Rock band Crown The Empire has debuted a video for their first new song, “Zero,” today from their highly-anticipated, forthcoming album, Retrograde, that’s due out on July 22nd via Rise Records. Fans can pre-order the record now at cte.merchnow.com. “We wrote this song specifically for our longtime fans. We feel …
Read More »Show Review: Otep (et al) at Webster Hall – 5/9/2016
When attending an Otep performance, one can generally expect the following things: 1. The venue will be intimate. 2. A full spectrum of rock will be showcased, courtesy of the supporting acts. 3. And, decapitated pig’s head prop will make an appearance. This week’s show in The Studio at Webster …
Read More »Album Review: Otep – Generation Doom (Out 4.15.16)
With their latest offering to the nu-metal gods, OTEP transcends Generation Doom’s Mad Max: Fury Road-themed album art to throw lyrical punches at topics as politically-charged as police brutality, LGBTQ+ equality, climate change, and the Syrian refugee crisis. This is only enhanced by the private struggles of vocalist, Otep Shamaya—which …
Read More »OTEP Debuts New Song “ZERO”
Formed from the poetic marrow of creative intercourse, OTEP is more than a band. OTEP is an Art Movement, a Revolution; Breaking ground. Breaking rules. Breaking barriers. Articulate. Aggressive. Pure Adrenaline. ARTcore of Heavy Mental Rock.” This is how mastermind/vocalist OTEP Shamaya and her band have been described and this …
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