OTEP Has Been Writing 'Amazing' New Songs For Upcoming Album

OTEP, the band led by singer, poet, illustrator, author and activist Otep Shamaya, will enter the studio in the coming months to begin recording its seventh album. Speaking to the 107.5 The Rock radio station, Otep said (hear audio below): “We’ve been doing a lot of writing, and there are plans [to make] a new OTEP album this year. And you’re actually kind of getting the breaking news here; we haven’t announced it yet. But, yeah, we’re gonna be recording a new album this year. We’re real excited, and it’s gonna be… I don’t know… The songs we’ve been writing, they’re just pouring out of us and they just feel amazing. And it’s everything that we are. It’s grown from our roots where we started and then it’s blossomed into where are are now as artists and musicians.”

OTEP‘s new effort is expected to be released for streaming/distribution by Sono Recording Group (SRG) and their partner Spotify.

OTEP last year signed an artist management deal with Mach 2.8 Entertainment Group, a company consisting of founder-CEO Sid Wilson and his partner Symon Mead. Wilson is otherwise known as #O (Number Zero), the Grammy Award-winning “turntablist” (DJ) for the band SLIPKNOT.

OTEP‘s sixth full-length studio album, “Hydra”, sold around 2,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 155 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD was issued in January 2013 via Victory Records.

OTEP was formed in Los Angeles in 2000 and immediately signed to Capitol Records, an achievement based solely on the strength of its live performance. They were selected to appear at Ozzfest after Sharon Osbourne witnessed one of these incendiary performances. Their debut at Ozzfest was only their ninth live show, a major achievement for any band. It would be the kick-off for a career spanning 15 years.

Fonte: Blabbermouth.net