Otep Shamaya's announcement that her band's next record would be an "activist" album, an album that aspires to inspire social change, surprised exactly no one who is familiar with her. She's always ...

Otep vocalist Otep Shamaya revealed in a social media post of the weekend that she is planning to retire. The announcement came as a bit of surprise as it was in an attached comment to a post in which ...

On a chilly January afternoon in West Hollywood, the heavily tattooed singer Otep Shamaya can’t hide her excitement about the release of Hydra, her namesake band’s sixth studio album. In the ...

You don't have to ask OTEP -- the band and frontwoman Otep Shamaya -- what they think of President Donald Trump. By Gary Graff You don’t have to ask OTEP — the band and frontwoman Otep Shamaya — what ...

Otep also claims one of the Butcher Babies has a sugar daddy. Otep was recently a guest on the Jamey Jasta podcast, and to say she didn't hold anything back seems like quite the understatement. I didn ...

It took five openers, four-and-a half-hours and one water break to get to OTEP Friday night at Trees, but it was worth the wait. OTEP didn’t go onstage until close to midnight, making me wonder if the ...

The always-outspoken Otep Shamaya, leader and namesake for Otep, has a history of beefing with tourmates: in the past, she’s accused the then-vocalist for Terror ...

Otep Shamaya is no stranger to controversy. She challenges every status quo in heavy metal, feminism, and well, the music industry in general. She welcomes the chance to stand up and speak out for ...

OTEP’s new album, “Kult 45”, has a title that sounds like an indictment of the current resident of the Oval Office, as Shamaya says. It is much deeper, and, despite your political affiliations, the ...

Heavy metal has never been known as a very female friendly genre, and this year’s Ozzfest was certainly no exception. Laden with groupie scouting rock stars, and men yelling for girls to take off ...

WHEN Otep Shamaya appeared on the Whisky stage Tuesday night, her blond hair was perked in a ponytail. But it took just two seconds for her tattooed deltoids, devil salute and chin-first attitude to ...