Otep

For nearly 10 years now, the mysterious frontwoman of Otep is still a figure of great intrigue. With the band's latest Victory release, 'Smash the Control Machine,' they entered the Billboard charts in the top 50 and have continued to pique their listeners' interests...

Otep Shamaya, the frontwoman of the band Otep, doesn't know that her act's latest album, 'Smash the Control Machine,' debuted at No. 47 on the Billboard 200 album chart -- and she prefers to keep it that way. "I ask my label and management to keep those numbers from me," Shamaya told Noisecreep...

Entering into the first week of September, Noisecreep starts the month off with some amazing releases and notable debuts on the charts from the week prior. Reported by the good folks at Metal Insider, the projected 10-15,000 units sold was damn near spot on with Victory's Otep pulling in the highest debut, with 10,400 albums sold...

A cemetery? Tombstones? Dudes in fedoras and capes? Open graves? Guys with epic beards and dreads, rocking out like true badasses? Why it must be a metal video, right? Well, it's Five Finger Death Punch's new clip for 'Hard to See,' the lead single of the band's forthcoming LP, 'War is the Answer,' which bombards record stores Sept...

On Friday, we were in Camden, N.J., all afternoon, for the Rockstar Mayhem tour. But being members of the illustrious fourth estate, we spent much of our time backstage. While you were out there watching the bands slay, or perusing glass pipes and T-shirts with cuss words emblazoned across 'em, the real action was happening behind the scenes...

Over the 4th of July weekend - perhaps in an effort to bury the news while most of America was soaking up the sun and celebrating Independence Day, Alaska governor and 2008 Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin announced that she would be resigning from her post, effective July 26, 2009, and that she would not be seeking re-election...

With her educated opinions, Otep is metal's answer to Courtney Love, before the Hollywood makeover, dramatic weight loss and an assortment of legal issues. "Courtney Love remains a musical hero to me but she might have gotten clouded as to what she brought as a woman and outspoken performer because of what happened with Kurt ," Otep told Noisecreep...

For 'Smash the Control Machine,' what's old is new again for Otep. Two members from the band's debut album, 'Sevas Tra,' have returned to the fold, with one of them being guitarist Rob Patterson, formerly of Korn and currently engaged to the hottie known as Carmen Elektra, and the other being drummer Mark "Moke" Bistany...

With California recently passing Proposition 8, which eliminated the state's previous allowance of same-sex marriages, it made sense to allow LA metal goddess Otep, who identifies as a lesbian, to weigh in on the topic. While eyeballs-deep in the recording process for 'Smash the Control Machine,' due out on Victory later this year, the politically informed, well-spoken singer chatted with Noisecre

It's Friday, and you know what that means... we actually get to sleep past 6:30 tomorrow morning. Woohoo! It also means we're nearly through another exciting week here at Noisecreep. Ironically, the weather here in New York is awful. Rain, fog, cold...