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OTEP is an American Gothic Nu metal band formed in 2000 in Los Angeles, California. The current lineup of the musical group consists of four members: vocalist Otep Shamaya, guitarist Aaron Nordstrom, drummer Brian Wolff, and bassist/background Vocalist "Evil" J. McGuire. Slipknot (sometimes typeset as SlipKnoT to fit their logo) is a Grammy winning American metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. ... Evil J. Mcguire is the co-founder and bassist/backing vocalist of metal band Otep. ... Los Angeles native Otep Shamaya is best known for being the vocalist of OTEP. Famous for her heavy screaming and rap/rock style of singing, she is also one of only a few well known female vocalists on the heavy metal scene using screams. ... Rob Patterson (born November 9th, 1970) is a former member of the nu-metal band Otep and former touring guitarist for the band Korn. ... Musician and record producer Greg Wells grew up in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, and resides and works in Los Angeles. ... Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music. ... Nu metal (also called aggro metal, or nÃ¼ metal using the traditional heavy metal umlaut) is a musical genre that has origins in the mid 1990s. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,290. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Los Angeles native Otep Shamaya is best known for being the vocalist of OTEP. Famous for her heavy screaming and rap/rock style of singing, she is also one of only a few well known female vocalists on the heavy metal scene using screams. ... Evil J. Mcguire is the co-founder and bassist/backing vocalist of metal band Otep. ...

History

OTEP was formed in the fall of 2000 in Illinois by Otep Shamaya and "eViL J." McGuire. After performing area shows, the band was noticed by Sharon Osbourne who was impressed enough to offer OTEP a spot for the Ozzfest 2001 tour. During this time, the band was unsigned, but had several showcases for labels lined up. Capitol Records was intrigued by OTEP and asked them to perform another showcase and soon was signed with them. The band's first record for Capitol was an EP titled Jihad. Thenceforward OTEP released two albums (2002's Sevas Tra and 2004's House of Secrets). The second album, House of Secrets was produced by Greg Wells in Los Angeles at Rocket Carousel Studios. OTEP performed at Ozzfest again in 2002 and 2004. Another member who played as rhythm guitarist (Melissa DeGott) joined in the beginning of 2005 and quickly departed in late 2006, because they decided as a band she was too young to be touring. Los Angeles native Otep Shamaya is best known for being the vocalist of OTEP. Famous for her heavy screaming and rap/rock style of singing, she is also one of only a few well known female vocalists on the heavy metal scene using screams. ... Sharon Rachel Osbourne (nÃ©e Levy, previously Arden; born 9 October 1952) is an English music manager and promoter, television personality and presenter. ... Ozzfest is an annual tour of the United States (and in some years, Europe) featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood, California. ... Jihad is an EP by American art metal band Otep, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... Sevas Tra is the debut album by American nu metal band OTEP, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... House of Secrets is the second album by American band OTEP, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). ... Musician and record producer Greg Wells grew up in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, and resides and works in Los Angeles. ... Ozzfest is an annual tour of the United States (and in some years, Europe) featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups. ...

In November 2006 the band began a North American tour to promote their forthcoming album The_Ascension. As of May 2007, OTEP announced their departure from Capitol Records Music Group. Otep Shamaya states, "We have reached an agreement with the incoming regime over at the newly formed Capitol Records Music Group and we are now, joyously, thankfully, free agents."^{[citation needed]} Since then, the band supported the Static-X tour which ended June 13, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The track "March of The Martyrs" was released via Internet on the band's music player on their official MySpace page temporarily. The_Ascension was released October 30, 2007. About a week before the release, samples of all the songs on The_Ascension were put on otep.com for the fans. They were recently on the Balls, Volume, Strength tour with Hellyeah and Bloodsimple.^[1] After the album release, the first video for the third album '"the_Ascension"' '"Ghostflowers"', following '"Ghostflowers"' was Otep's cover of Nirvana's '"Breed"'. Otep Shamaya has stated that the next music video would be the political anthem '"Confrontation"' and would be released early 2008. (MARCH) Static-X are an industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California, USA. Formed in 1994, they are signed to Warner Bros. ... is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... â€œHell Yeahâ€ redirects here. ... This article is about the metalcore band. ...

February 2008--Otep has announced that the band will headline a tour "Circus Of Democracy Tour" at the end of march and it was also announced that the 3rd Music video from the new album "The_Ascension" would be released Friday February 29th,2008 on headbangers blog & it would be televised Saturday March 1st,2008 on MTV Headbangers Ball. The video is the political anthem "Confrontation".

In early May, Otep posted on her blog that on May 15, 2008, the video for Crooked Spoons would premier on Headbanger's Ball. It contains live footage from their concerts and clips of the film On the Doll. Original logo of The Ball. ...

Current members

Los Angeles native Otep Shamaya is best known for being the vocalist of OTEP. Famous for her heavy screaming and rap/rock style of singing, she is also one of only a few well known female vocalists on the heavy metal scene using screams. ... Evil J. Mcguire is the co-founder and bassist/backing vocalist of metal band Otep. ...

Former members

Rob Patterson (born November 9th, 1970) is a former member of the nu-metal band Otep and former touring guitarist for the band Korn. ...

Session musicians

Musician and record producer Greg Wells grew up in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, and resides and works in Los Angeles. ... Nathan Jonas Joey Jordison is an American rock/metal musician. ...

Discography

Jihad is an EP by American art metal band Otep, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... Sevas Tra is the debut album by American nu metal band OTEP, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... House of Secrets is the second album by American band OTEP, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). ... Wurd Becomes Flesh is a 3 track poetry EP by Otep that was only available during the Mouth of Madness Tour in 2005 Track Listing Adrenochrome Dream Daily Resurrection Wurd Becomes Flesh See Also OtepMedia:Example. ...

References

External links

Last. ... MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a large, comprehensive and high quality metadata database about music. ... Evil J. Mcguire is the co-founder and bassist/backing vocalist of metal band Otep. ... Los Angeles native Otep Shamaya is best known for being the vocalist of OTEP. Famous for her heavy screaming and rap/rock style of singing, she is also one of only a few well known female vocalists on the heavy metal scene using screams. ... Rob Patterson (born November 9th, 1970) is a former member of the nu-metal band Otep and former touring guitarist for the band Korn. ... Sevas Tra is the debut album by American nu metal band OTEP, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). ... House of Secrets is the second album by American band OTEP, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). ... Jihad is an EP by American art metal band Otep, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... Wurd Becomes Flesh is a 3 track poetry EP by Otep that was only available during the Mouth of Madness Tour in 2005 Track Listing Adrenochrome Dream Daily Resurrection Wurd Becomes Flesh See Also OtepMedia:Example. ...

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