by Bram Teitelman | Mar 10, 2016 | News, Record Store Day
As sales of digital downloads and compact discs continue to fall and streaming continues to rise, there’s one big exception, and that’s vinyl. In fact, in 2015, vinyl sales increased 30 percent, to nearly 12 million. There are several reasons for this....
by Seth Werkheiser | Sep 16, 2015 | News
After three studio albums with Victory Records, OTEP is packing up and moving to a new label home with Napalm Records, as reported by Blabbermouth. Said vocalist Otep Shamaya on the change of scenery, “Signing with Napalm Records is one of the most exciting...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 17, 2015 | News, Updates, Video
Last week, it came to light that singer Otep Shamaya took matters into her own hands dealing with an audience member at a show in Belvedere, IL. According to what she said in a statement, the supposedly large and drunk man threw a woman into the sound board, then...
by Bram Teitelman | May 13, 2015 | News, Touring, Updates
The male/female ratio at the Civil Unrest tour keeps leaning more heavily in the male direction, as Kittie have exited the Ill Nino-led tour. If you’ll remember, a few months back, Otep dropped off after the singer Otep Shamaya claimed she was groped by the...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 9, 2015 | Controversy, Metal Musical Chairs, News, Updates
The whole event in recent weeks with Terror Universal, a masked band said to include members of Ill Nino, and Otep, has been pretty uncomfortable. To recap, Otep dropped off the Civil Unrest tour because she claimed that the singer of Terror Universal groped her...