studio, screaming and singing, playing all the instruments, and self-producing a batch of furious but melodic songs filled with reflection and confession, the Ohio native stared into the abyss, 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 the frontman hits 30, Beartooth’s fifth album, The Surface, completes this era in 2023. Even more importantly, it kicks off a new chapter filled with surprising optimism and just as honest. Depression is a sick, disgusting, aggressive disease below the surface. Caleb stands ready to bask in the light.
In its celebrated debut, The Surface hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hard Rock Albums chart and #5 across Billboard’s Album Sales, Alternative Albums, Top Current Albums, and Vinyl Albums charts. A product of Beartooth’s fervent fanbase and radio-ready hits, the band also earned their first No. 1’s on the Mediabase Active Rock and Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay charts for both “Might Love Myself” and “I Was Alive.”
Beartooth is a one-person band in the studio. On the heels of the introductory Sick EP (2013), Disgusting (2014) produced Beartooth’s first Gold single, “In Between.” Aggressive (2016) and Disease(2018) expanded on the desperation and pain, each a step closer to a balance between the blood and tears of classic recordings and the shimmer of modernity.
Rolling Stone heralded Beartooth as one of 10 Artists You Need to Know. The rabid response to Caleb’s music demonstrated how 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. Today, the Beartooth catalog boasts more than 1.3 billion streams across all platforms.
Beartooth began as both bomb and balm, an outright refusal to suffer in silence, weaponizing radio-ready bombast, delivering raw 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, and now, a sort of life after death while still here. The band Forbes sees “inching towards a tipping point of becoming the latest arena headliner” is now one step closer.