1992-12-01

CALEB SHOMO, born today,  is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and producer. He is most well known as the lead-vocalist of Beartooth, though he records all studio instrumentals for the band. He is also the former lead vocalist, keyboardist, and early backing vocalist of Attack Attack!, and the owner of Studio Records in Columbus, Ohio. Shomo joined Attack Attack! as keyboardist at 15 years old while maintaining a passion for electronic music and eventually grew into record production by 18.

Shomo has been referred to as “one of the current scene’s most beloved figures.” In 2023, Jake Richardson of Loudwire included him in his list of the “10 Best Clean Singers in Metalcore”.

Shomo was raised in Westerville, Ohio, since he was ten years old. His dad was a pastor of a church and his mom works as a nurse, who also was a part of a church band. As a result, he grew up going to church, however, he saw “a lot of damage” it had done to people in his life and to his family, and has since moved away from religion. Despite this, he stated that he “will always have respect and understanding of it,” as it played a big role in his life. He began getting into music at the age of four, as he grew up in a musical family. His grandfather was a gospel singer and his uncle played in bands in the 70s. He started taking piano lessons at a young age, before quitting to learn guitar, bass and drums all at the same time when he was ten. From the age of ten, Shomo has suffered from depression and anxiety, and was misdiagnosed with ADHD since he had trouble concentrating. 

When he was in high school, he met and befriended Attack Attack! member, Johnny Franck. He dropped out of high school at the age of 15 to focus on the band and touring full-time.

In 2012, he left Attack Attack! citing “horrible clinical depression” and revealed that he had been suicidal since middle school. Sometime that year (around April 1 according to Fleur’s Instagram account), he married Fleur Shomo. In 2014 when interviewed by Kerrang! he stated that thanks to the success of his musical career he was moving into a new home where he would build a new sunlit studio to record his own music and produce for others.

In May 2026, Shomo  came out as gay.