Fresh off the release from her final album, Hydra,OTEP has announced she will be headlining the Seduce and Destroy tour beginning March 8th in Sacramento, California. Support will come from ONE EYED DOLL and PICTURE ME BROKEN as they make their way through twenty-two cities. See a full listing of tour dates here.
“The Seduce and Destroy World Tour will be a vortex of dissident cabarets, spiritual intercourse, and a complete and total mutiny of the senses. We are excited to bring new songs from Hydra to life on stage and for everyone to finally get a glimpse of this barbaric fiend. Our goal is to pollinate your souls with powerful music and incite mental riots wherever we go”, comments Otep Shamaya.
Hydra is availablethrough the Victory Records Web Store and can also be found on iTunes/AmazonMP3. OTEP’s new music video for the hit single “Apex Predator” will premiere on February 25th on VEVO.
After a successful 2012, VICTORY RECORDS has summoned their army, with the drive and conviction to make 2013 rock harder than ever before. Pushing boundaries and coloring outside of the lines is to be expected, with a new year, comes a renewed sense of brutality and vengeance; an opportunity to unite fans of all music genres across the world.
Never one to disappoint, Victory fan favorite, OTEP plans to deliver her final studio album; an awe-inspiring tale of a girl who has been cast aside, heart set on revenge against the cold world in Hydra, to be released January 22nd. The label debut albums of FALL CITY FALL’s- Victus and CONTINENTS’ -Idle Hands, will also be unleashed on January 22nd; already being called some of the most dynamic, raw hardcore collections in a longtime by OUTBURN. Love is in the air February 19th for the release of Will, Love, Life, from Paris’ AS THEY BURN, one of Victory’s most promising guttural, metalcore signings of 2012. A re-issue and new studio album from metal legends JUNGLE ROT in addition to the triumphant return of punk-folk kings THE TOSSERS have hundreds of thousands waiting in anticipation. Fans can prepare for more debut releases from dynamic new signing TEAR OUT THE HEART, BLACKGUARD, CLOSE YOUR EYES and many more. Amidst the new releases and constant tours and festivals, it is safe to say that there will never be a dull moment in 2013.
With the most eclectic collection of artists on a single label, pyschobilly, punk, hardcore, metal, indie, ska and more, come together to create a one-stop-shop for quality tunes to bang your head to. Never resting on the basics, our artists have upped the ante, their hard work reflected in releases that have been welcomed by critics and fans with eager hearts and open arms. While we cannot divulge too deeply on our 2013 plans, we can say this – prepare yourself to be enveloped by catchy melodies, in awe by passionate lyricism and blown away by a level of musicianship that is beyond compare. Keep your eyes and ears peeled – VICTORY RECORDS is back and better than ever.
The wait is finally over. OTEP‘s first ever LIVE album titled “Sounds Like Armageddon” is out today!
OTEP comments “On this live album, you get a real ritual… the poetry, the passion, the intensity of our souls bleeding thru the songs. We worked really hard on this and we hope you love it.”
Fans can purchase Sounds Like Armageddon at Best Buy for $7.99 now through November 24th. The album will also be available at FYE for $9.99 until the end of the year. See over 20 brand new OTEP merchandise designs in the Victory Records new Fall catalog, available at the Victory Records Webstore. Stay tuned here for updates on her sixth full-length studio album HYDRA , out on January 22nd, 2013.
In other news:
Otep FANS, UPLOAD Your Live OTEP Videos!
STEP 1: Find any live OTEP video footage, photos, and drawings you have from her recent tours, poetry readings, in stores, etc… STEP 2: Upload video to YouTube STEP 3: Post a response to the YouTube video at the link below
On Friday Nov 16, 3 lucky winners will be chosen at random to receive a limited edition 18″x24″ poster print by Joey James, and we will create a video montage using all submitted videos, giving the video a special Fans-Eye-View of the OTEP Live Experience.
With Halloween here again (Monday, October 31), Musician Photo Journal asked a few of its favorite rockers to share some of their thoughts on this mysterious and scary holiday. Members of TRIVIUM, OTEP, ALL THAT REMAINS, SKID ROW, HELLYEAH, ADRENALINE MOB and SHADOWS FALL have offered their personal stories of spooky scary tales — including ghost stories, scariest moments and most memorable Halloweens. Check out the footage below.
TOOL and PUSCIFER frontman Maynard James Keenan told The Pulse Of Radio a couple of years ago that he enjoys Halloween because it’s more than just costumes and trick or treating. “It’s an interesting season to me, having done a little research on it,” he said. “It’s an interesting holiday. I recommend that people really kind of dive into some more of the origins of, you know, why the jack-o-lantern on the porch and why the trick or treat — why the door to door. What is that all about? It really is an interesting story.”
METALLICA‘s James Hetfield shared an embarrassing childhood memory about a costume he once had to wear: “I wanted to be Batman, but my mom made me a suit. You know, she was good at sewing, and she made me this thing, and I was like a giant tiger with the ears and everything. (laughs) Oh my God! There’s a picture of me at school in the, you know, the school picture, and I got this goofy outfit on with the little whiskers and everyone else is like cowboys and stuff, and I’m sittin’ there in my tiger outfit, and I don’t think it was what I wanted to be. But that’s what happened. (laughs)”
Rob Zombie, of course, is an expert on all things Halloween — after all, he’s even made two movies named after the holiday — but he also happens to know his Halloween candy as well. He revealed his favorite on a recent conference call with reporters. “Candy corn is my favorite and I usually get very excited when I see it on the shelves, which they usually start laying out the Halloween stuff first week of August,” he said. “So pretty much by the second week of August, I never want to see candy corn again, so . . . usually by the time I buy it, I open the bag in the car in the parking lot, on the way home, and by the time I get home I’m disgusted with myself for eating it. The days of gorging on Halloween candy are long gone.”
