Tag Archives: Otep

Doyle and Otep announce US spring tour 2024

Posted by on December 20, 2023

Doyle will be teaming up with Otep for a US spring 2024 tour. The trek is scheduled to kick off on April 12th in Reading, PA and will run through May 11th in Greenville, SC.   Tour Dates: 04/12 Reading, PA @ Reverb 04/13 Manchester, NH @ Angel City 04/14 Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz 04/19 […]

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New & Noteworthy: Releases of Being – (5/5/2023 – 9/15/2023)

Posted by on September 16, 2023

    New & Noteworthy has returned! Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. For this week’s list, we’re not only bringing you the week’s must-know releases, we’re taking you back to the albums that hit shelves since May that are worth a spin. These […]

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Concert Calendar (5/24-5/28): The Electricity Is All Around Us: Dark Funeral, Alestorm, & more

Posted by on May 23, 2023

So, there was this one night, where we went to a metal show and maybe made some new friends… Ayo, friends. Thanks for reading another always insightful Metal Insider concert calendar today during this invigorating week of May. Yes, another big summer concert season is gearing up to be even more atomic than 2022. Time […]

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Thirteen tour, event, and festival updates – 4/27

Posted by on April 27, 2022

  From Testament to Buckcherry here are thirteen tour, event, and festival updates.   01) Testament – Second leg of Bay Area Strikes Back Tour w/ Exodus & Death Angel:     Tour Dates: 09/09/2022 Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren 09/10/2022 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater 09/12/2022 Wichita, KS @ Cotillion 09/13/2022 Kansas City, MO […]

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Otep Shamaya alleges Marilyn Manson’s wife Lindsay Usich would call her house “hysterical” over Manson’s drug binge & abusive behavior

Posted by on February 5, 2021

    In the wake of abuse allegations made by Evan Rachel Wood against Marilyn Manson, at least ten more women have come forward sharing their experience. Otep mastermind Otep Shamaya has issued the below statement via Facebook claiming the singer has abused his current wife, photographer Lindsay Usich: “WARNING: UNPOPULAR OPINION COMNG: Hey everyone, […]

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Photos: Fourth Annual Bowl For Ronnie

Posted by on October 29, 2018

This past Thursday (25th), the fourth annual Bowl For Ronnie celebrity bowling party took place at the Pinz Bowling Center in Studio City, CA. All proceeds went to the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund. Wendy Dio presented a $61,000 check to The Regents of the University of California/ Dr. David Wong […]

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Metal By Numbers 8/8: Halestorm get vicious on the charts

Posted by on August 8, 2018

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It’s only been three years since Halestorm’s last album, but for whatever reason it feels like it’s been a lot longer. They’re one of those bands that were blowing up right around the time […]

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Otep announces summer North American Tour

Posted by on April 4, 2018

Otep are currently working on their overall eighth full-length album, which is expected to arrive later this year via Napalm Records. The group have also announced an extensive North American summer trek that kicks off right after Independence Day on July 5th in Las Vegas, NV. We assume the new record will arrive just in […]

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Promoter burns Otep merch, Amerakin Overdose shares “Otep Sucks” T-shirts

Posted by on June 30, 2017

Recently, Otep and Amerakin Overdose entered a social media battle. However, things are now getting a bit physical. For $5, you can purchase your own “Otep Sucks” and/or “Fuck Otep” T-shirt. The “local band of Momos” proudly supports these T-shirts after sharing a video of Travis Wurm Wiggins, a local show promoter, burning an Otep […]

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Paul Masvidal, Otep, Mina Caputo share LGBTQ experiences in the metal community

Posted by on June 29, 2017

We are approaching the end of Gay Pride Month, and during this time, Billboard spoke to a handful of out artists, asking about their experiences within the metal and hard rock community. In separate interviews, Paul Masvidal, founding member of Cynic, Otep Shamaya, and Life of Agony’s Mina Caputo, spoke about their experience. It was […]

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